2019–20 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Motherwell's thirty-fifth 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. After the season was postponed on 13 March by the Scottish Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[1] the season was curtailed on 18 May by the Scottish Professional Football League, with Motherwell finishing the season in third place with a points per game ration of 1.5333, 0.0333 higher than fourth placed Aberdeen.^[2] In the League Cup, Motherwell where knocked out by Heart of Midlothian in the Second Round, whilst St Mirren knocked Motherwell out of the Scottish Cup by penalties in a Fifth Round Reply.

Motherwell

2019–20 season
Chairman	James McMahon
Manager	Stephen Robinson
Stadium	Fir Park
Scottish Premiership	3rd
Scottish Cup	Fifth round vs St Mirren
League Cup	Second round vs Heart of Midlothian
Top goalscorer	League: Liam Donnelly Chris Long (7 each) All: Liam Donnelly Chris Long (11 each)
Highest home attendance	8,822 vs Celtic (10 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	2,763 vs Annan Athletic (27 July 2019)
Average home league attendance	5,246 (4 March 2020)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Season review

Pre-season

On 10 June, Motherwell announced the singing of Chris Long to a one-year contract, beginning when his Blackpool expires on 30 June.^[3] On 12 June, Motherwell announced that they had agreed a record transfer fee with Celtic for the transfer of midfielder David Turnbull, with the player given permission to discuss personal terms with Celtic.^[4] On 27 June Motherwell announced that the transfer had fallen through during the medical, with Turnbull requiring preventive surgery on his knee.^[5] On 2 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Devante Cole on an initial six-month loan deal from Wigan Athletic.^[6] On 8 July, Motherwell signed Sherwin Seedorf to a two-year contract from Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[7] On 12 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Christian Ilić to a one-year contract.^[8]

July

On 18 July, manager Stephen Robinson and assistant manager Keith Lasley both agreed new contracts, keeping them at the club until the summer of 2022.^[9] The following day, Rohan Ferguson moved to Linfield for the 2019/20 season.^[10]

On 23 July, Allan Campbell signed an improved contract with Motherwell until the summer of 2021.^[11] On 25 July, Motherwell announced the singing of Christy Manzinga on a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from Sporting Châtelet.^[12] The following day, 26 July, Danny Johnson moved to Dundee for an undisclosed fee,^[13] and Reece McAlear moved to Norwich City for an undisclosed.^[14]

On 2 September, Adam Livingstone joined Greenock Morton on a season-long loan deal,^[15] Craig Tanner declined a new contract from Motherwell and left the club,^[16] and Mark O'Hara joined on a season-long loan deal from Peterborough United.^[17]

September

On 12 September, Motherwell announced the signing of Bevis Mugabi on a contract until January 2020.^[18]

On 20 September, Motherwell announced that P. J. Morrison had joined Cowdenbeath on an emergency one-week loan deal.^[19]

October

On 2 October, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Liam Donnelly until the summer of 2022.^[20]

November

On 22 November, Motherwell announced that they had extended their contract with Bevis Mugabi until the summer of 2021.^[21]

January

On 7 January, Motherwell announced that Trevor Carson had signed a new contract with the club, until the summer of 2022.^[22] On 13 January, Mikael Ndjoli joined Motherwell on loan from AFC Bournemouth for the remainder of the season.^[23]

On 15 January, Liam Grimshaw signed a new contract with Motherwell until the summer of 2022.^[24]

On 23 January, David Devine joined Queen of the South on loan for the remainder of the season.^[25]

On 28 January, Ross Maciver signed a new contract with Motherwell, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2021.^[26]

On 31 January, Casper Sloth left Motherwell by mutual consent,^[27] Rolando Aarons joined the club on loan from Newcastle United for the remainder of the season,^[28] and James Scott moved to Hull City for an undisclosed fee.^[29]

February

After returning to the club from his loan deal with Greenock Morton on 31 January,^[30] Adam Livingstone joined Clyde on loan for the remainder of the season on 4 February.^[31]

On 7 February, Motherwell announced the signing of Tony Watt on a contract until the end of the season.^[32]

March

On 9 March, Motherwell announced the signing of Harry Robinson on a contract until the end of the season.^[33]

On 11 March, David Turnbull signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at Motherwell until the summer of 2022.^[34]

On 13 March, the Scottish Football Association postponed all league fixtures until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35][1]

May

On 18 May the season was curtailed by the Scottish Professional Football League with Motherwell finishing the season in third place with a points per game ration of 1.5333, 0.0333 higher than fourth placed Aberdeen.^[2]

On 29 May, Motherwell announced that Tony Watt had signed a new contract with the club, for the 2020–21 season.^[36]

On 31 May, Motherwell announced that Rohan Ferguson, Mark Gillespie, Richard Tait, Peter Hartley, Christian Ilić, Adam Livingstone and Christy Manzinga were all leaving the club after their contracts expired, whilst Charles Dunne, Chris Long, Barry Maguire, P. J. Morrison, Harry Robinson and Yusuf Hussain have been offered new contracts with contracts due to expire too.^[37]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2019 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2019-20

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 April 2019†	DF		Declan Gallagher	Livingston	Free	[38]
17 April 2019†	MF		Liam Polworth	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	[39]
29 April 2019††	DF		Jake Carroll	Cambridge United	Free	[40]
21 May 2019††	MF		Casper Sloth	Silkeborg	Free	[41]
29 May 2019††	MF		Jermaine Hylton	Solihull Moors	Free	[42]
10 June 2019††	FW		Chris Long	Blackpool	Free	[3]
8 July 2019	MF		Sherwin Seedorf	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[7]
12 July 2019	MF		Christian Ilić	TSV Hartberg	Undisclosed	[8]
25 July 2019	FW		Christy Manzinga	Sporting Châtelet	Undisclosed	[12]
1 August 2019	FW		Ross Maciver	Ross County	Undisclosed
12 September 2019	DF		Bevis Mugabi	Yeovil Town	Free	[18]
7 February 2020	FW		Tony Watt	CSKA Sofia	Free	[32]
9 March 2020	MF		Harry Robinson	Oldham Athletic	Free	[33]

† Transfers announced on the above date, becoming official when the Scottish transfer window opened on 1 June.

†† Transfers announced on the above date, becoming official when they're contracts expire on 30 June.

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
26 July 2019	FW		Danny Johnson	Dundee	Undisclosed	[13]
26 July 2019	MF		Reece McAlear	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[14]
31 January 2020	FW		James Scott	Hull City	Undisclosed	[29]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 July 2019	FW		Devante Cole	Wigan Athletic	1 January 2020	[6]
2 September 2019	MF		Mark O'Hara	Peterborough United	End of Season	[17]
13 January 2020	FW		Mikael Ndjoli	AFC Bournemouth	End of Season	[23]
31 January 2020	FW		Rolando Aarons	Newcastle United	End of Season	[28]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
19 July 2019	GK		Rohan Ferguson	Linfield	End of Season	[10]
2 September 2019	DF		Adam Livingstone	Greenock Morton	31 January 2019	[15][30]
20 September 2019	GK		P. J. Morrison	Cowdenbeath	27 September 2019	[19]
23 January 2020	DF		David Devine	Queen of the South	End of Season	[25]
4 February 2020	DF		Adam Livingstone	Clyde	End of Season	[31]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
2 September 2019	FW		Craig Tanner	Aldershot Town	9 December 2019	[16][43]
31 January 2020	MF		Casper Sloth	Notts County	20 August 2020	[27][44]
31 May 2020	GK		Mark Gillespie	Newcastle United	3 July 2020	[37][45]
31 May 2020	GK		Rohan Ferguson	Queen of the South	17 September 2020	[37][46]
31 May 2020	DF		Peter Hartley	Jamshedpur	20 August 2020	[37]
31 May 2020	DF		Richard Tait	St Mirren	18 June 2020	[37][47]
31 May 2020	DF		Charles Dunne	Motherwell	27 June 2020	[37][48]
31 May 2020	DF		Jack Brown	Albion Rovers	18 June 2020	[49]
31 May 2020	DF		Adam Livingstone	Cove Rangers	27 August 2020	[37][50]
31 May 2020	MF		Christian Ilić	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	21 August 2020	[37][51]
31 May 2020	FW		Christy Manzinga	Linfield	1 August 2020	[37][52]
31 May 2020	FW		Chris Long	Motherwell	10 July 2020	[37][53]
30 June 2020	GK		Robbie Hemfrey	Stoke City U23	6 October 2020	[54]
30 June 2020	MF		Adam Kettings	Syngenta
30 June 2020	FW		Cole Starrs	Forfar Athletic	1 September 2020

Squad

As of match played 7 March 2020^[55]

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 32)	Hartlepool United	2017[56]	2022[22]	63	0
20	Mark Gillespie		GK	(1992-03-27)27 March 1992 (aged 28)	Walsall	2018[57]	2020[57]	67	0
41	Robbie Hemfrey		GK	(2002-02-21)21 February 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2012	2020	0	0
43	Matty Connelly		GK	(2003-03-02)2 March 2003 (aged 17)	Academy	2019	2021	0	0
Defenders
2	Richard Tait		DF	(1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 31)	Grimsby Town	2016[58]	2020[59]	142	5
3	Jake Carroll		DF	(1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 28)	Cambridge United	2019[40]	2021[40]	27	2
5	Peter Hartley		DF	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 32)	Blackpool	2018	2020[60]	65	7
15	Barry Maguire		DF	(1998-04-27)27 April 1998 (aged 22)	Academy	2015	2020[61]	14	0
18	Charles Dunne		DF	(1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 27)	Oldham Athletic	2017[62]	2020[59]	78	1
22	Liam Donnelly		DF	(1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 24)	Hartlepool United	2018[63]	2022[20]	40	12
24	Bevis Mugabi		DF	(1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 25)	Yeovil Town	2019[18]	2021[21]	11	0
31	Declan Gallagher		DF	(1991-02-13)13 February 1991 (aged 29)	Livingston	2019[38]	2021[38]	36	2
32	Yusuf Hussain		DF	(2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 19)	Falkirk	2018	2020	0	0
34	Jack Brown		DF	(2002-07-02)2 July 2002 (aged 17)	Academy	2014	2020	0	0
35	Sam Muir		DF	(2002-07-10)10 July 2002 (aged 17)	Academy	2019	2021	0	0
36	Matthew McDonald		DF	(2002-08-26)26 August 2002 (aged 17)	Academy	2019	2021	0	0
38	Cameron Wilson		DF	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 (age 22)	Academy	2019	2021	0	0
Midfielders
4	Liam Grimshaw		MF	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 25)	Preston North End	2017[64]	2022[24]	102	0
6	Allan Campbell		MF	(1998-07-04)4 July 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016	2021[11]	120	11
7	David Turnbull		MF	(1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	2022[34]	36	15
11	Sherwin Seedorf		MF	(1998-03-17)17 March 1998 (aged 22)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2019[7]	2021[7]	28	3
16	Christian Ilić		MF	(1996-07-22)22 July 1996 (aged 23)	TSV Hartberg	2019[8]	2020[8]	13	1
19	Liam Polworth		MF	(1994-10-12)12 October 1994 (aged 25)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2019[39]	2021[39]	37	3
26	Dean Cornelius		MF	(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 19)	Hibernian	2018	2021	1	0
33	Adam Kettings		MF	(2002-03-18)18 March 2002 (aged 18)	Academy	2012	2020	0	0
40	Paul Hale		MF	(2003-01-26)26 January 2003 (aged 17)	Academy	2019	2021	0	0
42	Lewis Robertson		MF	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 17)	Rangers	2019	2021	0	0
52	Mark O'Hara		MF	(1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 24)	Loan from Peterborough United	2019[17]	2020[17]	20	2
	Harry Robinson		MF	(2000-09-26)26 September 2000 (aged 19)	Oldham Athletic	2020[33]	2020[33]	0	0
Forwards
8	Tony Watt		FW	(1993-12-29)29 December 1993 (aged 26)	CSKA Sofia	2020[32]	2021[36]	6	2
9	Chris Long		FW	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 25)	Blackpool	2019[3]	2020[3]	31	11
12	Christy Manzinga		FW	(1995-01-31)31 January 1995 (aged 25)	Sporting Châtelet	2019[12]	2020[12]	7	1
14	Jermaine Hylton		FW	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 26)	Solihull Moors	2019[42]	2021[42]	36	4
17	Rolando Aarons		FW	(1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 24)	loan from Newcastle United	2020[28]	2020[28]	8	1
25	Jamie Semple		FW	(2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2018	2021[65]	6	0
29	Cole Starrs		FW	(2002-04-25)25 April 2002 (aged 18)	Academy		2020	0	0
37	Ross Maciver		FW	(1999-02-28)28 February 1999 (aged 21)	Ross County	2019[26]	2021[26]	8	1
39	Findlay Cook		FW	(2002-05-31)31 May 2002 (aged 17)	Academy		2021	0	0
44	Mikael Ndjoli		FW	(1998-12-16)16 December 1998 (aged 21)	loan from AFC Bournemouth	2020[23]	2020[23]	2	0
Away on loan
13	Rohan Ferguson		GK	(1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 22)	Airdrieonians	2017[66]	2020	1	0
21	Adam Livingstone		DF	(1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 22)	Academy	2008	2020[67]	5	0
28	David Devine		DF	(2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2019	2021	1	0
31	P. J. Morrison		GK	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 22)	Academy	2009	2020	0	0
Left during the season
8	Casper Sloth		MF	(1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 28)	Silkeborg	2019[41]	2021[41]	1	0
17	James Scott		FW	(2000-08-30)30 August 2000 (aged 19)	Academy			42	7
24	Danny Johnson		FW	(1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 27)	Gateshead	2018[68]	2020[68]	28	8
27	Craig Tanner		FW	(1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 25)	Reading	2017[69]		36	9
30	Reece McAlear		MF	(2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 18)	Academy			0	0
44	Devante Cole		FW	(1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 25)	loan from Wigan Athletic	2019[6]	2020[6]	21	4

Out on loan

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 13 GK  SCO Rohan Ferguson (at Linfield) 21 DF  SCO Adam Livingstone (at Clyde)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  SCO David Devine (at Queen of the South) 31 GK  SCO P. J. Morrison (at Cowdenbeath)

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 8 FW  DEN Casper Sloth 17 FW  SCO James Scott (to Hull City) 24 FW  ENG Danny Johnson (to Dundee)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  ENG Craig Tanner 30 MF  SCO Reece McAlear (to Norwich City) 44 FW  ENG Devante Cole (loan return to Wigan Athletic)

Friendlies

Crusaders v Motherwell

26 June 2019 Friendly	Crusaders	1–0	Motherwell	Belfast
19:45 BST	Ror.Hale 25'	Report		Stadium: Seaview

Linfield v Motherwell

29 June 2019 Friendly	Linfield	0–3	Motherwell	Belfast
15:00 BST		Report	Long 28' Hartley 47' Carroll 68'	Stadium: Windsor Park

Gretna 2008 v Motherwell

2 July 2019 Friendly	Gretna 2008	0–7	Motherwell	Gretna
19:15 BST		Report	Hylton 40' Johnson 41', 54', 88' Tait 52' Maguire 63' Trialist 77'	Stadium: Raydale Park

Darlington v Motherwell

6 July 2019 Friendly	Darlington	0–3	Motherwell	Darlington
14:00 BST		Report	Long 39' Donnelly 45' Semple 86'	Stadium: Blackwell Meadows

Competitions

Premiership

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation[a]
1	Celtic (C)	30	26	2	2	89	19	+70	80	2.67	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rangers	29	21	4	4	64	19	+45	67	2.31	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
3	Motherwell	30	14	4	12	41	38	+3	46	1.53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	30	12	9	9	40	36	+4	45	1.50
5	Livingston	30	10	9	11	41	39	+2	39	1.30

Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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).^[71]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[70]
2. Since the 2019–20 Scottish Cup was postponed and could not be completed by the UEFA registration deadline of 3 August 2020, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team, while the fourth-placed team also qualified for European competition.

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D
Position	7	10	6	5	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3

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
30	14	4	12	41	37	+4	46	7	1	6	22	20	+2	7	3	6	19	17	+2

Source: See Results

Results

Livingston v Motherwell

3 August 2019 1	Livingston	0–0	Motherwell	Livingston
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dykes  51'	Report	Ilić 18' Donnelly  79' Carroll  90+2'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 2,633 Referee: David Munro

Motherwell v Celtic

10 August 2019 2	Motherwell	2–5	Celtic	Motherwell
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Donnelly 12', 90+1'  85' Gallagher  45+2' Hylton  71' Tait  83' Gillespie  85'	Report	Ajer 14' Griffiths 41' Forrest 66' Édouard 76' Christie 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,822 Referee: Nick Walsh

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

24 August 2019 3	Hamilton Academical	1–3	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hamilton  20' Cunningham 24' (pen.)	Report	Gogić 16' (o.g.) Donnelly 21' (pen.)  88' Long 51'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Motherwell v Hibernian

31 August 2019 4	Motherwell	3–0	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Donnelly  16' 80' (pen.) Seedorf 23' Long  51' Gallagher  71' Hylton 86'	Report	Allan  45' Mallan	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Steven McLean

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

14 September 2019 5	Heart of Midlothian	2–3	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Halkett  58' Ikpeazu 61'  90+5' Berra  62' Meshino 86'	Report	Carroll  9' Gallagher 20' Donnelly  22' Seedorf 52'  53' Hylton 66'	Stadium: Tynecastle Attendance: 15,862 Referee: Euan Anderson

Motherwell v Ross County

21 September 2019 6	Motherwell	1–2	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gallagher  58' Campbell 61' Carroll  78'  80'	Report	Graham 75' Gardyne  84' Stewart 88' Spittal  90+4'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Alan Muir

St Johnstone v Motherwell

28 September 2019 7	St Johnstone	0–1	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tanser 55' Davidson  68'	Report	Hartley  24' Cole 42' Polworth  68' Tait  80' Donnelly  90+4'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,972 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Motherwell v St Mirren

5 October 2019 8	Motherwell	2–0	St Mirren	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Scott 39' Long 86'	Report	Mullen  57' Foley  64'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,101 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v Aberdeen

19 October 2019 9	Motherwell	0–3	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Scott 5' Grimshaw  90'	Report	Cosgrove 15' McGinn 53' Vyner 60'  72' McKenna  90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,640 Referee: Euan Anderson

Rangers v Motherwell

27 October 2019 10	Rangers	2–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tavernier 38' Defoe 45+1' Helander 80'	Report	Cole 21' Polworth  42' Gillespie  84' Donnelly  85'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,629 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Motherwell v Kilmarnock

30 October 2019 11	Motherwell	2–1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Donnelly 15' Cole 54' Grimshaw  56'	Report	Bruce  14' Thomas 31' Dicker  49' Johnson  85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,676 Referee: Don Robertson

Motherwell v Livingston

2 November 2019 12	Motherwell	2–1	Livingston	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Long 47' Gallagher  52' Campbell 83'	Report	Guthrie  30' Lawless 60' (pen.)  69'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,423 Referee: Euan Anderson

Celtic v Motherwell

10 November 2019 13	Celtic	2–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Édouard 19' Tait 54' (o.g.)	Report	Scott  87'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,137 Referee: Alan Muir

Hibernian v Motherwell

23 November 2019 14	Hibernian	3–1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Porteous  18' Doidge 21' Kamberi 25' Naismith  67' Maxwell  85' Horgan 86'	Report	Polworth 9' Grimshaw  17' Carroll  65'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 15,984 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v St Johnstone

30 November 2019 15	Motherwell	4–0	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Cole 29' Hartley 49' Carroll 72' Manzinga 89'	Report	McCann  70'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,092 Referee: Euan Anderson

St Mirren v Motherwell

4 December 2019 16	St Mirren	0–3	Motherwell	Paisley
19:45 GMT (UTC)	P.McGinn  86'	Report	Cole  15' Scott 28', 33' Campbell 67'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,240 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

7 December 2019 17	Motherwell	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Long 40'  66' Campbell  75' Donnelly  81'	Report	Berra  62' Mulraney  90+2'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,745 Referee: Alan Muir

Motherwell v Rangers

15 December 2019 18	Motherwell	0–2	Rangers	Motherwell
12:00 GMT (UTC)	Donnelly  44' Gallagher  45' Long  83'	Report	Katić 27' Jack  45' Morelos  57'  71' 69' Tavernier  79'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,359 Referee: Don Robertson

Kilmarnock v Motherwell

21 December 2019 19	Kilmarnock	0–1	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Del Fabro  59'	Report	Donnelly  36' Carroll 67' Gillespie  78' Hartley  82'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 5,688 Referee: Willie Collum

Ross County v Motherwell

26 December 2019 20	Ross County	1–2	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Spittal 24' Spence  48'  62' Foster  71' Fontaine  90+4' Graham  90+5'	Report	Gallagher  49' 90+2' Maciver 81' Hartley  90+4' Polworth  90+5'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Greg Aitken

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

29 December 2019 21	Motherwell	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Long 5' Hylton  63' O'Hara  75'	Report	Martin  11' Stubbs  52' McGowan 68' Moyo 77' Alston  81'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,048 Referee: John Beaton

Aberdeen v Motherwell

22 January 2020 22	Aberdeen	0–1	Motherwell	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Cosgrove  75'	Report	Long  21' Donnelly  37' 45+1' Carroll  71'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,365 Referee: Willie Collum

Motherwell v Hibernian

25 January 2020 23	Motherwell	0–0	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Donnelly  34'	Report	Omeonga  24' Doidge  37' Newell  49' James  89' Boyle  90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,767 Referee: Colin Steven

Livingston v Motherwell

1 February 2020 24	Livingston	1–0	Motherwell	Livingston
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Bartley  56' Dykes  56' Taylor-Sinclair 67'	Report	Tait  70' O'Hara  89' Carroll  90+1'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,932 Referee: John Beaton

Motherwell v Celtic

5 February 2020 25	Motherwell	0–4	Celtic	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Gallagher  79'	Report	Édouard 9', 80' Griffiths 51' McGregor 75'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,534 Referee: Don Robertson

St Johnstone v Motherwell

12 February 2020 26	St Johnstone	2–1	Motherwell	Perth
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Hendry 27' Kane 90+3'	Report	Long 32' Donnelly  69' Manzinga  77'  82' Carroll  90+1'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,655 Referee: Nick Walsh

Motherwell v St Mirren

15 February 2020 27	Motherwell	–	St Mirren	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park
Note: Match postponed due to adverse weather conditions caused by Storm Dennis.[72]

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

22 February 2020 28	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Hunt  4' Gogić  59'	Report	Long  31'  37' O'Hara  34' Gillespie  73' Gallagher  90+3'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Colin Steven

Motherwell v St Mirren

25 February 2020 27	Motherwell	1–1	St Mirren	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Donnelly 12' (pen.) Gallagher  90'	Report	Waters  17' Obika 50' Foley  70' Wallace  80' Durmuş 87' Hladký  89' Famewo  90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,636 Referee: David Munro
Note: Originally scheduled for 15 February 2020 but postponed due to adverse weather conditions caused by Storm Dennis.[73]

Motherwell v Ross County

4 March 2020 29	Motherwell	4–1	Ross County	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	O'Hara 17' Aarons  20' Campbell 25', 75' Tait  65' Watt 90+3'	Report	Fontaine 3' Morris  16' Vigurs  64' Stewart  80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,191 Referee: Alan Muir

Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell

7 March 2020 30	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Washington 49' Dikamona  61' Hickey  90+4'	Report	Long 21' Maguire  39' Aarons  58' O'Hara  58'	Stadium: Tynecastle Attendance: 17,339 Referee: Don Robertson

Motherwell v Aberdeen

13 March 2020 31	Motherwell	–	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]

Motherwell v Kilmarnock

21 March 2020 32	Motherwell	–	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]

Rangers v Motherwell

4 April 2020 33	Rangers	–	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Cup

Dundee v Motherwell

18 January 2020 Fourth Round	Dundee	0–3	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McGhee  69' Dorrans  83' Kerr  89'	Report	Long 22', 30', 75'  69'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 2,407 Referee: Steven McLean

St Mirren v Motherwell

8 February 2020 Fifth Round	St Mirren	1–1	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Jakubiak 74' McCarthy  89' Famewo  90'	Report	O'Hara 21' Polworth  90'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,323 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Motherwell v St Mirren

18 February 2020 Fifth Round Replay	Motherwell	4–4 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	St Mirren	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Polworth 27' Carroll  31' Mugabi  38' Watt 57' Aarons 73' Campbell 74'  99'	Report	Obika 14', 31' Hartley 33' (o.g.) Foley 43' McGrath  74' MacPherson  106'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,534 Referee: Gavin Duncan
	Penalties
	Donnelly Watt Aarons Polworth Hylton		McGrath Andreu MacPherson McAllister Obika

League Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup § Group E

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Motherwell	4	4	0	0	0	13	0	+13	12	Qualification for the Second Round
2	Greenock Morton	4	2	1	0	1	14	8	+6	8
3	Queen of the South	4	1	1	1	1	10	10	0	6
4	Dumbarton	4	1	0	0	3	3	12	−9	3
5	Annan Athletic	4	0	0	1	3	3	13	−10	1

Source: ^[74]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[75]

Results

Queen of the South v Motherwell

13 July 2019 1	Queen of the South	0–3	Motherwell	Dumfries
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Donnelly 71' (pen.) Seedorf 90' Hylton 90+2'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Don Robertson

Motherwell v Greenock Morton

19 July 2019 2	Motherwell	4–0	Greenock Morton	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Scott 22', 66' Hylton 76' Donnelly 82'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Willie Collum

Dumbarton v Motherwell

23 July 2019 3	Dumbarton	0–2	Motherwell	Dumbarton
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hutton  70'	Report	Ilić 42' Hartley 76'	Stadium: The C&G Systems Stadium Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Colin Steven

Motherwell v Annan Athletic

27 July 2019 4	Motherwell	4–0	Annan Athletic	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Donnelly 20', 89' Polworth 44' Scott 90+2'	Report	McLean  12' T.Muir  29' E.Griffiths  67'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 2,763 Referee: Alan Newlands

Knockout phase

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

16 August 2019 Second round	Motherwell	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Long 60' Tait  81' Seedorf  82'	Report	Clare 9 Damour  36' Smith 40'  81' Washington 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,597 Referee: Bobby Madden

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Challenge Cup

Motherwell U21s v Spartans

7 August 2019 First round	Motherwell U21s	1–0	Spartans	Airdrie
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Semple 18' Devine  87'	Report	Michael Allan  84'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 170 Referee: Ross Hardie

Clyde v Motherwell U21s

13 August 2019 Second round	Clyde	4–0	Motherwell U21s	Cumbernauld
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Goodwillie 6' Love 59' McNiff 72' Devine 84' (o.g.)	Report	Devine  57'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Attendance: 372 Referee: Chris Graham

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 7 March 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	SCO	Richard Tait	20	0	12+2	0	1+1	0	4	0
3	DF	IRL	Jake Carroll	27	2	21	2	3	0	3	0
4	MF	ENG	Liam Grimshaw	31	0	25	0	2	0	3+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Peter Hartley	30	2	23+2	1	3	0	2	1
6	MF	SCO	Allan Campbell	37	6	30	5	2+1	1	4	0
7	MF	SCO	David Turnbull	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	SCO	Tony Watt	6	2	2+2	1	1+1	1	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Chris Long	31	11	21+4	7	2	3	2+2	1
11	MF	SUR	Sherwin Seedorf	29	3	9+14	2	0+1	0	3+2	1
12	FW	COD	Christy Manzinga	7	1	0+6	1	0+1	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jermaine Hylton	35	4	18+9	2	2+1	0	3+2	2
15	DF	SCO	Barry Maguire	9	0	4+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
16	MF	CRO	Christian Ilić	13	1	3+5	0	0	0	3+2	1
17	FW	ENG	Rolando Aarons	8	1	6	0	2	1	0	0
18	DF	IRL	Charles Dunne	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
19	MF	SCO	Liam Polworth	37	3	28+2	1	3	1	4	1
20	GK	ENG	Mark Gillespie	38	0	30	0	3	0	5	0
22	DF	NIR	Liam Donnelly	29	11	22	7	2+1	0	4	4
24	DF	UGA	Bevis Mugabi	11	0	6+4	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	SCO	Jamie Semple	3	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
31	DF	SCO	Declan Gallagher	36	2	30	2	2	0	4	0
37	FW	SCO	Ross Maciver	8	1	1+6	1	1	0	0	0
44	FW	ENG	Mikael Ndjoli	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
52	MF	SCO	Mark O'Hara	20	2	9+8	1	2+1	1	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
8	MF	DEN	Casper Sloth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	SCO	James Scott	28	6	15+7	3	1	0	3+2	3
44	FW	ENG	Devante Cole	21	4	12+7	4	0	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 7 March 2020

Ranking	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	DF		22	Liam Donnelly	7	0	4	11
	FW		9	Chris Long	7	3	1	11
3	MF		6	Allan Campbell	5	1	0	6
	FW		17	James Scott	3	0	3	6
5	FW		44	Devante Cole	4	0	0	4
	FW		14	Jermaine Hylton	2	0	2	4
7	MF		11	Sherwin Seedorf	2	0	1	3
	MF		19	Liam Polworth	1	1	1	3
9	DF		3	Jake Carroll	2	0	0	2
	DF		31	Declan Gallagher	2	0	0	2
	MF		52	Mark O'Hara	1	1	0	2
	FW		8	Tony Watt	1	1	0	2
	DF		5	Peter Hartley	1	0	1	2
14	FW		12	Christy Manzinga	1	0	0	1
	FW		37	Ross Maciver	1	0	0	1
	FW		17	Rolando Aarons	0	1	0	1
	MF		16	Christian Ilić	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					40	8	14	62

Clean sheets

As of match played 7 March 2020

Ranking	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		20	Mark Gillespie	11	1	4	16
TOTALS					11	1	4	16

Disciplinary record

As of match played 7 March 2020

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
2		DF	Richard Tait	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
3		DF	Jake Carroll	8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
4		MF	Liam Grimshaw	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Peter Hartley	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Allan Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Chris Long	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
11		MF	Sherwin Seedorf	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
12		FW	Christy Manzinga	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
14		FW	Jermaine Hylton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Barry Maguire	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Christian Ilić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Rolando Aarons	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
19		MF	Liam Polworth	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
20		GK	Mark Gillespie	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22		DF	Liam Donnelly	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
24		DF	Bevis Mugabi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
31		DF	Declan Gallagher	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
52		MF	Mark O'Hara	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
17		FW	James Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		FW	Devante Cole	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	58	4	5	0	2	0	75	4

See also

• List of Motherwell F.C. seasons