2003–04 Motherwell F.C. season
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The 2003–04 season was Motherwell's 6th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.
| 2003–04 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | John Boyle | ||
| Manager | Terry Butcher | ||
| Premier League | 6th | ||
| Scottish Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| League Cup | Second Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: David Clarkson (12) All: David Clarkson (14) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 10,824 vs Rangers 19 October 2003 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,920 vs Dunfermline Athletic 15 April 2004 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 6,229 | ||
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- As of match played 16 May 2004
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Gordon Marshall | GK | 19 April 1964 (aged 40) | Kilmarnock | 2003[1] | 37 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Barry John Corr | GK | 13 January 1981 (aged 23) | Celtic | 2003 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Jamie Ewings | GK | 4 August 1984 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Andrew Reid | GK | 3 August 1985 (aged 18) | Nottingham Forest | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 47 | Dougie Calder | GK | 1 February 1986 (aged 18) | Hamilton Academical | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Martyn Corrigan | DF | 14 August 1977 (aged 26) | Falkirk | 2000[2] | 177 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Steven Hammell | DF | 18 February 1982 (aged 22) | Youth team | 1999 | 166 | 2 | |||
| 5 | Stephen Craigan | DF | 29 October 1976 (aged 27) | Partick Thistle | 2003[1] | 67 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Gary Bollan | DF | 24 March 1973 (aged 31) | Dundee United | 2004[3] | 4 | 0 | |||
| 14 | David Partridge | DF | 26 November 1978 (aged 25) | Dundee United | 2002 | 54 | 1 | |||
| 16 | David Cowan | DF | 5 March 1982 (aged 22) | Newcastle United | 2002 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Paul Quinn | DF | 21 July 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 22 | William Kinniburgh | DF | 8 September 1984 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2000 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 23 | Graeme Mathie | DF | 17 October 1982 (aged 21) | Bournemouth | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Ross Ballantyne | DF | 27 January 1984 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2002 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Barry Neville | DF | 18 April 1985 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | Chris Higgins | DF | 4 July 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | Bobby McColl | DF | 21 April 1986 (aged 18) | Aberdeen | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 37 | Mark Cameron | DF | 7 February 1987 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 38 | Bobby Donnelly | DF | 19 January 1987 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 41 | Mark Quinn | DF | 13 May 1987 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 42 | John McStay | DF | 10 July 1987 (aged 16) | Celtic | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 44 | David Keogh | DF | 29 August 1986 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 4 | Keith Lasley | MF | 21 September 1979 (aged 24) | Youth team | 1999 | 109 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Derek Adams | MF | 25 June 1975 (aged 28) | Ross County | 1998 | 178 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Scott Leitch | MF | 6 October 1969 (aged 34) | Swindon Town | 2000 | 109 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Jason Dair | MF | 15 June 1974 (aged 29) | Youth team | 2003[4] | 2004[4] | 32 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Phil O'Donnell | MF | 25 March 1972 (aged 32) | Sheffield Wednesday | 2004[5] | 156 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Kevin MacDonald | MF | 5 February 1983 (aged 21) | Youth team | 1999 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Shaun Fagan | MF | 22 March 1984 (aged 20) | Youth team | 1999 | 38 | 2 | |||
| 27 | Kevin Barkey | MF | 5 February 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Brian McCandie | MF | 4 May 1985 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Marc Fitzpatrick | MF | 11 May 1986 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 39 | Kenneth Connolly | MF | 18 April 1987 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 40 | Stephen Maguire | MF | 14 February 1987 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 11 | Alex Burns | FW | 4 August 1973 (aged 30) | Partick Thistle | 2003[1] | |||||
| 12 | Scott McDonald | MF | 21 August 1983 (aged 20) | Wimbledon | 2004[6] | 2004[6] | 18 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Steven Craig | FW | 5 February 1981 (aged 23) | Falkirk | 2003 | 40 | 7 | |||
| 18 | David Clarkson | FW | 10 September 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | 2006[1] | 65 | 17 | ||
| 26 | Kenny Wright | FW | 1 August 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 28 | Andy Scott | FW | 30 January 1985 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 33 | Ryan Grant | FW | 5 January 1985 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | James Reilly | FW | 7 February 1986 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 45 | Adam Coakley | FW | 19 October 1987 (aged 16) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 46 | Ryan Russell | FW | 9 April 1987 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Pearson | MF | 2 October 1982 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2000 | 88 | 13 | |||
| 10 | James McFadden | FW | 14 April 1983 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2000 | 70 | 31 | |||
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2003 | GK | Gordon Marshall | Kilmarnock | Free | [1] | |
| 5 June 2003 | FW | Alex Burns | Partick Thistle | Free | [1] | |
| 5 June 2003 | DF | Stephen Craigan | Partick Thistle | Free | [1] | |
| July 2003 | GK | Barry John Corr | Celtic | Free | ||
| 5 September 2003 | MF | Jason Dair | Dunfermline Athletic | Free | [4][7] | |
| January 2004 | FW | Scott McDonald | Wimbledon | Free | [6] | |
| 9 January 2004 | MF | Phil O'Donnell | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | [5] | |
| 14 January 2004 | DF | Gary Bollan | Dundee United | Free | [5][3] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2003 | GK | Stevie Woods | St Mirren | [8] | ||
| July 2003 | FW | Khaled Kemas | Les Lilas | |||
| July 2003 | FW | Iain Russell | Dumbarton | |||
| 1 September 2003 | FW | James McFadden | Everton | £1.25 million | [7][9] | |
| 9 January 2004 | MF | Stephen Pearson | Celtic | £350,000 | [5][10] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | DF | Gary Bollan | Clyde | 6 August 2004 | [11] | |
| May 2004 | FW | Andy Scott | Bellshill Athletic |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Premier League | 9 August 2003 | 16 May 2004 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 031.58 |
| Scottish Cup | 10 January 2004 | 6 March 2004 | Third Round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| League Cup | 23 September 2003 | 23 September 2003 | Second Round | Second Round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 033.33 | ||||
Last updated: 16 May 2004
Source: Competitions
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 27 | −10 |
| 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 53 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b] |
| 5 | Dundee United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 49 | |
| 6 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 46 | |
| 7 | Dundee | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hibernian | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[c] |
- ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
- ^ As Celtic, the 2003–04 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runners-up.
- ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Gordon Marshall | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | SCO | Martyn Corrigan | 42 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 41 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Keith Lasley | 37 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | DF | NIR | Stephen Craigan | 37 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | SCO | Gary Bollan | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | FW | SCO | Derek Adams | 35 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Leitch | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | SCO | Jason Dair | 32 | 2 | 19+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | SCO | Phil O'Donnell | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | SCO | Alex Burns | 36 | 4 | 29+4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 18 | 2 | 10+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | DF | WAL | David Partridge | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | GK | SCO | Barry John Corr | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | DF | SCO | David Cowan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | FW | ENG | Steven Craig | 25 | 4 | 16+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18 | FW | SCO | David Clarkson | 42 | 14 | 32+6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 19 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 29 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | FW | SCO | Kevin MacDonald | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | MF | SCO | Shaun Fagan | 15 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF | SCO | William Kinniburgh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | FW | SCO | Kenny Wright | 15 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 35 | MF | SCO | Marc Fitzpatrick | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 19 | 5 | 17+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | MF | SCO | James McFadden | 3 | 3 | 2+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 18 | David Clarkson | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Derek Adams | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Stephen Pearson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | DF | 17 | Steven Craig | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| MF | 4 | Keith Lasley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | DF | 5 | Stephen Craigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| FW | 10 | James McFadden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | FW | 9 | Jason Dair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| FW | 12 | Scott McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | DF | 2 | Martyn Corrigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | 26 | Kenny Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 55 | 6 | 3 | 64 | ||||
| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 1 | Gordon Marshall | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | GK | 15 | Barry John Corr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Nation | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| DF | 2 | Martyn Corrigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| MF | 4 | Keith Lasley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| DF | 5 | Stephen Craigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| FW | 7 | Derek Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| MF | 8 | Scott Leitch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| FW | 9 | Jason Dair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| FW | 11 | Alex Burns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| FW | 17 | Steven Craig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| FW | 18 | David Clarkson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| DF | 19 | Paul Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| MF | 21 | Shaun Fagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| DF | 22 | William Kinniburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: | |||||||||||||
| MF | 6 | Stephen Pearson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| FW | 10 | James McFadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| TOTALS | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | |||||
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- ^ "Well pleased to sign Corrigan". heraldscotland.com/. The Herald (Glasgow). 21 January 2000. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Bollan joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b c "Dair joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Transfers – January 2004". BBC Sport. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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- ^ a b "Transfers – September 2003". BBC Sport. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Transfers – July 2003". BBC Sport. 31 July 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "McFadden signs for Everton". BBC Sport. September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Celtic parade Pearson". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Double signing for Clyde". BBC Sport. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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- ^ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com