2006–07 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
	2006–07 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Maurice Malpas
Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Scott McDonald (15); All: Scott McDonald (16)
Highest home attendance	11,745 vs Rangers; 29 July2007
Lowest home attendance	3,640 vs Falkirk; 28 April 2007
Average home league attendance	5,877
Home colours	Away colours
← 2005–06	2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was Motherwell's 9th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. It was Maurice Malpas first, and only, season as manager of Motherwell having replaced Terry Butcher who had left to join Sydney FC at the end of the previous season, and himself sacked following the conclusion of the season.

Important Events

29 July 2006 - The first Scottish Premier League game of the season ends in a 2-1 defeat against Rangers at Fir Park.
22 August 2006 - The first Scottish League Cup game of the season ends in a 3-0 win against Queens Park at Hampden Park.
22 August 2006 - Motherwell are eliminated from the Scottish League Cup after a 3-2 defeat against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
7 January 2007 - The first Scottish Cup game of the season ends in a 1-0 win against Lanarkshire derby rivals Airdrie United at Excelsior Stadium.
28 February 2007 - Motherwell are eliminated from the Scottish Cup after a 2-1 defeat against St Johnstone at Fir Park.
12 May 2007 - Motherwell remain in the SPL despite a 3-2 defeat against St Mirren at Fir Park, as Inverness C.T. defeat Dunfermline Athletic to relegate the Pars.
19 May 2007 - Final SPL game of the season ends in a 0-0 draw against Dundee United at Tannadice.

Squad

As of 20 December 2010^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Graeme Smith
2	DF	Martyn Corrigan
3	DF	Danny Murphy
4	MF	Brian Kerr
5	DF	Stephen Craigan
6	DF	Brian McLean
7	FW	Scott McDonald
8	FW	Ross McCormack
10	MF	Phil O'Donnell
11	DF	Jim Paterson
12	FW	David Clarkson
13	FW	Paul Keegan
14	MF	Steven McGarry
15	DF	William Kinniburgh

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Trevor Molloy
17	MF	Kevin McBride
18	GK	Colin Meldrum
19	DF	Paul Quinn
20	MF	Marc Fitzpatrick
22	MF	Keith Lasley
23	MF	Darren Smith
24	DF	Robert Donnelly
26	MF	Kenny Connolly
27	FW	Adam Coakley
30	DF	Mark Reynolds
31	MF	Krisztian Vadocz
40	FW	Jamie Murphy
	MF	Stephen McGuire

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
July 2006	DF	Brian McLean	Rangers	previously on loan
11 July 2006	FW	Ross McCormack	Rangers	Undisclosed^[2]
18 August 2006	MF	Keith Lasley	Plymouth Argyle	Free^[3]
1 January 2007	DF	Danny Murphy	Cork City	Undisclosed^[4]
1 January 2007	MF	Paul Keegan	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed^[4]
1 January 2007	FW	Trevor Molloy	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed^[4]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
29 August 2006	FW	Jim Hamilton	Dunfermline Athletic	Undisclosed ^[5]
31 August 2006	GK	Alan Martin	Leeds United	Undisclosed^[6]
31 January 2007	FW	Richie Foran	Southend United	£150,000^[7]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
31 August 2006^[8]	6 Months	FW		Calum Elliot	Hearts
31 January 2007^[9]	End of Season	FW		Krisztian Vadocz	Auxerre

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
May 2007	MF		Shaun Fagan	Galway United	July 2007

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
30 December 2006	30 January 2007	MF		Shaun Fagan	Stenhousemuir

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	13	14	42	48	−6	46
9	Dundee United	38	10	12	16	40	59	−19	42
10	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	41	61	−20	38
11	St Mirren	38	8	12	18	31	51	−20	36
12	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	8	22	26	55	−29	32	First Division

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

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
38	10	8	20	41	61	−20	38	5	3	11	25	34	−9	5	5	9	16	27	−11

Source: BBC Sport

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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D
Position	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	11	11	10	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Results by opponent

Team	Results^[10]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	0–2	1–2	0-2	—	0
Celtic	1-2	1–1	0–1	—	1
Dundee United	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	3
Dunfermline	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–4	9
Falkirk	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–3	10
Heart of Midlothian	0–1	1–4	0–2	–	0
Hibernian	1–3	1–6	0–2	–	0
Inverness CT	1–4	1–0	1–0	0–2	6
Kilmarnock	5–0	2–1	0-1	—	6
Rangers	1–2	1–1	0–1	—	1
St Mirren	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	2

Source: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League article

Results

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Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[10]	Attendance	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[12]	Report
30 July 2006	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–2	11,745	Phil O'Donnell	Fir Park Corner
5 August 2006	St Mirren	Love Street, Paisley (A)	0–2	5,036		Fir Park Corner
12 August 2006	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	5,186		Fir Park Corner
19 August 2006	Hibernian	Easter Road, Edinburgh (A)	1–3	13,274	Scott McDonald	Fir Park Corner
26 August 2006	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	1–0	4,594	Scott McDonald	Fir Park Corner
9 September 2006	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–4	4,091	Scott McDonald	Fir Park Corner
9 September 2006	Hearts	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	5,931		Fir Park Corner
23 September 2006	Dundee United	Tannadice, Dundee (A)	1–1	5,036	Calum Elliot	Fir Park Corner
30 September 2006	Kilmarnock	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	5–0	4,765	Richie Foran, Mark Reynolds, Brian Kerr, Scott McDonald (2)	Fir Park Corner
14 October 2006	Dunfermline	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–1	4,527	Scott McDonald, David Clarkson	Fir Park Corner
21 October 2006	Celtic	Celtic Park, Glasgow (A)	1–2	57,742	Scott McDonald	Fir Park Corner
28 October 2006	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	1–1	49,785	Brian Kerr	Fir Park Corner
4 November 2006	St Mirren	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–0	5,337		Fir Park Corner
11 November 2006	Aberdeen	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (A)	1–2	10,527	Michael Hart (og)	Fir Park Corner
18 November 2006	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–6	6,190	Steven McGarry	Fir Park Corner
25 November 2006	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	4–2	4,970	Richie Foran (2 pens.), Scott McDonald, Calum Elliot	Fir Park Corner
2 December 2006	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	1–0	3,668	Richie Foran (pen.)	Fir Park Corner
9 December 2006	Hearts	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A)	1–4	16,753	Richie Foran	Fir Park Corner
16 December 2006	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–3	4,420	Richie Foran (pen.), Mark Reynolds	Fir Park Corner
23 December 2006	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	2–1	5,576	Richie Foran, Jim Paterson	Fir Park Corner
26 December 2006	Dunfermline	East End Park, Dunfermline (A)	2–0	4,200	Marc Fitzpatrick, Scott McDonald	Fir Park Corner
30 December 2006	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	9,769	Darren Smith	Fir Park Corner
2 January 2007	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	10,338		Fir Park Corner
27 January 2007	Hibernian	Easter Road, Edinburgh (A)	0–2	14,280		Fir Park Corner
10 February 2007	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	2–1	4,478	Scott McDonald, Darren Smith	Fir Park Corner
17 February 2007	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	4,258	Scott McDonald	Fir Park Corner
20 February 2007	St Mirren	Love Street, Paisley (A)	0–0	3,576		Fir Park Corner
5 March 2007	Hearts	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	4,389		Fir Park Corner
10 March 2007	Dundee United	Tannadice, Dundee (A)	1–1	5,183	Danny Murphy	Fir Park Corner
13 March 2007	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	4,530		Fir Park Corner
31 March 2007	Dunfermline	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–0	4,511	Scott McDonald (2)	Fir Park Corner
3 April 2007	Kilmarnock	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	3,784		Fir Park Corner
7 April 2007	Celtic	Celtic Park, Glasgow (A)	0–1	58,654		Fir Park Corner
21 April 2007	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	0–2	3,804		Fir Park Corner
28 April 2007	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	3–3	3,640	Darren Smith, Scott McDonald, David Clarkson	Fir Park Corner
7 May 2007	Dunfermline	East End Park, Dunfermline (A)	1–4	6,662	Scott McDonald (pen.)	Fir Park Corner
12 May 2007	St Mirren	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–3	9,277	Ross McCormack (2, 1 pen.)	Fir Park Corner
19 May 2007	Dundee United	Tannadice, Dundee (A)	0–0	6,070		Fir Park Corner

Scottish Cup

6 January 2007 Third Round	Airdrie	0 - 1	Motherwell	Airdrie
15:00 GMT		Report	Foran 31'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Attendance: 5,924 Referee: K Clarke

3 February 2007 Fourth Round	Motherwell	2 - 0	Morton	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Kerr 10' McDonald 34'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,394 Referee: J Underhill

28 February 2007 Quarter-finals	Motherwell	1 - 2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
19:45 GMT	McCormack 85'	Report	MacDonald 21' Scotland 72'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,788 Referee: M McCurry

Scottish League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score^[10]	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[13]	Attendance	Report
22 August 2006	2nd Round	Partick Thistle	H	3-2	Richie Foran (6, 16) Steven McGarry (88)	3,752	BBC Sport
20 September 2006	3rd Round	Queens Park	A	3-0	Richie Foran (22, 47, 54(pen.))	2,408	BBC Sport
7 November 2006	Quarter-final	Kilmarnock	A	2-3	Richie Foran (25(pen.)), David Clarkson (59)	5,601	BBC Sport

Statistics

Appearances

As of 20 December 2010^[11]^[14]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Graeme Smith	28	0	23+1	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Martyn Corrigan	25	0	19+3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Danny Murphy	16	1	12+1	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF		Brian Kerr	41	3	35+0	2	3+0	1	3+0	0
5	DF		Stephen Craigan	40	0	34+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF		Brian McLean	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Scott McDonald	37	16	30+2	15	3+0	1	2+0	0
8	FW		Ross McCormack	15	3	6+6	2	1+0	1	1+1	0
9	MF		Richie Foran	27	14	22+1	7	1+0	1	3+0	6
10	MF		Phil O'Donnell (c)	3	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	DF		Jim Paterson	38	1	34+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0
12	FW		David Clarkson	34	3	19+10	2	2+1	0	1+1	1
13	FW		Paul Keegan	10	0	4+4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Steven McGarry	31	2	20+7	1	2+1	0	0+1	1
15	DF		William Kinniburgh	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Trevor Molloy	8	0	0+6	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Jim Hamilton	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Kevin McBride	20	0	10+7	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
18	GK		Colin Meldrum	18	0	15+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
19	DF		Paul Quinn	29	2	24+2	2	0+0	0	3+0	0
20	MF		Marc Fitzpatrick	28	1	13+11	1	2+0	0	1+1	0
22	MF		Keith Lasley	17	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
24	DF		Robert Donnelly	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF		Kenny Connolly	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Adam Coakley	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
30	DF		Mark Reynolds	41	2	35+0	2	3+0	0	3+0	0
31	FW		Calum Elliot	17	2	10+5	2	0+0	0	1+1	0
31	MF		Krisztian Vadocz	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW		Jamie Murphy	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Stephen McGuire	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	GK		Alan Martin	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Last updated on 8 December 2010

Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	7	Scott McDonald	15	1	0	16
2	9	Richie Foran	7	1	6	14
3	12	David Clarkson	2	0	1	3
4	4	Brian Kerr	2	1	0	3
5	8	Ross McCormack	2	1	0	3
6	31	Calum Elliot	2	0	0	2
7	14	Steven McGarry	1	0	1	2
8	30	Mark Reynolds	2	0	0	2
9	19	Paul Quinn	2	0	0	2
10	20	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	1
11	3	Danny Murphy	1	0	0	1
12	10	Phil O'Donnell	1	0	0	1
13	11	Jim Paterson	1	0	0	1
		Own Goals	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	39	4	8	51

Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010^[14]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Graeme Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	3	Danny Murphy	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	4	Brian Kerr	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	6	Brian McLean	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	7	Scott McDonald	8	1	0	0	1	0	9	1
	FW	8	Ross McCormack	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	9	Richie Foran	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	FW	10	Phil O'Donnell	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	11	Jim Paterson	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
	FW	12	David Clarkson	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
	FW	13	Paul Keegan	7	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	14	Steven McGarry	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	15	William Kinniburgh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	15	Trevor Molloy	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	16	Jim Hamilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	17	Kevin McBride	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	GK	18	Colin Meldrum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	19	Paul Quinn	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	MF	20	Marc Fitzpatrick	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	22	Keith Lasley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	23	Darren Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	24	Robert Donnolly	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	26	Kenny Connolly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	27	Adam Coakley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	30	Mark Reynolds	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	31	Calum Elliot	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	31	Krisztián Vadócz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	40	Jamie Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Stephen McGuire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Alan Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
			TOTALS	56	6	4	0	3	0	63	6

References

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↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Motherwell F.C. 2006-07 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site

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