2004–05 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was Motherwell's 7th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Motherwell

2004–05 season

Chairman

John Boyle

Manager

6th

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League: Scott McDonald (15)
All: Scott McDonald (15)

Highest home attendance

12,994 vs Celtic
21 May 2005

Lowest home attendance

4,267 vs Inverness C.T.
18 December 2004

Average home league attendance

6,960

Home colours

Away colours

← 2003–04

2005–06 →

Squad

Updated 6 August 2011^[1]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Gordon Marshall
2	DF	SCO	Martyn Corrigan
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell
4	MF	SCO	Brian Kerr
5	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan
6	FW	SCO	Gerry Britton
7	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald
8	MF	SCO	Scott Leitch
9	FW	IRL	Richie Foran
10	MF	SCO	Phil O'Donnell
11	FW	SCO	Alex Burns
12	FW	SCO	David Clarkson
14	DF	WAL	David Partridge
15	GK	SCO	Barry John Corr


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton
17	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride
18	DF	SCO	Jim Paterson
19	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn
20	FW	SCO	Kenny Wright
21	MF	SCO	Shaun Fagan
22	DF	SCO	William Kinniburgh
23	DF	SCO	Chris Higgins
24	MF	SCO	Marc Fitzpatrick
25	GK	SCO	Jamie Ewings
27	MF	SCO	Kenny Connolly
32	FW	SCO	David Keogh
33	FW	SCO	Adam Coakley
37	MF	SCO	Darren Smith

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
16 June 2004	FW	Richie Foran	Carlisle United	Free	^[2]
29 June 2004	MF	Brian Kerr	Newcastle United	Free	^[3]
14 July 2004	DF	Jim Paterson	Dundee United	Free	^[4]
27 January 2005	FW	Jim Hamilton	Livingston	Free	^[5]
31 March 2005	FW	Gerry Britton	Partick Thistle	Free	^[6]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2004	FW	Steven Craig	Aberdeen	Free	^[7]
3 June 2004	MF	Keith Lasley	Plymouth Argyle	Free^[2]
16 June 2004	MF	Jason Dair	Livingston	Free	^[8]
1 July 2004	MF	Derek Adams	Aberdeen	Free^[7]
21 January 2005	DF	David Cowan	St Johnstone

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
10 August 2004	MF		Kevin McBride	Celtic	Season Long	^[9]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
6 January 2005	FW		Alex Burns	Clyde	Season Long	^[10]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
31 May 2005	FW		Gerry Britton	Dundee	31 May 2005	^[11]
31 May 2005	FW		Alex Burns	Brechin City	3 August 2005	^[12]

Competitions

Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Aberdeen	38	18	7	13	44	39	+5	61
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	13	11	14	43	41	+2	50
6	Motherwell	38	13	9	16	46	49	−3	48

7	Kilmarnock	38	15	4	19	49	55	−6	49
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	11	16	41	47	−6	44

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

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	13	9	16	46	49	−3	48	8	4	7	29	22	+7	5	5	9	17	27	−10

Source: Fir Park Corner

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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W
Position	11	11	8	5	6	3	2	3	5	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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8 August 2004 1	Celtic	2 - 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST	McNamara 8' Sutton 55'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 57,245

14 August 2003 2	Motherwell	1 - 2	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 BST	O'Donnell 20'	Report	O'Connor 2', 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,859 Referee: John Underhill

21 August 2004 3	Dundee	1 - 2	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 BST	Lovell 78'	Report	McDonald 28', 62'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,849

28 August 2004 4	Motherwell	2 - 0	Hearts	Motherwell
15:00 BST	McBride 59' (pen.) O'Donnell 67'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,095 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 September 2004 5	Dunfermline Athletic	1 - 1	Motherwell	Dunfermline
15:00 BST	Brewster 9'	Report	McDonald 88'	Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,388

18 September 2004 6	Motherwell	4 - 2	Dundee United	Motherwell
15:00 BST	McDonald 53', 70' Clarkson 57' Burns 90'	Report BBC	Grady 45' McIntyre 69'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,091 Referee: Iain Brines

25 September 2004 7	Livingston	2 - 3	Motherwell	Livingston
15:00 BST	O'Brien 37' Hamilton 45'	Report BBC	McBride 11' McDonald 50' Foran 71'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Craig Thomson

3 October 2004 8	Inverness C.T.	1 - 1	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 BST	McCaffrey 90'	Report	McDonald 38'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 1,117

17 October 2004 9	Motherwell	0 - 2	Rangers	Motherwell
14:00 BST		Report BBC	Pršo 7', 83'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,946 Referee: John Rowbotham

23 October 2004 10	Aberdeen	2 - 1	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT	Adams 68' Serverin	Report	McBride 89'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,737 Referee: Charlie Richmond

27 October 2004 11	Motherwell	0 - 1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
19:45 GMT		Report	Nish 57'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,521

30 October 2004 12	Motherwell	2 - 3	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Corrigan 67' Foran 71' (pen.)	Report	McGeady 41' Thompson 65' (pen.) Beattie 77'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,592

6 November 2004 13	Hibernian	1 - 0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT	Murray 79'	Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Craig Thomson

13 November 2004 14	Motherwell	3 - 0	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Clarkson 44' Paterson 53', 64'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,406

20 November 2010 15	Hearts	0 - 1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT		Report	Foran 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 10,598 Referee: John Rowbotham

27 November 2004 16	Motherwell	2 - 1	Dunfermline	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Tod 46' (o.g.) Foran 63'	Report	Tod 65'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,084

4 December 2004 17	Dundee United	0 - 1	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT		Report BBC	Paterson 17'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 5,252 Referee: D McDonald

11 December 2004 18	Motherwell	2 - 0	Livingston	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	O'Donnell 17' Foran 47'	Report BBC		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Ritchie

18 December 2004 19	Motherwell	0 - 2	Inverness C.T.	Motherwell
15:00 GMT		Report	Hart 17' Bayne 42'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,267

27 December 2004 20	Rangers	4 - 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Novo 3', 15' Arveladze 53' Thompson 86'	Report BBC	McDonald 49'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,909 Referee: Alan Freeland

3 January 2005 21	Motherwell	0 - 0	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,948 Referee: Iain Brines

15 January 2005 22	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT	Boyd 1', 44'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 5,225

22 January 2005 23	Celtic	2 - 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Petrov 32' Sutton 57'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,483

12 February 2005 24	Dundee	2 - 1	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT	Lovell 45', 55'	Report	McDonald 40'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,746

15 February 2005 25	Motherwell	1 - 1	Hibernian	Motherwell
19:45 GMT	Craigan 26'	Report	Riordan 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,453 Referee: Kenny Clark

19 February 2005 26	Motherwell	2 - 0	Hearts	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	McDonald 25' Fitzpatrick 37'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,390 Referee: Calum Murray

2 March 2005 27	Dunfermline	0 - 0	Motherwell	Dunfermline
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 3,565

5 March 2005 28	Motherwell	2 - 0	Dundee United	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Partridge 4' McDonald 47'	Report BBC		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,110 Referee: A Freeland

12 March 2005 29	Livingston	1 - 1	Motherwell	Livingston
15:00 GMT	Craigan 81' (o.g.)	Report BBC	McDonald 19'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 4,609 Referee: Dougie McDonald

3 April 2005 30	Motherwell	2 - 3	Rangers	Motherwell
14:00 BST	McBride 71' (pen.) Corrigan 84'	Report	Vignal 4', 32' Pršo 51'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,210

9 April 2005 31	Aberdeen	1 - 3	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 BST	Heikkinen 38'	Report BBC	McBride 22' (pen.) Hamilton 32' McDonald 72'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,443

12 April 2005 32	Inverness C.T.	1 - 0	Motherwell	Inverness
19:45 BST	Bayne 20'	Report		Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,746

16 April 2005 33	Motherwell	1 - 1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 BST	Leven 33'	Report	Combe 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,999

23 April 2005 34	Motherwell	0 - 1	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:00 BST		Report	Mackie 34'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,063 Referee: Charlie Richmond

30 April 2005 35	Hearts	0 - 0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 10,337 Referee: Iain Brines

7 May 2005 36	Motherwell	2 - 2	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 BST	Craigan 16', 49'	Report	Caldwell 81' Konte 90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,903 Referee: Craig Mackay

14 May 2005 37	Rangers	4 - 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Buffel 12', 57' Arveladze 17', 54'	Report BBC	Andrews 89' (o.g)	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,495

21 May 2005 38	Motherwell	2 - 1	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 BST	McDonald 88', 90'	Report	Sutton 29'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 12,944

Scottish Cup

8 January 2005 Third Round	Kilmarnock	2 - 0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT	McDonald 42' Boyd 45'	Report	Craigan 87'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,093 Referee: C Thompson

League Cup

24 August 2004 Second Round	Greenock Morton	0 - 3	Motherwell	Greenock
15:00 BST	Collins 67'	Report	Paterson 42' McBride 67' (pen.) Clarkson 75'	Stadium: Cappielow Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Willie Young

22 September 2004 Third Round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 - 3	Motherwell	Aberdeen
19:45 BST	Tokely 58'	Report	Richie Foran 47' O'Donnell 52' Kevin McBride 85'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 1,464 Referee: Kevin Toner

9 November 2004 Quarter-final	Livingston	0 - 5	Motherwell	Livingston
19:45 GMT	Dorado 59'	Report	Dorado 3' (o.g.) Foran 38' (pen.), 60' O'Donnell 55' Wright 90'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Iain Brines

1 February 2005 Semi-final	Hearts	2 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Motherwell	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT	Burchill 85' Þórarinsson 90'	Report	Craigan 32' Foran 11' Fitzpatrick 120'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 14,069 Referee: Douglas McDonald

Final

20 March 2005 Final	Rangers	5 - 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Ross 5' Kyrgiakos 9', 86' Ricksen 33' Novo 48'	Report	Partridge 13'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,182 Referee: Mike McCurry

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2005^[13]^[14]

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Gordon Marshall	39	0	33	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF	SCO	Martyn Corrigan	37	2	31	2	1	0	5	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	38	0	32	0	1	0	5	0
4	MF	SCO	Brian Kerr	8	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	43	4	37	3	1	0	5	1
6	FW	SCO	Gerry Britton	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald	32	15	26+1	15	1	0	4	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Leitch	34	0	28+1	0	1	0	4	0
9	FW	IRL	Richie Foran	41	9	25+10	5	1	0	4+1	4
10	MF	SCO	Phil O'Donnell	23	5	18	3	0	0	5	2
11	FW	SCO	Alex Burns	11	1	4+6	1	0	0	0+1	0
12	FW	SCO	David Clarkson	41	3	25+10	2	1	0	3+2	1
14	DF	WAL	David Partridge	32	2	29	1	0	0	3	1
15	GK	SCO	Barry John Corr	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	SCO	Jim Hamilton	14	2	13+1	2	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride	30	7	24+1	5	1	0	4	2
18	DF	SCO	Jim Paterson	40	4	27+8	3	0	0	4+1	1
19	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn	26	0	20+3	0	0	0	1+2	0
20	FW	SCO	Kenny Wright	8	1	0+7	0	0	0	0+1	1
21	MF	SCO	Shaun Fagan	27	0	11+12	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
22	DF	SCO	Willie Kinniburgh	16	0	10+3	0	1	0	2	0
24	MF	SCO	Marc Fitzpatrick	29	2	14+11	1	1	0	1+2	1
32	FW	SCO	David Keogh	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	SCO	Darren Smith	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Ranking	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	League Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Scott McDonald	15	0	15
2	FW	9	Richie Foran	5	4	9
3	MF	17	Kevin McBride	5	2	7
4	MF	10	Phil O'Donnell	3	2	5
5	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	3	1	4
	DF	18	Jim Paterson	3	1	4
			Own Goal	3	1	4
8	FW	12	David Clarkson	2	1	3
9	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	2	0	2
	FW	16	Jim Hamilton	2	0	2
	MF	24	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	1	2
	DF	14	David Partridge	1	1	2
13	FW	11	Alex Burns	1	0	1
13	FW	20	Kenny Wright	0	1	1
			TOTALS	46	15	61

Clean sheets

Ranking	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Gordon Marshall	9	0	2	11
				TOTALS	9	0	2	11

Disciplinary record

Last updated 8 December 2010^[15]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Gordon Marshall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	4	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	7	0	2	1	3	0	12	1
	FW	7	Scott McDonald	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	8	Scott Leitch	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	FW	9	Richie Foran	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
	FW	12	David Clarkson	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	DF	14	David Partridge	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	FW	16	Jim Hamilton	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	17	Kevin McBride	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	18	Jim Paterson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	19	Paul Quinn	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW	20	Kenny Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	21	Shaun Fagan	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	22	Willie Kinniburgh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	24	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	33	Adam Coakley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	56	2	4	1	10	0	70	3

References

^ "FootballSquads - Motherwell - 2004/05".
^ ^a ^b "Transfers - June 2004". BBC Sport. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Brian Kerr Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Jim Paterson Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Hamilton makes Motherwell switch". BBC Sport. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Britton agrees short stay at Well". BBC Sport. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Dons land Well duo". BBC Sport. 12 May 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Livi snap up Dair". BBC Sport. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Kevin McBride Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Alex Burns Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Gerry Britton Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ "Brechin to take a chance on Burns". BBC Sport. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b Motherwell results 2004/2005, Fir Park Corner
^ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com
^ Motherwell F.C. 2004-05 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site

[13] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[1] "FootballSquads - Motherwell - 2004/05".

[Transfers_-_June_2004-2] "Transfers - June 2004". BBC Sport. 2 June 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[3] "Brian Kerr Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[4] "Jim Paterson Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[5] "Hamilton makes Motherwell switch". BBC Sport. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[6] "Britton agrees short stay at Well". BBC Sport. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[Dons_land_Well_duo-7] "Dons land Well duo". BBC Sport. 12 May 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[8] "Livi snap up Dair". BBC Sport. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[9] "Kevin McBride Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[10] "Alex Burns Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[11] "Gerry Britton Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[12] "Brechin to take a chance on Burns". BBC Sport. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

[Motherwell_season_2004/05_2-14] Motherwell results 2004/2005, Fir Park Corner

[15] Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com

[Motherwell_2004-05_Statistics-16] Motherwell F.C. 2004-05 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site

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Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Competitions

Premier League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Scottish Cup

League Cup

Final

Squad statistics

Appearances

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

See also

References

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