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Motherwell
2020–21 season
ChairmanJames McMahon
ManagerStephen Robinson
StadiumFir Park

The 2020–21 season is Motherwell's thirty-sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season.

Season review

Pre-season

On 17 June, UEFA announced that all UEFA Europa League qualifying and playoffs rounds would be played over one-leg, instead of the usual two, with Motherwell's First Round match taking place on 27 August.[1]

On 23 June, Declan Gallagher was announced as the clubs new captain, with Trevor Carson being appointed vice-captain after former captain Peter Hartley left the club at the end of the previous season.[2]

On 24 June, Motherwell announced that they had giving permission to manager Stephen Robinson to discuss the vacant Northern Ireland managerial position.[3]

Transfers

On 10 June, Motherwell announced the singing of Ricki Lamie on a contract until the summer of 2022.[4]

On 12 June, Motherwell announced their second singing of the summer, with Jordan White.[5]

On 15 June, Motherwell announced the signing of Nathan McGinley to a two-year contract after his contract with Forest Green Rovers had expired.[6] The following day, Motherwell announced that youngsters Barry Maguire, Peter Morrison, Harry Robinson and Yusuf Hussain had all signed new one-year contracts with the club.[7]

On 22 June, Motherwell announced the singing of Scott Fox on a one-year contract, after his Partick Thistle contract had expired.[8]

On 24 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed Mark O'Hara on permanent deal from Peterborough United for a nominal fee, with O'Hara signing a two-year contract.[9]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2020 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2020-21

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref
10 June 2020 DF Scotland Ricki Lamie Livingston Free [4]
12 June 2020 FW Scotland Jordan White Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free [5]
15 June 2020 DF England Nathan McGinley Forest Green Rovers Free [6]
22 June 2020 GK Scotland Scott Fox Partick Thistle Free [8]
24 June 2020 MF Scotland Mark O'Hara Peterborough United Undisclosed [9]

Squad

As of match played 7 March 2020[10]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Trevor Carson Northern Ireland GK (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36) Hartlepool United 2017[11] 2022[12] 63 0
23 Peter Morrison Scotland GK (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26) Academy 2009 2021[7] 0 0
41 Robbie Hemfrey Scotland GK (2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 (age 22) Academy 2012 0 0
43 Matty Connolly Scotland GK (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21) Academy 2019 2021 0 0
Scott Fox Scotland GK (1987-06-28) 28 June 1987 (age 37) Partick Thistle 2020[8] 2021[8] 0 0
Defenders
2 Liam Grimshaw England DF (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29) Preston North End 2017[13] 2022[14] 102 0
3 Jake Carroll Republic of Ireland DF (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 32) Cambridge United 2019[15] 2021[15] 27 2
4 Ricki Lamie Scotland DF (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31) Livingston 2020[4] 2022[4] 0 0
5 Nathan McGinley England DF (1996-09-15) 15 September 1996 (age 27) Forest Green Rovers 2020[6] 2022[6] 0 0
15 Barry Maguire Scotland DF (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26) Academy 2015 2021[7] 14 0
16 Bevis Mugabi Uganda DF (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 29) Yeovil Town 2019[16] 2021[17] 11 0
24 David Devine Scotland DF (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 23) Academy 2019 2021 1 0
27 Yusuf Hussain Scotland DF (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 (age 23) Academy 2018 2021[7] 0 0
31 Declan Gallagher Scotland DF (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 33) Livingston 2019[18] 2021[18] 36 2
35 Sam Muir Scotland DF (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 21) Academy 2019 2021 0 0
36 Matthew McDonald Scotland DF (2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 (age 21) Academy 2019 2021 0 0
38 Cameron Wilson Scotland DF (2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 (age 21) Academy 2019 2021 0 0
Midfielders
6 Allan Campbell Scotland MF (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 26) Academy 2016 2021[19] 120 11
8 David Turnbull Scotland MF (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 24) Academy 2017 2022[20] 36 15
17 Sherwin Seedorf Suriname MF (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26) Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019[21] 2021[21] 28 3
19 Liam Polworth Scotland MF (1994-10-12) 12 October 1994 (age 29) Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2019[22] 2021[22] 37 3
20 Jamie Semple Scotland MF (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24) Academy 2018 2021[23] 6 0
21 Harry Robinson Northern Ireland MF (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 23) Oldham Athletic 2020[24] 2021[7] 0 0
22 Liam Donnelly Northern Ireland MF (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 28) Hartlepool United 2018[25] 2022[26] 40 12
26 Dean Cornelius Scotland MF (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23) Hibernian 2018 2021 1 0
33 Adam Kettings Scotland MF (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 22) Academy 2012 0 0
40 Paul Hale Scotland MF (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) Academy 2021 0 0
42 Lewis Robertson Scotland MF (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21) Rangers 2019 2021 0 0
Mark O'Hara Scotland MF (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28) Peterborough United 2020[9] 2022[9] 20 2
Forwards
14 Jermaine Hylton England FW (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 (age 31) Solihull Moors 2019[27] 2021[27] 36 4
18 Jordan White Scotland FW (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2020[5] 0 0
25 Ross Maciver Scotland FW (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 (age 25) Ross County 2019[28] 2021[28] 8 1
32 Tony Watt Scotland FW (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) CSKA Sofia 2020[29] 2021[30] 6 2
39 Findlay Cook Scotland FW (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 22) Academy 2021 0 0
Away on loan
Left during the season

Friendlies

2020 First round –
BST (UTC+1)

Competitions

Premiership

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 Livingston 38 12 9 17 42 54 −12 45
7 St Mirren 38 11 12 15 37 45 −8 45
8 Motherwell 38 12 9 17 39 55 −16 45
9 Dundee United 38 10 14 14 32 50 −18 44
10 Ross County 38 11 6 21 35 66 −31 39
Source: [31]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[32]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: See Results

Results

2020 First round –
BST (UTC+1)

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Cup
2021 First round –
GMT (UTC)

League Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish League Cup

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
27 August 2020 First Qualifying Round –
BST (UTC+1)

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Challenge Cup

Squad statistics

See also

References

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