2015–16 Motherwell F.C. season

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Motherwell
2015–16 season
Chairman Brian McCafferty
Manager Ian Baraclough
(until 23 September)
Stephen Craigan (interim)
(23 September - 13 October)
Mark McGhee
(from 13 October)
Stadium Fir Park
Scottish Premiership 5th
League Cup Third Round
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
Top goalscorer League: Louis Moult (15)
All: Louis Moult (18)
Average home league attendance 4,912
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 season is Motherwell's thirty-first consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the third in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Important Events

On 12 June 2015, Motherwell announced their first batch of Pre-season Friendlies.[2]

On 23 September 2015, Motherwell parted ways with manager Ian Baraclough.[3]

On 13 October 2015, Mark McGhee returned to the club as manager.[4][5]

Results & Fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season Friendlies

Scottish Premiership

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Scottish Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 15 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 29 0 25+2 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF England Louis Laing 16 1 13+2 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland Stephen McManus 40 1 37 1 1 0 2 0
7 MF England Lionel Ainsworth 33 3 17+12 2 1+1 1 0+2 0
8 MF Scotland Stephen Pearson 28 9 25+1 7 0 0 2 2
9 FW England Wes Fletcher 14 1 5+9 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF England Marvin Johnson 42 6 34+4 5 2 0 2 1
13 GK Scotland Craig Samson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland Keith Lasley 33 1 30 1 1 0 2 0
15 DF Scotland Joe Chalmers 19 0 11+6 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF England Kieran Kennedy 25 0 18+4 0 2 0 1 0
18 MF England Josh Law 33 0 28+1 0 2 0 2 0
19 FW Scotland David Clarkson 8 0 0+7 0 1 0 0 0
20 FW England Louis Moult 42 18 34+4 15 1+1 2 1+1 1
21 MF Scotland Jack Leitch 13 0 3+8 0 2 0 0 0
22 FW Scotland Craig Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Scotland Dom Thomas 17 0 2+12 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
24 FW Scotland James McFadden 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
26 MF Scotland Chris Cadden 21 2 16+4 2 0 0 1 0
27 DF Scotland David Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Scotland Luke Watt 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland Robbie Leitch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland Brett Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Northern Ireland Ben Hall 19 1 16+2 1 0 0 1 0
33 DF Scotland Jack McMillan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Scotland Dylan Mackin 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Scotland Allan Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Scotland Ryan Watters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37   Scotland Jake Hastie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38   Scotland Adam Lingstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Scotland Ross MacLean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39   Scotland Dylan Falconer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40   Scotland Barry Maguire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41   Scotland PJ Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42   Scotland Josh Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43   Scotland David Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Australia Scott McDonald 41 14 34+3 10 0+2 2 2 2
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
1 GK England Connor Ripley 40 0 36 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland Craig Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF England Liam Grimshaw 16 0 13+1 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK Germany Dan Twardzik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Jamaica Theo Robinson 11 0 2+8 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF Senegal Morgaro Gomis 11 0 8+2 0 0 0 1 0
25 MF Wales Jake Taylor 8 0 6+1 0 1 0 0 0

Goal scorers

As of match played 15 May 2016[8][9]
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 England 20 Louis Moult 15 1 2 18
2 Australia 77 Scott McDonald 10 2 2 14
3 Scotland 8 Stephen Pearson 7 2 0 9
4 England 11 Marvin Johnson 5 1 0 6
5 England 7 Lionel Ainsworth 2 0 1 3
6 Scotland 26 Chris Cadden 2 0 0 2
7 England 9 Wes Fletcher 1 0 0 1
Northern Ireland 32 Ben Hall 1 0 0 1
Scotland 6 Stephen McManus 1 0 0 1
England 5 Louis Laing 1 0 0 1
Scotland 14 Keith Lasley 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 47 6 5 55

Disciplinary record

As of match played 15 May 2016[8][9]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
England GK 1 Connor Ripley 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
England MF 4 Liam Grimshaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England DF 5 Louis Laing 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF 6 Stephen McManus 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
England MF 7 Lionel Ainsworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 8 Stephen Pearson 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
England MF 11 Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 14 Keith Lasley 5 2 1 0 0 0 6 2
Scotland DF 15 Joe Chalmers 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
England DF 16 Kieran Kennedy 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Senegal MF 17 Morgaro Gomis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England MF 18 Josh Law 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
England FW 20 Louis Moult 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF 21 Jack Leitch 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Wales MF 25 Jake Taylor 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF 26 Chris Cadden 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Northern Ireland DF 31 Ben Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Australia FW 77 Scott McDonald 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
TOTALS 66 4 5 0 1 0 72 4

Awards

Manager of the Month

Month Name Award Ref
December Mark McGhee Won [10][11]
March Mark McGhee Won [12]

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[13]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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 A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H H A H A A H A A H A H H A H H A H A A
Result W L L L L W D L W L L D W L L D W W W D L L D L L W L W W W W W L W L L W L
Position 5 7 7 9 9 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 8 8 8 7 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5

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

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 15 5 18 47 63  −16 50 8 3 8 27 27  0 7 2 10 20 36  −16

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Motherwell score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-4 4
Celtic 0-1 2-1 1-2 0-7 3
Dundee 1-2 3-1 2-2 - 4
Dundee United 0-2 3-0 2-1 - 6
Hamilton Academical 0-1 3-3 1-0 - 4
Heart of Midlothian 0-2 2-2 0-6 1-0 4
Inverness C.T. 1-0 1-3 2-1 - 6
Kilmarnock 1-0 1-0 0-2 - 6
Partick Thistle 2-1 0-1 3-1 - 6
Ross County 1-1 0-3 1-2 3-1 4
St Johnstone 1-2 2-0 1-2 1-2 3

Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

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Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
31 May 2016[40] GK Scotland Brett Long
31 May 2016[40] MF Scotland Jack Leitch
31 May 2016[40] FW Scotland David Clarkson
31 May 2016[40] FW England Wes Fletcher

See also

Notes

  1. Motherwell played their home friendly at Falkirk Stadium due to on going renovation works delayed by the previous seasons play-off matches.
  2. Motherwell played their home friendly at The Energy Assets Arena due to on going renovation works delayed by the previous seasons play-off matches.
  3. Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19, U-21 and Senior level.

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