1998–99 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
1998–99 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Harri Kampman (Resigned),; Billy Davies
Premier League	7th
Scottish Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Lee McCulloch ; Owen Coyle (7); All: Owen Coyle (8)
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The 1998-99 season was Motherwell's 1st season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 14th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

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	SCO	Phillip Bannister
—	GK	SCO	Andy Goram
—	GK	FIN	Mikko Kaven
—	GK	SCO	Stevie Woods
—	DF	SCO	Kevin Christie
—	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan
—	DF	SCO	Greig Denham
—	DF	NED	Michel Doesburg
—	DF	SCO	David Doherty
—	DF	SCO	Eddie May
—	DF	ENG	Jamie McGowan
—	DF	SCO	Stephen McMillan
—	DF	ENG	Shaun Teale
—	DF	ENG	Tony Thomas
—	DF	SCO	David White
—	MF	SCO	Derek Adams
—	MF	ENG	Ged Brannan
—	MF	SCO	Billy Davies
—	MF	ENG	Mark Gower


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	Keith Lasley
—	MF	NED	Rob Matthaei
—	MF	SCO	Brian McClair
—	MF	NED	Jan Michels
—	MF	SCO	Greg Miller
—	MF	SCO	Pat Nevin
—	MF	SCO	Dougie Ramsay
—	MF	SCO	Ian Ross
—	MF	SCO	Jered Stirling
—	MF	FIN	Simo Valakari
—	FW	FRA	Hervé Bacqué
—	FW	IRL	Owen Coyle
—	FW	ENG	Don Goodman
—	FW	ENG	Stephen Halliday
—	FW	SCO	Lee McCulloch
—	FW	SCO	Stevie Nicholas
—	FW	FIN	Kai Nyyssonen
—	FW	NAM	Eliphas Shivute
—	FW	SCO	John Spencer

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

1 August 1998 1	Motherwell	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Stirling 49'		Kane 30'	Attendance: 5,686 Referee: Alan Freeland

15 August 1998 2	Rangers	2 – 1	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Wallace 16' Albertz 90' (pen.)		Coyle 52'	Attendance: 49,275 Referee: George Simpson

22 August 1998 3	Motherwell	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park
				Attendance: 9,858 Referee: Martin Clark

30 August 1998 4	Motherwell	1 – 0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	Nyyssonen 43'			Attendance: 11,201 Referee: Jim McCluskey

12 September 1998 5	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Jess 7'		Coyle 34'	Attendance: 11,560 Referee: Kenny Clark

19 September 1998 6

Motherwell

0 – 0

Kilmarnock

Fir Park

23 September 1998 7	Hearts	3 – 0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
	Weir 71' McCann 87', pen.', 90'			Attendance: 12,323 Referee: Kenny Clark

26 September 1998 8	Dundee	1 – 0	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Irvine 8'			Attendance: 5,655

3 October 1998 9	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Fir Park
	Adams 90'		Brattbakk 29' Lambert 45'	Attendance: 12,103 Referee: Jim McCluskey

17 October 1998 10	St Johnstone	5 – 0	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	O'Boyle 39', 85' Kernaghan 53' Simao 62' Dods 88'			Attendance: 4,062 Referee: John Rowbotham

28 October 1998 11	Motherwell	1 – 0	Rangers	Fir Park
	Spencer 55'			Attendance: 11,777 Referee: Eric Martindale

31 October 1998 12	Motherwell	2 – 2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Spencer 57' Jamie McGowan 69'		Newell 31' Winters 47'	Attendance: 8,146 Referee: Garry Mitchell

7 November 1998 13	Dundee United	2 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
	Dodds 48' Jonsson 60'		Coyle 4', 50' McCulloch 37'	Attendance: 6,616 Referee: Michael McCurry

14 November 1998 14	Motherwell	3 – 2	Hearts	Fir Park
	Spencer 40' Coyle 68', 84'		Hamilton 69' (pen.) Guerin 85'	Attendance: 8,912 Referee: Martin Clark

21 November 1998 15	Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Motherwell	Rugby Park
				Attendance: 10,176 Referee: Jim McCluskey

28 November 1998 16	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Larsson 40' O'Donnell 46'			Attendance: 59,227 Referee: Kenny Clark

12 December 1998 17	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Motherwell	East End Park
	Tod 48' Smith 79'		Spencer 47' Doesburg 88'	Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Alan Freeland

16 December 1998 18	Motherwell	2 – 1	Dundee	Fir Park
	Coyle 34' McMillan 77' Teale 82'		Adamczuk 37'	Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Eric Martindale

19 December 1998 19	Motherwell	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Adams 27'		Connolly 31' Grant 72'	Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Willie Young

26 December 1998 20	Motherwell	2 – 0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McMillan 55' Brannan 57'			Attendance: 6,001

29 December 1998 21	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Jess 31'		McCulloch 67' McMillan 83'	Attendance: 15,269 Referee: John Underhill

1 January 1999 22	Motherwell	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
	Brannan 26'		McCoist 15' McGowne 86'	Attendance: 8,532 Referee: Kenny Clark

30 January 1999 23	Hearts	0 – 2	Motherwell	Tynecastle
			McCulloch 48' Adams 71'	Attendance: 12,821 Referee: Willie Young

6 February 1999 24	Dundee	1 – 0	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Tweed 3' Irvine 86'			Attendance: 4,187 Referee: Ian Fyfe

21 February 1999 25	Motherwell	1 – 7	Celtic	Fir Park
	Spencer 14' Brannan 26'		Larsson 22', pen.', 65', 86', 87' Moravcik 30' Burley 74' Burchill 85'	Attendance: 11,963 Referee: Kenny Clark

27 February 1999 26	Motherwell	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park
	McCulloch 46'		Britton 86'	Attendance: 6,094 Referee: Willie Young

13 March 1999 27	Rangers	2 – 1	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Wallace 31' Johansson 59'		Mark Gower 68'	Attendance: 49,483 Referee: Bobby Orr

20 March 1999 28	Motherwell	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Teale 90' (pen.)		Winters 59'	Attendance: 6,963 Referee: John Rowbotham

3 April 1999 29	Dundee United	0 – 3	Motherwell	Tannadice
			Brannan 7' Spencer 38', 60'	Attendance: 8,110 Referee: Martin Clark

10 April 1999 30	Motherwell	1 – 2	Dundee	Fir Park
	Spencer 2' Thomas 44'		Falconer 65' Grady 73'	Attendance: 5,717 Referee: Eric Martindale

17 April 1999 31	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Larsson 63' (pen.)			Attendance: 59,588 Referee: Jim McCluskey

24 April 1999 32	Motherwell	0 – 4	Hearts	Fir Park
			Jackson 21' Adam 46', 59' Cameron 90'	Attendance: 8,926 Referee: Alan Freeland

1 May 1999 33	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Motherwell	Rugby Park
			Brannan 53' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,867 Referee: Kevin Toner

8 May 1999 34	St Johnstone	0 – 0	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
				Attendance: 4,599 Referee: Ian Fyfe

15 May 1999 35	Motherwell	1 – 5	Rangers	Fir Park
	Nicholas 74'		Amato 16', 51', 54' (pen.) Van Bronckhorst 37' Kanchelskis 65'	Attendance: 11,078

23 May 1999 36	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Motherwell	East End Park
	Boyle 20'		Goodman 76' Ramsay 90'	Attendance: 3,532

Source:^[1]

Scottish Cup

24 January 1999 Third Round	Motherwell	3 – 1	Hearts	Motherwell
	Brannan 13' Coyle 65' Thomas 74'		Hamilton 56'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,372 Referee: Michael McCurry

13 February 1999 Fourth Round	Motherwell	2 – 0	Stirling Albion	Motherwell
	McCulloch 63' Forrest 86' (o.g.)	[ Report]		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,244 Referee: Bobby Orr

6 March 1999 Quarter-Finals	Motherwell	0 – 2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
		[ Report]	Dods 71' Simao 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,660 Referee: Michael McCurry

Scottish League Cup

18 August 1999 Second Round	East Fife	0 – 1 (AET)	Motherwell	Methil
	Gibb 85' Johnston 116'	[ Report]	Halliday 97'	Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 1,488 Referee: George Clyde

18 August 1999 Third Round	Motherwell	0 – 2	Ayr United	Motherwell
		[ Report]	Hurst 1' Teale 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,893 Referee: Jim Herald

Source:^[1]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Dundee	36	13	7	16	36	56	−20	46
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	11	9	16	44	50	−6	42
7	Motherwell	36	10	11	15	35	54	−19	41
8	Aberdeen	36	10	7	19	43	71	−28	37
9	Dundee United	36	8	10	18	37	48	−11	34

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Phillip Bannister	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Andy Goram	16	0	13+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	FIN	Mikko Kaven	17	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	SCO	Stevie Woods	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin Christie	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	12	0	6+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	Greig Denham	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	DF	NED	Michel Doesburg	34	0	29+1	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	David Doherty	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Eddie May	14	0	10+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jamie McGowan	35	1	32+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stephen McMillan	33	2	30+0	2	3+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Shaun Teale	34	1	29+0	1	3+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	ENG	Tony Thomas	11	1	10+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	David White	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Derek Adams	29	3	11+15	3	1+2	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Ged Brannan	28	6	25+0	5	3+0	1	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Billy Davies	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark Gower	9	1	8+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Keith Lasley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	NED	Rob Matthaei	19	0	14+3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Brian McClair	13	0	8+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	NED	Jan Michels	11	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	SCO	Greg Miller	6	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	MF	SCO	Pat Nevin	33	0	14+16	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Dougie Ramsay	4	1	0+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ian Ross	13	0	8+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jered Stirling	7	1	4+1	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
	MF	FIN	Simo Valakari	39	0	35+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Hervé Bacqué	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	IRL	Owen Coyle	29	8	26+0	7	2+0	1	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	Don Goodman	8	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Stephen Halliday	6	1	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
	FW	SCO	Lee McCulloch	32	4	14+13	3	3+0	1	2+0	0
	FW	SCO	Stevie Nicholas	7	1	1+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	FIN	Kai Nyyssonen	4	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	NED	Eliphas Shivute	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	John Spencer	24	7	21+0	7	3+0	0	0+0	0

Source:^[2]

Top scorers

Ranking	Nation	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1		Owen Coyle	7	1	0	8
2		John Spencer	7	0	0	7
3		Ged Brannan	5	1	0	6
4		Lee McCulloch	3	1	0	4
5		Derek Adams	3	0	0	3
6		Stephen McMillan	2	0	0	2
7		Don Goodman	1	0	0	1
		Mark Gower	1	0	0	1
		Jamie McGowan	1	0	0	1
		Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	1
		Kai Nyyssonen	1	0	0	1
		Dougie Ramsay	1	0	0	1
		Jered Stirling	1	0	0	1
		Shaun Teale	1	0	0	1
		Tony Thomas	0	1	0	1
		Stephen Halliday	0	0	1	1
/	/	Own Goals	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	35	4	1	40

Source:^[2]

Disciplinary record

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
	GK	Phillip Bannister	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Andy Goram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Mikko Kaven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Stevie Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Kevin Christie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Stephen Craigan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Greig Denham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Michel Doesburg	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
	DF	David Doherty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Eddie May	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Jamie McGowan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Stephen McMillan	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	DF	Shaun Teale	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
	DF	Tony Thomas	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
	DF	David White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Derek Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Ged Brannan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	Billy Davies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Mark Gower	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Keith Lasley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Rob Matthaei	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	Brian McClair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
	MF	Jan Michels	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Greg Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Pat Nevin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Dougie Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ian Ross	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Jered Stirling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Simo Valakari	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	Hervé Bacqué	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Owen Coyle	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW	Don Goodman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Stephen Halliday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Lee McCulloch	8	1	0	0	2	0	10	1
	FW	Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Kai Nyyssonen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Eliphas Shivute	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	John Spencer	4	1	2	0	0	0	6	1
		TOTALS	61	6	4	0	3	0	68	6

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	7	1 August 1998	23 May 1999
Scottish League Cup	Second round	Third round	8 August 1998	18 August 1998
Scottish Cup	Third round	Quarter-finals	24 January 1999	6 March 1999

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	10	11	15	34	54	−20	41	6	5	7	19	31	−12	4	6	8	15	23	−8

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	4	6	6	6	5	3	7	7	10	10	8	8	9	5	6	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7

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

Results by opponent

Team	Results^[3]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4
Celtic	1–2	0-2	1-7	0–1	0
Dundee	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	6
Dundee United	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	10
Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	6
Heart of Midlothian	0–3	3–2	2–0	0–4	6
Kilmarnock	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	4
Rangers	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–5	3
St Johnstone	1–0	0–5	1–2	0–0	4

Source: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League article

References

^ ^a ^b Results and Fixtures 1998-1999, Fir Park Corner
^ ^a ^b 1998–99 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
^ Motherwell's score is shown first.

[Fixtures-1] Results and Fixtures 1998-1999, Fir Park Corner

[1998–99-2] 1998–99 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase

[Motherwell_score-3] Motherwell's score is shown first.

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First team squad

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

League table

Statistics

Appearances

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Overall

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results by opponent

See also

References