Motherwell Football Club
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| founded Club the
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| May 17th 1886
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| Colors
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| orange yellow and red blood
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| Nickname
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| The Steelmen
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| Stage
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Fir Park
(13 742 places)
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| Multitude record
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 35.632 spectators
(March 12th 1952, Rangers)
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| Seat
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Fir Park Stadium
Motherwell ML1 2QN
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Motherwell FC is a club of Football Scottish, founded in 1886, which evolves/moves in Scottish Premierleague
History
First years
In 1886, two amateurs teams based with Motherwell - Glencairn F.C and Alpha F.C. - were invited to make a selection of two manpower in order to meet their counterparts of Glasgow. This recomposed team took part in a tournament of charity, and ended up being created officially the May 17th 1886 and was named Motherwell Football Club - gaining its first match against Hamilton Academical 3 goals with 2. The club used the ground of Alpha F.C during the first three years, before the residential development forces it to evolve/move in the Airbles, a district of the city. In 1893, the general meeting of the club decided that the club would become professional; this year there, it was registered with the Scottish League of football, and was one of the ten clubs admitted with the championship of the second division Scot for the season 1893-1894. In 1896, the club still moved, for its current site the Fir Park Stadium. After ten seasons in the second division, Motherwell finishes second of the championship at the time of the season 1902-03, and was promoted in Scottish Premierleague, the year when it passed from twelve to fourteen clubs, in 1903. The color of the club was, at the beginning, blue, although it changed for its current colors: orange yellow and red blood at the time of the season 1912-1913.
Successes of the Twenties and Thirties.
Motherwell knew one period of success at the end of the First World War, pulled by John Hunter. The club finished third of the season 1919-1920 - and although avoiding accuracy relegation at the time of the season 1924-1925, it seized again well and finished seven consecutive times in the three first. The first and only championship to date for Motherwell go back from the season 1931-1932 - with 30 victories in 38 matches, marking 119 goals - with a record to 52 goals for only the Willie MacFadyen, which to date remains the best striker of the history of the club with 251 goals. Motherwell also disputed three finales of Coupe of Scotland during this period - 1931, 1933 and 1939, although they all were lost.
Post-war period
After the stop of the championship due to the Second world war, the club was not success immediately, although it gained its second major title with the Coupe of the Scottish league in 1950 - and its third with the cut of Scotland in 1952. Despite everything, the first relegation of the history of the club arrived at the time of the season 1952-1953, but the club succeeds in going up the following year. Following the increase, Bobby Ancell dealt with the presidency of the club in 1955 and known one era of large players of the Scotland like Ian St John and Charlie Aitken. However, Motherwell was unable to keep its good elements - Ian St John in particular which was sold with Liverpool against a large allowance of transfer - and no trophy was gained during the Ancell era, with like conclusion the resignation of this one in 1965 and the relegation of the club at the time of the season 1967-1968.
Rebirth of the Seventies and the McLean era
Motherwell went up immediately in the first division at the time of the season 1968-1969, and kept during the following years a place of medium of table. When the first division passed from 18 to 10 clubs at the time of the season 1975-1976, Motherwell finishes fourth, but could be maintained only briefly. During beginning of the year 80, Motherwell knew two descents and increase, before one decade of success under the management of Tommy McLean whose culminating point was the victory in cut of Scotland in 1991. However, as at the end of the Fifties, international the Scot of Motherwell - of which Tom Boyd - were sold.
Financial troubles
After the departure of Tommy McLean for Hearts in 1994, the majority of manpower changed; in particular, a large allowance of transfer was paid by the Celtic for Phil O'Donnell. Much of this money was reinvested in the team, while the club knew various managers like Alex McLeish and Harri Kampman. At this time, in 1997, John Boyle bought the club and set up Billy Davies like managing. Davies paid important allowances of transfers and wages for a big number of players including of old international Scot like John Spencer and Andy Goram. However this investment did not give results at the beginning, and at the end of the mandate of Davies, the financial position of the club was bad. Eric Black was briefly with the head of the club but always flirtait with the zone of relegation before being placed per annum in the administration of the club in April 2002 with losses estimated at 3.000.000 of euros. Black resigned, and was replaced by Terry Butcher. The prospects for the club remained fuzzy owing to the fact that it had to be released from its players best paid and to replace them by young players; Boyle also put the club on sale. Relegation at the time of the season 2002-2003 - normally automatic after a last place in championship - was avoided thanks to a technical fault, because Falkirk, the champion of the second division did not have a stage to the standards in order to play in the first division.
The emergence of the administration
In spite of the lack of resources, Butcher was able to find a certain number of young talented players to evolve/move with the club; moreover, when much of them left, such as for example Stephen Pearson and James McFadden, they brought back to the club considerable allowances of transfer, and with John Boyle filling the debt of the club personally, its contract was completed on the financial plan at the time of the season 2004-2005 with annual losses among lowest of the first Scottish division. On the ground also, the club succeeds in reaching the final of the cut of the League, although logically beaten by the Rangers. Butcher taken the presidency of the club of Sydney at the end of the season 2005-2006, and was replaced by its assistant, Maurice Malpas. The mandate of Malpas lasted only one season since he resigned in May 2007. After one short period under the presidency of Scott Leitch, Mark McGhee took the relai.
Records and statistics
The club gained four major trophies in its history; the championship in 1931-1932, the cut of Scotland in 1952 and 1991, and cut it Scottish league in 1950. Moreover, he was champion of the second division to four recoveries: 1953-1954, 1968-1969, 1981-1982 and 1984-1985.
Bob Ferrier holds the record of the number of appearances under the shirt of Motherwell, with 626 during between two wars. The record of the number of goals marked for the club is held by Hughie Ferguson, which marked 284 in championship during 10 seasons in years 10 and 20. The 52 goals of Willie MacFadyen during the season of the title in 1931-1932 remains the record of the club (and the country) for the number of goals in one season.
The Fir Park Stadium has a capacity of 13,742 spectators because of the security standards. The average of multitude for the season 2006-2007 was of 5,786 spectators. The record of multitude of the club for a home match is of 35,632 spectators, against the Rangers during a quarterfinal of cut of Scotland the March 12th 1952.
The allowance of record transfer paid by the club, was it with Everton for John Spencer in 1999 (750.000 €) and largest received was it for Phil O'Donnell for her transfer to the Celtic in 1994 (2.600.000 €). O'Donnell is since income with the club.
Prize list
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Championship of Scotland of football D2
External bonds
- Official site of the club
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