2012–13 Motherwell F.C. season

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Motherwell
2012–13 season
Chairman Vacant
Manager Stuart McCall
Stadium Fir Park
Scottish Premier League 2nd
Champions League Third qualifying round vs Panathinaikos
Europa League Play-off round vs Levante
League Cup Third round vs Rangers
Scottish Cup Fourth round vs Aberdeen
Top goalscorer League: Michael Higdon (26)
All: Michael Higdon (27)
Highest home attendance 10,496 vs Celtic
29 September 2012
Lowest home attendance 3,649 vs St Johnstone
20 January 2013
Average home league attendance 5,118[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2012–13 season will be Motherwell's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Motherwell will also compete in the Champions League,[2] Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Transfers

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Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
20 May 2013[27] DF Scotland Nicky Devlin Stenhousemuir 10 June 2013[28]
20 May 2013[27] DF Scotland Steven Saunders Ross County 8 July 2013[29]
20 May 2013[27] MF England Steven Hetherington England Celtic Nation
20 May 2013[27] MF Scotland Adam Asghar Alloa Athletic 23 July 2014[30]
20 May 2013[27] MF Scotland Dominic Green
20 May 2013[27] MF England Nicky Law Rangers 24 May 2013[31]
20 May 2013[27] MF Scotland Josh Watt Iceland ÍA 24 July 2013[32]
20 May 2013[27] MF Jamaica Omar Daley United States Minnesota United 24 August 2013[33]

Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

Notes

Scottish Premier League

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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
37 17 9 11 65 51  +14 60 8 6 4 33 24  +9 9 3 7 32 27  +5

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 A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H H A H A A H A H A H A H A
Result D D W D W W D L L L W L D W D W W W L W D L W L W L L W W D W W D W W L W L
Position 7 7 2 5 1 1 1 2 6 6 6 6 7 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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

Results by opponent

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3-3 4-1 0-0 - 5
Celtic 0-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 6
Dundee 2-1 1-1 3-0 - 7
Dundee United 0-1 2-1 0-1 3-1 6
Heart of Midlothian 0-1 0-0 2-1 - 4
Hibernian 0-4 3-2 4-1 - 6
Inverness C.T. 4-1 5-1 3-0 3-4 9
Kilmarnock 2-1 2-2 0-2 - 4
Ross County 0-0 3-2 0-3 2-0 7
St Johnstone 1-1 3-1 3-2 0-2 7
St Mirren 1-1 1-2 2-2 - 2

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Results

Notes
  • The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on the 6 October 2012 due to a power failure in the area. The match has been re-arranged for 7 November 2012.[36]
  • The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on the 29 January 2013 due to a waterlogged pitch. The match has been re-arranged for 19 February 2013.[37]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 51 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 −2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 −1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 −9 44
11 St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 −13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 −38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(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.


Scottish Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Champions League

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Europa League

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Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 19 May 2013[38][39]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier League Europe[40] Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland Darren Randolph 41 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland Steven Saunders 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 41 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF England Nicky Law 43 6 38+0 6 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England Shaun Hutchinson 36 1 31+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF England Tom Hateley 40 3 34+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Jamaica Chris Humphrey 39 3 33+0 3 2+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW Estonia Henrik Ojamaa 44 4 32+5 4 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW England Michael Higdon 44 27 37+0 26 3+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
11 FW England Kallum Higginbotham 10 1 3+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland Lee Hollis 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland Keith Lasley 43 1 36+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF England Simon Ramsden 31 0 28+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland Robert McHugh 29 3 2+23 3 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF Jamaica Omar Daley 17 1 2+12 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 MF Scotland Stuart Carswell 26 0 7+16 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Scotland Fraser Kerr 19 0 9+5 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
20 FW Scotland James McFadden 13 5 11+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Antigua and Barbuda Zaine Francis-Angol 26 0 7+15 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 MF England Steven Hetherington 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF England Adam Cummins 28 1 17+5 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
43 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players no longer at the club:
11 FW Scotland Jamie Murphy 29 11 20+2 10 4+0 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
20 DF England Jonathan Page 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2013[38][39]
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe[40] Total
1 England 9 Michael Higdon 26 1 27
2 Scotland 11 Jamie Murphy 10 1 11
3 England 4 Nicky Law 6 6
8 Scotland 20 James McFadden 5 5
4 Estonia 8 Henrik Ojamaa 4 4
5 England 6 Tom Hateley 3 3
6 Jamaica 7 Chris Humphrey 3 3
8 Scotland 16 Robert McHugh 3 3
9 England 30 Adam Cummins 1 1
10 Jamaica 17 Omar Daley 1 1
11 England 11 Kallum Higginbotham 1 1
12 England 5 Shaun Hutchinson 1 1
13 Scotland 14 Keith Lasley 1 1
Own Goals 2
TOTALS 67 2 69

Disciplinary record

As of 4 May 2013[38][39]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Europe[40] Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
Republic of Ireland GK 1 Darren Randolph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF 2 Steven Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
England MF 4 Nicky Law 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England DF 5 Shaun Hutchinson 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 2
England MF 6 Tom Hateley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Jamaica MF 7 Chris Humphrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Estonia FW 8 Henrik Ojamaa 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
England FW 9 Michael Higdon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW 11 Jamie Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England FW 11 Kallum Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK 12 Lee Hollis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 14 Keith Lasley 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
England DF 15 Simon Ramsden 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW 16 Robert McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica MF 17 Omar Daley 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland MF 18 Stuart Carswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 19 Fraser Kerr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland FW 20 James McFadden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England DF 20 Jonathan Page 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Antigua and Barbuda DF 26 Zaine Francis-Angol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England MF 27 Steven Hetherington 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England DF 30 Adam Cummins 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
TOTALS 42 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 48 7

Awards

Manager of the Month

MONTH Name Award
March Scotland Stuart McCall Won[41]

Player of the Month

MONTH Name Award
September England Michael Higdon Won[42]
December Scotland Jamie Murphy Won[43]
March England Nicky Law Won[44]
April England Michael Higdon Won[45]

Young player of the Month

MONTH Name Award
April Estonia Henrik Ojamaa Won[46]

SPL Manager of the Year

Scotland Stuart McCall[47]

Player of the Year

England Michael Higdon[48]

Notes and references

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  34. Rapid game called off
  35. Arbroath game called off
  36. Motherwell A-A Dundee United
  37. Motherwell P-P Dundee United
  38. 38.0 38.1 38.2 Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics
  39. 39.0 39.1 39.2 Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics 2
  40. 40.0 40.1 40.2 The competitions that Motherwell were involved in were 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
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