1996–97 Motherwell F.C. season

The 1996-97 season was Motherwell's 12th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, the top division of Scottish Football.

Motherwell
1996–97 season
ManagerAlex McLeish
Premier Division8th
Scottish CupQuarter-Finals
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tommy Coyne (11)
All: Tommy Coyne (11)

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SCO Scott Howie
— GK  SCO Stevie Woods
— DF  SCO Kevin Christie
— DF  NIR Stephen Craigan
— DF  SCO Greig Denham
— DF  SCO Brian Martin
— DF  SCO Eddie May
— DF  SCO David McCallum
— MF  SCO Chris McCart
— DF  SCO Steve McMillan
— DF  SCO John Philliben
— DF  SCO Fraser Wishart
— DF  NED Mitchell van der Gaag
— MF  SCO Billy Davies
— MF  SCO Jamie Dolan
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  FIN Joni Lehtonen
— MF  SCO Lee McCulloch
— MF  SCO Shaun McSkimming
— MF  SCO Andy Roddie
— MF  SCO Ian Ross
— MF  FIN Simo Valakari
— MF  SCO Mickey Weir
— FW  SCO Dougie Arnott
— FW  SCO Alex Burns
— FW  IRL Owen Coyle
— FW  IRL Tommy Coyne
— FW  NIR Roy Essandoh
— FW  SCO Willie Falconer
— FW  SCO John Hendry

Competitions

Premier Division
Main article: 1996–97 Scottish Premier Division

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 9 11 16 44 55  −11 38 5 5 8 24 25  −1 4 6 8 20 30  −10

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAAHHHAHAHAAHAHHAH
ResultDDWLDDWLDLLLWLWLDLLLLWLWLDWLDLLDWDWD
Position673555465789787888999897987778999978
Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results
10 August 1996 1Dundee United1 – 1MotherwellDundee
BST (UTC+1) McSwegan  7' van der Gaag  78'
May
Denham 		Stadium: Tannadice
Attendance: 8,157
Referee: Captain W Simpson
17 August 1996 2Motherwell2 – 2AberdeenMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) McSkimming  40', pen.', 51'
McMillan
Falconer 		Windass  24'
Shearer  72'
Kiryakov 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,036
24 August 1996 3Raith Rovers0 – 3MotherwellKirkcaldy
BST (UTC+1) Browne
Millar 		van der Gaag  23', 58'
Arnott  31'
Dolan 		Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 4,836
7 September 1996 4Motherwell0 – 1RangersMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) van der Gaag
McSkimming 		Gough  39'
Gascoigne 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 12,288
14 September 1996 5Dunfermline Athletic1 – 1MotherwellDunfermline
BST (UTC+1) Clark  5' May  57' Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 5,687
21 September 1996 6Hearts1 – 1MotherwellEdinburgh
BST (UTC+1) Weir  5' Arnott  46'
May 		Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 10,932
28 September 1996 7Motherwell1 – 0KilmarnockMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) Arnott  19'
Dolan  86'		 Anderson  86' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,700
12 October 1996 8Celtic1 – 0MotherwellGlasgow
BST (UTC+1) Marshall   80'
van Hooijdonk  90'		 May
McSkimming 		Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 49,422
19 October 1996 9Motherwell1 – 1HibernianMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) McSkimming  73'
Dolan
Burns 		Leighton   26'
Harper  73'
Wilkins 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,784
26 October 1996 10Rangers5 – 0MotherwellGlasgow
BST (UTC+1) Laudrup  51', 78'
Gascoigne  66', 79', 84' 		Ross
McCart 		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,160
2 November 1996 11Motherwell1 – 3Dundee UnitedMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Ross  59' Olofsson  55'
McKinnon  57'
Winters  89'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,814
11 November 1996 12Motherwell0 – 2HeartsMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) May
Martin
Burns 		Paille  54'
Robertson  88'
Weir 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,441
16 November 1996 13Kilmarnock2 – 4MotherwellKilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC) Wright  55', 87' (pen.) Coyne  9', 59', 89'
Philliben  49'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 7,087
30 November 1996 14Hibernian2 – 0MotherwellEdinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Jackson  35', 90' (pen.)
Wilkins 		Dolan
Davies 		Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 7,332
7 December 1996 15Motherwell2 – 1CelticMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Davies  39'
Ross  89'
Roddie 		Hay  83'
McKinlay 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 11,589
11 December 1996 16Motherwell0 – 1Raith RoversMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Lennon  89' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,040
14 December 1996 17Aberdeen0 – 0MotherwellAberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC) Shearer Martin
McMillan
Dolan
Roddie
Burns 		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
21 December 1996 18Motherwell2 – 3Dunfermline AthleticMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Ireland  12' (o.g.)
Coyne  29'
van der Gaag
Davies 		Miller  15' (pen.)
Andy Smith  56', 75'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,529
26 December 1996 19Dundee United2 – 0MotherwellDundee
15:00 GMT (UTC) McSwegan  36'
Hannah  67'		 Martin Stadium: Tannadice
Attendance: 8,072
28 December 1996 20Hearts4 – 1MotherwellEdinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Robertson  22' (pen.), 75'
Weir  53'
Hamilton  63'		 Coyne  12'
Martin
McSkimming
Davies
Falconer 		Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 11,164
4 January 1997 21Celtic5 – 0MotherwellGlasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Di Canio  29' (pen.)
van Hooijdonk  41'
Cadete  75', 86'
Wieghorst  87'
Mackay
McNamara 		McCart
Denham 		Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 45,374
11 January 1997 22Motherwell2 – 1HibernianMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McSkimming  20'
Hunter  24' (o.g.)
van der Gaag 		Dow  49'
Welsh 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,855
18 January 1997 23Motherwell1 – 3RangersMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Coyle  68' (pen.)
van der Gaag
McSkimming
Ross
Falconer 		Albertz  20'
Laudrup  60'
Gascoigne  88'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 13,166
21 January 1997 24Motherwell2 – 0KilmarnockMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Coyle  3', 38'
van der Gaag 		Mitchell
Reilly 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,508
1 February 1997 25Dunfermline Athletic3 – 1MotherwellDunfermline
15:00 GMT (UTC) Miller  11'
Tod  26'
Britton  76'		 Davies Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,796
8 February 1997 26Motherwell2 – 2AberdeenMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Falconer  48'
Burns  54'
Philliben   82'
May 		Dodds  11'
Martin  33' (o.g.)
Windass   82'
Glass 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,555
18 February 1997 27Raith Rovers1 – 5MotherwellKirkcaldy
15:00 GMT (UTC) Duffield  79' Coyle  27'
van der Gaag  40'
Coyne  48', 54'
May  81'
Valakari 		Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 3,052
22 February 1997 28Motherwell0 – 1CelticMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McMillan Cadete  10' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 12,131
Referee: Jim McCluskey
1 March 1997 29Hibernian1 – 1MotherwellEdinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Wright  51' Coyne  64'
Falconer 		Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,328
15 March 1997 30Kilmarnock1 – 0MotherwellKilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC) Wright  77'
MacPherson 		Martin
Wishart 		Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 7,612
22 March 1997 31Motherwell0 – 1HeartsMotherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Martin
Davies 		Paille  12' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,245
5 April 1997 32Aberdeen0 – 0MotherwellAberdeen
BST (UTC+1) Valakari
Davies
Coyle 		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Captain W Simpson
12 April 1997 33Motherwell5 – 0Raith RoversMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) Falconer  17'
Weir  46'
Coyne  53', 74'
Coyle  78'		 Harvey Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,691
19 April 1997 34Motherwell1 – 1Dundee UnitedMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) Coyne  36' (pen.)
Christie   88'
Weir 		McKimmie   40'
Zetterlund  66'
Bowman 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,382
5 May 1997 35Rangers0 – 2MotherwellGlasgow
BST (UTC+1) McLaren
Gascoigne 		Coyle  7', pen.', 84'
Valakari
Weir 		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,059
10 May 1997 36Motherwell2 – 2Dunfermline AthleticMotherwell
BST (UTC+1) Weir  32'
van der Gaag  73'		 French  38'
Bingham  59'
Fraser
Britton 		Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,676

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Aberdeen 36 10 14 12 45 54 −9 44
7 Kilmarnock 36 11 6 19 41 61 −20 39 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Motherwell 36 9 11 16 44 55 −11 38
9 Hibernian (O) 36 9 11 16 38 55 −17 38 Qualification for the Play-off
10 Raith Rovers (R) 36 6 7 23 29 73 −44 25 Relegation to the First Division
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Kilmarnock qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the winners of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Cup
25 January 1997 Third RoundPartick Thistle0 – 2MotherwellGlasgow
McSkimming  65'
Davies  76'		 Stadium: Firhill
15 February 1997 Fourth RoundMotherwell1 – 1Hamilton AcademicalMotherwell
Coyle  33' Clark  69' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,050
26 February 1997 Fourth Round ReplayHamilton Academical0 – 2MotherwellGlasgow
[ Report] Coyle  1', 77' Stadium: Firhill
8 March 1997 Quarter FinalsDundee United4 – 1MotherwellDundee
McLaren  47', 66'
Winters  63'
Olofsson  87'		 [ Report] Van der Gaag  80' Stadium: Tannadice
Attendance: 11,054

League Cup
13 August 1996 Second RoundMotherwell0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)		Alloa AthleticMotherwell
Stadium: Fir Park

Statistics

Goal scorers
Ranking Position Nation Number Name Premier Division Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1FWTommy Coyne110011
2FWOwen Coyle73010
3DFMitchell van der Gaag6107
4MFShaun McSkimming4105
5FWDougie Arnott3003
6FWWillie Falconer2002
MFEddie May2002
MFIan Ross2002
MFMickey Weir2002
MFBilly Davies1102
Own goal2002
12FWAlex Burns1001
DFJohn Philliben1001
TOTALS 446050
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