1996–97 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell 1996–97 Alex McLeish Chairman Premier Division 8th Scottish Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Second round Tommy Coyne (11) Tommy Coyne (11) 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 season was Motherwell's 12th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, the top division of Scottish Football. Season events Motherwell started the season with pre-season friendlies in England against Southend United, Baldock Town and Blyth Spartans. Motherwell lost to Southend United, defeated Baldock Town and Blyth Spartans before returning to Fir Park to face Portuguese giants Porto, losing 1–0.1996/97 Fixtures https://www.motherwellnet.com/database/season-archive/1990s/1996-97-fixtures/ motherwellnet.com Motherwell Net 22 January 2022 Squad match played 10 May 1997 No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers Scott Howie SCO GK yes 1997 5 10 1972 1 4 Norwich City 1994 Stevie Woods SCO GK yes 1997 5 10 1970 2 23 Preston North End 1994 Defenders Mitchell van der Gaag NLD DF yes 1997 5 10 1971 10 22 PSV Eindhoven 1995 Stephen Craigan NIR DF yes 1997 5 10 1976 10 29 Blantyre Victoria 1995 Kevin Christie SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1976 4 1 East Fife 1997 Greig Denham SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1976 10 5 Youth team 1994 Brian Martin SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1963 2 24 St Mirren 1991 Eddie May SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1967 8 30 Falkirk 1994 David McCallum SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1977 9 7 Bearsden BC 1995 Chris McCart SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1967 4 17 Youth team 1985 Steve McMillan SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1976 1 19 Troon 1993 John Philliben SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1964 3 14 Doncaster Rovers 1986 Fraser Wishart SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1965 3 1 Heart of Midlothian 1996 Midfielders Joni Lehtonen FIN MF yes 1997 5 10 1973 9 30 Ilves 1996 Simo Valakari FIN MF yes 1997 5 10 1973 4 28 FinnPa 1996 Billy Davies SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1964 5 31 Dunfermline Athletic 1993 Lee McCulloch SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1978 5 14 Youth team 1994 21 0 Shaun McSkimming SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1970 5 29 Kilmarnock 1994 Ian Ross SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1974 8 27 Youth team 1995 Mickey Weir SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1966 1 16 Hibernian 1996 Forwards Owen Coyle IRL FW yes 1997 5 10 1966 7 14 Dundee United 1997 Tommy Coyne IRL FW yes 1997 5 10 1962 11 14 Tranmere Rovers 1993 Roy Essandoh NIR FW yes 1997 5 10 1976 2 17 Cumbernauld United 1994 Dougie Arnott SCO FW yes 1997 5 10 1964 8 5 Pollok 1986 Alex Burns SCO FW yes 1997 5 10 1973 8 4 Youth team 1991 Willie Falconer SCO FW yes 1997 5 10 1966 4 5 Celtic 1996 John Hendry SCO FW yes 1997 5 10 1970 1 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1995 Left during the season Jamie Dolan SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1969 2 22 Youth team 1987 Innes Ritchie SCO DF yes 1997 5 10 1973 8 24 Youth team 1992 Andy Roddie SCO MF yes 1997 5 10 1971 11 4 Aberdeen 1994 Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref16 November 1997MFFINJoni LehtonenIlvesUndisclosed7 January 1998FWIRLOwen CoyleDundee UnitedPlayer swap7 February 1998MFFINSimo ValakariFinnPaUndisclosed14 March 1998MFSCOMickey WeirHibernianUndisclosed21 March 1998DFSCOKevin ChristieEast FifeUndisclosed Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.24 July 2021FWSCOMatthew ConnellyGretnaEnd of season Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.7 January 1998MFSCOJamie DolanDundee UnitedPlayer swap11 January 1998DFSCOInnes RitchieEast FifeUndisclosed27 January 1998MFSCOAndy RoddieNotts CountyUndisclosed Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.30 June 1996MFSCOPaul LambertBorussia Dortmund Friendlies 24 July 2021 BST (UTC+1) Southend United 1 – 0 Motherwell Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea L 25 July 2021 BST (UTC+1) Baldock Town 1 – 2 Motherwell Hitchin Road Arlesey W 27 July 2021 BST (UTC+1) Blyth Spartans 2 – 3 Motherwell Croft Park Blyth W 3 August 2021 15:00 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0 – 1 Porto Fir Park Motherwell L Competitions Overview 3 Premier Division 10 August 1996 10 May 1997 Matchday 1 8th 9 11 16 44 55 Scottish Cup 25 January 1997 8 March 1997 Third Round Quarterfinal 2 1 1 6 5 League Cup 13 August 1996 13 August 1996 Second Round Second Round 0 1 0 0 0 10 May 1997 Premier Division 1996–97 Scottish Premier Division Results summary 5 5 8 24 25 4 6 8 20 30 Fir Park Corner November 2012 Results by round table b Round Ground A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H /H /A /A /H /H /A /H /A /A /A /H /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /A /H Result D /D /W /L /D /D /W /L /D /L /L /L /W /L /W /L /D /L /L /L /L /W /L /W /L /D /W /L /D /L /L /D /W /D /W /D Position 6 /7 /3 /5 /5 /5 /4 /6 /5 /7 /8 /9 /7 /8 /7 /8 /8 /8 /9 /9 /9 /8 /9 /7 /9 /8 /7 /7 /7 /8 /9 /9 /9 /9 /7 /8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Fir Park Corner November 2012 Results 1 10 August 1996 BST (UTC+1) Dundee United 1–1 Motherwell McSwegan 7 van der Gaag 78 May Denham Tannadice Dundee 8,157 Captain W Simpson D 2 17 August 1996 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 2–2 Aberdeen McSkimming 40 pen. 51 McMillan Falconer Windass 24 Shearer 72 Kiryakov Fir Park Motherwell 5,036 D 3 24 August 1996 BST (UTC+1) Raith Rovers 0–3 Motherwell Browne Millar van der Gaag 23 58 Arnott 31 Dolan Stark's Park Kirkcaldy 4,836 W 4 7 September 1996 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 0–1 Rangers van der Gaag McSkimming Gough 39 Gascoigne Fir Park Motherwell 12,288 L 5 14 September 1996 BST (UTC+1) Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 Motherwell Clark 5 May 57 East End Park Dunfermline 5,687 D 6 21 September 1996 BST (UTC+1) Hearts 1–1 Motherwell Weir 5 Arnott 46 May Tynecastle Edinburgh 10,932 D 7 28 September 1996 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 1–0 Kilmarnock Arnott 19 Dolan 0 86 Anderson 0 86 Fir Park Motherwell 5,700 W 8 12 October 1996 BST (UTC+1) Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Marshall 2 80 van Hooijdonk 90 May McSkimming Celtic Park Glasgow 49,422 L 9 19 October 1996 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 1–1 Hibernian McSkimming 73 Dolan Burns Leighton 2 26 Harper 73 Wilkins Fir Park Motherwell 6,784 D 10 26 October 1996 BST (UTC+1) Rangers 5–0 Motherwell Laudrup 51 78 Gascoigne 66 79 84 Ross McCart Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 48,160 L 11 2 November 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 1–3 Dundee United Ross 59 Olofsson 55 McKinnon 57 Winters 89 Fir Park Motherwell 5,814 L 12 11 November 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 0–2 Hearts May Martin Burns Paille 54 Robertson 88 Weir Fir Park Motherwell 5,441 L 13 16 November 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Kilmarnock 2–4 Motherwell Wright 55 87 pen. Coyne 9 59 89 Philliben 49 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 7,087 W 14 30 November 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Hibernian 2–0 Motherwell Jackson 35 90 pen. Wilkins Dolan Davies Easter Road Edinburgh 7,332 L 15 7 December 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–1 Celtic Davies 39 Ross 89 Roddie Hay 83 McKinlay Fir Park Motherwell 11,589 W 16 11 December 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 0–1 Raith Rovers Lennon 89 Fir Park Motherwell 4,040 L 17 14 December 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Aberdeen 0–0 Motherwell Shearer Martin McMillan Dolan Roddie Burns Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 10,000 D 18 21 December 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–3 Dunfermline Athletic Ireland 12 o.g. Coyne 29 van der Gaag Davies Miller 15 pen. Andy Smith 56 75 Fir Park Motherwell 4,529 L 19 26 December 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Dundee United 2–0 Motherwell McSwegan 36 Hannah 67 Martin Tannadice Dundee 8,072 L 20 28 December 1996 15:00 GMT (UTC) Hearts 4–1 Motherwell Robertson 22 pen. 75 Weir 53 Hamilton 63 Coyne 12 Martin McSkimming Davies Falconer Tynecastle Edinburgh 11,164 L 21 4 January 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Celtic 5–0 Motherwell Di Canio 29 pen. van Hooijdonk 41 Cadete 75 86 Wieghorst 87 Mackay McNamara McCart Denham Celtic Park Glasgow 45,374 L 22 11 January 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–1 Hibernian McSkimming 20 Hunter 24 o.g. van der Gaag Dow 49 Welsh Fir Park Motherwell 5,855 W 23 18 January 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 1–3 Rangers Coyle 68 pen. van der Gaag McSkimming Ross Falconer Albertz 20 Laudrup 60 Gascoigne 88 Fir Park Motherwell 13,166 L 24 21 January 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–0 Kilmarnock Coyle 3 38 van der Gaag Mitchell Reilly Fir Park Motherwell 5,508 W 25 1 February 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Dunfermline Athletic 3–1 Motherwell Miller 11 Tod 26 Britton 76 Davies East End Park Dunfermline 4,796 L 26 8 February 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Motherwell 2–2 Aberdeen Falconer 48 Burns 54 Philliben 2 82 May Dodds 11 Martin 33 o.g. Windass 2 82 Glass Fir Park Motherwell 5,555 D 27 18 February 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Raith Rovers 1–5 Motherwell Duffield 79 Coyle 27 van der Gaag 40 Coyne 48 54 May 81 Valakari Stark's Park Kirkcaldy 3,052 W 22 February 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) 28 Motherwell 0–1 Celtic McMillan Cadete 10 Fir Park Motherwell 12,131 Jim McCluskey L 29 1 March 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) Hibernian 1–1 Motherwell Wright 51 Coyne 64 Falconer Easter Road Edinburgh 8,328 D 15 March 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) 30 Kilmarnock 1–0 Motherwell Wright 77 MacPherson Martin Wishart Rugby Park Kilmarnock 7,612 L 22 March 1997 15:00 GMT (UTC) 31 Motherwell 0–1 Hearts Martin Davies Paille 12 Fir Park Motherwell 6,245 L 5 April 1997 BST (UTC+1) 32 Aberdeen 0–0 Motherwell Valakari Davies Coyle Pittodrie Stadium Aberdeen 9,000 Captain W Simpson D 12 April 1997 BST (UTC+1) 33 Motherwell 5–0 Raith Rovers Falconer 17 Weir 46 Coyne 53 74 Coyle 78 Harvey Fir Park Motherwell 4,691 W 19 April 1997 BST (UTC+1) 34 Motherwell 1–1 Dundee United Coyne 36 pen. Christie 2 88 Weir McKimmie 2 40 Zetterlund 66 Bowman Fir Park Motherwell 5,382 D 5 May 1997 BST (UTC+1) 35 Rangers 0–2 Motherwell McLaren Gascoigne Coyle 7 pen. 84 Valakari Weir Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 50,059 W 36 10 May 1997 BST (UTC+1) Motherwell 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Weir 32 van der Gaag 73 French 38 Bingham 59 Fraser Britton Fir Park Motherwell 9,676 D League table MOT Scottish Cup 1996-97 Scottish Cup 25 January 1997 Third round Partick Thistle 0–2 W Motherwell McSkimming 65 Davies 76 Firhill Glasgow 15 February 1997 Fourth Round Motherwell 1–1 D Hamilton Academical Coyle 33 Clark 69 Fir Park Motherwell 8,050 26 February 1997 Fourth Round Replay Hamilton Academical 0–2 W [ Report] Motherwell Coyle 1 77 Firhill Glasgow 8 March 1997 Quarter-finals Dundee United 4–1 L [ Report] Motherwell McLaren 47 66 Winters 63 Olofsson 87 Van der Gaag 80 Tannadice Dundee 11,054 League Cup 1996–97 Scottish League Cup Second round 13 August 1996 Motherwell 0–0 yes Alloa Athletic 2 – 4 Fir Park Motherwell D Statistics Goal scorers RankingPositionNationNumberNamePremier DivisionScottish CupLeague CupTotal1 FWIRL Tommy Coyne1100112 FWIRL Owen Coyle730103 DFNLD Mitchell van der Gaag61074 MFSCO Shaun McSkimming41055 FWSCO Dougie Arnott30036 FWSCO Willie Falconer2002MFSCO Eddie May2002MFSCO Ian Ross2002MFSCO Mickey Weir2002MFSCO Billy Davies1102 Own goal200212FWSCO Alex Burns1001DFSCO John Philliben1001TOTALS446050 See also List of Motherwell F.C. seasons References 1996–97 Motherwell