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1999–2000 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
1999–2000 season
ChairmanJohn Boyle
ManagerBilly Davies
Premier League4th
Scottish CupFourth round vs Ayr United
League CupQuarterfinal vs Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague: John Spencer (11)
All: Lee McCulloch (12)

The 1999–2000 season was Motherwell's 2nd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Squad

As of match played 21 May 2000
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Andy Goram Scotland GK (1964-04-13)13 April 1964 (aged 36) Sheffield United 1999[1] 44 0
17 Stevie Woods Scotland GK (1970-02-23)23 February 1970 (aged 30) Preston North End 1994
29 Michael Brown Scotland GK (1979-11-07)7 November 1979 (aged 20) Youth team 1999 0 0
Defenders
3 Steve McMillan Scotland DF (1976-01-19)19 January 1976 (aged 24) Troon 1993
4 Jamie McGowan England DF (1970-12-05)5 December 1970 (aged 29) Falkirk 1998 51 1
14 Stephen Craigan Northern Ireland DF (1976-10-29)29 October 1976 (aged 23) Blantyre Victoria 1995
15 Tony Thomas England DF (1971-07-12)12 July 1971 (aged 28) Everton 1998 20 1
18 Greig Denham Scotland DF (1976-10-05)5 October 1976 (aged 23) Youth team 1994
25 Steven Hammell Scotland DF (1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 18) Youth team 1999 4 0
40 Benito Kemble Suriname DF (1968-08-27)27 August 1968 (aged 31) NEC Nijmegen 1999 26 1
42 Martyn Corrigan Scotland DF (1977-08-14)14 August 1977 (aged 22) Falkirk 2000 19 1
44 Greg Strong England DF (1975-09-05)5 September 1975 (aged 24) on loan from Bolton Wanderers 2000 10 0
Midfielders
5 Ged Brannan England MF (1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 28) Manchester City 1994
8 Simo Valakari Finland MF (1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 27) FinnPa 1996
9 Lee McCulloch Scotland MF (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 22) Youth team 1994 117 18
13 Pat Nevin Scotland MF (1963-09-06)6 September 1963 (aged 36) Kilmarnock 1998 67 2
20 Rob Matthaei Netherlands MF (1966-09-20)20 September 1966 (aged 33) Volendam 1998 22 0
21 Paul Harvey Scotland MF (1968-08-28)28 August 1968 (aged 31) Queen of the South 1999 14 0
22 Keith Lasley Scotland MF (1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 20) Youth team 1998 0 0
26 John Davies Scotland MF (1966-09-25)25 September 1966 (aged 33) Ayr United 1999 10 0
27 Derek Townsley England MF (1973-01-21)21 January 1973 (aged 27) Queen of the South 1999 31 2
28 Kevin Twaddle Scotland MF (1971-10-31)31 October 1971 (aged 28) Greenock Morton 1999 28 5
43 Saša Ćurčić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MF (1968-08-28)28 August 1968 (aged 31) New York/New Jersey MetroStars 2000 5 0
Forwards
7 John Spencer Scotland FW (1970-09-11)11 September 1970 (aged 29) Everton 1999 57 18
10 Don Goodman England FW (1966-05-09)9 May 1966 (aged 34) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1999 43 11
11 Stevie Nicholas Scotland FW (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 18) Stirling Albion 1998 32 2
Out on loan
12 Derek Adams Scotland MF (1975-06-25)25 June 1975 (aged 24) Ross County 1998 46 4
19 Stephen Halliday England FW (1976-05-03)3 May 1976 (aged 24) Hartlepool United 1998 14 2
23 Dougie Ramsay Scotland MF (1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 21) Youth team 1998 6 1
Left during the season
2 Michel Doesburg Netherlands DF (1968-08-10)10 August 1968 (aged 31) AZ Alkmaar 1998 60 0
6 Shaun Teale England DF (1964-03-10)10 March 1964 (aged 36) Tranmere Rovers 1998 55 2

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 1999 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 1999–2000

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref
1 June 1999 MF England Kevin Twaddle Greenock Morton Undisclosed
10 June 1999 MF England Derek Townsley Queen of the South Undisclosed
1 July 1999 FW England Don Goodman Sanfrecce Hiroshima Undisclosed
22 October 1999 DF Suriname Benito Kemble NEC Nijmegen Free
22 October 1999 MF Scotland Paul Harvey Queen of the South £100,000
29 October 1999 MF Scotland John Davies Ayr United Undisclosed
21 January 2000 DF Scotland Martyn Corrigan Falkirk Undisclosed
16 March 2000 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Ćurčić New York/New Jersey MetroStars Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
16 March 2000 DF England Greg Strong Bolton Wanderers End of season

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
16 December 1999 MF Scotland Dougie Ramsay Stranraer 16 January 2000
October 1999 MF Scotland Derek Adams Ayr United End of season
1 January 2000 FW England Stephen Halliday Carlisle United End of season
24 March 2000 DF Netherlands Michel Doesburg Dunfermline Athletic End of season

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
4 February 2000 DF England Shaun Teale Carlisle United
31 May 2000 DF Netherlands Michel Doesburg Dunfermline Athletic
31 May 2000 FW England Stephen Halliday Doncaster Rovers

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 31 July 1999 21 May 2000 Matchday 1 4th 36 14 10 12 49 63 −14 038.89
Scottish Cup 1 February 2000 26 February 2000 Third round Fourth round 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 033.33
League Cup 18 August 1999 1 December 1999 Second round Fourth round 3 1 1 1 5 5 +0 033.33
Total 42 16 12 14 60 73 −13 038.10

Last updated: 21 May 2000
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Celtic 36 21 6 9 90 38 +52 69 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 36 15 9 12 47 40 +7 54
4 Motherwell 36 14 10 12 49 63 −14 52
5 St Johnstone 36 10 12 14 36 44 −8 42
6 Hibernian 36 10 11 15 49 61 −12 41
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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
36 14 10 12 49 63  −14 52 8 3 7 27 34  −7 6 7 5 22 29  −7

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAAHAHHHAAHAAHHAHHAH
ResultDDLWLDDLWWWDWWWDLDDLWLLWLDWLLWLLDWWW
Position569578997545444344443333444444444444
Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

31 July 1999 1 Hibernian 2 – 2 Motherwell Easter Road
Lehmann 45', 81' Nevin 65'
Nicholas 90'		 Attendance: 13,058
Referee: Kenny Clark
7 August 1999 2 Motherwell 2 – 2 Dundee United Fir Park
McCulloch 17', 36'
Goodman Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card		 Dodds 69' (pen.)
Ferraz 80'		 Attendance: 6,791
Referee: Alan Freeland
15 August 1999 3 Rangers 4 – 1 Motherwell Ibrox
Mols 41', 45', 69', 80' McCulloch 90' Attendance: 45,264
Referee: Jim McCluskey
21 August 1999 4 Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Motherwell Rugby Park
Adams 33' Attendance: 7,732
Referee: Eric Martindale
28 August 1999 5 Motherwell 0 – 2 Dundee Fir Park
Annand 16'
Falconer 83'		 Attendance: 6,278
Referee: Alan Freeland
11 September 1999 6 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
Thomas 25' Spencer 61' Attendance: 5,467
Referee: Jim McCluskey
16 October 1999 7 Motherwell 2 – 2 Hibernian Fir Park
McCulloch 32'
McMillan 67'		 Latapy 9' (pen.)
Paatelainen 57'		 Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Eric Martindale
20 October 1999 8 Motherwell 5 – 6 Aberdeen Fir Park
Spencer 19', 65', 71'
Goodman 44'
Teale 79' (pen.)		 Dow 3'
Winters 8', 25', 59'
Jess 39'
Bernard 68'		 Attendance: 5,009
23 October 1999 9 Dundee United 0 – 2 Motherwell Tannadice
Spencer 45'
Teale 69' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Michael McCurry
27 October 1999 10 Celtic 0 – 1 Motherwell Celtic Park
Twaddle 13'
Teale Red card 34'		 Attendance: 58,731
30 October 1999 11 Motherwell 1 – 0 St Johnstone Fir Park
Twaddle 9' Attendance: 6,172
Referee: George Clyde
6 November 1999 12 Hearts 1 – 1 Motherwell Tynecastle
McSwegan 8' Twaddle 83' Attendance: 12,514
Referee: Alan Freeland
20 November 1999 13 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dens Park
Banger Red card 81' McCulloch 45' Attendance: 4,340
Referee: Martin Clark
23 November 1999 14 Motherwell 2 – 1 Hearts Fir Park
McCulloch 24'
Nevin 90'		 Rousett Red card 81'
McSwegan 46'		 Attendance: 7,850
Referee: John Rowbotham
28 November 1999 15 Motherwell 3 – 2 Celtic Fir Park
Brannan 9'
Townsley 44'
Goodman 49'		 Berkovic 20'
Viduka 26' (pen.)		 Attendance: 12,775
Referee: Jim McCluskey
11 December 1999 16 Hibernian 2 – 2 Motherwell Easter Road
Paatelainen 63'
McGinlay 88'		 Spencer 70', 89' Attendance: 9,955
Referee: George Simpson
18 December 1999 17 Motherwell 1 – 5 Rangers Fir Park
Goodman 88' Kanchelskis 25', 57'
Amoruso 34'
Dodds 45', 49'		 Attendance: 13,102
Referee: Bobby Orr
22 January 2000 18 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
Jones 44' McMillan 85' Attendance: 4,158
Referee: Tom Brown
26 January 2000 19 Aberdeen 1 – 1 Motherwell Pittodrie
Zerouali 90' Spencer 22' Attendance: 10,314
Referee: Kenny Clark
5 February 2000 20 Motherwell 0 – 3 Dundee Fir Park
Robertson 49'
Rae 66'
Grady 89' (pen.)		 Attendance: 5,865
Referee: Willie Young
12 February 2000 21 Kilmarnock 0 – 2 Motherwell Rugby Park
Goodman Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card
Spencer 66'
McMillan 73'		 Attendance: 7,057
Referee: John Rowbotham
22 February 2000 22 Motherwell 0 – 4 Kilmarnock Fir Park
Cocard 28', 42'
Vareille 85', 90'		 Attendance: 5,813
Referee: Willie Young
1 March 2000 23 Motherwell 0 – 2 Hearts Fir Park
Jackson 45'
Wales 59'		 Attendance: 5,588
Referee: Jim McCluskey
4 March 2000 24 Motherwell 1 – 0 Aberdeen Fir Park
Goodman 53' Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Stuart Dougal
18 March 2000 25 Rangers 6 – 2 Motherwell Ibrox
Wallace 20', 42', 70'
Rozental 29' (pen.)
Albertz 35'
Tugay 90' (pen.)		 Kemble 18'
McCulloch 41'		 Attendance: 49,622
Referee: John Rowbotham
25 March 2000 26 Hearts 0 – 0 Motherwell Tynecastle
Attendance: 13,102
Referee: Michael McCurry
1 April 2000 27 Motherwell 2 – 1 St Johnstone Fir Park
Brannan 76' (pen.)
Corrigan 89'		 Russell 45'
Jones Red card 76'		 Attendance: 5,900
Referee: George Simpson
5 April 2000 28 Celtic 4 – 0 Motherwell Celtic Park
Johnson 9', 75'
Berkovic 32'
Blinker 76'		 Attendance: 46,862
Referee: Stuart Dougal
8 April 2000 29 Dundee 4 – 1 Motherwell Dens Park
Grady 52', 54'
Grady Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card
Billio 81' (pen.)
Luna 86'		 Goodman 15'
McGowan Red card 53'		 Attendance: 4,701
Referee: Douglas McDonald
16 April 2000 30 Motherwell 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Fir Park
Brannan 21'
McCulloch 56'		 Attendance: 5,429
Referee: John Rowbotham
19 April 2000 31 Motherwell 1 – 3 Dundee United Fir Park
McCulloch 22' Mathie 46'
Hannah 81'
De Vos 83'		 Attendance: 4,271
Referee: Michael McCurry
22 April 2000 32 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Motherwell Pittodrie
Dow 32'
Solberg 83'		 Brannan 41' (pen.) Attendance: 9,348
Referee: Tom Brown
29 April 2000 33 Motherwell 1 – 1 Celtic Fir Park
Brannan 45' Burchill 15' Attendance: 8,115
Referee: Jim McCluskey
6 May 2000 34 Motherwell 2 – 0 Hibernian Fir Park
Twaddle 70', 73' Attendance: 5,426
Referee: George Clyde
13 May 2000 35 Dundee United 1 – 2 Motherwell Tannadice
McCracken Red card 28'
Hamilton 37' (pen.)		 Goodman 31', 78' Attendance: 5,908
Referee: Stuart Dougal
21 May 2000 36 Motherwell 2 – 0 Rangers Fir Park
Twaddle 64'
Spencer 71'		 Referee: Michael McCurry

Source:[2]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1999-2000 Scottish Cup
1 February 2000 Third round Arbroath 1 – 1 Motherwell Arbroath
Bryce 35' [ Report] Goodman 24' Stadium: Gayfield
Attendance: 2,509
Referee: Michael McCurry
19 February 2000 Third round replay Motherwell 2 – 0 Arbroath Motherwell
Goodman 13'
McCulloch 61'		 [ Report] Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,311
Referee: Michael McCurry
26 February 2000 Fourth round Motherwell 3 – 4 Ayr United Motherwell
McCulloch 22'
Goodman 25'
Brannan 35' (pen.)		 [ Report] Teale 8', pen.', 31'
Tarrant 39', 59'
Reynolds Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,222
Referee: Martin Clark

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish League Cup
18 August 1999 Second Round Raith Rovers 2 – 2
(4 – 5 on pens.)		 Motherwell Kirkcaldy
Burns 75'
Dargo 85'		 [ Report] Browne 5' (o.g.)
Halliday 74'		 Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 2,393
Referee: Ian Fyfe
12 October 1999 Third Round Inverness CT 0 – 1 Motherwell Inverness
[ Report] McCulloch 48' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,195
Referee: Stuart Dougal
1 December 1999 Fourth Round Dundee United 3 – 2 Motherwell Dundee
Dodds 26' (pen.)
Easton 42'
Thompson 84'
Hannah Red card 88'		 [ Report] Townsley 51'
Teale 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Tannadice
Attendance: 5,086

Source:[2]

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 May 2000

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Andy Goram 28 0 22 0 4 0 2 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Stephen McMillan 38 3 32 3 3 0 3 0
4 DF England ENG Jamie McGowan 16 0 10+3 0 2 0 1 0
5 MF England ENG Ged Brannan 40 6 34 5 3 1 3 0
7 FW Scotland SCO John Spencer 33 11 26+3 11 1 0 2+1 0
8 MF Finland FIN Simo Valakari 36 0 29+2 0 3 0 2 0
9 MF Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch 34 12 29+1 9 3 2 1 1
10 FW England ENG Don Goodman 35 10 25+4 7 3 3 2+1 0
11 FW Scotland SCO Stevie Nicholas 25 1 2+19 1 1+2 0 0+1 0
13 MF Scotland SCO Pat Nevin 34 2 7+22 2 0+2 0 2+1 0
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan 7 0 3+1 0 2 0 0+1 0
15 DF England ENG Tony Thomas 9 0 7 0 0 0 2 0
17 GK Scotland SCO Stevie Woods 16 0 14+1 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Scotland SCO Greig Denham 9 0 6 0 3 0 0 0
20 MF Netherlands NED Rob Matthaei 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Paul Harvey 14 0 6+8 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Scotland SCO Steven Hammell 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO John Davies 10 0 7+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
27 MF England ENG Derek Townsley 31 2 17+8 1 2+1 0 3 1
28 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Twaddle 28 5 18+6 5 2+1 0 1 0
40 DF Netherlands NED Benito Kemble 26 1 25 1 0 0 1 0
42 DF Scotland SCO Martyn Corrigan 19 1 18+1 1 0 0 0 0
43 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Sasa Curcic 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF England ENG Greg Strong 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Players away on loan:
2 DF Netherlands NED Michel Doesburg 26 0 18+2 0 3 0 3 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Derek Adams 17 1 15+1 1 0 0 1 0
19 FW England ENG Stephen Halliday 8 1 1+4 0 0 0 1+2 1
23 MF Scotland SCO Dougie Ramsay 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
6 DF England ENG Shaun Teale 21 1 17+2 0 0 0 2 1

Goal scorers

Ranking Nation Position Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 MF Scotland 9 Lee McCulloch 9 2 1 12
2 FW Scotland 7 John Spencer 11 0 0 71
3 FW England 44 Don Goodman 7 3 0 10
4 MF England 5 Ged Brannan 5 1 0 6
5 MF Scotland 28 Kevin Twaddle 5 0 0 5
6 DF Scotland 3 Steve McMillan 3 0 0 3
DF England 6 Shaun Teale 2 0 1 3
8 MF Scotland 13 Pat Nevin 2 0 0 2
MF England 27 Derek Townsley 1 0 1 2
10 MF Scotland 39 Derek Adams 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland 42 Martyn Corrigan 1 0 0 1
DF Suriname 40 Benito Kemble 1 0 0 1
FW Scotland 11 Stevie Nicholas 1 0 0 1
FW England 19 Stephen Halliday 0 0 1 1
Own goal 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 49 6 5 60

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Andy Goram 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Scotland DF Steve McMillan 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
4 England DF Jamie McGowan 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
5 England MF Ged Brannan 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Scotland FW John Spencer 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Finland MF Simo Valakari 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 Scotland MF Lee McCulloch 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
10 England FW Don Goodman 7 2 0 0 0 0 7 2
14 Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Scotland DF Greig Denham 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
21 Scotland MF Paul Harvey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Scotland MF John Davies 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27 England MF Derek Townsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Scotland MF Kevin Twaddle 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
40 Suriname DF Benito Kemble 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
42 Scotland DF Martyn Corrigan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
44 England DF Greg Strong 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Players away on loan:
2 Netherlands DF Michel Doesburg 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
12 Scotland MF Derek Adams 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
6 England DF Shaun Teale 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 68 4 3 0 2 0 73 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Football: Goram signs for Motherwell". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 13 January 1999. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Results and Fixtures 1999-2000, Fir Park Corner
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