2003–04 Motherwell F.C. season

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Motherwell
2003–04 season
ChairmanJohn Boyle
ManagerTerry Butcher
Premier League6th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Clarkson (12)
All: David Clarkson (14)
Highest home attendance10,824 vs Rangers
19 October 2003
Lowest home attendance3,920 vs Dunfermline Athletic
15 April 2004
Average home league attendance6,229

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.

Squad[]

Updated 6 August 2011[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Gordon Marshall
2 DF Scotland SCO Martyn Corrigan
3 DF Scotland SCO Steven Hammell
4 MF Scotland SCO Keith Lasley
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan
6 DF Scotland SCO Gary Bollan
7 FW Scotland SCO Derek Adams
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Leitch
9 FW Scotland SCO Jason Dair
10 MF Scotland SCO Phil O'Donnell
11 FW Scotland SCO Alex Burns
12 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald
14 DF Wales WAL David Partridge
15 GK Scotland SCO Barry John Corr
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF England ENG David Cowan
17 FW Scotland SCO Steven Craig
18 FW Scotland SCO David Clarkson
19 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn
20 MF Scotland SCO
21 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Fagan
22 DF Scotland SCO William Kinniburgh
23 DF Scotland SCO
25 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Ewings
26 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Wright
27 DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins
25 GK Scotland SCO
35 MF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick

Transfers[]

Released[]

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
May 2004 DF Scotland Gary Bollan Clyde 6 August 2004[10]
May 2004 FW Scotland Andy Scott Bellshill Athletic

Competitions[]

Scottish Premier League[]

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 12 10 16 42 49  −7 46 7 7 5 25 22  +3 5 3 11 17 27  −10

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHHAAAHHHAAAHHA
ResultLLWDWLDWDWWDDLLLLDWLLWLWWWDDLLDWWLLLDL
Position1111875786654444556656756555556665555666
Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent[]

Team Results[11] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3–0 1–0 2–0 9
Celtic 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 2
Dundee 0–3 1–0 5–3 6
Dundee United 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 6
Dunfermline 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 4
Heart of Midlothian 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 3
Hibernian 2–0 0–1 3–3 4
Livingston 0–1 1–1 1–3 1
Kilmarnock 2–1 0–2 1–0 6
Partick Thistle 2–2 0–1 3–0 4
Rangers 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 1

Source: 2003–04 Scottish Premier League article

Results[]

[12]

9 August 2003 1 Motherwell 0–3 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 BST Report Rae 23'
Wilkie 43'
Smith 84'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,812
Referee: John Underhill
16 August 2003 2 Livingston 1–0 Motherwell Livingston
15:00 BST Lilley 78' Report
BBC
Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 5,316
Referee: C Thomson
23 August 2003 3 Motherwell 2–1 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 BST McFadden 66' (pen.)
Pearson 90'
Report Dindeleux 76' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,087
Referee: Ian Fyfe
30 August 2003 4 Motherwell 2–2 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 BST McFadden 9', 69' Report Britton 26'
Taylor 82'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,193
Referee: John Rowbotham
13 September 2003 5 Hibernian 0–2 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 BST Report Clarkson 45', 75' Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,387
Referee: Kenny Clark
20 September 2003 6 Celtic 3–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST Larsson 47'
Sutton 64'
Maloney 70'
Report
BBC
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 58,013
Referee: Iain Brines
27 September 2003 7 Motherwell 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
15:00 BST Adams 29' Report Hartley 45' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,888
Referee: Charlie Richmond
4 October 2003 8 Dundee United 0–2 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 BST Report
BBC
Adams 22' (pen.), 90' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 6,194
Referee: Hugh Dallas
19 October 2003 9 Motherwell 1–1 Rangers Motherwell
15:00 BST Pearson 25' Report
BBC
Arveladze 15' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 10,824
Referee: Dougie McDonald
1 November 2003 10 Aberdeen 0–3 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 GMT Report
Aberdeen
Craig 10'
Pearson 77'
Lasley 90'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 9,895
Referee: Kevin Toner
8 November 2003 11 Dundee 1–0 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT Craig 52' [8 November 2003 Report] Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 6,374
Referee: Iain Brines
22 November 2003 12 Motherwell 1–1 Livingston Motherwell
15:00 GMT Clarkson 28' Report
BBC
Lilley 39' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,357
Referee: John Underhill
25 November 2003 13 Motherwell 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Motherwell
19:45 GMT Pearson 70'
Corrigan 90'
Report Crawford 15'
Brewster 39'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,220
Referee: Chris Foy
29 November 2003 14 Kilmarnock 2–0 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT Canero 13'
Boyd 60'
Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Michael McCurry
7 December 2003 15 Partick Thistle 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 GMT McBride 59' Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Tom Brown
13 December 2003 16 Motherwell 0–1 Hibernian Motherwell
15:00 GMT Report Riordan 90' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,533
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 December 2003 17 Motherwell 0–2 Celtic Motherwell
15:00 GMT Report
BBC
Hartson 3'
Thompson 71'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 10,513
Referee: John Underhill
27 December 2003 18 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 Motherwell Edinburgh
12:30 GMT Report Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 10,046
Referee: John Rowbotham
3 January 2004 19 Motherwell 3–1 Dundee United Motherwell
15:00 GMT Clarkson 60', 68', 90' Report
BBC
Wilson 15' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,549
Referee: Charlie Richmond
17 January 2004 20 Rangers 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 GMT Arveladze 82' Report
BBC
Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 48,925
Referee: C Thompson
24 January 2004 21 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Motherwell Dunfermline
15:00 GMT Young 73' Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 5,270
Referee: Dougie McDonald
11 February 2004 22 Motherwell 5–3 Dundee Motherwell
19:45 GMT Lasley 15'
Dair 18', 73'
Clarkson 51'
Burns 62'
Report Barrett 11', 28'
Novo 58'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: John Rowbotham
14 February 2004 23 Livingston 3–1 Motherwell Livingston
15:00 GMT McAllister 3'
Lilley 29'
Fernandez 45'
Report
Livingston
Adams 90' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 3,492
Referee: Chris Foy
21 February 2004 24 Motherwell 1–0 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 GMT Quinn 15' Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Dougie McDonald
24 February 2004 25 Motherwell 1–0 Aberdeen Motherwell
19:45 GMT Wright 84' Report
Aberdeen
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,225
Referee: Calum Murray
28 February 2004 26 Motherwell 3–0 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT Hammell 1'
Clarkson 52'
Adams 80'
Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,814
Referee: C Thompson
14 March 2004 27 Celtic 1–1 Motherwell Glasgow
13:30 GMT Larsson 70' Report
BBC
Adams 26' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 47,563
Referee: Tom Brown
24 March 2004 28 Hibernian 3–3 Motherwell Edinburgh
19:45 GMT Nicol 6'
Reid 37'
Riordan 62' (pen.)
Report Lasley 46'
Adams 60' (pen.)
Doumbe 80' (o.g.)
Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 5,670
Referee: Alan Freeland
27 March 2004 29 Dundee United 1–0 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT Scotland 66' Report
BBC
Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,585
Referee: Stuart Dougal
4 April 2004 30 Motherwell 0–1 Rangers Motherwell
15:00 BST Report
BBC
Hughes 44' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,967
Referee: John Rowbotham
15 April 2004 31 Motherwell 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
19:45 BST Clarkson 61' Report Wyness 27' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: C Melville
15 April 2004 32 Motherwell 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Motherwell
19:45 BST Adams 10' (pen.) Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: Calum Murray
18 April 2004 33 Aberdeen 0–2 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 BST Report
Aberdeen
Burns 61'
Craig 90'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 7,246
Referee: Steve Conroy
24 April 2004 34 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Motherwell Dunfermline
15:00 BST Nicholson 36'
Dempsey 52'
Young 74'
Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,290
Referee: John Underhill
1 May 2004 35 Rangers 4–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST Arteta 45'
Ross 47'
Namouchi 51'
Thompson 55'
Report
BBC
Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 47,579
Referee: Stuart Dougal
8 May 2004 36 Motherwell 0–1 Dundee United Motherwell
19:45 BST Report
BBC
Wilson 52' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: A Freeland
12 May 2004 37 Motherwell 1–1 Celtic Motherwell
19:45 BST Clarkson 64' Report
BBC
Beattie 71' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,749
Referee: John Rowbotham
16 May 2004 38 Heart of Midlothian 3–2 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 BST Wyness 5', 68'
McKenna 75'
Report McDonald 37'
Clarkson 45'
Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 11,619
Referee: Iain Brines

Classification[]

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]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

Scottish Cup[]

10 January 2004 Third Round St Johnstone 0–3 Motherwell Perth
15:00 GMT Report Clarkson 24', 32'
McDonald 90'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 4,090
Referee: Kevin Toner
7 February 2004 Fourth Round Motherwell 3–2 Queen of the South Motherwell
15:00 GMT Adams 3' (pen.)
Burns 18', 45'
Report O'Connor 65', 69' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,101
Referee: Michael McCurry
6 March 2004 Quarter-finals Motherwell 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT Report Wilson 10' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,930
Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish League Cup[]

23 September 2003 Second Round Forfar Athletic 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Motherwell Forfar
19:45 BST Henderson 30'
Tosh 51', 54'
Report Craig 3'
Lasley 55'
Pearson 60'
Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 1,110

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Updated 6 August 2011[12][13]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Gordon Marshall 37 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Martyn Corrigan 42 1 38+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Steven Hammell 41 1 37+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Keith Lasley 37 4 33+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 1
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan 37 3 36+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Gary Bollan 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Derek Adams 35 9 31+0 8 3+0 1 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Leitch (c) 22 0 20+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Jason Dair 32 2 19+10 2 2+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Phil O'Donnell 12 0 7+2 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Alex Burns 36 4 29+4 2 3+0 2 0+0 0
12 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald 18 2 10+5 1 1+2 1 0+0 0
14 DF Wales WAL David Partridge 16 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 GK Scotland SCO Barry John Corr 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO David Cowan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England ENG Steven Craig 25 4 16+8 3 0+0 0 1+0 1
18 FW Scotland SCO David Clarkson 42 14 32+6 12 3+0 2 1+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 29 0 24+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Scotland SCO 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Fagan 15 0 9+4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO William Kinniburgh 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Ewings 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Wright 15 1 2+11 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 DF Scotland SCO Chris Higgins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK Scotland SCO 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
6 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Pearson 19 5 17+1 4 0+0 0 1+0 1
10 MF Scotland SCO James McFadden 3 3 2+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers[]

Last updated on 6 August 2011
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 Scotland 18 David Clarkson 12 2 0 14
2 Scotland 7 Derek Adams 8 1 0 9
3 Scotland 6 Stephen Pearson 4 1 0 5
4 Scotland 17 Steven Craig 3 0 1 4
Scotland 4 Keith Lasley 3 0 1 4
6 Northern Ireland 5 Stephen Craigan 3 0 0 3
Scotland 10 James McFadden 3 0 0 3
8 Scotland 9 Jason Dair 2 0 0 2
Own Goal 2 0 0 2
Australia 12 Scott McDonald 1 1 0 2
11 Scotland 2 Martyn Corrigan 1 0 0 1
Scotland 3 Steven Hammell 1 0 0 1
Scotland 26 Kenny Wright 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 55 6 3 64

Disciplinary record[]

Last updated 8 December 2010[14]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK 1 Gordon Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 2 Martyn Corrigan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF 4 Keith Lasley 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Northern Ireland DF 5 Stephen Craigan 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland MF 6 Stephen Pearson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland DF 6 Gary Bollan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 7 Derek Adams 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF 8 Scott Leitch 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland FW 9 Jason Dair 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW 10 James McFadden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW 11 Alex Burns 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Australia FW 12 Scott McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wales DF 14 David Partridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK 15 Barry John Corr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 16 David Cowan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England FW 17 Steven Craig 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW 18 David Clarkson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland DF 19 Paul Quinn 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 21 Shaun Fagan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF 22 William Kinniburgh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK 25 Jamie Ewings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 26 Kenny Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 27 Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 35 Marc Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 44 1 1 0 1 0 46 1

See also[]

Note[]


References[]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Motherwell - 2003/04".
  2. ^ a b c "Motherwell complete triple signing". BBC Sport. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Dair joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Transfers – September 2003". BBC Sport. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Transfers – January 2004". BBC Sport. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Bollan joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Transfers – July 2003". BBC Sport. 31 July 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  8. ^ "McFadden signs for Everton". BBC Sport. September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Celtic parade Pearson". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Double signing for Clyde". BBC Sport. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  11. ^ Motherwell's score is shown first.
  12. ^ a b Motherwell results 2003/2004, Fir Park Corner
  13. ^ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com
  14. ^ Motherwell F.C. 2003–04 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site
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