2017–18 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Motherwell's thirty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,^[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup losing to Celtic in both finals

Motherwell

2017–18 season
Chairman	Brian McCafferty
Manager	Steve Robinson
Stadium	Fir Park
Scottish Premiership	7th
Scottish Cup	Runners-up vs Celtic
League Cup	Runners-up vs Celtic
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Moult (8) All: Louis Moult (14)
Home colours Away colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Season Review

On 2 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed Alex Fisher and Gaël Bigirimana, from Inverness C.T. and Coventry City respectively, on two-year contracts^[2][3] and that James McFadden had left the club.^[4] Three days later Motherwell announced their third signing of the season, Craig Tanner on a two-year contract from Reading.^[5] Motherwell announced their fourth signing of the summer on 6 June, goalkeeper Trevor Carson from Hartlepool United on a three-year contract.^[6] Russell Griffiths became Motherwell's sixth signing of the season on 21 June, signing a one-year contract with the club after his Everton contract had expired.^[7] Also on 21 June, Keith Lasley hung up his boots and became the club's new assistant manager.^[8] Motherwell announced their seventh summer signing on 30 June, Charles Dunne from Oldham Athletic.^[9]

On 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Cédric Kipré on a one-year contract after his release from Leicester City.^[10] Craig Clay left the club on 17 July to sign with Leyton Orient.^[11]

Young striker George Newell signed a one-year contract with Motherwell on 24 July,^[12] with Ellis Plummer joining on 2 August.^[13]

On 14 August, it was announced that Stephen McManus had decided to retire from professional football and take up a coaching role with Motherwell.^[14]

6 weeks into his one-year deal, Cédric Kipré signed a one-year extension with Motherwell on 23 August.^[15]

On 31 August, transfer deadline day, Ben Heneghan joined Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee,^[16] whilst Jack McMillan joined Livingston on loan until January 2018,^[17] and P. J. Morrison joined Clyde on loan until January 2018.^[18] Liam Grimshaw returned to the club from Preston North End,^[19] and Peter Hartley joined the club on a one-year loan deal.^[20]

On 13 October, manager Stephen Robinson extended his contract until 2020,^[21] and midfielder Allan Campbell signed a new contract until 2021.^[22]

On 14 December, Motherwell announced that they had agreed to the transfer of Louis Moult to Preston North End for an undisclosed fee on 1 January 2018.^[23]

On 16 December, Motherwell announced the signing of Gennadios Xenodochof on a short-term contract until the middle January 2018.^[24]

On 3 January, Motherwell signed Curtis Main to an eighteen-month contract from Portsmouth.^[25]

On 5 January, Motherwell announced that Steven Hammell would retire at the end of January to take up the role of the club's Academy Director.^[26]

On 9 January, Motherwell signed Nadir Çiftçi on loan from Celtic until the end of the season.^[27] A week later, 16 January, Motherwell signed Tom Aldred on loan until the end of the season from Bury.^[28]

Following the completion of his loan deal, Jack McMillan signed for Livingston permanently on 19 January 2018.^[29] On 23 January, Peter Hartley made his loan move permanent, signing until the summer of 2020.^[30] On 26 January, Alex Fisher left the club to sign for Yeovil Town.^[31]

On 31 January, transfer deadline day, Motherwell signed Stephen Hendrie on loan from Southend United until the end of the season,^[32] whilst Adam Livingstone joined East Fife on loan for the remainder of the season.^[33]

On 13 April, Motherwell announced that defenders Cédric Kipré, Charles Dunne and Richard Tait all had extended their contracts until the summer of 2020, whilst Ryan Bowman had extended his contract until the summer of 2019.^[34]

On 16 May, Motherwell announced that midfielders Liam Grimshaw and Andy Rose had signed new one-year contracts with the club.^[35]

On 21 May, Motherwell announced that Russell Griffiths, Ellis Plummer, Deimantas Petravičius, Luke Watt and Dylan King would be leaving the club at the end of their contracts, whilst Tom Aldred, Stephen Hendrie and Nadir Çiftçi would be returning to their parent clubs after their loan deals had expired. Shea Gordon, Adam Livingstone, Barry Maguire, James Scott, P. J. Morrison, Jason Krones, Jordan Armstrong, Shaun Bowers and Alfredo Agyeman were all offered new contracts.^[36]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2017 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2017-18

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
2 June 2017[2]	FW		Alex Fisher	Inverness C.T.	Free
2 June 2017[3]	MF		Gaël Bigirimana	Coventry City	Free
5 June 2017[5]	FW		Craig Tanner	Reading	Free
6 June 2017[6]	GK		Trevor Carson	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed
13 June 2017[37]	MF		Andy Rose	Coventry City	Free
21 June 2017[7]	GK		Russell Griffiths	Everton	Free
30 June 2017[9]	DF		Charles Dunne	Oldham Athletic	Free
5 July 2017[10]	DF		Cédric Kipré	Leicester City	Free
24 July 2017[12]	FW		George Newell	Bolton Wanderers	Free
2 August 2017[13]	DF		Ellis Plummer	Manchester City	Free
18 August 2017[38]	GK		Rohan Ferguson	Airdrieonians	Undisclosed
22 August 2017[39]	FW		Deimantas Petravičius	Zagłębie Lubin	Undisclosed
31 August 2017[19]	MF		Liam Grimshaw	Preston North End	Free
16 December 2017[24]	GK		Gennadios Xenodochof		Free
1 January 2018	DF		Yusuf Hussain	Falkirk	Undisclosed
3 January 2018[25]	FW		Curtis Main	Portsmouth
23 January 2018[30]	DF		Peter Hartley	Blackpool

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to
31 August 2017[20]	DF		Peter Hartley	Blackpool	23 January 2018[30]
9 January 2018[27]	FW		Nadir Çiftçi	Celtic	End of Season
16 January 2018[28]	DF		Tom Aldred	Bury	End of Season
31 January 2018[32]	DF		Stephen Hendrie	Southend United	End of Season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
12 July 2017[40]	MF		Dom Thomas	Kilmarnock	Free[41]
17 July 2017[11]	MF		Craig Clay	Leyton Orient	Undisclosed
31 August 2017[16]	DF		Ben Heneghan	Sheffield United	Undisclosed
14 December 2017†[23]	FW		Louis Moult	Preston North End	Undisclosed
19 January 2018[29]	DF		Jack McMillan	Livingston	Undisclosed
26 January 2018[31]	FW		Alex Fisher	Yeovil Town	Free

† Moult's transfers was announced on the above date, but were not finalised until 1 January 2018.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to
18 August 2017[38]	GK		Rohan Ferguson	Airdrieonians	Season-Long
18 August 2017[38]	DF		Luke Watt	Airdrieonians	Six-month
18 August 2017[38]	MF		Jake Hastie	Airdrieonians	Six-month
31 August 2017[18]	GK		P. J. Morrison	Clyde	January 2018
31 August 2017[17]	DF		Jack McMillan	Livingston	January 2018
31 January 2018[33]	DF		Adam Livingstone	East Fife	End of season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
2 June 2017[4]	FW		James McFadden	Queen of the South	8 September 2017[42]
21 June 2017	MF		Keith Lasley	Retired[8]
8 August 2017[43]	FW		Jacob Blyth	Barrow	26 June 2018[44]
14 August 2017	DF		Stephen McManus	Retired[14]
16 January 2018	GK		Gennadios Xenodochof	AEL	8 February 2018
31 January 2018	DF		Steven Hammell	Retired[26]
31 May 2018[36]	GK		Russell Griffiths	AFC Fylde	28 June 2018[45]
31 May 2018[36]	DF		Ellis Plummer	Retired	3 September 2019[46]
31 May 2018[36]	DF		Luke Watt	NK Novigrad
31 May 2018[36]	MF		Dylan King
31 May 2018[36]	FW		Deimantas Petravičius	Falkirk	19 June 2018[47]

Trial

Date From	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Date To
	DF		Bira Dembélé	Barnet
	DF		Cédric Kipré	Leicester City
	FW		Shaun Tuton	Barnsley
8 February 2018[48]	GK		Dheeraj Moirangthem	Indian Arrows

Squad

As of match played 19 May 2018^[49]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Trevor Carson		GK	(1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 30)	Hartlepool United	2017[6]	2020[6]	46	0
13	Russell Griffiths		GK	(1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 22)	Everton	2017[7]	2018[7]	10	0
16	Rohan Ferguson		GK	(1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 20)	Airdrieonians	2017[38]	2020	0	0
39	P. J. Morrison		GK	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2009		0	0
Defenders
2	Richard Tait		DF	(1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 29)	Grimsby Town	2016[50]	2020[34]	77	3
3	Stephen Hendrie		DF	(1995-01-08)8 January 1995 (aged 23)	loan from Southend United	2018[32]	2018[32]	7	0
6	Peter Hartley		DF	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 30)	Blackpool	2018	2020[30]	17	3
14	Ellis Plummer		DF	(1994-09-02)2 September 1994 (aged 23)	Manchester City	2017[13]	2018[13]	1	0
18	Charles Dunne		DF	(1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 25)	Oldham Athletic	2017[9]	2020[34]	45	1
19	Tom Aldred		DF	(1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 27)	loan from Bury	2018[28]	2018	22	1
21	Cédric Kipré		DF	(1996-12-09)9 December 1996 (aged 21)	Leicester City	2017[10]	2020[34]	49	1
30	Luke Watt		DF	(1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2018[51]	8	0
43	Adam Livingstone		DF	(1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 20)	Academy			2	0
	Yusuf Hussain		DF	(2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 17)	Falkirk	2018		0	0
Midfielders
4	Liam Grimshaw		MF	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 23)	Preston North End	2017[19]	2019[35]	37	0
5	Gaël Bigirimana		MF	(1993-10-22)22 October 1993 (aged 24)	Coventry City	2017	2019[3]	36	2
7	Chris Cadden		MF	(1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2013	2019[52]	114	11
8	Carl McHugh		MF	(1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 25)	Plymouth Argyle	2016[53]	2019[54]	69	3
11	Elliott Frear		MF	(1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 27)	Forest Green Rovers	2017[55]	2019[55]	45	4
15	Andy Rose		MF	(1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 28)	Coventry City	2017[37]	2019[35]	40	2
22	Allan Campbell		MF	(1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 20)	Academy		2021[22]	43	3
26	Ross MacLean		MF	(1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2014	2019[56]	19	1
28	Shea Gordon		MF	(1998-05-16)16 May 1998 (aged 20)	Stalybridge Celtic	2017		4	0
31	David Turnbull		MF	(1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		3	0
32	Dylan King		MF	(1998-08-27)27 August 1998 (aged 19)	Oldham Athletic	2017	2018	0	0
33	Liam Brown		MF	(1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 18)	Queen's Park	2017		1	0
34	Barry Maguire		MF	(1998-04-27)27 April 1998 (aged 20)	Academy			3	0
35	Jake Hastie		MF	(1999-03-18)18 March 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		3	0
37	Jordan Armstrong		MF	(1999-04-02)2 April 1999 (aged 19)	Academy			0	0
41	Kyle MacDonald		MF	(2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy			0	0
Forwards
9	Curtis Main		FW	(1992-06-20)20 June 1992 (aged 25)	Portsmouth	2018[25]	2019	21	7
12	Ryan Bowman		FW	(1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 26)	Gateshead	2016[57]	2019[34]	66	12
20	Deimantas Petravičius		FW	(1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 22)	Zagłębie Lubin	2017[39]	2018[39]	14	0
23	Nadir Çiftçi		FW	(1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 26)	loan from Celtic	2018[27]	2018	15	3
24	George Newell		FW	(1997-12-27)27 December 1997 (aged 20)	Bolton Wanderers	2017[12]	2018[12]	9	0
27	Craig Tanner		FW	(1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 23)	Reading	2017	2019[5]	36	9
36	Dylan Falconer		FW	(1999-05-23)23 May 1999 (aged 18)	Academy			0	0
38	James Scott		FW	(2000-08-30)30 August 2000 (aged 17)	Academy			2	0
40	Alfredo Agyeman		FW	(2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 17)	Academy			0	0
42	Jamie Semple		FW	(2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (aged 18)	Academy			0	0

Left club during season

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 3 DF  SCO Steven Hammell (Retired)[26] 4 DF  ENG Ben Heneghan (to Sheffield United)[16] 6 DF  SCO Stephen McManus (Retired)[14] 9 FW  ENG Louis Moult (to Preston North End)[23]

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ENG Alex Fisher (to Yeovil Town)[31] 19 FW  ENG Jacob Blyth [43] 19 GK  GRE Gennadios Xenodochof 25 DF  SCO Jack McMillan (to Livingston)

Friendlies

Stirling Albion v Motherwell

1 July 2017 Friendly	Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Motherwell	Stirling
15:00 BST		Report	Tuton Bowman	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 1,044

Livingston v Motherwell

4 July 2017 Friendly	Livingston	0 – 2	Motherwell	Livingston
19:45 BST		Report	Bigirimana 44' Bowman 86'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 824

Gateshead v Motherwell

8 July 2017 Friendly	Gateshead	3 – 2	Motherwell	Gateshead
12:00 BST	M.Langstaff 40' Green 64' T.White 76'	Report	Bowman 90+1' Rose 90+2'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 553

Barrow v Motherwell

11 July 2017 Friendly	Barrow	1 – 0	Motherwell	Barrow-in-Furness
18:30 BST	R.Bennett 9'	Report		Stadium: Holker Street

Competitions

Premiership

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	11	11	49	47	+2	59
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	13	13	39	39	0	49
7	Motherwell	38	13	9	16	43	49	−6	48
8	St Johnstone	38	12	10	16	42	53	−11	46
9	Dundee	38	11	6	21	36	57	−21	39

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).^[58]
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

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	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W
Position	9	11	8	7	5	5	6	5	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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
38	13	9	16	43	49	−6	48	8	5	7	26	22	+4	5	4	9	17	27	−10

Source: See Results

Results

Motherwell v Rangers

6 August 2017 1	Motherwell	1 – 2	Rangers	Motherwell
13:30 BST (UTC+1)	Heneghan 40' 78' Dunne  49' Moult  58' Tait  90+1'	Report	Dorrans 4', 58' (pen.) 79' Cardoso  68'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Bobby Madden

St Johnstone v Motherwell

12 August 2017 2	St Johnstone	4 – 1	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	MacLean 8' 57' O'Halloran 18', 74' Davidson 90+3'	Report	Rose 28' McHugh  36'  76' Carson  63' Dunne  89'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Craig Thomson

Motherwell v Ross County

19 August 2017 3	Motherwell	2 – 0	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Heneghan  3' Rose  27' Tait 53' Moult 74' (pen.)	Report	Chow  17' Fraser  46' van der Weg  74'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,911 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

26 August 2017 4	Motherwell	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bowman 37' Moult 41' Frear  49' Kipré  71'	Report	Grzelak  10' Lafferty 30' Randall  60' Walker  77'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,568 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v Kilmarnock

9 September 2017 5	Motherwell	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kipré  24' Bowman 65' Grimshaw  84' Moult 88' (pen.) McHugh  90+2'	Report	Wilson  88'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,621 Referee: Bobby Madden

Hibernian v Motherwell

16 September 2017 6	Hibernian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Stokes 21' (pen.), 57' Slivka  70'	Report	Tait  15' Moult  21' 64', 74' McHugh  36' Kipré  88'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 17,335 Referee: Barry Cook

Motherwell v Aberdeen

24 September 2017 7	Motherwell	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Motherwell
12:15 BST (UTC+1)	McHugh  49' Dunne  88'	Report	Logan  45' Considine 57' Shinnie  89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,535 Referee: Nick Walsh

Motherwell v Partick Thistle

30 September 2017 8	Motherwell	3 – 0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hartley 7' Tanner 56' Bowman 82'	Report	Černý  6' Barton  33' Lawless  85' Edwards  87'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,692 Referee: Greg Aitken

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

14 October 2017 9	Hamilton Academical	1 – 2	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Skondras 15' Biabi  49'	Report	Rose 32' McHugh  35' Hartley 51' Campbell  76'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Craig Thomson

Motherwell v Celtic

21 October 2017 10	Motherwell	v	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fir Park
Note: Match postponed due to both Motherwell and Celtic participating in the League Cup Semi-finals.

Dundee v Motherwell

25 October 2017 11	Dundee	0 – 1	Motherwell	Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Deacon  28' O'Dea  30' Moussa  64'	Report	Tanner 5' Hartley  34' Tait  70' Bigirimana  77'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,254 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Motherwell v Hibernian

28 October 2017 12	Motherwell	0 – 1	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Campbell  52'	Report	Boyle 27'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Bobby Madden

Ross County v Motherwell

4 November 2017 13	Ross County	3 – 2	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Gardyne 13', 42' Keillor-Dunn 26' Draper  84'	Report	Bowman 48' Hartley  52' Moult 79'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Euan Anderson

Aberdeen v Motherwell

18 November 2017 14	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Considine  42' Christie  86'	Report	Bowman  41' Moult 42', 54'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 14,013 Referee: Bobby Madden

Motherwell v St Johnstone

25 November 2017 15	Motherwell	v	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park

Motherwell v Celtic

29 November 2017 10	Motherwell	1 – 1	Celtic	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Campbell  51' McHugh  74' Lustig 78' (o.g.) Moult  81' Dunne  86'	Report	Sinclair 88' (pen.) Griffiths  90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,164 Referee: Willie Collum
Note: Match rearranged from 21 October 2017 due to both Motherwell and Celtic participating in the League Cup Semi-finals.

Celtic v Motherwell

2 December 2017 16	Celtic	5 – 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Brown  11' Édouard 16', 33', 85' Forrest 76', 88'	Report	Tait  24' Campbell  37' Frear 65' McHugh  75'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: Kevin Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

9 December 2017 17	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Lafferty 39'	Report	Kipré  32' Tait  85'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 15,984 Referee: Dallas

Partick Thistle v Motherwell

13 December 2017 18	Partick Thistle	3 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Spittal 16' Edwards 22' Sammon 28' McGinn  90+2'	Report	Bowman 56' 70' Tanner 79'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 2,452 Referee: Don Robertson

Kilmarnock v Motherwell

16 December 2017 19	Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC)	S.Boyd 42' Broadfoot  88'	Report	McHugh  79'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,179 Referee: Euan Anderson

Motherwell v Dundee

23 December 2017 20	Motherwell	1 – 1	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bigirimana  55' Rose  58' Tanner 61' (pen.)	Report	Moussa  45' McGowan 47' Kerr  88'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Don Robertson

Rangers v Motherwell

27 December 2017 21	Rangers	2 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Wilson 56' McCrorie  68' Morelos 76'	Report	Kipré  42' Tait  45+7' Bigirimana  73' Grimshaw  82'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,273 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

30 December 2017 22	Motherwell	1 – 3	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tanner 3' Hartley  41'  90+4' Grimshaw  86' Hammell  88'	Report	Tomas  37' Imrie 41' (pen.) Donati  52' Bingham 53' Docherty 76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Motherwell v Ross County

24 January 2018 23	Motherwell	2 – 0	Ross County	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Souttar 45' (o.g.) Main 47' Kipré  79' MacLean  81'	Report	Routis  60'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

27 January 2018 24	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Milinković 80'	Report	McHugh  46' Main  66' 90+6'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,717 Referee: Willie Collum

Hibernian v Motherwell

31 January 2018 25	Hibernian	2 – 1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Kamberi 28' Barker 47'	Report	Tait  17' Campbell  31' Main 78' 90+2'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 15,459 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v Partick Thistle

3 February 2018 26	Motherwell	1 – 1	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tait  52' McHugh  66' Çiftçi 79'	Report	Osman  43' Doolan 53' McGinn  61' Dumbuya  74' Edwards  89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Nick Walsh

Motherwell v St Johnstone

6 February 2017 15	Motherwell	2 – 0	St Johnstone	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Campbell 64' Main 70'	Report	Kerr  45'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Don Robertson

Motherwell v Kilmarnock

17 February 2018 27	Motherwell	0 – 1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tanner  72'	Report	Brophy  29' O'Donnell 34' Broadfoot  53'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,322 Referee: Steven McLean

Dundee v Motherwell

24 February 2018 28	Dundee	0 – 1	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McGowan  75'	Report	Tanner 33' 62' Çiftçi  51' McHugh  75'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v Aberdeen

28 February 2018 29	Motherwell	v	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park
Note: On 28 February, the SPFL postponed all games scheduled to be played on the 28th due heavy snow.[59]

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

10 March 2018 30	Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ogkmpoe 11' Ferguson  34' Templeton 69'	Report	Kipré  51' Dunne  77'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,182 Referee: Steven McLean

Motherwell v Celtic

18 March 2018 31	Motherwell	0 – 0	Celtic	Motherwell
14:15 GMT (UTC)	McHugh  13' Kipré  41'	Report	Ntcham  11'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,717 Referee: Craig Thomson

Motherwell v Rangers

31 March 2018 32	Motherwell	2 – 2	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Main 9' (pen.) Campbell 16'	Report	Morelos  10' Tavernier 51' (pen.) Murphy 53' Dorrans  58'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,915 Referee: Nick Walsh

Motherwell v Aberdeen

3 April 2018 29	Motherwell	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Tait  80'	Report	Árnason 65' McLean 68'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,127 Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 February.

St Johnstone v Motherwell

7 April 2018 33	St Johnstone	0 – 0	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Foster  62' Davidson  80'	Report	Kipré  51' Rose  75'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,409 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Motherwell

21 April 2018 34	Ross County	0 – 0	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lindsay  45+1' Schalk  53' Fontaine  90+1'	Report	Kipré  54'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,879 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v Dundee

28 April 2018 35	Motherwell	2 – 1	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bowman 28' Kipré 52'	Report	Kusunga 23' O'Dea  64' McGowan  90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Nick Walsh

Motherwell v St Johnstone

5 May 2018 36	Motherwell	1 – 5	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bigirimana 78' 84' Çiftçi  83'	Report	MacLean 31', 40', 56' Anderson 36' Davidson  79' McMillan 81'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Partick Thistle v Motherwell

8 May 2018 37	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Edwards  90+1'	Report	Bowman 60' 75' Campbell  67'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,320 Referee: Bobby Madden

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

12 May 2018 38	Motherwell	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Çiftçi 31', 70' Aldred 73'	Report	Hughes  54' McMann  72'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,699 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

20 January 2018 Fourth Round	Motherwell	2 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McMann 4' (o.g.) Tanner  20' 35' (pen.) Campbell  70'	Report	Lyon  39'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Craig Thomson

Dundee v Motherwell

10 February 2018 Fifth Round	Dundee	0 – 2	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McGowan  32'	Report	McHugh  28' Tanner 30' Çiftçi  31' Holt 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,663 Referee: Bobby Madden

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

4 March 2018 Quarter-final	Motherwell	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
14:15 GMT (UTC)	Aldred  5' McLaughlin 7' (o.g.) Kipré  80' McHugh  22' 87'	Report	Lafferty 51' (pen.) Naismith  81' Adão  85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,564 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Motherwell v Aberdeen

14 April 2018 Semi-final	Motherwell	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
12:15 BST (UTC+1)	Main 20', 66' Bowman 22'	Report	O'Connor  57' Stewart  88'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 18,470 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Final

Main article: 2018 Scottish Cup Final

Celtic v Motherwell

19 May 2018 Final	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McGregor 11' Ntcham 25' Boyata  79'	Report	Tait  36' Grimshaw  44' Campbell  62'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,967 Referee: Kevin Clancy

League Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup § Group F

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MOT	GMO	QPA	EDC	BER
1	Motherwell (Q)	4	4	0	0	0	12	2	+10	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	4–0	—	—	1–0
2	Greenock Morton	4	2	1	0	1	8	6	+2	8			—	—	p2–2	5–0	—
3	Queen's Park	4	2	0	1	1	9	9	0	7			1–5	—	—	3–0	—
4	Edinburgh City	4	0	1	0	3	3	12	−9	2			1–2	—	—	—	p2–2
5	Berwick Rangers	4	0	0	1	3	4	7	−3	1			—	0–1	2–3	—	—

Source: ^[60]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[61]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Matches

Queen's Park v Motherwell

15 July 2017 1	Queen's Park	1 – 5	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cummins 23'	Report	Cadden 10' Tanner 53' Bowman 74', 77' Moult 85'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 1,590 Referee: Don Robertson

Motherwell v Greenock Morton

22 July 2017 2	Motherwell	4 – 0	Greenock Morton	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dunne 3' Cadden 25' Bigirimana  32' Tait 67' Moult 72'	Report	Harkins  39'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,113 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Edinburgh City v Motherwell

25 July 2017 3	Edinburgh City	1 – 2	Motherwell	Edinburgh
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Thomson  60' Grimes 69' Mackie  87'	Report	Cadden 74' Frear 89'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 970 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Motherwell v Berwick Rangers

29 July 2017 4	Motherwell	1 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Frear 82'	Report	K.Stewart  64'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 2,524 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Knockout stage

Ross County v Motherwell

9 August 2017 Second round	Ross County	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Motherwell	Dingwall
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Schalk 65' Dow  69' Curran 104' (pen.)	Report	Bigirimana 50' Moult  77' MacLean  90+3' 112' Cadden 92' Dunne  104'	Stadium: Victoria Park Referee: Stephen Finnie

Motherwell v Aberdeen

21 September 2017 Quarter Final	Motherwell	3 – 0	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Moult 13', 85' Hartley 19' Kipré  42' Hammell  59' Cadden  77' Grimshaw  87' Fisher  90'	Report	Christie  88'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,430 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Rangers v Motherwell

22 October 2017 Semi Final	Rangers	0 – 2	Motherwell	Glasgow
BST (UTC+1)	Morelos  58' Herrera  87'	Report	Bowman  7' Hartley  26' Moult 52', 74' 87' Cadden  90+2'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 44,506 Referee: Steven McLean

Final

Main article: 2017 Scottish League Cup Final

Motherwell v Celtic

26 November 2017	Motherwell	0 – 2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McHugh  54' Kipré  58' Campbell  74'	Report	Dembélé  16' 60' (pen.) Forrest 49' Brown  90+2'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,483 Referee: Craig Thomson

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup

Motherwell Colts v Queen's Park

16 August 2017 First Round	Motherwell Colts	2 – 1	Queen's Park	Stirling
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	L.Brown  27' D.Turnbull  45+1' Plummer 62' A.Livingstone 69' Gordon  88'	Report	Cummins 29' R.Docherty  54'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Attendance: 168 Referee: David Dickinson

Crusaders v Motherwell Colts

2 September 2017 Second Round	Crusaders	3 – 2	Motherwell Colts	Belfast, Northern Ireland
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lowry 28' Burns 84', 90+2'	Report	D.Turnbull 51' Cushley  71' Newell 67'	Stadium: Seaview Attendance: 494 Referee: Kris Hames

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 19 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Trevor Carson	46	0	33	0	5	0	8	0
2	DF	SCO	Richard Tait	45	2	32+1	1	5	0	7	1
3	DF	SCO	Stephen Hendrie	7	0	3+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Liam Grimshaw	19	0	10+5	0	2	0	1+1	0
5	MF	BDI	Gaël Bigirimana	35	2	11+15	1	0+3	0	4+2	1
6	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley	17	3	14	2	0	0	3	1
7	MF	SCO	Chris Cadden	45	4	30+3	0	4	0	7+1	4
8	MF	IRL	Carl McHugh	46	1	32+2	0	4	1	8	0
9	FW	ENG	Curtis Main	21	7	16	5	5	2	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Elliott Frear	29	3	13+9	1	0+2	0	3+2	2
12	FW	ENG	Ryan Bowman	41	9	22+9	6	2+1	1	5+2	2
13	GK	ENG	Russell Griffiths	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Ellis Plummer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	MF	AUS	Andy Rose	39	2	21+6	2	3+1	0	6+2	0
18	DF	EIR	Charles Dunne	44	1	33	0	5	0	6	1
19	DF	SCO	Tom Aldred	22	1	17	1	5	0	0	0
20	FW	LTU	Deimantas Petravičius	13	0	1+11	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	DF	CIV	Cédric Kipré	48	1	34+1	1	5	0	8	0
22	MF	SCO	Allan Campbell	35	2	24+4	2	4	0	2+1	0
23	FW	TUR	Nadir Çiftçi	15	3	8+3	3	3+1	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	George Newell	9	0	1+7	0	0	0	0+1	0
26	MF	SCO	Ross MacLean	10	1	1+6	0	0+1	0	1+1	1
27	FW	ENG	Craig Tanner	35	8	15+10	6	3	1	4+3	1
31	MF	SCO	David Turnbull	3	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Liam Brown	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	SCO	Barry Maguire	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	SCO	James Scott	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	8	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	3	0
4	DF	ENG	Ben Heneghan	7	1	4	1	0	0	3	0
6	DF	SCO	Stephen McManus	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Louis Moult	22	14	13+2	8	0	0	5+2	6
17	FW	ENG	Alex Fisher	19	0	6+5	0	0+1	0	2+5	0
25	DF	SCO	Jack McMillan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 19 May 2018

Ranking	Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		9	Louis Moult	8	0	6	14
2	FW		12	Ryan Bowman	7	1	2	10
3	FW		27	Craig Tanner	6	2	1	9
4	FW		9	Curtis Main	5	2	0	7
5				Own goal	2	3	0	5
6	MF		7	Chris Cadden	0	0	4	4
7	FW		23	Nadir Çiftçi	3	0	0	3
	DF		6	Peter Hartley	2	0	1	3
	MF		11	Elliott Frear	1	0	2	3
10	MF		15	Andy Rose	2	0	0	2
	MF		22	Allan Campbell	2	0	0	2
	MF		5	Gaël Bigirimana	1	0	1	2
	DF		2	Richard Tait	1	0	1	2
14	DF		4	Ben Heneghan	1	0	0	1
	DF		21	Cédric Kipré	1	0	0	1
	DF		19	Tom Aldred	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Carl McHugh	0	1	0	1
	DF		18	Charles Dunne	0	0	1	1
	MF		26	Ross MacLean	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					43	9	20	72

Disciplinary record

As of match played 19 May 2018

Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Trevor Carson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	2	Richard Tait	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
	MF	4	Liam Grimshaw	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
	MF	5	Gaël Bigirimana	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	6	Peter Hartley	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	1
	MF	7	Chris Cadden	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	MF	8	Carl McHugh	14	1	2	0	0	0	16	1
	FW	9	Curtis Main	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	11	Elliott Frear	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	12	Ryan Bowman	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	MF	15	Andy Rose	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	18	Charles Dunne	4	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
	DF	19	Tom Aldred	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	21	Cédric Kipré	9	1	1	0	1	1	11	2
	MF	22	Allan Campbell	6	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
	FW	23	Nadir Çiftçi	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	26	Ross MacLean	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	27	Craig Tanner	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	4	Ben Heneghan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	9	Louis Moult	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
	FW	17	Alex Fisher	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	70	5	10	0	14	2	94	7

See also

• List of Motherwell F.C. seasons

Notes