2012–13 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2012–13 season
Chairman Vacant
Manager Stuart McCall
Stadium Fir Park
Scottish Premier League 2nd
Champions League Third qualifying round vs Panathinaikos
Europa League Play-off round vs Levante
League Cup Third round vs Rangers
Scottish Cup Fourth round vs Aberdeen
Top goalscorer League: Michael Higdon (26)
All: Michael Higdon (27)
Highest home attendance 10,496 vs Celtic
29 September 2012
Lowest home attendance 3,649 vs St Johnstone
20 January 2013
Average home league attendance 5,118[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season will be Motherwell's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Motherwell will also compete in the Champions League,[2] Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
24 July 2012 DF England Simon Ramsden England Bradford City Free[3]
18 February 2013 FW Scotland James McFadden England Sunderland Free[4]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
21 June 2012 DF Republic of Ireland Tim Clancy Hibernian Free[5]
16 August 2012 MF England Steve Jennings England Coventry City Free[6]
6 November 2012 GK Scotland Willie Muir Ayr United Free[7]
2 January 2013 DF England Jonathan Page Hamilton Academical Free[8]
3 January 2013 FW Scotland Jamie Murphy England Sheffield United Undisclosed[9]
29 March 2013 FW Algeria Salim Kouider-Aissa Stenhousemuir Free[10]

Loans in

Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From
10 August 2012 Season-Long[11][12] DF Scotland Fraser Kerr England Birmingham City
9 January 2013 End of Season[13] FW England Kallum Higginbotham England Huddersfield Town

Loans out

Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To
17 August 2012 January 2013 DF Scotland Nicky Devlin Dumbarton[14]
27 September 2012 31 December 2012 DF England Jonathan Page Hamilton Academical[15][16][17]
17 October 2012 17 January 2013 MF Scotland Josh Watt Airdrie United[18]
3 January 2013 3 February 2013 DF Scotland Nicky Devlin Dumbarton[19]
30 January 2013 30 March 2013 FW Scotland Craig Moore Cowdenbeath[20][21]
7 February 2013 End of Season MF Scotland Steven Hetherington Airdrie United[22][23]
5 March 2013 End of Season MF Scotland Josh Watt Raith Rovers[21][24]
6 March 2013 End of Season MF Scotland Dominic Green Partick Thistle[21]
16 March 2013 End of Season DF Scotland Nicky Devlin Stenhousemuir[25]
29 March 2013 End of Season MF Scotland Adam Asghar Dumbarton[26]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
20 May 2013[27] DF Scotland Nicky Devlin Stenhousemuir 10 June 2013[28]
20 May 2013[27] DF Scotland Steven Saunders Ross County 8 July 2013[29]
20 May 2013[27] MF England Steven Hetherington England Celtic Nation
20 May 2013[27] MF Scotland Adam Asghar Alloa Athletic 23 July 2014[30]
20 May 2013[27] MF Scotland Dominic Green
20 May 2013[27] MF England Nicky Law Rangers 24 May 2013[31]
20 May 2013[27] MF Scotland Josh Watt Iceland ÍA 24 July 2013[32]
20 May 2013[27] MF Jamaica Omar Daley United States Minnesota United 24 August 2013[33]

Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

Notes

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
37 17 9 11 65 51  +14 60 8 6 4 33 24  +9 9 3 7 32 27  +5

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
Result D D W D W W D L L L W L D W D W W W L W D L W L W L L W W D W W D W W L W L
Position 7 7 2 5 1 1 1 2 6 6 6 6 7 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3-3 4-1 0-0 - 5
Celtic 0-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 6
Dundee 2-1 1-1 3-0 - 7
Dundee United 0-1 2-1 0-1 3-1 6
Heart of Midlothian 0-1 0-0 2-1 - 4
Hibernian 0-4 3-2 4-1 - 6
Inverness C.T. 4-1 5-1 3-0 3-4 9
Kilmarnock 2-1 2-2 0-2 - 4
Ross County 0-0 3-2 0-3 2-0 7
St Johnstone 1-1 3-1 3-2 0-2 7
St Mirren 1-1 1-2 2-2 - 2

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Results

Notes

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 512013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 −2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 −1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 −9 44
11 St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 −13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 −38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2012-13 Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Champions League

Europa League

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 19 May 2013[38][39]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier League Europe[40] Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland Darren Randolph 41 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland Steven Saunders 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 41 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF England Nicky Law 43 6 38+0 6 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England Shaun Hutchinson 36 1 31+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF England Tom Hateley 40 3 34+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Jamaica Chris Humphrey 39 3 33+0 3 2+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW Estonia Henrik Ojamaa 44 4 32+5 4 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW England Michael Higdon 44 27 37+0 26 3+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
11 FW England Kallum Higginbotham 10 1 3+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland Lee Hollis 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland Keith Lasley 43 1 36+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF England Simon Ramsden 31 0 28+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland Robert McHugh 29 3 2+23 3 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF Jamaica Omar Daley 17 1 2+12 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 MF Scotland Stuart Carswell 26 0 7+16 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Scotland Fraser Kerr 19 0 9+5 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
20 FW Scotland James McFadden 13 5 11+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Antigua and Barbuda Zaine Francis-Angol 26 0 7+15 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 MF England Steven Hetherington 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF England Adam Cummins 28 1 17+5 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
43 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players no longer at the club:
11 FW Scotland Jamie Murphy 29 11 20+2 10 4+0 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
20 DF England Jonathan Page 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2013[38][39]
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe[40] Total
1 England 9 Michael Higdon 26 1 27
2 Scotland 11 Jamie Murphy 10 1 11
3 England 4 Nicky Law 6 6
8 Scotland 20 James McFadden 5 5
4 Estonia 8 Henrik Ojamaa 4 4
5 England 6 Tom Hateley 3 3
6 Jamaica 7 Chris Humphrey 3 3
8 Scotland 16 Robert McHugh 3 3
9 England 30 Adam Cummins 1 1
10 Jamaica 17 Omar Daley 1 1
11 England 11 Kallum Higginbotham 1 1
12 England 5 Shaun Hutchinson 1 1
13 Scotland 14 Keith Lasley 1 1
Own Goals 2
TOTALS 67 2 69

Disciplinary record

As of 4 May 2013[38][39]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Europe[40] Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Republic of Ireland GK 1 Darren Randolph 1000000010
Scotland DF 2 Steven Saunders 0000000000
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 4100001051
England MF 4 Nicky Law 2000000020
England DF 5 Shaun Hutchinson 91110000102
England MF 6 Tom Hateley 3010000040
Jamaica MF 7 Chris Humphrey 1000000010
Estonia FW 8 Henrik Ojamaa 5100000051
England FW 9 Michael Higdon 3000000030
Scotland FW 11 Jamie Murphy 0000000000
England FW 11 Kallum Higginbotham 0000000000
Scotland GK 12 Lee Hollis 0000000000
Scotland MF 14 Keith Lasley 4110000051
England DF 15 Simon Ramsden 3000000030
Scotland FW 16 Robert McHugh 0000000000
Jamaica MF 17 Omar Daley 2000001030
Scotland MF 18 Stuart Carswell 0000000000
Scotland DF 19 Fraser Kerr 1100000011
Scotland FW 20 James McFadden 1000000010
England DF 20 Jonathan Page 1000000010
Antigua and Barbuda DF 26 Zaine Francis-Angol 0000000000
England MF 27 Steven Hetherington 1010000020
England DF 30 Adam Cummins 2100000021
TOTALS 42 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 48 7

Awards

Manager of the Month

MONTH Name Award
March Scotland Stuart McCall Won[41]

Player of the Month

MONTH Name Award
September England Michael Higdon Won[42]
December Scotland Jamie Murphy Won[43]
March England Nicky Law Won[44]
April England Michael Higdon Won[45]

Young player of the Month

MONTH Name Award
April Estonia Henrik Ojamaa Won[46]

SPL Manager of the Year

Scotland Stuart McCall[47]

Player of the Year

England Michael Higdon[48]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ League Only.
  2. ↑ "Motherwell in the Champions League! McCall delight as Scottish underdogs join Europe's top table". Daily Mail. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Motherwell sign former Bradford defender Simon Ramsden". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "McFadden returns home to 'Well". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hibernian sign defender Tim Clancy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Coventry City sign Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Muir agrees short term deal with Ayr". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Page leaves the club". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Murphy deal done". www.sufc.co.uk. Sheffield United F.C. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Player Signings and other Movements". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir F.C. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Birmingham defender Fraser Kerr returns to Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Kerr stay extended". www.bcfc.com. Birmingham City F.C. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Higginbotham joins on loan". www.motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Nicky returns to the rock". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Hamilton sign Motherwell's Jonathan Page on month's loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Accies Update". Acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "Accies Update". Acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "Watt joins Airdrie Utd on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  19. ↑ "Nicky Extends Stay". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 3 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "New Loan Deals - Craig Moore". cowdenbeathfc.com. Cowdenbeath F.C. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  21. 1 2 3 "Watt joins Rovers on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  22. ↑ "Hetherington joins Airdrie on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  23. ↑ "Airdrie v Dunfermline". airdriefc.co.uk. Airdrie F.C. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  24. ↑ "Signing News". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  25. ↑ "Devlin goes on loan to Stenhousemuir". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  26. ↑ "DUMBARTON SWOOP FOR SPL YOUNGSTER". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Paul Lawson signs from Ross County as seven exit". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "New Player Signings". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir F.C. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  29. ↑ "Ross County sign ex-Motherwell defender Steven Saunders". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  30. ↑ "Ashgar makes Alloa move". http://spfl.co.uk/. SPFL. Retrieved 27 May 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  31. ↑ "Nicky Law agrees three-year contract at Ibrox". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  32. ↑ "Watt heads for Iceland". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  33. ↑ "Minnesota United FC Signs Midfielder Omar Daley". mnunitedfc.com. Minnesota United FC. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  34. ↑ Rapid game called off
  35. ↑ Arbroath game called off
  36. ↑ Motherwell A-A Dundee United
  37. ↑ Motherwell P-P Dundee United
  38. 1 2 3 Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics
  39. 1 2 3 Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics 2
  40. 1 2 3 The competitions that Motherwell were involved in were 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
  41. ↑ "Motherwell's Stuart McCall is SPL manager of month". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  42. ↑ "Motherwell striker Michael Higdon nets player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  43. ↑ "Ex-Motherwell forward Jamie Murphy wins SPL monthly award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  44. ↑ "Award-winner Nicky Law ponders future at Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  45. ↑ "Motherwell's Michael Higdon picks up April player prize". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  46. ↑ "Motherwell's Henrik Ojamaa picks up young player award for April". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  47. ↑ "Motherwell's Stuart McCall wins SPL manager of year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  48. ↑ "Motherwell: Michael Higdon named player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

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