2015–16 Motherwell F.C. season
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Article ImagesThe 2015–16 season is Motherwell's thirty-first consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the third in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
2015–16 season | |||
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Chairman | Brian McCafferty | ||
Manager | Ian Baraclough (until 23 September) Stephen Craigan (interim) (23 September – 13 October) Mark McGhee (from 13 October) | ||
Stadium | Fir Park | ||
Scottish Premiership | 5th | ||
Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
League Cup | Third round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Louis Moult (15) All: Louis Moult (18) | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,912 | ||
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On 12 June 2015, Motherwell announced their first batch of Pre-season Friendlies.[2]
On 23 September 2015, Motherwell parted ways with manager Ian Baraclough.[3]
On 13 October 2015, Mark McGhee returned to the club as manager.[4][5]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season Friendlies
Scottish Premiership
- As of match played 15 May 2016
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 29 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | ENG | Louis Laing | 16 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 40 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | ENG | Lionel Ainsworth | 33 | 3 | 17+12 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 28 | 9 | 25+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
9 | FW | ENG | Wes Fletcher | 14 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | MF | ENG | Marvin Johnson | 42 | 6 | 34+4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
13 | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | SCO | Keith Lasley | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
15 | DF | SCO | Joe Chalmers | 19 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | ENG | Kieran Kennedy | 25 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | ENG | Josh Law | 33 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
19 | FW | SCO | David Clarkson | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | FW | ENG | Louis Moult | 42 | 18 | 34+4 | 15 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | ||
21 | MF | SCO | Jack Leitch | 13 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | FW | SCO | Craig Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | MF | SCO | Dom Thomas | 17 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
24 | FW | SCO | James McFadden | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
26 | MF | SCO | Chris Cadden | 21 | 2 | 16+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
27 | DF | SCO | David Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | DF | SCO | Luke Watt | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | MF | SCO | Robbie Leitch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | GK | SCO | Brett Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | DF | NIR | Ben Hall | 19 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
33 | DF | SCO | Jack McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
34 | FW | SCO | Dylan Mackin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | MF | SCO | Allan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
36 | FW | SCO | Ryan Watters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | MF | SCO | Jake Hastie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
38 | DF | SCO | Adam Livingstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
39 | MF | SCO | Ross MacLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
39 | SCO | Dylan Falconer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
40 | MF | SCO | Barry Maguire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
41 | GK | SCO | P. J. Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | SCO | Josh Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
43 | MF | SCO | David Turnbull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
77 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 41 | 14 | 34+3 | 10 | 0+2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Players away from the club on loan: | |||||||||||||
Players who left Motherwell during the season: | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 40 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | SCO | Craig Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | MF | ENG | Liam Grimshaw | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
12 | GK | GER | Dan Twardzik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | FW | JAM | Theo Robinson | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | SEN | Morgaro Gomis | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
25 | MF | WAL | Jake Taylor | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
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1 | 20 | Louis Moult | 15 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
2 | 77 | Scott McDonald | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
3 | 8 | Stephen Pearson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
4 | 11 | Marvin Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
5 | 7 | Lionel Ainsworth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | 26 | Chris Cadden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | 9 | Wes Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
32 | Ben Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
6 | Stephen McManus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
5 | Louis Laing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
14 | Keith Lasley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
TOTALS | 47 | 6 | 5 | 55 |
Nation | Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
GK | 1 | Connor Ripley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
MF | 4 | Liam Grimshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | 5 | Louis Laing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | 6 | Stephen McManus | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
MF | 7 | Lionel Ainsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | 8 | Stephen Pearson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
MF | 11 | Marvin Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | 14 | Keith Lasley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
DF | 15 | Joe Chalmers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | 16 | Kieran Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | 17 | Morgaro Gomis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | 18 | Josh Law | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | 20 | Louis Moult | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
MF | 21 | Jack Leitch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
MF | 25 | Jake Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
MF | 26 | Chris Cadden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
DF | 31 | Ben Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | 77 | Scott McDonald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
TOTALS | 66 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 4 |
Manager of the Month
Month | Name | Award | Ref |
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December | Mark McGhee | Won | [10][11] |
March | Mark McGhee | Won | [12] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 56 | |
5 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 | |
6 | Ross County | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 48 | |
7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 52 |
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
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 |
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Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
Result | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
Position | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 36 | −16 |
Motherwell score first
Team | Results | Points | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Aberdeen | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4 |
Celtic | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 3 |
Dundee | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | - | 4 |
Dundee United | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | - | 6 |
Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | - | 4 |
Heart of Midlothian | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 4 |
Inverness C.T. | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | - | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | - | 6 |
Partick Thistle | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | - | 6 |
Ross County | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4 |
St Johnstone | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3 |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
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26 January 2016[39] | GK | Dan Twardzik | VSG Altglienicke | 2018 | |
31 May 2016[40] | GK | Brett Long | |||
31 May 2016[40] | MF | Jack Leitch | Airdrieonians | 2 September 2016[41] | |
31 May 2016[40] | FW | David Clarkson | St Mirren | 1 June 2016[42] | |
31 May 2016[40] | FW | Wes Fletcher | The New Saints | 30 August 2016[43] | |
14 June 2016 | DF | Ben Hall | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 June 2016[44] |
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- ^ Motherwell played their home friendly at The Energy Assets Arena due to on going renovation works delayed by the previous seasons play-off matches.
- ^ Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19, U-21 and Senior level.
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