1997–98 Motherwell F.C. season
Appearance
1997–98 season | |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Manager | ![]() ![]() |
Premier Division | 9th |
Scottish Cup | Quarter-Finals |
League Cup | Fourth Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Tommy Coyne (14) All: Owen Coyle (16) |
The 1997-98 season was Motherwell's 13th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, and their final season before the top division of Scottish Football was reformed as the Scottish Premier League.
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Scottish Premier League
Results
2 August 1997 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0 – 2 | Motherwell | East End Park |
Coyne ![]() |
Attendance: 5,746 |
16 August 1997 2 | Motherwell | 0 – 1 | St Johnstone | Fir Park |
Grant ![]() |
Attendance: 5,036 |
23 August 1997 3 | Aberdeen | 1 – 3 | Motherwell | Pittodrie |
Rowson ![]() |
Weir ![]() Coyne ![]() |
Attendance: 11,522 |
13 September 1997 4 | Motherwell | 2 – 3 | Celtic | Fir Park |
Coyne ![]() Denham ![]() ![]() |
Burley ![]() Donnelly ![]() |
Attendance: 11,550 |
27 September 1997 6 | Rangers | 2 – 2 | Motherwell | Ibrox |
Negri ![]() Porrini ![]() |
Coyne ![]() Shivute ![]() |
Attendance: 48,672 |
4 October 1997 7 | Motherwell | 1 – 4 | Hearts | Fir Park |
Coyne ![]() |
Cameron ![]() Adam ![]() McCann ![]() Hamilton ![]() |
Attendance: 8,886 Referee: Jim McCluskey |
8 October 1997 8 | Kilmarnock | 2 – 1 | Motherwell | Rugby Park |
Vareille ![]() Burke ![]() |
Shivute ![]() |
Attendance: 6,588 |
18 October 1997 9 | Dundee United | 4 – 0 | Motherwell | Tannadice Stadium |
Olofsson ![]() Winters ![]() McSwegan ![]() Andy McLaren ![]() |
Attendance: 7,337 |
1 November 1997 11 | St Johnstone | 4 – 3 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park |
Kernaghan ![]() O'Neil ![]() Grant ![]() |
Hendry ![]() Davies ![]() Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 4,566 |
8 November 1997 12 | Motherwell | 0 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Fir Park |
Roberts ![]() |
Attendance: 5,346 |
15 November 1997 13 | Celtic | 0 – 2 | Motherwell | Celtic Park |
Blinker ![]() |
Coyle ![]() Weir ![]() |
Attendance: 48,010 |
15 November 1997 15 | Hibernian | 1 – 1 | Motherwell | Easter Road |
Dods ![]() |
Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 9,999 |
6 December 1997 16 | Hearts | 2 – 0 | Motherwell | Tynecastle |
Cameron ![]() Flogel ![]() |
Christie ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,706 |
13 December 1997 17 | Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Dundee United | Fir Park |
Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 4,555 |
20 December 1997 18 | Motherwell | 2 – 0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Fir Park |
Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 4,607 |
27 December 1997 19 | Aberdeen | 3 – 0 | Motherwell | Pittodrie |
Windass ![]() Jess ![]() |
Attendance: 13,038 |
3 January 1998 20 | Kilmarnock | 4 – 1 | Motherwell | Rugby Park |
Wright ![]() Mitchell ![]() McPherson ![]() ![]() Roberts ![]() |
Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 8,724 |
31 January 1998 23 | Motherwell | 6 – 2 | Hibernian | Fir Park |
Arnott ![]() Weir ![]() Garcin ![]() McCulloch ![]() Coyne ![]() |
Crawford ![]() Lavety ![]() Welsh ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 6,169 |
7 February 1998 24 | Dundee United | 1 – 0 | Motherwell | Tannadice |
Olofsson ![]() |
Attendance: 6,532 |
21 February 1998 25 | Motherwell | 2 – 4 | Hearts | Fir Park |
Coyle ![]() Falconer ![]() |
Hamilton ![]() Fulton ![]() Adam ![]() |
Attendance: 8,375 |
25 February 1998 26 | Motherwell | 2 – 1 | St Johnstone | Fir Park |
Coyne ![]() |
O'Boyle ![]() Kernaghan ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,517 |
7 March 1998 27 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 – 1 | Motherwell | East End Park |
Smith ![]() |
Coyne ![]() |
Attendance: 4,811 |
14 March 1998 28 | Motherwell | 2 – 1 | Rangers | Fir Park |
Coyle ![]() Falconer ![]() |
McCoist ![]() |
Attendance: 11,779 |
21 March 1998 29 | Hibernian | 1 – 0 | Motherwell | Easter Road |
Elliot ![]() Lavety ![]() |
Attendance: 10,582 |
28 March 1998 30 | Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Dundee United | Fir Park |
Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 5,012 |
8 April 1998 31 | Hearts | 1 – 1 | Motherwell | Tynecastle |
McCann ![]() |
Coyne ![]() |
Attendance: 14,737 |
11 April 1998 32 | Motherwell | 1 – 1 | Kilmarnock | Fir Park |
Lindqvist ![]() |
Holt ![]() |
Attendance: 6,209 Referee: Jim McCluskey |
18 April 1998 33 | Celtic | 4 – 1 | Motherwell | Celtic Park |
Burley ![]() Simon Donnelly ![]() |
McMillan ![]() |
Attendance: 49,541 |
25 April 1998 34 | Motherwell | 1 – 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | Fir Park |
Shivute ![]() |
Smith ![]() Ireland ![]() Britton ![]() |
Attendance: 5,745 |
2 May 1998 35 | St Johnstone | 3 – 2 | Motherwell | Celtic Park |
Jenkinson ![]() McCluskey ![]() |
Martin ![]() Coyle ![]() |
Attendance: 49,541 |
Source:[1]
Scottish Cup
24 January 1998 Third Round | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Motherwell | Dumbarton |
Sharp ![]() |
McSkimming ![]() |
Stadium: Boghead Park Attendance: 2,412 |
27 January 1998 Third Round Replay | Motherwell | 1 – 0 | Dumbarton | Motherwell |
Coyle ![]() |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,204 |
14 February 1998 Fourth Round | Motherwell | 2 – 2 | Rangers | Motherwell |
Coyne ![]() Gough ![]() |
[ Report] | Negri ![]() Durie ![]() |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,602 |
17 February 1998 Fourth Round Replay | Rangers | 3 – 0 | Motherwell | Glasgow |
Albertz ![]() Durie ![]() |
[ Report] | Stadium: Ibrox Attendance: 42,043 |
Scottish League Cup
9 August 1997 Second Round | Motherwell | 2 – 2 (4 – 1 PENS) | Inverness CT | Motherwell |
Falconer ![]() Coyle ![]() Martin ![]() Davies ![]() |
[ Report] | Thomson ![]() Addicoat ![]() |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,247 |
20 August 1997 Third Round | Motherwell | 3 – 0 | Greenock Morton | Motherwell |
Coyle ![]() |
[ Report] | Anderson ![]() |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,576 |
10 September 1997 Quarter Finals | Celtic | 1 – 0 | Motherwell | Glasgow |
Larsson ![]() |
[ Report] | Ross ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 37,006 |
Source:[1]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Aberdeen | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 39 | |
7 | Dundee United | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 37 | |
8 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 37 | |
9 | Motherwell | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 34 | |
10 | Hibernian (R) | 36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 30 | Relegation to the First Division |
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Statistics
Appearances
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Scott Thomson | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | ![]() |
Stevie Woods | 42 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Kevin Christie | 25 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Stephen Craigan | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Greig Denham | 21 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Gunni Jonsson | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Brian Martin | 33 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Eddie May | 32 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Stephen McMillan | 41 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Rob Newman | 15 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
John Philliben | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Franz Resch | 5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() |
Marko Tuomela | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Billy Davies | 19 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Éric Garcin | 13 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Stefan Lindqvist | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Shaun McSkimming | 15 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Ian RosS | 25 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Simo Valakari | 31 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() |
Mickey Weir | 23 | 4 | 13+5 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Dougie Arnott | 10 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Owen Coyle | 43 | 16 | 34+2 | 11 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 4 | |
FW | ![]() |
Tommy Coyne | 41 | 15 | 33+1 | 14 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Mario Dorner | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Willie Falconer | 29 | 4 | 21+1 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() |
John Hendry | 13 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Mats Lundgren | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Lee McCulloch | 30 | 2 | 6+18 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() |
Eliphas Shivute | 24 | 3 | 12+11 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Source:[2]
Top scorers
Ranking | Nation | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
Owen Coyle | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Tommy Coyne | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Mickey Weir | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
Willie Falconer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() |
Eliphas Shivute | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
Billy Davies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Lee McCulloch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() |
Brian Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Stephen McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Stefan Lindqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Ian Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Dougie Arnott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Éric Garcin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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John Hendry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Shaun McSkimming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
/ | / | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 46 | 4 | 5 | 55 |
Source:[2]
Disciplinary record
Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total | ||||
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GK | Scott Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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GK | Stevie Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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DF | Kevin Christie | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
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DF | Stephen Craigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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DF | Greig Denham | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
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DF | Gunni Jonsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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DF | Brian Martin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
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DF | Eddie May | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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DF | Stephen McMillan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
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DF | Rob Newman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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DF | John Philliben | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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DF | Franz Resch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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DF | Marko Tuomela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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MF | Billy Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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MF | Éric Garcin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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MF | Stefan Lindqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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MF | Shaun McSkimming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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MF | Ian Ross | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
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MF | Simo Valakari | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
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MF | Mickey Weir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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FW | Dougie Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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FW | Owen Coyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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FW | Tommy Coyne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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FW | Mario Dorner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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FW | Willie Falconer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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FW | John Hendry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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FW | Mats Lundgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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FW | Lee McCulloch | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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FW | Eliphas Shivute | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 75 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 91 | 5 |
Overall
Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Premier Division | — | 9 | 2 August 1997 | 9 May 1998 |
Scottish League Cup | Second round | Quarter-finals | 9 August 1997 | 10 September 1997 |
Scottish Cup | Third round | Quarter-finals | 24 January 1998 | 17 February 1998 |
Source: Competitions
Scottish Premier League
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 36 | −16 |
Source: Fir Park Corner
Results by round
Results by opponent
Team | Results[3] | Points | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Aberdeen | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3 |
Celtic | 2–3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1–4 | 4 |
Dundee United | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 6 |
Heart of Midlothian | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0 |
Hibernian | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 5 |
Kilmarnock | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1 |
Rangers | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5 |
St Johnstone | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3 |
Source: 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division article
See also
References
- ^ a b Results and Fixtures 1997-1998, Fir Park Corner
- ^ a b 1997–98 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
- ^ Motherwell's score is shown first.