2000–01 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell 2000–01 Billy Davies John Boyle Chairman Premier League 8th Scottish Cup Fourth round vs Dundee United League Cup Third round vs Dunfermline Athletic Stuart Elliott (12) Stuart Elliott (12) _bow burgundy white ffdb00 ffdb00 ffdb00 800000 ffdb00 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 season was Motherwell's 3rd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. Season review In February, Ged Brannan joined Wigan Athletic and John Spencer was sold to Colorado Rapids. On 2 March, Steve McMillan and Lee McCulloch both joined Wigan Athletic for a combined £1.25m.Well duo sign for Wigan http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1197268.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC Sport 30 July 2020 2 March 2001 On 16 March, Saïd Chiba joined Motherwell on loan from AS Nancy until the end of the season, whilst James Okoli joined from Watford on a contract also until the end of the season.African pair join Motherwell http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1225183.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC Sport 30 July 2020 16 March 2001 On 22 March, goalkeeper Andy Goram was loaned to Manchester United, for £100k, until the end of the season,Man Utd sign veteran Goram http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1232453.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC Sport 29 July 2020 22 March 2001 and Don Goodman left on a free-transfer to sign for Walsall.Goodman saddles up at Walsall http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/1235938.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC Sport 30 July 2020 22 March 2001 Squad match played 20 May 2001 No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 17 Stevie Woods SCO GK yes 2001 5 20 1970 2 23 Preston North End 1994 25 Jon Connolly SCO GK yes 2001 5 20 1981 4 3 Thorniewood United 2000 2 0 Defenders 2 Martyn Corrigan SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1977 8 14 Falkirk 2000Well pleased to sign Corrigan https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12219689.well-pleased-to-sign-corrigan/ heraldscotland.com The Herald (Glasgow) 29 July 2020 21 January 2000 59 1 4 Benito Kemble SUR DF yes 2001 5 20 1968 8 27 N.E.C. 1999 53 1 5 James Okoli NGR DF yes 2001 5 20 1976 1 11 Watford 2001 2001 5 0 6 Greg Strong ENG DF yes 2001 5 20 1975 9 5 Bolton Wanderers 2000 44 2 15 Tony Thomas ENG DF yes 2001 5 20 1971 7 12 Everton 1999 20 1 16 Steven Hammell SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1982 2 18 Youth team 1999 42 0 23 Ange Oueifio CAF DF yes 2001 5 20 1976 3 29 Denderleeuw EH 2000 20 0 28 Brian Dempsie SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1983 2 4 Youth team 1999 1 0 30 Scott Wilson SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1982 4 20 Youth team 2000 0 0 34 John Constable SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1984 10 4 Youth team 1999 0 0 36 William Kinniburgh SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1984 9 8 Youth team 2000 0 0 37 John Crawley SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1984 3 20 Youth team 1999 0 0 Midfielders 8 John Davies SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1966 9 25 Ayr United 1999 14 0 12 Derek Adams SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1975 6 25 Ross County 1998 75 7 18 Derek Townsley ENG MF yes 2001 5 20 1973 1 21 Queen of the South 1999 65 7 19 Stuart Elliott NIR MF yes 2001 5 20 1978 7 23 Glentoran 2000 36 12 20 Dougie Ramsay SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1979 4 26 Youth team 1997 16 1 21 Paul Harvey SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1968 8 28 Queen of the South 1999 26 1 22 Keith Lasley SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1979 9 21 Youth team 1999 13 1 26 Colin Miller SCO MF Youth team 1999 0 0 29 David Clarke SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1983 6 22 Youth team 1999 0 0 31 Kevin MacDonald SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1983 2 5 Youth team 1999 0 0 33 John Constable SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1981 12 1 Youth team 1999 0 0 35 Shaun Fagan SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1984 3 22 Youth team 1999 0 0 38 Barry Tulloch SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1984 1 30 Youth team 2000 0 0 39 Liam Fleming SCO MF Youth team 2000 0 0 40 Billy Brawley SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1984 3 19 Youth team 1999 0 0 41 Stephen Pearson SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1982 10 2 Youth team 2000 6 0 43 Scott Leitch SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1969 10 6 Swindon Town 2000 29 0 Saïd Chiba MAR MF yes 2001 5 20 1970 9 28 loan from AS Nancy 2001 2001 7 0 Forwards 11 Stevie Nicholas SCO FW yes 2001 5 20 1981 7 8 Stirling Albion 1999 50 3 14 Kevin Twaddle SCO FW yes 2001 5 20 1971 10 31 Greenock Morton 1999 55 7 24 Martin Wood SCO FW yes 2001 5 20 1982 8 20 Rothes 1999 9 0 27 James McFadden SCO FW yes 2001 5 20 1983 4 14 Youth team 2000 7 0 32 John Fallon SCO FW yes 2001 5 20 1982 1 14 Youth team 1999 0 0 Out on loan 1 Andy Goram SCO GK yes 2001 5 20 1964 4 13 Sheffield United 1998 70 0 Left during the season 3 Steve McMillan SCO DF yes 2001 5 20 1976 1 19 Troon 1993 5 Ged Brannan ENG MF yes 2001 5 20 1972 1 15 Manchester City 1998 93 18 7 John Spencer SCO FW yes 2001 5 20 1970 9 11 Everton 1999 82 21 9 Lee McCulloch SCO MF yes 2001 5 20 1978 5 14 Youth team 1995 10 Don Goodman ENG FW yes 2001 5 20 1966 5 9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1999 64 12 44 Jamie McClen ENG MF yes 2001 5 20 1979 5 13 loan from Newcastle United 2000 3 0 Out on loan 1 SCO Andy Goram GK at Manchester United Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.Summer 2000GKSCOJon ConnollyThorniewood UnitedUndisclosedSummer 2000DFENGGreg StrongBolton WanderersUndisclosedSummer 2000DFCAFAnge OueifioDenderleeuw EHUndisclosedSummer 2000MFNIRStuart ElliottGlentoranUndisclosedSummer 2000MFSCOScott LeitchSwindon TownUndisclosed16 March 2001DFNGRJames OkoliWatfordFree Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.1 October 2000MFENGJamie McClenNewcastle United31 December 200016 March 2001MFMARSaïd ChibaAS NancyEnd of season Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.February 2001MFENGGed BrannanWigan AthleticUndisclosed21 February 2001FWSCOJohn SpencerColorado RapidsUndisclosed2 March 2001DFSCOSteve McMillanWigan Athletic£550,0002 March 2001MFSCOLee McCullochWigan Athletic£700,00022 March 2001FWENGDon GoodmanWalsallFree Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref. 22 March 2001 GK SCO Andy Goram Manchester United End of Season Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref. 31 May 2001 GK SCO Andy Goram Coventry City 24 August 2001 31 May 2001 DF NGR James Okoli York City 31 May 2001 DF SUR Benito Kemble St Johnstone 27 July 2001 Three more leave Well http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/1324274.stm news.bbc.co.uk BBC Sport 30 July 2020 11 May 2001http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/1460731.stm Kemble signs for Saints BBC Sport 27 July 2001 27 April 2011 31 May 2001 MF ENG Derek Townsley Hibernian 9 July 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/1427687.stm Hibs land Townsley BBC Sport 9 July 2001 27 April 2011 31 May 2001 MF MAR Saïd Chiba Aris Thessaloniki Competitions Premier League 2000–01 Scottish Premier League League table MOT Results summary 5 4 10 22 27 7 3 9 20 29 See Results July 2020 Results by matchday table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H Result L/L/D/L/L/D/W/L/L/L/W/W/D/W/W/L/D/W/L/L/W/W/L/L/D/W/L/L/W/D/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/D Position 12/11/10/11/12/11/10/10/10/11/10/8/10/9/7/8/8/8/8/8/8/6/8/9/9/6/7/7/7/7/8/8/8/9/9/10/8/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 See Results July 2020 Results 1 29 July 2000 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0–2 Dundee Kemble Billio 8 Ngonge 2 50 Artero 86 Fir Park Motherwell 6,161 John Rowbotham L 2 5 August 2000 BST (UTC+1) Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Petrov 11 McNamara 2 66 Sutton 2 81 Davies 2 37 Strong McCulloch Kemble Celtic Park Glasgow 58,534 Alan Freeland L 3 12 August 2000 BST (UTC+1) Dundee United 1–1 Motherwell Paterson 86 Spencer 11 Tannadice Dundee 6,201 Willie Young D 4 16 August 2000 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Strong Spencer Moss 55 Ferguson Fir Park Motherwell 5,257 L 5 19 August 2000 BST (UTC+1) Kilmarnock 3–2 Motherwell Dargo 26 Wright 76 pen. Dindeleux 80 Elliott 7 65 Hammell Rugby Park Kilmarnock 6,533 George Clyde L 6 27 August 2000 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 1–1 Aberdeen McCulloch 22 Strong Brannan Winters 10 Young Fir Park Motherwell 5,541 John Rowbotham D 7 9 September 2000 BST (UTC+1) St Mirren 0–1 Motherwell McCulloch 53 McMillan Goodman Love Street Paisley 5,274 Stuart Dougal W 8 16 September 2000 BST (UTC+1) Hibernian 2–0 Motherwell Paatelainen 49 80 Fenwick Sauzée Lehmann Oueifio Hammell Townsley Strong Easter Road Edinburgh 9,852 Michael McCurry L 9 23 September 2000 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0–1 Rangers Leitch Twaddle Spencer Mols 11 Amoruso Tugay Fir Park Motherwell 11,275 Stuart Dougal L 10 1 October 2000 BST (UTC+1) Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Durie 13 58 Kirk 27 James Naysmith Oueifio 0 8 McCulloch Kemble Tynecastle Edinburgh 10,460 Willie Young L 11 14 October 2000 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 4–0 St Johnstone Dods 20 o.g. McCulloch 26 Brannan 64 Elliott 71 Kemble 2 78 Elliott Fir Park Motherwell 4,483 Kevin Toner W 12 21 October 2000 BST (UTC+1) Dundee 1–2 Motherwell Caniggia 21 Bonetti Carranza Elliott 1 5 Strong McMillan McCulloch Brannan Dens Park Dundee 7,344 John Fleming W 13 29 October 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 3–3 Celtic Adams 22 McCulloch 53 Brannan 78 pen. Strong Corrigan Mjällby 13 Valgaeren 57 McNamara 71 Fir Park Motherwell 10,820 Hugh Dallas D 14 4 November 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–1 Dundee United Brannan 44 pen. Elliott 50 McMillan Lauchlan 0 31 Naveda 55 McQuillan Miller Fir Park Motherwell 6,864 Alan Freeland W 15 11 November 2000 GMT (UTC) Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Motherwell Moss 11 Nicholson Skinner Townsley 85 Brannan 90 pen. Strong Leitch Townsley East End Park Dunfermline 4,488 John Underhill W 16 18 November 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 1–2 Kilmarnock Brannan 3 Elliott Wright 37 Cocard 87 Dindeleux Durrant McLaren Fir Park Motherwell 6,571 Eric Martindale L 17 25 November 2000 GMT (UTC) Aberdeen 3–3 Motherwell Stavrum 41 Di Rocco 80 90 Rowson Townsley 14 McCulloch 43 69 Leitch Townsley Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 12,324 Hugh Dallas D 18 29 November 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–0 St Mirren Twaddle 74 Nicholas 90 Fir Park Motherwell 5,312 Garry Mitchell W 19 3 December 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 1–3 Hibernian Elliott 83 Leitch Brannan Zitelli 38 54 Townsley 48 o.g. Laursen Sauzée O'Neil Fir Park Motherwell 5,715 John Rowbotham L 20 10 December 2000 GMT (UTC) Rangers 2–0 Motherwell Konterman 39 Ferguson 78 Wilson Ricksen Corrigan Brannan Twaddle Oueifio Ibrox Glasgow 46,058 Tom Brown L 21 16 December 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–0 Hearts Townsley 56 Adams 87 Fir Park Motherwell 5,440 Michael McCurry W 22 23 December 2000 GMT (UTC) St Johnstone 2–3 Motherwell Parker 52 Sylla 72 Dods Spencer 6 Adams 40 Townsley 43 Adams 2 49 Hammell McDiarmid Park Perth 3,489 Michael McCurry W 23 26 December 2000 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 0–3 Dundee Nicholas 0 57 Spencer Sara 4 69 Rae 35 Marrocco 2 53 Tweed del Río Fir Park Motherwell 6,183 Douglas McDonald L 24 2 January 2001 GMT (UTC) Dundee United 2–0 Motherwell Easton 55 Hamilton 62 Lauchlan Lilley Strong Townsley Tannadice Dundee 6,311 Eric Martindale L 25 31 January 2001 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic McCulloch 69 Adams Goodman Bullen 89 Nicholson Mason Fir Park Motherwell 4,601 Bobby Orr D 26 3 February 2001 GMT (UTC) Kilmarnock 1–2 Motherwell Dargo 90 Brannan 29 pen. Twaddle 83 Leitch Townsley Rugby Park Kilmarnock 6,018 John Underhill W 27 10 February 2001 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 0–1 Aberdeen Leitch Spencer Young 88 Rowson Belabed Fir Park Motherwell 6,680 Michael McCurry L 28 21 February 2001 GMT (UTC) Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Moravčík 83 Kemble Adams Leitch Townsley Lasley Celtic Park Glasgow 58,880 John Rowbotham L 29 24 February 2001 GMT (UTC) St Mirren 0–1 Motherwell Townsley 74 Hammell Adams Elliott Love Street Paisley 4,034 Douglas McDonald W 30 4 March 2001 GMT (UTC) Hibernian 1–1 Motherwell Latapy 82 Libbra Strong 81 Corrigan Adams Townsley Elliott Easter Road Edinburgh 9,500 Kenny Clark D 31 17 March 2001 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 1–2 Rangers Goodman 2 Chiba Lasley Fernandes 59 Malcolm 89 Fir Park Motherwell 11,208 Alan Freeland L 32 31 March 2001 BST (UTC+1) Hearts 3–0 Motherwell Tomaschek 15 Kirk 63 80 Chiba Leitch Tynecastle Edinburgh 11,581 David Somers L 33 7 April 2001 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 1–0 St Johnstone Elliott 24 Fir Park Motherwell 4,600 Douglas McDonald W 34 21 April 2001 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0–1 St Johnstone Sylla 63 Weir Fir Park Motherwell 3,195 Kevin Toner L 28 April 2001 BST (UTC+1) 35 Dundee United 1–0 Motherwell Buchan 36 Miller Okoli 2 56 Oueifio Lasley Tannadice Dundee 5,928 John Underhill L 36 5 May 2001 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0–2 Aberdeen Stavrum 30 Winters 57 Belabed Fir Park Motherwell 3,905 Ian Fyfe L 37 12 May 2001 BST (UTC+1) Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Motherwell Crawford 34 pen. Doesburg 0 88 Elliott 8 16 Tannadice Dundee 5,928 John Underhill W 38 20 May 2001 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 3–3 St Mirren Lasley 3 Elliott 72 pen. 77 Quitongo 32 57 Fenton 49 Turner 0 72 Fir Park Motherwell 4,158 Willie Young D Scottish Cup 2000–01 Scottish Cup Third round 27 January 2001 GMT (UTC) St Mirren 1–2 Motherwell Quitongo 89 Walker Fenton Gillies McCulloch 32 Goodman 2 36 Spencer 64 Strong 2 82 Leitch Love Street Paisley 5,002 Willie Young W Fourth round 17 February 2001 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 0–2 Dundee United Spencer Miller 32 Easton 38 de Vos Fir Park Motherwell 6,186 Stuart Dougal L League Cup 2000–01 Scottish League Cup Second Round 22 August 2000 BST (UTC+1) Queens Park 0–3 Motherwell Duncan Strong 13 Harvey 70 McCulloch 90 Hammell Corrigan Adams Hampden Park Glasgow 1,845 Michael McCurry W Third Round 6 September 2000 BST (UTC+1) Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Motherwell Thomson 12 Moss 66 McMillan McCulloch East End Park Dunfermline 3,428 Alan Freeland L Squad statistics match played 20 May 20012000/01 Appearances https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1734&teamTabs=stats&season_id=130 soccerbase.com Soccerbase 29 July 2020 Appearances Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup 2 Martyn Corrigan DF SCO 32+4 0 2 0 2 0 4 Benito Kemble DF SUR 25 0 0 0 2 0 5 James Okoli DF NGA 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 Greg Strong DF ENG 31+1 1 1 0 1 1 8 John Davies MF SCO 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 11 Stevie Nicholas FW SCO 5+12 1 0+1 0 0 0 12 Derek Adams MF SCO 17+9 3 2 0 1 0 14 Kevin Twaddle FW SCO 20+5 2 1+1 0 0 0 16 Steven Hammell DF SCO 32+2 0 2 0 2 0 17 Stevie Woods GK SCO 12+1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Derek Townsley MF ENG 22+8 5 2+0 0 2+0 0 19 Stuart Elliott MF NIR 20+13 12 1+0 0 1+1 0 20 Dougie Ramsay MF SCO 3+7 0 0 0 0 0 21 Paul Harvey MF SCO 10+1 0 0 0 0+1 1 22 Keith Lasley MF SCO 6+6 1 1 0 0 0 23 Ange Oueifio DF CAF 14+3 0 1 0 2 0 24 Martin Wood FW SCO 4+4 0 0 0 0+1 0 25 Jon Connolly GK SCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 James McFadden FW SCO 1+5 0 0+1 0 0 0 28 Brian Dempsie DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 41 Stephen Pearson MF SCO 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 43 Scott Leitch MF SCO 23+3 0 2 0 1 0 Saïd Chiba MF MAR 7 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players away from the club on loan: 1 Andy Goram GK SCO 22 0 2 0 2 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players who left Motherwell during the season: 3 Steve McMillan DF SCO 26 0 0 0 1 0 5 Ged Brannan MF ENG 23 6 1 0 0+1 0 7 John Spencer FW SCO 20+2 2 1+1 1 1 0 9 Lee McCulloch MF SCO 26 7 1 1 2 1 10 Don Goodman FW ENG 6+12 1 1 0 2 0 44 Jamie McClen MF ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 |} Goal scorers RankingPositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueScottish CupLeague CupTotal1 MFNIR19Stuart Elliott1200122 MFSCO9 Lee McCulloch71193 MFENG5 Ged Brannan60064 MFENG18Derek Townsley50055 MFSCO12Derek Adams3003FWSCO7 John Spencer21037 FWSCO14Kevin Twaddle2002DFENG6 Greg Strong10129 FWENG10Don Goodman1001MFSCO22Keith Lasley1001MFSCO11Stevie Nicholas1001MFSCO21Paul Harvey0011 Own goal1001TOTALS422347 Clean sheets RankingPositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueScottish CupLeague CupTotal1 GKSCO1 Andy Goram30142 GKSCO17Stevie Woods3003TOTALS6017 Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueScottish CupLeague CupTotal 2 SCODFMartyn Corrigan300010404 NEDDFBenito Kemble610000615 NGADFJames Okoli210000216 ENGDFGreg Strong9011001018 SCOMFJohn Davies2100002111SCOFWStevie Nicholas1100001112SCOMFDerek Adams6100107114SCOFWKevin Twaddle3000003016SCODFSteven Hammell4000105018ENGMFDerek Townsley7000007019NIRMFStuart Elliott5000005021SCOMFPaul Harvey0000101022SCOMFKeith Lasley3000003023CAFDFAnge Oueifio3100003143SCOMFScott Leitch80100090 MARMFSaïd Chiba20000020Players away on loan:Players who left Motherwell during the season:3 SCODFSteve McMillan300010405 ENGMFGed Brannan600000607 SCOFWJohn Spencer401000509 SCOMFLee McCulloch5000106010ENGFWDon Goodman20110031TOTALS8464260948 See also List of Motherwell F.C. seasons References 2000–01 Category:Scottish football clubs 2000–01 season