Motherwell F.C.
The Motherwell Football & Athletic Club Ltd. is a Scottish football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. Motherwell currently play in the Scottish Premier League; their home stadium is Fir Park. The current manager is Stephen Robinson.
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| Full name | Motherwell Football & Athletic Club | ||
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| Founded | 1886 | ||
| Ground | Fir Park, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire (capacity: 13,742) | ||
| Manager | Stuart Kettlewell | ||
| League | Scottish Premiership | ||
| 2018/19 | Scottish Premiership, 8th | ||
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Fir Park
Motherwell won the Scottish First Division in 1931-32, and this is the only time they have finished top of the first tier. They have won the Scottish Cup twice and the Scottish League Cup once.
The capacity at Fir Park is 13,742. It is all-seated. The average attendance for the 2010-11 season was 5,660.[1] The club's record attendance for a home match is 35,632, against Rangers in a Scottish Cup quarter-final replay on March 12, 1952.
The highest transfer fee paid by the club was that to Everton for John Spencer in 1999 (GPB 500,000) and the highest received was that for Phil O'Donnell for his move to Celtic in 1994 (GBP 1,750,000). O'Donnell later played for Motherwell for a second time but died after collapsing on the pitch in a game against Dundee United on December 29, 2007.[2]
Motherwell are also one of the teams that play in the Lanarkshire derby. They are the biggest of the teams.
Honours
- Scottish Cup (2): 1952, 1991
- Milk Cup (1): 1983
- Scottish League Cup (1): 1950
- First Division (1): 1931-32
Promotion titles:
- First Division: 1981-82, 1984-85 (below the SPL)
- Second Division: 1953-54, 1968-69, 1981-82, 1984-85
Current squad
- As of 26 October 2018[3]
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Managers
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Sponsorship
Motherwell are currently sponsored by Cash Converters.[4] They replaced Commsworld. They were also sponsored by JAXX, a German betting company[5] and Zoom Airlines, a company owned by chairman John Boyle.[6] One of the previous sponsors, from 2002-04, were a local company called The Untouchables.[7] Previously the club had a long association with Motorola, but this ended after 11 years in 2002 as the sponsor started to reduce its manufacturing operations in Scotland. This had followed another long association with local car dealer Ian Skelly, who had sponsored the club since 1984.
The club have had a lot of different kit manufacturers since the 1970s. Puma are the 2011-12 season kit providers, taking over from Bukta, who had previously filled this role from 2007. Major manufacturers Adidas, Admiral, Hummel, Patrick, Pony, Umbro and Zara, have all been kit providers for Motherwell.
Motherwell F.C. Media
Yearly table positions of Motherwell in the League.
Motherwell playing Argentina national team at Boca Juniors stadium, 1928
Tribute to Motherwell's 1991 Scottish Cup winning side
Fir Park, home of Motherwell
A montage of Motherwell F.C. kits from 1935 to 2006
References
- ↑ Motherwell Statistics 2010/11 Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine - ESPN Soccernet
- ↑ "Statement on Phil O'Donnell". Retrieved 2007-12-29.[dead link]
- ↑ "2018/19 squad numbers revealed". Motherwell F.C>. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ↑ "'Well sign deal with Cash Converters". Motherwell F.C. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ Tesseras, Lucy. "Motherwell signs sponsorship deal with JAXX". www.mad.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-06-24.[dead link]
- ↑ "Well fly with new sponsor". - bbc.co.uk, May 3, 2004
- ↑ "Motherwell secure shirt deal". - bbc.co.uk, June 18, 2002