Motherwell F.C. Under-20s and Academy

Motherwell Under-20s
Full name Motherwell Football Club Under-20s
Ground Forth Bank (Stirling Albion FC)
Head Coach Stephen Craigan
League SPFL Reserve League
2017–18 5th (Development League)

In addition to the Motherwell F.C. first team, competing in the Scottish Premiership, Motherwell also have an Under-20 team who play in the SPFL Development League as well as younger age group teams in their youth system. They also previously fielded a reserve team

Reserve Team

The reserve team of Motherwell was known simply as Motherwell Reserves.

Motherwell were an ever-present in the Scottish Premier Reserve League since its formation in the 1998/99 season. Initially starting as an Under 21 league, the reserve league was open to all age groups from season 2004/05.[1]

The Motherwell reserve team withdrew their team from the 2009/10 season due to financial constraints and a lack of support from other clubs, leading to the leagues eventual abandonment.[2] Motherwell Reserves now play friendly matches.

Motherwell Reserves usually played their home matches at Dalziel Park, a sports facility outside Motherwell that is also the training ground of the first-team.

Under 20s Team

History

The Motherwell Under 20 team compete in the SPFL Development League and the Scottish Youth Cup. It was previously the Motherwell Under 19 team until it was changed for the 2012-13 season.[3] having played home games at Fir Park,[4] Hannah Park and Creamery Park, their regular stadium is now Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.

Former Motherwell captain Stephen Craigan coaches the Under 20 side.[5]

Current squad

As of 22 May 2018[6][7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Peter Morrison
India GK Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem
Scotland DF Jordan Armstrong
Scotland DF Adam Livingstone
Scotland DF Barry Maguire
Scotland DF Jack McMillan
Scotland DF Luke Watt
Scotland MF Liam Brown
Scotland MF Allan Campbell
No. Position Player
Northern Ireland MF Shea Gordon
Scotland MF Jake Hastie
Scotland MF Ross MacLean
Scotland MF Kyle McDonald
Scotland MF Dom Thomas
Scotland MF David Turnbull
Scotland FW Dylan Falconer
Scotland FW James Scott


Academy

The club also operates the Motherwell Academy. The academy was formed in 2012, and consists of teams made up of players and coaches from Under-11 to Under-17 level. The youth teams train at a sports facility based within Braidhurst High School.[8] Since 2013 the director was former Motherwell captain Scott Leitch.[9]

In 2017, the Motherwell academy was one of eight across the country designated 'elite' status on the introduction of Project Brave, an SFA initiative to concentrate the development of the best young players at a smaller number of clubs with high quality facilities and coaching than was previously the case.[10][11]

Staff

PositionName[12]
Academy DirectorSteven Hammell
Under 20's team coachStephen Craigan
CoachStephen McManus David Clarkson
Chief ScoutMartin Foyle
Head of Academy RecruitmentStuart Ogilvie
ScoutsStuart Ogilvie
John Rudder
William Marshall
Head of Performance AnalysisRoss Clarkson
PhysiotherapistsJohn Porteous & Adam Stokes

Honours

Reserves

  • Premier Reserve League[13] (1975-1998)
Runners-up (2): 1988-89, 1994-95
Runners-up (1): 2006-07

Youths

Winners (1): 2016
Runners-up (1): 1987
Runner-up (3): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10

Former youth team players

References

  1. ↑ SPL Reserve League - General Information Archived 15 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Managers united in call to scrap SPL reserves, Roddy Forsyth: The Daily Telegraph, published 5 January 2009
  3. ↑ "SPL to create Under-20 league". sport.stv.tv. STV Sport. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Fir Park Stadium". Motherwell F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Former Rangers star Johansson quits Motherwell post and Craigan takes over". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Motherwell FC Squad Numbers – Scottish Premier League
  7. ↑ Motherwell FC website – Under 20 players 2016-17
  8. ↑ "Academy:The Braidhurst Campus". Motherwell F.C. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Motherwell return for Scott Leitch as former captain is appointed academy director". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Project Brave: Scottish FA confirms eight-club academy elite". BBC Sport. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "SFA confirms Project Brave academy placings". The Scotsman. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Coaching Staff, Motherwell F.C.
  13. ↑ Scottish Football Historical Archive Mirror - Premier Reserve League

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This player has also represented their country at full international level.
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