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Motherwell
1997–98 season
ChairmanScotland John Boyle
ManagerScotland Alex McLeish (Resigned),
Finland Harri Kampman
Premier Division9th
Scottish CupQuarter-Finals
League CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Scotland SCO Scott Thomson
GK Scotland SCO Stevie Woods
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Christie
DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan
DF Scotland SCO Greig Denham
DF Iceland ISL Gunni Jonsson
DF Scotland SCO Brian Martin
DF Scotland SCO Eddie May
DF Scotland SCO Stephen McMillan
DF England ENG Rob Newman
DF Scotland SCO John Philliben
DF Austria AUT Franz Resch
DF Finland FIN Marko Tuomela
MF Scotland SCO Billy Davies
MF Sweden SWE Stefan Lindqvist
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA Éric Garcin
MF Scotland SCO Shaun McSkimming
MF Scotland SCO Ian Ross
MF Finland FIN Simo Valakari
FW Scotland SCO Mickey Weir
FW Scotland SCO Dougie Arnott
FW Ireland EIR Owen Coyle
FW Ireland EIR Tommy Coyne
FW Austria AUT Mario Dorner
FW Scotland SCO Willie Falconer
FW Scotland SCO John Hendry
FW Sweden SWE Mats Lundgren
FW Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch
FW Namibia NAM Eliphas Shivute

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

2 August 1997 1 Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 2 Motherwell East End Park
Coyne 63', pen.', 85' Attendance: 5,746
16 August 1997 2 Motherwell 0 – 1 St Johnstone Fir Park
Grant 65' Attendance: 5,036
23 August 1997 3 Aberdeen 1 – 3 Motherwell Pittodrie
Rowson 26' Weir 9', 55'
Coyne 29'
Attendance: 11,522
13 September 1997 4 Motherwell 2 – 3 Celtic Fir Park
Coyne 4', 59'
Denham Yellow card 62' Yellow-red card
Burley 57', 75'
Donnelly 81'
Attendance: 11,550
20 September 1997 5 Motherwell 1 – 1 Hibernian Fir Park
Coyne 80' Rougier 46' Attendance: 7,420
27 September 1997 6 Rangers 2 – 2 Motherwell Ibrox
Negri 17'
Porrini 63'
Coyne 7'
Shivute 44'
Attendance: 48,672
4 October 1997 7 Motherwell 1 – 4 Hearts Fir Park
Coyne 44' (pen.) Cameron 6'
Adam 13'
McCann 20'
Hamilton 71'
Attendance: 8,886
Referee: Jim McCluskey
8 October 1997 8 Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Motherwell Rugby Park
Vareille 17'
Burke 37'
Shivute 44' Attendance: 6,588
18 October 1997 9 Dundee United 4 – 0 Motherwell Tannadice Stadium
Olofsson 2'
Winters 14'
McSwegan 77'
Andy McLaren 87'
Attendance: 7,337
25 October 1997 10 Motherwell 1 – 2 Aberdeen Fir Park
Davies 62' Windass 8', 89' Attendance: 6,065
1 November 1997 11 St Johnstone 4 – 3 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
Kernaghan 18'
O'Neil 33', 60'
Grant 49' (pen.)
Hendry 61' (pen.)
Davies 66'
Coyle 72'
Attendance: 4,566
8 November 1997 12 Motherwell 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Fir Park
Roberts 67' (pen.) Attendance: 5,346
15 November 1997 13 Celtic 0 – 2 Motherwell Celtic Park
Blinker Red card 34' Coyle 28'
Weir 90'
Attendance: 48,010
22 November 1997 14 Motherwell 1 – 1 Rangers Fir Park
Coyne 80' McCoist 20' Attendance: 12,018
15 November 1997 15 Hibernian 1 – 1 Motherwell Easter Road
Dods 75' Coyle 90' Attendance: 9,999
6 December 1997 16 Hearts 2 – 0 Motherwell Tynecastle
Cameron 45' (pen.)
Flogel 68'
Christie Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card Attendance: 12,706
13 December 1997 17 Motherwell 1 – 0 Dundee United Fir Park
Coyle 52' Attendance: 4,555
20 December 1997 18 Motherwell 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Fir Park
Coyle 61', 69' Attendance: 4,607
27 December 1997 19 Aberdeen 3 – 0 Motherwell Pittodrie
Windass 63'
Jess 83', pen.', 86'
Attendance: 13,038
3 January 1998 20 Kilmarnock 4 – 1 Motherwell Rugby Park
Wright 8', 33'
Mitchell 44'
McPherson Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card
Roberts 88'
Coyle 24' Attendance: 8,724
10 January 1998 21 Motherwell 1 – 1 Celtic Fir Park
Falconer 55' Lambert 61' Attendance: 12,350
17 January 1998 22 Rangers 1 – 0 Motherwell Ibrox
Cleland 23' Attendance: 49,443
31 January 1998 23 Motherwell 6 – 2 Hibernian Fir Park
Arnott 10'
Weir 23'
Garcin 43'
McCulloch 43'
Coyne 88'
Crawford 4'
Lavety 8'
Welsh Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 6,169
7 February 1998 24 Dundee United 1 – 0 Motherwell Tannadice
Olofsson 68' Attendance: 6,532
21 February 1998 25 Motherwell 2 – 4 Hearts Fir Park
Coyle 6'
Falconer 37'
Hamilton 38' (58)
Fulton 64'
Adam 87'
Attendance: 8,375
25 February 1998 26 Motherwell 2 – 1 St Johnstone Fir Park
Coyne 11', 19' O'Boyle 61' (pen.)
Kernaghan Yellow card 89' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 4,517
7 March 1998 27 Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1 Motherwell East End Park
Smith 23', 61' Coyne 12' Attendance: 4,811
14 March 1998 28 Motherwell 2 – 1 Rangers Fir Park
Coyle 44'
Falconer 87'
McCoist 12' Attendance: 11,779
21 March 1998 29 Hibernian 1 – 0 Motherwell Easter Road
Elliot Red card 20'
Lavety 34'
Attendance: 10,582
28 March 1998 30 Motherwell 1 – 0 Dundee United Fir Park
Coyle 52' Attendance: 5,012
8 April 1998 31 Hearts 1 – 1 Motherwell Tynecastle
McCann 59' Coyne 79' Attendance: 14,737
11 April 1998 32 Motherwell 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Fir Park
Lindqvist 80' Holt 28' Attendance: 6,209
Referee: Jim McCluskey
18 April 1998 33 Celtic 4 – 1 Motherwell Celtic Park
Burley 25', 43'
Simon Donnelly 49', 62'
McMillan 12' Attendance: 49,541
25 April 1998 34 Motherwell 1 – 3 Dunfermline Athletic Fir Park
Shivute 28' Smith 28'
Ireland 31'
Britton 54'
Attendance: 5,745
2 May 1998 35 St Johnstone 3 – 2 Motherwell Celtic Park
Jenkinson 15', 88'
McCluskey 70'
Martin 4'
Coyle 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 49,541
9 May 1998 36 Motherwell 1 – 2 Aberdeen Fir Park
Ross 67' Dodds 2', pen.', 22' Attendance: 5,861

Source:[1]

Scottish Cup

24 January 1998 Third Round Dumbarton 1 – 1 Motherwell Dumbarton
Sharp 76' (pen.) McSkimming 47' Stadium: Boghead Park
Attendance: 2,412
27 January 1998 Third Round Replay Motherwell 1 – 0 Dumbarton Motherwell
Coyle 73' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,204
14 February 1998 Fourth Round Motherwell 2 – 2 Rangers Motherwell
Coyne 19'
Gough 77' (o.g.)
[ Report] Negri 26'
Durie 83'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 12,602
17 February 1998 Fourth Round Replay Rangers 3 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
Albertz 36', 86'
Durie 38'
[ Report] Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 42,043

Scottish League Cup

9 August 1997 Second Round Motherwell 2 – 2
(4 – 1 PENS)
Inverness CT Motherwell
Falconer 16'
Coyle 22'
Martin Red card 103'
Davies Red card 104'
[ Report] Thomson 55' (pen.)
Addicoat 87'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,247
20 August 1997 Third Round Motherwell 3 – 0 Greenock Morton Motherwell
Coyle 9', 39', 62' [ Report] Anderson Red card 63' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,576
10 September 1997 Quarter Finals Celtic 1 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
Larsson 29' [ Report] Ross Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 37,006

Source:[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Scott Thomson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Stevie Woods 42 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Kevin Christie 25 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan 14 0 9+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Greig Denham 21 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Iceland ISL Gunni Jonsson 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Brian Martin 33 1 26+0 1 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Eddie May 32 0 20+5 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen McMillan 41 1 33+1 1 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF England ENG Rob Newman 15 0 11+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Philliben 15 0 10+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
DF Austria AUT Franz Resch 5 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Finland FIN Marko Tuomela 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Billy Davies 19 2 12+5 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF France FRA Éric Garcin 13 1 7+4 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Sweden SWE Stefan Lindqvist 6 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Shaun McSkimming 15 1 11+1 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ian RosS 25 1 16+6 1 0+0 0 0+3 0
MF Finland FIN Simo Valakari 31 0 24+3 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Mickey Weir 23 4 13+5 4 2+0 0 3+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Dougie Arnott 10 1 3+4 1 1+2 0 0+0 0
FW Ireland EIR Owen Coyle 43 16 34+2 11 4+0 1 3+0 4
FW Ireland EIR Tommy Coyne 41 15 33+1 14 4+0 1 3+0 0
FW Austria AUT Mario Dorner 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie Falconer 29 4 21+1 3 4+0 0 3+0 1
FW Scotland SCO John Hendry 13 1 10+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Sweden SWE Mats Lundgren 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch 30 2 6+18 2 2+2 0 0+2 0
FW Namibia NAM 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
1 Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 11 1 4 16
2 Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne 14 1 0 15
3 Scotland Mickey Weir 4 0 0 4
4 Scotland Willie Falconer 3 0 1 4
5 Namibia Eliphas Shivute 3 0 0 3
6 Scotland Billy Davies 2 0 0 2
Scotland Lee McCulloch 2 0 0 2
7 Scotland Brian Martin 1 0 0 1
Scotland Stephen McMillan 1 0 0 1
Sweden Stefan Lindqvist 1 0 0 1
Scotland Ian Ross 1 0 0 1
Scotland Dougie Arnott 1 0 0 1
France Éric Garcin 1 0 0 1
Scotland John Hendry 1 0 0 1
Scotland 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
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Scott Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Stevie Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Kevin Christie 4 1 2 0 2 0 8 1
Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF Greig Denham 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
Iceland DF Gunni Jonsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Brian Martin 7 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
Scotland DF Eddie May 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Scotland DF Stephen McMillan 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
England DF Rob Newman 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF John Philliben 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Austria DF Franz Resch 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Finland DF Marko Tuomela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Billy Davies 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
France MF Éric Garcin 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Sweden MF Stefan Lindqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Shaun McSkimming 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Ian Ross 5 0 0 0 2 1 7 1
Finland MF Simo Valakari 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Scotland MF Mickey Weir 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland FW Dougie Arnott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland FW Owen Coyle 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Coyne 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Austria FW Mario Dorner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Willie Falconer 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Scotland FW John Hendry 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sweden FW Mats Lundgren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Lee McCulloch 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Namibia 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
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
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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAAHHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWLDDLLLLLLWDDLWWLLDLWLLWLWLWDDLLLL
Position153556777101010999988888889989997777999
Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team Results[3] Points
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

  1. ^ a b Results and Fixtures 1997-1998, Fir Park Corner
  2. ^ a b 1997–98 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
  3. ^ Motherwell's score is shown first.