2005–06 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Motherwell's 8th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Motherwell

2005–06 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Terry Butcher
Premier League	8th
Scottish Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Richie Foran Scott McDonald (11 each) All: Richie Foran (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	11,503 vs Celtic 22 January 2006
Lowest home attendance	3,438 vs Inverness C.T. 15 April 2006
Average home league attendance	6,250
Home colours Away colours
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Squad

Updated 21 March 2011^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SCO Martyn Corrigan 3 DF  SCO Steven Hammell 4 MF  SCO Brian Kerr 5 DF  NIR Stephen Craigan 6 MF  IRL Alan McCormack (loan from Preston North End) 7 FW  AUS Scott McDonald 9 FW  IRL Richie Foran 10 MF  SCO Phil O'Donnell 11 DF  SCO Jim Paterson 12 FW  SCO David Clarkson 14 MF  SCO Steven McGarry 15 GK  SCO Graeme Smith 16 FW  SCO Jim Hamilton

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SCO Kevin McBride 18 GK  SCO Colin Meldrum 19 DF  SCO Paul Quinn 20 FW  SCO Kenny Wright 21 MF  SCO Shaun Fagan 22 DF  SCO William Kinniburgh 23 FW  HAI Abel Thermeus (loan from Créteil-Lusitanos) 24 MF  SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 27 MF  SCO Robert Donnelly 37 MF  SCO Darren Smith 39 DF  SCO Mark Reynolds 47 DF  NIR Brian McLean (loan from Rangers) — FW  SCO Adam Coakley

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2005	GK		Graeme Smith	Rangers		[2]
June 2005	DF		Steve McDonald	Sorrento
1 July 2005	MF		Kevin McBride	Celtic		[3]
12 August 2005	GK		Colin Meldrum	Livingston		[4]
27 January 2006	MF		Steven McGarry	Ross County		[5]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
29 July 2005	MF		Alan McCormack	Preston North End	End of season	[6]
5 August 2005	FW		Andy Smith	Preston North End	25 September 2005	[7]
31 August 2005	FW		Brian McLean	Rangers	End of season	[8]
31 January 2006	FW		Abel Thermeus	Créteil-Lusitanos	End of season	[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
25 July 2005	DF		David Partridge	Bristol City	£150,000	[10]
	GK		Barry John Corr	Stranraer
	GK		Jamie Ewings	Albion Rovers
	DF		Chris Higgins	Clyde
January 2006	DF		Steve McDonald	Sengwang Punggol

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
9 November 2005	GK		Gordon Marshall	Hibernian as Coach	9 November 2005	[11]
January 2006	FW		David Keogh
May 2006	DF		Steven Hammell	Southend United	30 June 2006
May 2006	MF		Scott Leitch	Retired
May 2006	FW		Kenny Wright	Stranraer	25 July 2006	[12]

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
6	Aberdeen	38	13	15	10	46	40	+6	54
7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	15	13	10	51	38	+13	58
8	Motherwell	38	13	10	15	55	61	−6	49
9	Dundee United	38	7	12	19	41	66	−25	33
10	Falkirk	38	8	9	21	35	64	−29	33

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

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
38	13	10	15	55	61	−6	49	7	5	7	35	31	+4	6	5	8	20	30	−10

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	37	38
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D
Position	7	3	7	8	9	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

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

Results

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[14]	Attendance	Motherwell Scorer(s)[15]	Report
30 Jul 2005	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	4–4	9,903	Brian Kerr, Jim Hamilton, Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh
6 Aug 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	4,649	Jim Hamilton
13 Aug 2005	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	1–4	5,035	David Clarkson
20 Aug 2005	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	4–5	4,706	Alan McCormack, Scott McDonald, Marc Fitzpatrick, Jim Hamilton
27 Aug 2005	Hearts	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A)	1–2	16,213	Richie Foran
10 Sep 2005	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	2–1	4,018	Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh
17 Sep 2005	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	5–0	5,625	Jim Hamilton, Richie Foran (2), Shaun Fagan, Scott McDonald
24 Sep 2005	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–3	6,461	Richie Foran (pen.)
1 Oct 2005	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A)	2–2	11,448	David Clarkson (2)
15 Oct 2005	Livingston	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	4,507	Richie Foran
22 Oct 2005	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	0–2	49,215
26 Oct 2005	Celtic	Celtic Park, Glasgow (A)	0–5	57,388
29 Oct 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park, Dunfermline (A)	3–0	4,421	Brian Kerr, Martyn Corrigan, Jim Hamilton
5 Nov 2005	Kilmarnock	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–2	4,979	Scott McDonald, Brian Kerr
19 Nov 2005	Dundee United	Tannadice Stadium, Dundee (A)	1–1	6,305	Scott McDonald
26 Nov 2005	Hearts	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	8,131	Brian McLean
3 Dec 2005	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	4,103
10 Dec 2005	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	1–0	4,972	Jim Hamilton
17 Dec 2005	Hibernian	Easter Road, Edinburgh (A)	1–2	11,926	Scott McDonald
26 Dec 2005	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	3–1	6,555	Scott McDonald, Alan McCormack
31 Dec 2005	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A)	2–1	4,431	Richie Foran, Kevin McBride
15 Dec 2006	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	10,689
22 Jan 2006	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–3	11,503	Jim Hamilton
28 Jan 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park, Dunfermline (A)	1–1	4,961	Jim Hamilton
8 Feb 2006	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	0–2	5,169
11 Feb 2006	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–0	5,257	Richie Foran (2)
18 Feb 2006	Hearts	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A)	0–3	16,976
4 Mar 2006	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	1–0	3,183	Richie Foran (pen.)
11 Mar 2006	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	3–1	8,179	Scott McDonald (2), Richie Foran
18 Mar 2006	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–2	6,724	Phil O'Donnell, Stephen Craigan
25 Mar 2006	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A)	2–2	10,212	Brian McLean, Richie Foran (pen.)
1 Apr 2006	Livingston	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–1	4,458	Jim Hamilton, Brian McLean
8 Apr 2006	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	0–1	49,481
15 Apr 2006	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	3,438
22 Apr 2006	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	1–1	4,467	Phil O'Donnell
29 Apr 2006	Dunfermline	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–3	3,621	Jim Paterson, Stephen Craigan
3 May 2006	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A)	1–0	2,283	David Clarkson
6 May 2006	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	5,269	Jim Hamilton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup

St Mirren v Motherwell

7 January 2006 Third Round	St Mirren	3 - 0	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 GMT	Adam 22', 90' Potter 73'	Report BBC		Stadium: Love Street Attendance: 6,507 Referee: M McCurry

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score[14]	Motherwell Scorer(s)[16]	Attendance	Report
23 August 2005	2nd Round	Hamilton Academical	H	2-1	Scott McDonald 41' (pen.), Jim Hamilton (89)	4,619
20 September 2005	3rd Round	St Mirren	A	2-0	David Clarkson (97) Darren Smith (104)	3,810
8 November 2005	Quarter-final	Aberdeen	H	1-0	Brian Kerr	3,989
1 February 2006	Semi-final	Celtic	N	1-2	Richie Foran (11)	32,595

Statistics

As of match played 6 May 2006^[13][17]

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	SCO	Martyn Corrigan	32	1	27+2	1	1	0	1+1	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	38	0	32+1	0	1	0	4	0
4	MF	SCO	Brian Kerr	41	4	32+4	3	1	0	4	1
5	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	39	2	36	2	0	0	3	0
6	MF	IRL	Alan McCormack	28	2	24	2	1	0	3	0
7	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald	38	12	30+4	11	0	0	4	1
9	FW	IRL	Richie Foran	37	12	29+3	11	1	0	3+1	1
10	MF	SCO	Phil O'Donnell	32	2	23+6	2	1	0	1+1	0
11	DF	SCO	Jim Paterson	19	1	10+9	1	0	0	0	0
12	FW	SCO	David Clarkson	33	5	12+18	4	0+1	0	1+1	1
14	MF	SCO	Steven McGarry	9	0	2+7	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	NIR	Andy Smith	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0
15	GK	SCO	Graeme Smith	34	0	30	0	1	0	3	0
16	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	38	11	30+4	10	1	0	3	1
17	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride	23	1	15+6	1	1	0	1	0
18	GK	SCO	Colin Meldrum	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn	21	0	15+3	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW	SCO	Kenny Wright	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Shaun Fagan	19	1	11+5	1	0	0	3	0
22	DF	SCO	William Kinniburgh	23	2	17+4	2	0+1	0	1	0
23	FW	HAI	Abel Thermeus	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	SCO	Marc Fitzpatrick	10	1	1+8	1	0	0	0+1	0
27	DF	SCO	Robert Donnelly	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	SCO	Adam Coakley	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	SCO	Darren Smith	2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	1
39	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	NIR	Brian McLean	34	3	27+3	3	1	0	2+1	0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
1	GK	SCO	Gordon Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Leitch	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	AUS	Steve McDonald	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	SCO	David Keogh	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0

Goal scorers

Ranking	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Richie Foran	11	0	1	12
	FW		7	Scott McDonald	11	0	1	12
3	FW		16	Jim Hamilton	10	0	1	11
4	FW		12	David Clarkson	4	0	1	5
5	DF		47	Brian McLean	3	0	0	3
	MF		4	Brian Kerr	2	0	1	3
7	DF		2	Stephen Craigan	2	0	0	2
	DF		22	Willie Kinniburgh	2	0	0	2
	MF		6	Alan McCormack	2	0	0	2
	MF		10	Phil O'Donnell	2	0	0	2
11	DF		2	Martyn Corrigan	1	0	0	1
	MF		21	Shaun Fagan	1	0	0	1
	DF		24	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Kevin McBride	1	0	0	1
	FW		37	Darren Smith	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	55	0	6	61

Disciplinary record

Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	MF	4	Brian Kerr	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	MF	6	Alan McCormack	11	1	0	0	1	0	12	1
	FW	7	Scott McDonald	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	8	Ross McCormack	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	9	Richie Foran	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	10	Phil O'Donnell	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	11	Jim Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	12	David Clarkson	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	MF	14	Steven McGarry	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	14	Andy Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	GK	15	Graeme Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	16	Jim Hamilton	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	17	Kevin McBride	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	19	Paul Quinn	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	FW	20	Kenny Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	21	Shaun Fagan	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	22	William Kinniburgh	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	23	Abel Thermeus	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	24	Marc Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF	27	Robert Donnolly	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	33	Adam Coakley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	37	Darren Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	39	Mark Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	47	Brian McLean	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
			TOTALS	62	2	1	0	7	0	70	2

See also

• List of Motherwell F.C. seasons