2016–17 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2016–17 season
Chairman	Brian McCafferty
Manager	Mark McGhee; (until 28 February 2017) ; Steve Robinson (caretacker); (28 February-15 March 2017) ; Steve Robinson ; (from 15 March)
Stadium	Fir Park
Scottish Premiership	9th
League Cup	Last 16 vs Celtic
Scottish Cup	Fourth round vs Rangers
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Moult (15); All: Louis Moult (18)
Average home league attendance	4,450[1]

The 2016–17 season is Motherwell's thirty-second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,^[2] 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.

Season review

Following the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Brett Long, Jack Leitch, David Clarkson and Wes Fletcher where released by the club following the end of their contracts, whilst loan players Connor Ripley and Morgaro Gomis returned to their parent clubs. Also at the end of the 2015-16 season, first team players Steven Hammell, Stephen McManus, Craig Samson, Keith Lasley, Craig Moore, James McFadden, David Ferguson, Ben Hall and Scott McDonald where all offered new contracts, as where Under 20 players Dylan Mackin, Robbie Leith, Jack McMillan, Ross MacLean and Ryan Watters.^[3] Lasley signed a new one-year contract on 22 June 2016.^[4]

On 2 June 2016, Motherwell were drawn into Group F of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup, resulting in matches against Rangers, Annan Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Stranraer at the end of July.^[5] On 5 June 2016, Motherwell announced their first 4 pre-season friendlies, with another two to be confirmed at a later date.^[6] Steven Hammell signed a new two-year contract with Motherwell on 29 June,^[7] with Scott McDonald signing a new one-year on 1 July 2016.^[8]

On 9 July 2015, Motherwell announced that assistant manager Steve Robinson had left the club to take up the vacant Oldham Athletic managers job.^[9]^[10]

On 7 December 2016, Ross MacLean signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with Motherwell, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2019.^[11]

Transfers

On 23 June 2016, Motherwell announced their first signings of the season, with Ben Heneghan, Richard Tait and Jacob Blyth all joining the club.^[12] Motherwell announced Dean Brill as their fourth summer signing on 27 June.^[13] Two days later, 29 June, Stephen Pearson left the club and returned to the Indian Super League with Atlético de Kolkata.^[14] On 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Carl McHugh on a free-transfer after his Plymouth Argyle contract had expired.^[15] Craig Clay became Motherwells sixth summer signing on 10 August, signing a two-year contract.^[16]

On 15 August 2016, Louis Laing joined Notts County on loan until 16 January 2017.^[17]

On 31 August, transfer deadline day, Motherwell saw the departure of Marvin Johnson to Oxford United for an undisclosed fee,^[18] and Luke Watt to Stranraer on loan until January 2017.^[19] Also on the 31st, Motherwell signed Ryan Bowman on a two-year contract from Gateshead for an undisclosed fee,^[20] and Luka Belić on an six-month loan deal from West Ham United.^[21]

On 14 September, Lee Lucas, who had been on trial early in the summer, signed a short-term deal with the club until January 2017.^[22]

January Transfers

On 1 January 2017, Motherwell announced that Dom Thomas had moved to Queen of the South on loan until the end of the season.^[23]

On 26 January, Motherwell signed midfielder Elliott Frear from Forest Green Rovers,^[24] with Russell Griffiths joining the club on loan for the remainder of the season from Everton the following day.^[25] Also on the 27th, Luka Belić loan came to an end, Dean Brill was released by the club, Dylan Mackin joined Alloa Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season,^[26] and Zak Jules joined until the end of the season from Reading.^[27]

On 31 January 2017, Motherwell signed Sunderland goalkeeper Oliver Pain on loan until the end of the season and Shea Gordon to the U20's, whilst Luke Watt joined East Fife for the remainder of the season.^[28]

February

On 2 February, Stephen Pearson returned to the club, signing a contract until the end of the season.^[29]

On 28 February, manager Mark McGhee was sacked by the club, with Steve Robinson being put in temporary charge.^[30]^[31]

March

On 15 March, Robinson was given a permanent contract as the clubs manager.^[32] On 23 March, Kieran Kennedy left the club by mutual consent.^[33]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
23 June 2016	DF	Ben Heneghan	Chester	^[12]
23 June 2016	DF	Richard Tait	Grimsby Town	^[12]
23 June 2016	FW	Jacob Blyth	Leicester City	^[12]
27 June 2016	GK	Dean Brill	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	^[13]
5 July 2016	MF	Carl McHugh	Plymouth Argyle	^[15]
10 August 2016	MF	Craig Clay	Grimsby Town	^[16]
31 August 2016	FW	Ryan Bowman	Gateshead	^[20]
14 September 2016	MF	Lee Lucas	Swansea City	^[22]
26 January 2017	MF	Elliott Frear	Forest Green Rovers	^[24]
31 January 2017	MF	Shea Gordon	Stalybridge Celtic	^[28]
2 February 2017	MF	Stephen Pearson	Atlético de Kolkata	^[29]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
29 June 2016	MF	Stephen Pearson	Atlético de Kolkata	Undisclosed^[14]
9 July 2016	MF	Josh Law	Oldham Athletic	Free^[34]
31 August 2016	MF	Marvin Johnson	Oxford United	Undisclosed^[18]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
31 August 2016^[21]	Six-month	FW	Luka Belić	West Ham United
27 January 2017^[25]	End of season	GK	Russell Griffiths	Everton
27 January 2017^[27]	End of season	DF	Zak Jules	Reading
31 January 2017^[28]	End of season	GK	Oliver Pain	Sunderland

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
19 July 2016	Season-Long^[35]	FW	Craig Moore	Ayr United
15 August 2016	16 January 2017^[17]	DF	Louis Laing	Notts County
31 August 2016	January 2017^[19]	DF	Luke Watt	Stranraer
1 January 2017	End of season^[23]	MF	Dom Thomas	Queen of the South
27 January 2017	End of season^[26]	FW	Dylan Mackin	Alloa Athletic
31 January 2017	End of season^[28]	DF	Luke Watt	East Fife

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
8 September 2016^[36]	MF	Josh Moore
27 January 2017	GK	Dean Brill	Colchester United	31 January 2017^[37]
31 January 2017^[38]	DF	Louis Laing	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	16 February 2017^[39]
23 March 2017^[33]	DF	Kieran Kennedy	Fylde	23 March 2017^[40]
31 May 2017^[41]	GK	Jordan Pettigrew
31 May 2017^[41]	GK	Craig Samson	St Mirren	7 June 2017^[42]
31 May 2017^[41]	DF	Joe Chalmers	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	14 July 2017^[43]
31 May 2017^[41]	DF	David Ferguson	Ayr United	13 July 2017^[44]
31 May 2017^[41]	MF	Stephen Pearson
31 May 2017^[41]	MF	Tom Fry
31 May 2017^[41]	MF	Lee Lucas
31 May 2017^[41]	FW	Scott McDonald	Dundee United	24 July 2017^[45]
31 May 2017^[41]	FW	Craig Moore	Ayr United	1 June 2017^[46]
31 May 2017^[41]	FW	Dylan Mackin	Livingston	20 June 2017^[47]
31 May 2017	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Plymouth Argyle	1 June 2017^[48]

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club
23 July 2016^[49]	31 August 2016^[50]	MF		Lee Lucas	Swansea City
26 July 2016	10 August 2016^[16]	MF		Craig Clay	Grimsby Town

Squad

As of match played 20 May 2017^[51]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Craig Samson	GK	(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984	Kilmarnock	2015	2017^[52]	42	0
13	Russell Griffiths	GK	(1996-04-13) 13 April 1996	Loan from Everton	2017	2017	4	0
31	Oliver Pain	GK	(1997-10-28) 28 October 1997	loan from Sunderland	2017	2017	0	0
41	Peter Morrison	GK	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	Academy			0	0
Defenders
2	Richard Tait	DF	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	Grimsby Town	2016	2019^[12]	31	1
3	Steven Hammell	DF	(1982-02-18) 18 February 1982	Southend United	2008	2018^[7]	574	5
4	Ben Heneghan	DF	(1993-09-19) 19 September 1993	Chester	2016	2018^[12]	43	0
6	Stephen McManus	DF	(1982-09-10) 10 September 1982	Middlesbrough	2013	2018^[53]	155	6
15	Joe Chalmers	DF	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994	Celtic	2015	2017^[54]	32	0
21	Zak Jules	DF	(1997-07-02) 2 July 1997	Loan from Reading	2017	2017^[27]	10	1
25	David Ferguson	DF	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	Academy	2013	2017^[52]	16	0
30	Jack McMillan	DF	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997	Academy			15	0
33	Barry Maguire	DF		Academy			0	0
43	Adam Livingstone	DF	(1998-02-22) 22 February 1998	Academy			2	0
Midfielders
7	Lionel Ainsworth	MF	(1987-10-01) 1 October 1987	Rotherham United	2014	2017^[55]	127	23
8	Carl McHugh	MF	(1993-02-05) 5 February 1993	Plymouth Argyle	2016	2018^[15]	22	2
12	Chris Cadden	MF	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996	Academy	2013	2018^[56]	69	7
14	Keith Lasley	MF	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979	Plymouth Argyle	2006	2017^[4]	485	23
17	Elliott Frear	MF	(1990-09-11) 11 September 1990	Forest Green Rovers	2017^[24]	2019^[24]	15	1
18	Lee Lucas	MF	(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992	Swansea City	2016^[22]	2017^[22]	11	0
20	Craig Clay	MF	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992	Grimsby Town	2016	2018^[16]	39	1
26	Allan Campbell	MF	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997	Academy			7	1
27	Ross MacLean	MF	(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997	Academy	2014	2019^[11]	8	0
32	David Turnbull	MF	(1999-07-10) 10 July 1999	Academy	2016		0	0
34	Jake Hastie	MF	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999	Academy	2016		3	0
36	Shea Gordon	MF	(1998-05-16) 16 May 1998	Stalybridge Celtic	2017		4	0
88	Stephen Pearson	MF	(1982-10-02) 2 October 1982	Atlético Kolkata	2017	2017^[29]	142	24
Forwards
9	Louis Moult	FW	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992	Wrexham	2015	2018^[57]	76	36
11	Ryan Bowman	FW	(1991-11-30) 30 November 1991	Gateshead	2016	2018^[20]	24	2
19	Jacob Blyth	FW	(1992-08-14) 14 August 1992	Leicester City	2016	2018^[12]	9	0
24	James McFadden	FW	(1983-04-14) 14 April 1983	Academy	2015	2017^[58]	123	44
35	Dylan Falconer	FW	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999	Academy			0	0
77	Scott McDonald	FW	(1983-08-21) 21 August 1983	Millwall	2015	2017^[8]	215	74

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
22		FW	Craig Moore (on loan at Ayr United)
23		MF	Dom Thomas (on loan at Queen of the South)^[23]

No.		Position	Player
28		DF	Luke Watt (on loan at East Fife)
29		FW	Dylan Mackin (on loan at Alloa Athletic)^[26]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
5	DF	Louis Laing
11	MF	Marvin Johnson (to Oxford United)
13	GK	Dean Brill

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Kieran Kennedy
21	FW	Luka Belić (loan return to West Ham United)
42	MF	Josh Moore

Friendlies

2 July 2016 Friendly	Albion Rovers	1 – 3	Motherwell	Coatbridge
15:00 BST	Willis 25'	Report	Moult 40' Johnson 44' Lasley 71'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 445

3 July 2016 Friendly	Arbroath	1 – 0	Motherwell	Coatbridge
15:00 BST	Doris 88'	Report		Stadium: Cliftonhill

5 July 2016 Friendly	Cowdenbeath	3 – 1	Motherwell	Cowdenbeath
19:30 BST	Brett 54' (pen.) Kennedy 66' (o.g.) Trialist 71'	Report	Johnson 44'	Stadium: Central Park

9 July 2016 Friendly	Dumbarton	1 – 2	Motherwell	Dumbarton
15:00 BST	Thomson	Report	MacLean 63' Moore 76'	Stadium: The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium

10 July 2016 Friendly	Hibernian	4 – 1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST	Boyle 4' Holt 17' McGinn 23' Keatings 66'	Report	Johnson 2'	Stadium: Easter Road

Competitions

Premiership

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Ross County	38	11	13	14	48	58	−10	46
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37
11	Hamilton Academical (O)	38	7	14	17	37	56	−19	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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).^[59]
(O) Play-off winner.
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 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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L
Position	4	7	9	8	8	5	5	6	6	11	9	10	6	6	9	9	8	10	7	9	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	9	9

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38	5	3	11	27	37	−10	5	5	9	19	32	−13

Source: See Results

Results

6 August 2016 1	Kilmarnock	1-2	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	M Smith 81'	BBC Report	Ainsworth 41' Johnson 45' 46' McHugh 54' Heneghan 90+4'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4.308 Referee: Craig Thomson

13 August 2016 2	Motherwell	1-2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tait 39' Cadden 47' Clay 74' McDonald 82'	BBC Report	Kane 42' Swanson 50' 56' MacLean 75' Davidson 90+2'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,739 Referee: Euan Anderson

20 August 2016 3	Rangers	2-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forrester 64' Miller 90+1'	BBC Report	McDonald 19'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,716 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 August 2016 4	Motherwell	0-0	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Heneghan 84'	BBC Report	O'Hara 27' McGowan 31'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Andrew Dallas

10 September 2016 5	Ross County	1-1	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McEveley 24', 70' Boyce 61' Fox 66'	BBC Report	Lasley 22' Tait 31' Moult 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,019 Referee: Alan Muir

17 September 2016 6	Motherwell	4-2	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Moult 8', 13', 21', 50' (pen.) McManus 79' Lasley 88' Clay 90'	BBC Report	Donati 23' Crawford 36', 64' Gillespie 54' Imrie 75' Devlin 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,514 Referee: William Collum

24 September 2016 7	Partick Thistle	1-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Erskine 31' Lindsay 63'	BBC Report	McDonald 83' Cadden 86'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Craig Thomson

30 September 2016 8	Motherwell	1-3	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McFadden 90+2'	BBC Report	Nicholson 45' Rossi 63' Paterson 67' Djoum 84'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Steven McLean

15 October 2016 9	Celtic	2-0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sinclair 18' Henderson 23' Brown 70' Dembélé 87' (pen.)	BBC Report	Tait 46' Moult 79'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,159 Referee: John Beaton

26 October 2016 11	Motherwell	0-3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		BBC Report	Tremarco 57' 86' Doumbouya 71' Polworth 83'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Don Robertson

29 October 2016 12	Motherwell	4-1	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McDonald 8' van der Weg 32' (o.g.) Heneghan 49' Tait 51' Ainsworth 62'	BBC Report	van der Weg 39' Quinn 53' Schalk 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Nick Walsh

5 November 2016 13	Dundee	2-0	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kerr 40' Haber 80' Williams 90+4'	BBC Report	Hammell 42' McManus 54'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,471 Referee: John Beaton

19 November 2016 14	Motherwell	2-0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moult 14' McDonald 38' Tait 90+2'	BBC Report	Devine 15' Welsh 45+1' Osman 86' Booth 90+2'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Andrew Dallas

26 November 2016 15	Heart of Midlothian	3-0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Johnsen 31', 49' Smith 45+2' Walker 66'	BBC Report	Tait 10'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,199 Referee: Bobby Madden

3 December 2016 16	Motherwell	3-4	Celtic	Motherwell
12:15 GMT (UTC)	Moult 3', 35' 28' MacLean 43' McManus 63' Ainsworth 71' 74'	BBC Report	Izaguirre 25' McGregor 48' Brown 56' Roberts 70' Armstrong 72' Rogic 90' 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Kevin Clancy

10 December 2016 17	Motherwell	0-0	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Lucas 59' Lasley 71'	BBC Report	S.Boyd 51' Dicker 84' Boyle 88'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,684 Referee: Steven McLean

13 December 2016 10	Aberdeen	0-0 Abandoned after 8 minutes due to floodlight failure^[60]	Motherwell	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT (UTC)		BBC Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Alan Muir

17 December 2016 18	St Johnstone	1-1	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kane 62' Foster 90'	BBC Report	Clark 12' (o.g.) Moult 77'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,836 Referee: Willie Collum

23 December 2016 19	Motherwell	1-3	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	McDonald 16' 77' Clay 63'	BBC Report	Shinnie 6' Rooney 25' Reynolds 70' Jack 73' McGinn 90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Bobby Madden

28 December 2016 20	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1-2	Motherwell	Inverness
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Cole 36' McKay 40' Fisher 77' Vigurs 89' Tansey 90'	BBC Report	Clay 50' Moult 59' McDonald 87'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,097 Referee: Barry Cook

31 December 2016 21	Hamilton Academical	1-1	Motherwell	Hamilton
13:00 GMT (UTC)	Sarris 24' D'Acol 54' Kurtaj 56'	BBC Report	Lucas 27' McDonald 56' Moult 90+3' 90+4'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,526 Referee: Euan Anderson

28 January 2017 22	Motherwell	0-2	Rangers	Motherwell
12:30 GMT (UTC)	McDonald 27'	BBC Report	O'Halloran 5' Kiernan 12' Miller 72' Hill 80' Hyndman 87'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,902 Referee: Willie Collum

31 January 2017 23	Ross County	1-2	Motherwell	Dingwall
19:45 GMT (UTC)	McEveley 34' Chow 60' Lalkovič 90+3'	BBC Report	McDonald 28' Samson 34' Moult 54' McManus 67'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Steven McLean

4 February 2017 24	Motherwell	0-3	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
12:15 GMT (UTC)	Tait 17' Lasley 28' McHugh 53' Heneghan 72'	BBC Sport	Walker 33' Martin 43' Tziolis 59' Gonçalves 84', 88' 85'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,651 Referee: Andrew Dallas

15 February 2017 10	Aberdeen	7-2	Motherwell	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Hayes 2' Considine 32' 50' Rooney 34', 64' (pen.), 69' Christie 40' Taylor 59' Pawlett 83'	BBC Report	Lucas 30' Bowman 73' Pearson 82'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 10,384 Referee: Alan Muir

18 February 2017 25	Celtic	2-0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Dembélé 34' (pen.) Forrest 41'	BBC Report	Bowman 65'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 56,366 Referee: Don Robertson

25 February 2017 26	Motherwell	1-5	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moult 22' 69' Heneghan 45+1' McDonald 84'	BBC Report	Jules 7' (o.g.) Haber 27', 45+1' O'Hara 31' Wighton 35' Vincent 74'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Stephen Finnie

4 March 2017 27	Kilmarnock	1-2	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Boyd 32'	BBC Report	Lasley 22' McHugh 51' 90+1' Heneghan 69' Jules 76' Cadden 90+1'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,726 Referee: Bobby Madden

11 March 2017 28	Aberdeen	1-0	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Stockley 82' McGinn 90+2'	BBC Report	Heneghan 13' Bowman 32' Pearson 69' Hammell 72' Ferguson 75' Cadden 90'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,524 Referee: Euan Anderson

18 March 2017 29	Motherwell	1-2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	McDonald 44'	BBC Report	Craig 8', 66' Davidson 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,588 Referee: Greg Aitken

1 April 2017 30	Rangers	1-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Waghorn 22' Toral 43' Garner 61'	BBC Report	Moult 3' Pearson 31' McHugh 66' Lasley 74' McDonald 88'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,198 Referee: Steven McLean

5 April 2017 31	Motherwell	0-0	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Pearson 45+1'	BBC Report	Skondras 59' MacKinnon 74' Sarris 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,644 Referee: Kevin Clancy

8 April 2017 32	Partick Thistle	1-0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Doolan 11'	BBC Report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,920 Referee: John Beaton

15 April 2017 33	Motherwell	3-2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cadden 7' Moult 9' McDonald 65' Campbell 70'	BBC Report	Fisher 21', 54' McKay 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Willie Collum

29 April 2017 34	Motherwell	2-3	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moult 50' Cadden 80' McHugh 90+3'	BBC Report	Gomis 29' O'Hara 45', 56' Haber 49' 90+3'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Steven McLean

6 May 2017 35	Motherwell	0-1	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)		BBC Report	van der Weg 44' O'Brien 61' Routis 72'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Bobby Madden

13 May 2017 36	Hamilton Academical	0-1	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Devlin 11' Crawford 30' Matthews 56' Docherty 69' MacKinnon 77' Templeton 88'	Report	McDonald 34' Lasley 36' McHugh 41' Campbell 43' Moult 66'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Kevin Clancy

16 May 2017 37	Motherwell	3-1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC)	McHugh 1' Lasley 11' Ferguson 31' Clay 48' Ainsworth 53' Cadden 76' Frear 78' Moult 82'	Report	Frizzell 17' Ajer 49' Taylor 52' Dicker 90+2'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,246 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 May 2017 38	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3-2	Motherwell	Inverness
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tansey 64' Fisher 66', 67'	Report	McFadden 73' Bowman 90+3'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 5,351 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth round	Rangers	2-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
12:30 GMT (UTC)	Miller 84', 89'	BBC Report	Chalmers 59' Moult 74' McDonald 78' McHugh 90+5'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 31,921 Referee: Craig Thomson

League Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rangers (Q)	4	4	0	10	0	+10	12	Qualification to the Second Round
2	Motherwell (X)	4	3	1	9	3	+6	9	Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up
3	Stranraer	4	2	2	5	8	−3	6
4	Annan Athletic	4	1	3	4	7	−3	3
5	East Stirlingshire	4	0	4	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

16 July 2016 1	Motherwell	0 – 2	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McDonald 62' McHugh 77'	Report	Tavernier 48' Forrester 52' Windass 82' Waghorn 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Steven McLean

23 July 2016 2	Annan Athletic	1 – 3	Motherwell	Annan
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	R.Krissian 4' R.Omar 44' P.Watson 55' McKenna 66'	Report	Johnson 16' Moult 61', 63' McHugh 70'	Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 956 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 July 2016 3	Motherwell	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Johnson 53' McDonald 76' Cadden 87'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 2,503 Referee: Craig Charleston

30 July 2016 4	Stranraer	0 – 3	Motherwell	Stranraer
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dick 42'	Report	Cadden 51' Johnson 84' McDonald 86'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 953 Referee: Don Robertson

Knockout Stage

9 August 2016 Last 16	Celtic	5 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Rogic 20', 76' Dembélé 34' (pen.), 64' Sinclair 61'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Challenge Cup

2 August 2016 First Round	Motherwell U-20	2 – 1	Edinburgh City	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mackin 37' T.Fry 60'	Report	J. Dunn 48' Cummings 73' I.McFarland 84' G.Donaldson 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 402 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

16 August 2016 Second Round	Motherwell U-20	1 – 2	Airdrieonians	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mackin 54'	Report	I Russell 45+1' Ryan 49' K.Schmidt 69'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Mike Taylor

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 20 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Craig Samson	40	0	34	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF		Richard Tait	31	1	25	1	1	0	5	0
3	DF		Steven Hammell	31	0	24+1	0	1	0	5	0
4	DF		Ben Heneghan	43	0	37	0	1	0	5	0
6	DF		Stephen McManus	31	0	25	0	1	0	5	0
7	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	35	4	10+20	4	0	0	3+2	0
8	MF		Carl McHugh	22	2	19	2	1	0	2	0
9	FW		Louis Moult	34	18	30+1	15	1	1	1+1	2
11	FW		Ryan Bowman	24	2	11+13	2	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Chris Cadden	42	5	36	3	1	0	4+1	2
13	GK		Russell Griffiths	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Keith Lasley	34	0	26+3	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF		Joe Chalmers	13	0	7+1	0	1	0	2+2	0
17	MF		Elliott Frear	15	1	11+4	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Lee Lucas	11	0	6+4	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Jacob Blyth	9	0	1+7	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Craig Clay	39	1	31+4	1	1	0	3	0
21	DF		Zak Jules	10	1	6+4	1	0	0	0	0
24	FW		James McFadden	6	2	0+6	2	0	0	0	0
25	DF		David Ferguson	10	0	7+3	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Allan Campbell	7	1	6+1	1	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Ross MacLean	8	0	4+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF		Jack McMillan	15	0	9+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
34	MF		Jake Hastie	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Shea Gordon	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF		Adam Livingstone	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Scott McDonald	40	11	34+1	9	0+1	0	4	2
88	MF		Stephen Pearson	11	1	10+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
23	MF		Dom Thomas	7	0	0+4	0	0	0	1+2	0
29	FW		Dylan Mackin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
11	MF		Marvin Johnson	9	4	4	1	0	0	5	3

Goal scorers

As of match played 20 May 2017

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Louis Moult	15	1	2	18
2	FW	77	Scott McDonald	9	0	2	11
3	MF	12	Chris Cadden	3	0	2	5
4	MF	7	Lionel Ainsworth	4	0	0	4
4	MF	11	Marvin Johnson	1	0	3	4
6	MF	8	Carl McHugh	2	0	0	2
	FW	24	James McFadden	2	0	0	2
	FW	11	Ryan Bowman	2	0	0	2
			Own goal	2	0	0	2
10	DF	2	Richard Tait	1	0	0	1
	MF	20	Craig Clay	1	0	0	1
	MF	88	Stephen Pearson	1	0	0	1
	DF	21	Zak Jules	1	0	0	1
	MF	26	Allan Campbell	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	Elliott Frear	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				46	1	9	56

Disciplinary record

As of match played 20 May 2017

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Craig Samson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	2	Richard Tait	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	4	Ben Heneghan	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	6	Stephen McManus	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	7	Lionel Ainsworth	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
	MF	8	Carl McHugh	5	1	1	0	2	0	8	1
	FW	9	Louis Moult	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	11	Marvin Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	11	Ryan Bowman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	12	Chris Cadden	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	DF	15	Joe Chalmers	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	18	Lee Lucas	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	20	Craig Clay	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	25	David Ferguson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	26	Allan Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	27	Ross MacLean	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	77	Scott McDonald	6	1	1	0	1	0	8	1
	MF	88	Stephen Pearson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	67	3	3	0	3	0	73	3

Notes

References

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[59] 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.

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