2011–12 Motherwell F.C. season explained

Club:	Motherwell
Season:	2011–12
Manager:	Stuart McCall
Chairman:	Vacant
Stadium:	Fir Park
League:	Scottish Premier League
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals vs Aberdeen
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	3rd round vs Hibernian
League Topscorer:	Michael Higdon (14)
Season Topscorer:	Michael Higdon (16)
Highest Attendance:	10,440 v Celtic 6 November 2011
Lowest Attendance:	3,772 v Dunfermline 24 January 2012
Average Attendance:	5,946^[1]
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Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

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.

Important Events

• 24 July 2011 - The club announce a new sponsorship deal with worldwide franchised retail network, Cash Converters.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 7 February 2012 - Draw for the Scottish Cup Quarter-finals. Motherwell draw Aberdeen (home).

Transfers

See main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2011-12.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
3 March 2011	DF		Nicky Devlin	Dumbarton	Free^[4]
3 June 2011	FW		Michael Higdon	St Mirren	Free^[5]
1 July 2011	MF		Nicky Law	Rotherham	Free^[6]
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^[7]
24 August 2011	MF		Hermann Mboa Mekongo	Racing Club de France	Free^[8]
26 August 2011	DF		Tim Clancy	Kilmarnock	Free^[9]
12 September 2011	MF		Omar Daley	Bradford City	Free^[10]
16 November 2011	MF		Stephen Hughes	Norwich City	Free^[11]
4 January 2012	FW		Henrik Ojamaa	RoPS	Free^[12]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
25 May 2011	FW		John Sutton	Hearts	Free^[13]
20 June 2011			Bradley Halsman	Partick Thistle	Free^[14]
20 June 2011			Gavin Griffin	Partick Thistle	Free
21 July 2011			Peter Innes	Alloa Athletic	Free^[15]
24 July 2011			Liam Sloan	East Kilbride Thistle	Free^[16]
26 July 2011			Steven Meechan	Kettering Town	Free^[17]
13 October 2011			Maurice Ross	Livingston	Free^[18]
13 October 2011	FW		Francis Jeffers	Newcastle United Jets	Free^[19]
3 January 2012	MF		Stephen Hughes	Aberdeen	Free^[20]

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

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
30 August 2011	1 Month^[21]	DF		Ross McKinnon	Dumbarton
30 August 2011	1 Month	FW		Steven Howarth	Alloa Athletic
20 October 2011	1 Month	MF		Steven Lawless	Albion Rovers
20 October 2011	2 Months^[22]	DF		Ross McKinnon	Dumbarton
15 November 2011	2 Months^[23]	MF		Steven Lawless	Albion Rovers
20 January 2012	2 Months^[24] ^[25]	DF		Jordan Halsman	Albion Rovers
20 January 2012	2 Months^[26]	FW		Gary Smith	Stenhousemuir
25 January 2012	5 Months^[27]	DF		Ross McKinnon	Alloa Athletic
21 February 2012	2 Months^[28] ^[29]	MF		Jamie Pollock	Clyde
29 March 2012	2 Months^[30]	DF		Nicky Devlin	Stenhousemuir

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 February 2012^[31]	FW		Steven Howarth	Albion Rovers	2 August 2012^[32]
11 May 2012	DF		Stephen Craigan	Retired^[33]
11 May 2012	FW		Gary Smith	Shettleston
11 May 2012	GK		Tom Bradley
11 May 2012	MF		Herman Mboa Megongo
11 May 2012	DF		Michael Lynch
11 May 2012	DF		Jordan Halsman	Greenock Morton	15 May 2012^[34]
11 May 2012	MF		Steven Lawless	Partick Thistle	1 June 2012^[35]
11 May 2012	FW		Keiran McGachie	Annan Athletic	21 June 2012^[36]
11 May 2012	DF		Ross McKinnon	SC Veendam	24 July 2012^[37]
11 May 2012	DF		Darren Brownlie	Ayr United	26 July 2012^[38]
11 May 2012	MF		Ross Forbes	Partick Thistle	5 September 2012^[39]
11 May 2012	MF		Jamie Pollock	East Fife	21 September 2012^[40]
11 May 2012	DF		Kieran MacDonald	Clyde	22 October 2012^[41]

Motherwell F.C. Season 2011-12 First-team Squad

Updated 3 January 2012^[42]

Motherwell F.C. Season 2011-12 Statistics

Appearances

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2011-12 Motherwell Top scorers

Last updated on 28 April 2012^{[43] [44]}

width=60	Ranking	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=150	Name	width=80	Scottish Premier League	width=80	Scottish Cup	width=80	Scottish League Cup	width=80	Total
1		9	Michael Higdon	14		2	16
2		11	Jamie Murphy	9	4		13
3		24	Henrik Ojamaa	7	2		9
4		4	Nicky Law	4	2	1	7
5		14	Keith Lasley	4		1	5
6		6	Tom Hateley	2	1	1	4
7		17	Omar Daley	2	1		3
8		3	Steven Hammell	2			2
9		7	Chris Humphrey	2			2
10		15	Shaun Hutchinson	1	1		2
11		16	Robert McHugh	1			1
12		25	Steven Lawless			1	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	TOTALS	48	11	6	65

2011-12 Motherwell Disciplinary Record

Last updated 13 May 2012^{[43] [44]}

Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
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	GK	1	Darren Randolph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	2	Steven Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	4	Nicky Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	MF	6	Tom Hateley	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	7	Chris Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	8	Steve Jennings	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	FW	9	Michael Higdon	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	11	Jamie Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK	12	Lee Hollis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	8	2	0	1	0	0	8	3
	DF	15	Shaun Hutchinson	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	FW	16	Robert McHugh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	17	Omar Daley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	18	Ross Forbes	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	19	Gary Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	20	Jonathan Page	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	1
	MF	21	Jamie Pollock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	22	Tim Clancy	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
	DF	23	Jordan Halsman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	24	Stephen Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	24	Henrik Ojamaa	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW	25	Steven Lawless	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	26	Stuart Carswell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	27	Ross McKinnon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	28	Steve Howarth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	31	Tom Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	39	Adam Cummins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	61	5	3	1	0	0	64	6

Awards

Manager of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
July/August	Stuart McCall	Won^[46]
October	Stuart McCall	Won^[47]

Young player of the Month

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[49]	Attendance	Report
5 July 2011	Morton	A	3-2		Unknown	Motherwell F.C.
9 July 2011	Dumbarton	A	5-0		804	Motherwell F.C.
13 July 2011	Partick^[50]	H	1-0		2,122	Motherwell F.C.
16 July 2011	Leeds United	H	1-2		4,798	Motherwell F.C.
17 January 2012	Fleetwood	H	3-3		0 (match was closed-doors)	Motherwell F.C.

Scottish Premier League

See main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell Scorer(s)	League Position^[51]	Attendance	Report
1	23 July 2011	Inverness C.T.	H	3–0		1	4,190	BBC Sport
2	30 July 2011	Kilmarnock	A	0–0		1	4,867	BBC Sport
3	7 August 2011	Hearts	H	1-0		1	5,685	BBC Sport
4	13 August 2011	St Mirren	A	1-0		1	5,105	BBC Sport
5	21 August 2011	Rangers	H	0-3		2	10,092	BBC Sport
6	27 August 2011	Dunfermline	A	4-2		1	4,462	BBC Sport
7	10 September 2011	Celtic	A	0-4		3	48,793	BBC Sport
8	17 September 2011	St Johnstone	H	0-3		3	4,336	BBC Sport
9	24 September 2011	Aberdeen	H	1-0		3	4,348	BBC Sport
10	1 October 2011	Dundee United	A	3-1	Lasley, Higdon,	2	6,073	BBC Sport
11	15 October 2011	Hibernian	A	1-0		2	8,518	BBC Sport
12	22 October 2011	Kilmarnock	H	0-0		2	4,184	BBC Sport
13	29 October 2011	Inverness C.T.	A	3-2		2	3,188	BBC Sport
14	6 November 2011	Celtic	H	1-2		3	10,440	BBC Sport
15	19 November 2011	Aberdeen	A	2-1		3	8,779	BBC Sport
16	26 November 2011	Dundee United	H	0-0		3	4,487	BBC Sport
18	10 December 2011	St Johnstone	A	3-0		3	2,885	BBC Sport
19	17 December 2011	St Mirren	H	1-1		3	4,557	BBC Sport
20	24 December 2011	Hearts	A	0-2		3	13,300	BBC Sport
22	2 January 2012	Rangers	A	0-3		3	44,893	BBC Sport
23	14 January 2012	Inverness C.T.	H	0-1		4	4,152	BBC Sport
24	21 January 2012	Dundee United	A	1-1		5	5,969	BBC Sport
21 (Re-arranged)^[52]	24 January 2012	Dunfermline	H	3-1		3	3,772	BBC Sport
25	28 January 2012	St Johnstone	H	3-2		3	4,520	BBC Sport
26	11 February 2012	St Mirren	A	0-0		3	4,204	BBC Sport
27	18 February 2012	Hearts	H	3-0		3	5,489	BBC Sport
17 (Re-arranged)	22 February 2012	Hibernian	H	4-3		3	8,065	BBC Sport
28	25 February 2012	Celtic	A	0-1		3	53,486	BBC Sport
29	3 March 2012	Dunfermline	A	2-0		3	3,523	BBC Sport
30	17 March 2012	Aberdeen	H	1-0		3	4,637	BBC Sport
31	24 March 2012	Kilmarnock	A	0-2		3	6,878	BBC Sport
32	31 March 2012	Rangers	H	1-2		3	9,063	BBC Sport
33	8 April 2012	Hibernian	A	1-1	Law,	3	7,110	BBC Sport
34	22 April 2012	Celtic	H	0-3		3	8,760	BBC Sport
35	28 April 2012	St Johnstone	H	5-1		3	4,743	BBC Sport
36	1 May 2012	Hearts	A	1-0		3	9,185	BBC Sport
37	5 May 2012	Rangers	A	0-0		3	45,962	BBC Sport
38	13 May 2012	Dundee United	H	0-2		3	7,456	BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

See main article: 2011–12 Scottish Cup.

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
7 January 2012	Fourth round	Queen's Park	H	4-0		4,286	BBC Sport
4 February 2012	Fifth round	Greenock Morton	H	6-0		5,139	BBC Sport
11 March 2012	Quarter-finals	Aberdeen	H	1-2		7,640	BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

See main article: 2011–12 Scottish League Cup.

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell Scorer(s)	Attendance	Report
24 August 2011	Second round	Clyde	A	4-0		1,778	BBC Sport
20 September 2011	Third round	Hibernian	H	2-2 (6-7 pens.)		3,909	BBC Sport

Competitions

SPL

See main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League.

Results by opponent

Team	Results^[53]				Points
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Aberdeen	1-0	2-1	1-0		9
Celtic	0-4	1-2	0-1	0-3	0
Dundee United	3-1	0-0	1-1	0-2	5
	4-2	3-1	2-0		9
	1-0	0-2	3-0	1-0	9
Hibernian	1-0	4-3	1-1		7
	3–0	3-2	0-1		6
Kilmarnock	0–0	0-0	0-2		2
Rangers	0-3	0-3	1-2	0-0	1
St Johnstone	0-3	3-0	3-2	5-1	9
St Mirren	1-0	1-1	0-0		5

Source: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League Results Table

See also

• List of Motherwell F.C. seasons

External links

• Motherwell F.C. Website
• BBC My Club Page
• Motherwell F.C. Newsnow

Notes and References

1. League Only.
2. News: 'Well sign deal with Cash Converters. 17 May 2011. Motherwell F.C. 17 July 2011.
3. News: Scottish FA and Motherwell shocked by death of Bill Dickie. 10 January 2012. BBC Sport. 13 January 2012.
4. News: Motherwell agree deal for Dumbarton's Nicky Devlin . 3 March 2011. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014.
5. News: Michael Higdon completes move to Motherwell . 3 June 2011. BBC Sport. 3 June 2011.
6. News: Nicky Law completes 'Well move. 2011-07-01. 2014-05-09. Motherwell F.C.. https://web.archive.org/web/20120105180920/http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2011/07/01/nicky-law-completes-%e2%80%98well-move/. 5 January 2012. dead.
7. News: Angol signs on at 'Well . 13 July 2011. Motherwell Times. 9 May 2014.
8. News: Motherwell sign French midfielder Hermann Mboa Mekongo . 24 August 2011. BBC Sport. 25 August 2011.
9. News: Motherwell complete signing of Kilmarnock's Tim Clancy . 26 August 2011. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014.
10. News: Motherwell complete the signing of Jamaican winger Omar Daley . 12 September 2011. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014.
11. Web site: Motherwell re-sign midfielder Stephen Hughes. 16 November 2011. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014.
12. Web site: Motherwell sign Henrik Ojamaa until end of season. 4 January 2012. BBC Sport. 9 May 2014.
13. Web site: Jamie Hamill, John Sutton & Danny Grainger join Hearts . BBC Sport. 2011-05-25. 2014-05-09.
14. News: Further four modern apprentices signed . ptfc.co.uk . . 20 June 2011 . 13 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110827232135/http://www.ptfc.co.uk/news/2011-2012/june_2011/further_four_modern_apprentices_signed . 27 August 2011 .
15. Web site: Innes agrees release . Motherwell F.C.. 2011-07-21. 2011-07-21.
16. Web site: New First Team Signings . ekthistlefc.co.uk . . 24 July 2011 . 13 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120420012502/http://www.ekthistlefc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1394%3Anew-first-team-signings . 20 April 2012 .
17. Web site: Kettering Town complete triple signing. BBC Sport. 2011-07-26. 2011-07-26.
18. Web site: Maurice Ross and Mark Fotheringham join Livingston. BBC Sport. 2011-10-13. 2011-10-13.
19. Web site: Jets welcome back Jeffers. Football Australia. 2011-10-13. 2011-10-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20111123122805/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/newcastlejets/news-display/Jets-welcome-back-Jeffers/41892. 23 November 2011. dead. Jets welcome back Jeffers
20. Web site: Midfielder Stephen Hughes ends short Motherwell stay. 2012-01-03. BBC Sport. 2012-01-03.
21. News: Motherwell pair sent out on loan. 30 August 2011. BBC Sport. 30 August 2011.
22. Web site: Lawless rejoins Rovers on loan . 2011-10-20. Motherwell F.C.. 2011-10-20.
23. Web site: Lawless extends Rovers stay . 2011-11-15. Motherwell F.C.. 2011-11-15.
24. Web site: Duo head out on loan . 2012-01-20. Motherwell F.C.. 2012-01-20.
25. Web site: Albion Rovers striker is Forfar nemesis . . 29 February 2012 . 1 March 2012.
26. Web site: Gary Smith loan extended . . 17 February 2012 . 1 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120221042410/http://www.stenhousemuirfc.com/news/2012/02/17/695/ . 21 February 2012 . dead.
27. Web site: Ross McKinnon signs . . 27 January 2012 . 27 January 2012.
28. Web site: Pollock joins Clyde on loan . 2012-02-21. Motherwell F.C.. 2012-02-21.
29. Web site: Pollock Loan Extended . 2012-03-17. Clyde F.C.. 2012-03-17.
30. News: Nicky Devlin to join Stenny . 29 March 2011. Motherwell F.C.. 29 March 2012.
31. News: Howarth departs the club. Motherwell FC. 1 February 2012. 1 February 2012.
32. Web site: Two more Rovers on board . https://archive.today/20130104150219/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/two-more-rovers-on-board/ . dead . 4 January 2013 . . 2 August 2012 . 2 August 2012 .
33. News: End of season contract news . motherwellfc.co.uk . . 11 May 2012 . 11 August 2012.
34. News: Halsman signs deal with Ton. . Clyde & Forth Press . 6 June 2012 . 12 June 2012 .
35. News: Partick Thistle Complete Double Swoop To Sign Steven Lawless & Aaron Muirhead . The Glaswegian . . 16 May 2012 . 22 May 2012 .
36. News: Scottish Division Three ins and outs. BBC Sport.
37. News: SC Veendam's new left back . https://archive.today/20130222152533/http://www.sc-veendam.nl/sc-veendam-nieuws/2359-sc-veendam-heeft-nieuwe-linksback.html . dead . 22 February 2013 . sc-veendam.nl . . 24 July 2012 . 7 September 2012 . Dutch .
38. News: Brown and Brownlie Sign For United . ayrunitedfc.co.uk . . 26 July 2012 . 5 August 2012 .
39. News: Thistle Sign Midfielder . ptfc.co.uk . . 5 September 2012 . 5 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120908022154/http://ptfc.co.uk/news/2012-2013/september_2012/thistle_sign_midfielder . 8 September 2012 .
40. News: Pollok joins East Fife . scottishfootballleague.com . . 21 September 2012 . 22 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121101140254/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/pollok-joins-east-fife/ . 1 November 2012.
41. News: Squad Changes . clyde.co.uk . . 22 October 2012 . 23 October 2012.
42. Web site: Motherwell FC Squad Numbers - Scottish Premier League . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110824042113/http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=10469 . 24 August 2011 . dead.
43. http://www.skysports.com/football/squad/0,19752,11796,00.html Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics
44. http://www.skysports.com/football/stats/club/0,19887,11796,00.html Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics 2
45. News: Motherwell's Keith Lasley named SPL player of month. BBC Sport. 17 November 2011.
46. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14847828.stm McCall wins Manager of the Month
47. News: Motherwell's Stuart McCall wins October award. BBC Sport. 17 November 2011.
48. News: Motherwell striker Henrik Ojamaa wins January young player award. BBC Sport. 11 February 2012.
49. The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.
50. [Stephen Craigan]
51. Shows Motherwell's position in the table at end of day the match was played on
52. Two matches, one abandoned and one postponed, have still to be played. The abandoned match versus Hibernian (Match Day 17) has been re-arranged for 24 February 2012, and the postponed Dunfermline Athletic match (Match Day 21) has been re-arranged for 24 January 2012.
53. Motherwell's score is shown first.