2011–12 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Motherwell's thirteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Motherwell finished 3rd in the league, qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the Quarter-Finals stage by Aberdeen, and knocked out at the 3rd Round stage by Hibernian in the League Cup.

Motherwell

2011–12 season
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Stuart McCall
Stadium	Fir Park
Premier League	3rd
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals vs Aberdeen
League Cup	3rd round vs Hibernian
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Higdon (14) All: Michael Higdon (16)
Highest home attendance	10,440 v Celtic 6 November 2011
Lowest home attendance	3,772 v Dunfermline 24 January 2012
Average home league attendance	5,946[1]
Home colours Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Season Events

On 2 June, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Shaun Hutchinson until the summer of 2014.^[2]

On 7 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed new one-year contract with Jamie Pollock, Ross McKinnon and Steven Howarth.^[3]

On 24 July, Motherwell announced that worldwide franchised retail network Cash Converters would be their new main sponsors.^[4]

• 2 August 2011 – Draw for the Scottish League Cup second round. Motherwell draw Clyde (away).
• 29 August 2011 – Draw for the Scottish League Cup third round. Motherwell draw Hibernian (home).
• 22 November 2011 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fourth round. Motherwell draw Queen's Park (home).
• 9 January 2012 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fifth round. Motherwell draw Greenock Morton (home).
• 10 January 2012 – Vice-Chairman Bill Dickie dies. Dickie was a Motherwell board member for over 30 years and was also the president of the SFA from 1993 to 1997.^[5]

On 2 February, Motherwell announced that they had signed a new two-and-a-half year contract with Henrik Ojamaa after his impressive start to his Motherwell career.^[6] The following day, 3 February, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Stuart Carswell until the summer of 2014.^[7]

On 7 February, the Quarter-finals draw for the Scottish Cup took place, with Motherwell being drawn at home against Aberdeen.

On 25 May, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Keith Lasley for another two season, keeping him at Motherwell until the summer of 2014.^[8]

On 30 May, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Lee Hollis for another two season.^[9]

Squad

As of match played 13 May 2012

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Darren Randolph		GK	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 25)	Unattached	2010[10]	2013[10]	94	0
12	Lee Hollis		GK	(1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 26)	Unattached	2010[11]	2014[9]	2	0
31	Tom Bradley		GK	(1992-07-20)20 July 1992 (aged 19)	Academy	2011		0	0
Defenders
2	Steven Saunders		DF	(1991-03-30)30 March 1991 (aged 21)	Academy	2008		73	2
3	Steven Hammell		DF	(1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 30)	Southend United	2008	2014[12]	426	4
5	Stephen Craigan		DF	(1976-10-29)29 October 1976 (aged 35)	Partick Thistle	2003		357	10
15	Shaun Hutchinson		DF	(1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 21)	Academy	2009	2014[2]	68	7
20	Jonathan Page		DF	(1990-02-08)8 February 1990 (aged 22)	Portsmouth	2008	2012[13]	24	3
22	Tim Clancy		DF	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 27)	Kilmarnock	2011[14]	2012[14]	30	0
23	Jordan Halsman		DF	(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 20)	Academy	2010		1	0
39	Adam Cummins		DF	(1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 19)	Everton	2011		1	0
	Zaine Francis-Angol		DF	(1993-06-30)30 June 1993 (aged 18)	Tottenham Hotspur	2011		0	0
Midfielders
4	Nicky Law		MF	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 24)	Rotherham United	2011[15]	2013[15]	43	7
6	Tom Hateley		MF	(1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 22)	Unattached	2009[16]	2013[17]	137	10
7	Chris Humphrey		MF	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 24)	Unattached	2009[18]	2012[18]	124	6
8	Steve Jennings		MF	(1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 27)	Unattached	2009[19]	2012[20]	113	3
14	Keith Lasley		MF	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 32)	Unattached	2006[21]	2014[8]	298	19
17	Omar Daley		MF	(1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 31)	Unattached	2011[22]	2013[22]	27	3
18	Ross Forbes		MF	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 23)	Academy	2007	2012[23]	77	10
26	Stuart Carswell		MF	(1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 18)	Academy	2011	2014[7]	20	0
	Steven Hetherington		MF	(1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 19)	Rangers	2011		0	0
	Hermann Mboa		MF	(1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 19)	Racing Club de France	2011[24]		0	0
Forwards
9	Michael Higdon		FW	(1983-09-02)2 September 1983 (aged 28)	Unattached	2011[25]	2013[25]	39	16
11	Jamie Murphy		FW	(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 22)	Academy	2006	2013[26]	186	39
16	Bob McHugh		FW	(1991-07-16)16 July 1991 (aged 20)	Academy	2007		47	3
19	Gary Smith		FW	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 20)	Academy	2009		3	0
24	Henrik Ojamaa		FW	(1991-05-20)20 May 1991 (aged 20)	RoPS	2012[27]	2014[6]	21	9
25	Steven Lawless		FW	(1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 21)	Academy	2009		2	1
Away on loan
21	Jamie Pollock		MF	(1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 20)	Academy	2009[3]	2012[3]	4	0
27	Ross McKinnon		DF	(1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 19)	Academy	2010[3]	2012[3]	0	0
	Nicky Devlin		DF	(1993-10-17)17 October 1993 (aged 18)	Dumbarton	2011[28]		0	0
Left during the season
24	Stephen Hughes		MF	(1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 29)	Unattached	2011[29]	2012[29]	77	3
	Steven Howarth		FW	(1992-06-03)3 June 1992 (aged 19)	Clyde	2010[30]	2012[3]	0	0

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2011-12

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref
3 March 2011 †	DF		Nicky Devlin	Dumbarton	Free	[28]
3 June 2011	FW		Michael Higdon	Unattached	Free	[25]
1 July 2011	MF		Nicky Law	Rotherham	Free	[15]
1 July 2011	DF		Adam Cummins	Everton	Free
1 July 2011	MF		Steven Hetherington	Rangers	Free
2 July 2011	DF		Zaine Francis-Angol	Tottenham	Free	[31]
24 August 2011	MF		Hermann Mboa	Racing Club de France	Free	[24]
26 August 2011	DF		Tim Clancy	Kilmarnock	Free	[14]
12 September 2011	MF		Omar Daley	Unattached	Free	[22]
16 November 2011	MF		Stephen Hughes	Unattached	Free	[29]
4 January 2012	FW		Henrik Ojamaa	RoPS	Free	[27]

† Devlin's transfer was announced on the above date but were not finalised until 1 July.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
30 August 2011	DF		Ross McKinnon	Dumbarton	1 Month	[32]
30 August 2011	FW		Steven Howarth	Alloa Athletic	1 Month	[32]
20 October 2011	MF		Steven Lawless	Albion Rovers	1 Month	[33]
20 October 2011	DF		Ross McKinnon	Dumbarton	2 Months	[33]
15 November 2011	MF		Steven Lawless	Albion Rovers	2 Months	[34]
20 January 2012	DF		Jordan Halsman	Albion Rovers	2 Months	[35][36]
20 January 2012	FW		Gary Smith	Stenhousemuir	2 Months	[35][37]
25 January 2012	DF		Ross McKinnon	Alloa Athletic	5 Months	[38]
21 February 2012	MF		Jamie Pollock	Clyde	2 Months	[39][40]
29 March 2012	DF		Nicky Devlin	Stenhousemuir	2 Months	[41]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
3 January 2012	MF		Stephen Hughes	Aberdeen	27 January 2012	[42][43]
1 February 2012	FW		Steven Howarth	Albion Rovers	2 August 2012	[44][45]
11 May 2012	DF		Stephen Craigan	Retired		[46]
11 May 2012	FW		Gary Smith	Shettleston		[46]
11 May 2012	GK		Tom Bradley			[46]
11 May 2012	MF		Herman Mboa Megongo			[46]
11 May 2012	DF		Michael Lynch			[46]
11 May 2012	DF		Jordan Halsman	Greenock Morton	15 May 2012	[46][47]
11 May 2012	MF		Steven Lawless	Partick Thistle	1 June 2012	[48]
11 May 2012	FW		Keiran McGachie	Annan Athletic	21 June 2012	[46][49]
11 May 2012	DF		Ross McKinnon	SC Veendam	24 July 2012	[46][50]
11 May 2012	DF		Darren Brownlie	Ayr United	26 July 2012	[46][51]
11 May 2012	MF		Ross Forbes	Partick Thistle	5 September 2012	[46][52]
11 May 2012	MF		Jamie Pollock	East Fife	21 September 2012	[46][53]
11 May 2012	DF		Kieran MacDonald	Clyde	22 October 2012	[46][54]
31 May 2012	GK		Willie Muir	Celtic
31 May 2012	DF		Tim Clancy	Hibernian	21 June 2012	[55]
31 May 2012	MF		Steve Jennings	Coventry City	16 August 2012	[56]

Friendlies

Morton v Motherwell

5 July 2011	Morton	2–3	Motherwell	Greenock
BST (UTC+1)	Graham 28' Jackson 73'	Report	Murphy 34' Pollock 51' Smith 86'	Stadium: Cappielow

Dumbarton v Motherwell

9 July 2011	Dumbarton	0–5	Motherwell	Dumbarton
BST (UTC+1)		Report	Murphy 8', 22' Law 54' McHugh 84' Saunders 90'	Stadium: Strathclyde Homes Stadium Attendance: 804

Motherwell v Partick

13 July 2011 Stephen Craigan Testimonial Match	Motherwell	1–0	Partick	Motherwell
BST (UTC+1)	Craigan 2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 2,122

Motherwell v Leeds United

16 July 2011	Motherwell	1–2	Leeds United	Motherwell
BST (UTC+1)	Murphy 34'	Report	Bruce 68' Núñez 75'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,798

Motherwell v Fleetwood

17 January 2012	Motherwell	3–3	Fleetwood	Motherwell
BST (UTC+1)	Smith 75', 90' McHugh 80'	Report	Seddon 22', 24' Brodie	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed-doors.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	23 July 2011	13 May 2012	Matchday 1	3rd	38	18	8	12	49	44	+5	047.37
Scottish Cup	7 January 2012	11 March 2012	Fourth round	Quarter-final	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	066.67
League Cup	24 August 2011	20 September 2011	Second round	Third round	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	050.00
Total					43	21	9	13	66	48	+18	048.84

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	30	3	5	84	21	+63	93	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers (D, R)	38	26	5	7	77	28	+49	73	Administratively relegated to the Third Division and disqualified from the Champions League third qualifying round[a]
3	Motherwell	38	18	8	12	49	44	+5	62	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	16	11	11	62	50	+12	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	7	16	45	43	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rangers were deducted 20 points and removed 4 wins for entering administration.^[57] As Rangers did not exit administration by 31 March, they were ineligible to compete in Europe in the 2012–13 season. Rangers were unable to agree a CVA with their creditors and the club entered proceedings to be liquidated.^[58] After being reformed in a new corporate structure, Rangers were relegated to the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division in time for the start of the season.^[59]
2. Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa 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
38	18	8	12	48	44	+4	62	9	3	7	27	24	+3	9	5	5	21	20	+1

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	22	23	24	21	25	26	27	17	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

23 July 2011 1	Motherwell	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hammell 25' Murphy 28' Hutchinson  51' Lasley  57' 77' Jennings  68'	Report	Foran  72'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,190 Referee: Steven McLean

Kilmarnock v Motherwell

30 July 2011 2	Kilmarnock	0–0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,867 Referee: George Salmond

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

7 August 2011 3	Motherwell	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lasley  35'  87' Murphy 60'	Report	Black  50' Hamill  78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

St Mirren v Motherwell

13 August 2011 4	St Mirren	0–1	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Goodwin  50' van Zanten  54'	Report	Hutchinson  67' Higdon  86' Hateley 90'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 5,105 Referee: Iain Brines

Motherwell v Rangers

21 August 2011 5	Motherwell	0–3	Rangers	Motherwell
14:15 BST (UTC+1)	Hutchinson  42'	Report	Naismith 20' McMillan  43' Lafferty 45'  73' Wylde 85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,092 Referee: Craig Thomson

Dunfermline Athletic v Motherwell

27 August 2011 6	Dunfermline Athletic	2–4	Motherwell	Dunfermline
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Burns  22' Keddie  28' Cardle 69', 88'	Report	Higdon 11', 90' Murphy 26' Humphrey 55' Craigan  64'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,462 Referee: Euan Norris

Celtic v Motherwell

10 September 2011 7	Celtic	4–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forrest 9', 74' Ledley 33' Hooper  35' Ki 67'	Report	Jennings  35' Clancy  72'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 48,793 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v St Johnstone

17 September 2011 8	Motherwell	0–3	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Clancy 20' (o.g.) Adams  42' Wright  58' Sandaza 75' Craig 85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Crawford Allan

Motherwell v Aberdeen

24 September 2011 9	Motherwell	1–0	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Clancy  68' McHugh 84'	Report	Pawlett  66' Magennis  90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,348 Referee: Alan Muir

Dundee United v Motherwell

1 October 2011 10	Dundee United	1–3	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Daly 77'	Report	Lasley 14' Higdon 45+1', 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 6,073 Referee: Steven McLean

Hibernian v Motherwell

15 October 2011 11	Hibernian	0–1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	O'Hanlon  43' Murray  68'	Report	Murphy 8' Hammell  64'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 8,518 Referee: Euan Norris

Motherwell v Kilmarnock

22 October 2011 12	Motherwell	0–0	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
12:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hammell  40' Lasley  49' Craigan  67'	Report	Kelly  85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Craig Thomson

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Motherwell

29 October 2011 13	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–3	Motherwell	Inverness
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Davis 4' Meekings  25' Shinnie 76' Hogg  83' Hayes  85'	Report	Murphy  22' Randolph  25' Hutchinson 39' Forbes  58' Lasley 77' Hateley 87'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Crawford Allan

Motherwell v Celtic

6 November 2011 14	Motherwell	1–2	Celtic	Motherwell
12:00 GMT (UTC)	Higdon 11' Lasley  28' Jennings  45' Clancy  83'	Report	Stokes 14'  53' Hooper 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,440 Referee: Charlie Richmond

Aberdeen v Motherwell

19 November 2011 15	Aberdeen	1–2	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Vernon 10'	Report	Higdon 6' Daley 53'	Stadium: Pittodrie Attendance: 8,779 Referee: Calum Murray

Motherwell v Dundee United

26 November 2011 16	Motherwell	0–0	Dundee United	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hutchinson  64'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,487 Referee: Iain Brines

St Johnstone v Motherwell

10 December 2011 18	St Johnstone	0–3	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Robertson  37'	Report	Daley 16' Murphy 28', 68' Lasley  57'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,885 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v St Mirren

17 December 2011 19	Motherwell	1–1	St Mirren	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Jennings  12' Hutchinson  13' Daley  37' Higdon 48' Lasley  53' Murphy  73'	Report	Goodwin  12' 59' McLean  90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,557 Referee: Calum Murray

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

24 December 2011 20	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
13:00 GMT (UTC)	Black 17' Elliott 28'	Report	Higdon  38' Hughes  64'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Crawford Allan

Rangers v Motherwell

2 January 2012 22	Rangers	3–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Healy 35' Aluko 55' Edu  70' Craigan 73' (o.g.)	Report	Hammell  48'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 9,063 Referee: Euan Norris

Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

14 January 2012 23	Motherwell	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)		Report	Tadé 67'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,152 Referee: Steven McLean

Dundee United v Motherwell

21 January 2012 24	Dundee United	1–1	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Craigan 28' (o.g.) Neilson  44'	Report	Craigan  62' Higdon 85'	Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 5,969 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Motherwell v Dunfermline Athletic

24 January 2012 21	Motherwell	3–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Craigan  18' Ojamaa 29'  40' Clancy  32' Law 52' Higdon  75' Humphrey 80'	Report	Barrowman  18' Kirk 62'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,772 Referee: Alan Muir
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 December, but re-arranged for 24 January due to high winds.[60]

Motherwell v St Johnstone

28 January 2012 25	Motherwell	3–2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ojamaa 22', 65' Clancy  36' Lasley 75'	Report	Anderson  23' Sandaza  38' 81' (pen.) Morris 45'  90+3' M.Davidson  67'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Calum Murray

St Mirren v Motherwell

11 February 2012 26	St Mirren	0–0	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Goodwin  12' Imrie  42'	Report	Jennings  65' Hateley  68' Higdon  82' Clancy  90+1'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Craig Charleston

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

18 February 2012 27	Motherwell	3–0	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Lasley  24'  51' Webster 37' (o.g.) Murphy 41' Law 64' Ojamaa  87' Hammell  89'	Report	Black  64'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,489 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v Hibernian

22 February 2012 17	Motherwell	4–3	Hibernian	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Higdon 47' (pen.), 70', 75' (pen.) Ojamaa  54' Murphy 63' Clancy  68'	Report	Osbourne 18' Doherty 66'  74' Scott  72' Sproule 85'  86' Francomb  90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,065 Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Match original scheduled for 2 December, but was abandoned after an electrical fire linked to the floodlights made it unsafe to continue the match.[61]

Celtic v Motherwell

25 February 2012 28	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hooper 59' Wilson  74'	Report	Hutchinson  37' Hateley  45' Hammell  62' Ojamaa  71'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 53,486 Referee: Crawford Allan

Dunfermline Athletic v Motherwell

3 March 2012 29	Dunfermline Athletic	0–2	Motherwell	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McCann  69'	Report	Higdon  39' 64' Hutchinson  53' Ojamaa 70'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Euan Norris

Motherwell v Aberdeen

17 March 2012 30	Motherwell	1–0	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hammell 22' Page  65' Hateley  74'	Report	Considine  16' Robertson  51' Árnason  74' McArdle  90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,637 Referee: Iain Brines

Kilmarnock v Motherwell

24 March 2012 31	Kilmarnock	2–0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Heffernan 50', 62' (pen.) Hay  65' Fowler  71'	Report	Jennings  70' Carswell  78' Hutchinson  87'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,878 Referee: Crawford Allan

Motherwell v Rangers

31 March 2012 32	Motherwell	1–2	Rangers	Motherwell
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ojamaa 6' Clancy  14' Lasley  45'	Report	Whittaker 9'  14' Aluko  29' Goian  74' McCulloch 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,063 Referee: Iain Brines

Hibernian v Motherwell

8 April 2012 33	Hibernian	1–1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	O'Connor 30'  64' Wotherspoon  90'	Report	Page  19'  90+2' Humphrey  65' Daley  77' Law 81'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 7,110 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Motherwell v Celtic

22 April 2012 34	Motherwell	0–3	Celtic	Motherwell
14:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Watt 63', 65' Cha 83'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,760 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

Motherwell v St Johnstone

28 April 2012 35	Motherwell	5–1	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Higdon 17' (pen.) Law 20' Murphy 52' Ojamaa 83', 87'	Report	Anderson  16' Craig 59' (pen.) M.Davidson  67' Maybury  85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,743 Referee: Bobby Madden

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

1 May 2012 36	Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Higdon 29'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 9,185 Referee: Brian Winter

Rangers v Motherwell

5 May 2012 37	Rangers	0–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
12:45 BST (UTC+1)	Ness  64'	Report	Hutchinson  75'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 45,962 Referee: Willie Collum

Motherwell v Dundee United

13 May 2012 38	Motherwell	0–2	Dundee United	Motherwell
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Jennings  45' Clancy  78' Hateley[  81'	Report	Russell 8' Swanson  52' Daly  78' 82'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,456 Referee: Euan Norris

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup

Motherwell v Queen's Park

7 January 2012 Fourth round	Motherwell	4–0	Queen's Park	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Daley 5' Murphy 21', 71' Forbes  41' Page  45+1' Ojamaa 90'	Report	Little  66'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Motherwell v Greenock Morton

4 February 2012 Fifth round	Motherwell	6–0	Greenock Morton	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hateley 9' Murphy 29', 67' Hutchinson 9' Ojamaa 35' Law 41'	Report	Evans  35' Young  47'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,139 Referee: Euan Norris

Motherwell v Aberdeen

11 March 2012 Quarter-final	Motherwell	1–2	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:45 GMT (UTC)	Page  60' Lasley  70' Law 79'	Report	Fallon 5', 40' Robertson  76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,640 Referee: Craig Thomson

League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup

Clyde v Motherwell

24 August 2011 Second Round	Clyde	0–4	Motherwell	Cumbernauld
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Higdon 17' Hateley 41' Law 51' Lawless 85'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Attendance: 1,778 Referee: Charlie Richmond

Motherwell v Hibernian

20 September 2011 Third Round	Motherwell	2–2 (6–7 p)	Hibernian	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Lasley 30' Higdon 40'	Report	O'Connor 19', 87'  66'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Willie Collum
	Penalties
	Higdon Murphy Hateley Forbes McHugh Clancy Hammell Law		O'Connor Pálsson Agogo Griffiths Booth O'Hanlon Wotherspoon Towell

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 13 May 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Darren Randolph	42	0	38	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Steven Saunders	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	42	2	38	2	3	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Nicky Law	43	7	38	4	3	2	2	1
5	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	28	0	24+2	0	1	0	1	0
6	MF	ENG	Tom Hateley	43	4	38	2	3	1	2	1
7	MF	JAM	Chris Humphrey	40	2	23+12	2	0+3	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Steve Jennings	37	0	33+1	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Michael Higdon	39	16	35	14	2	0	2	2
11	FW	SCO	Jamie Murphy	40	13	32+4	9	3	4	1	0
12	GK	SCO	Lee Hollis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	SCO	Keith Lasley	36	5	32	4	2	0	2	1
15	DF	ENG	Shaun Hutchinson	34	2	30+1	1	2	1	1	0
16	FW	SCO	Bob McHugh	12	1	1+8	1	1	0	1+1	0
17	MF	JAM	Omar Daley	27	3	11+14	2	1	1	0+1	0
18	MF	SCO	Ross Forbes	7	0	1+3	0	1	0	1+1	0
19	FW	SCO	Gary Smith	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	DF	ENG	Jonathan Page	8	0	2+2	0	1+2	0	1	0
22	DF	IRL	Tim Clancy	30	0	24+2	0	3	0	1	0
23	DF	SCO	Jordan Halsman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	FW	EST	Henrik Ojamaa	21	9	12+6	7	2+1	2	0	0
25	FW	SCO	Steven Lawless	2	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	1
26	MF	SCO	Stuart Carswell	16	0	4+10	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
39	DF	ENG	Adam Cummins	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
24	MF	SCO	Stephen Hughes	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 13 May 2012

Ranking	Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Michael Higdon	14	0	2	16
2	FW		11	Jamie Murphy	9	4	0	13
3	FW		24	Henrik Ojamaa	7	2	0	9
4	MF		4	Nicky Law	4	2	1	7
5	MF		14	Keith Lasley	4	0	1	5
6	DF		6	Tom Hateley	2	1	1	4
7	MF		17	Omar Daley	2	1	0	3
8	DF		3	Steven Hammell	2	0	0	2
	MF		7	Chris Humphrey	2	0	0	2
	DF		15	Shaun Hutchinson	1	1	0	2
11	FW		16	Bob McHugh	1	0	0	1
	MF		25	Steven Lawless	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					48	11	6	65

Clean sheets

As of match played 13 May 2012

Ranking	Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Darren Randolph	15	2	0	17
2	GK		12	Lee Hollis	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					15	2	1	18

Disciplinary record

As of match played 13 May 2012

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
3		DF	Steven Hammell	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Stephen Craigan	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
6		DF	Tom Hateley	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Chris Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Steve Jennings	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
9		FW	Michael Higdon	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		FW	Jamie Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Keith Lasley	8	2	0	1	0	0	8	3
15		DF	Shaun Hutchinson	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
17		MF	Omar Daley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Ross Forbes	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
20		DF	Jonathan Page	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	1
22		DF	Tim Clancy	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
24		FW	Henrik Ojamaa	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
26		MF	Stuart Carswell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away from the club on loan::
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
24		MF	Stephen Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	64	5	3	1	0	0	67	6

Awards

Player of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
October	Keith Lasley	Won[62]

Manager of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
July/August	Stuart McCall	Won[63]
October	Stuart McCall	Won[64]

Young player of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
January	Henrik Ojamaa	Won[65]

See also

• List of Motherwell F.C. seasons