2020–21 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Motherwell's thirty-sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season.

Motherwell
2020–21 season
ChairmanJames McMahon
ManagerStephen Robinson
StadiumFir Park

Season review

Pre-season

On 17 June, UEFA announced that all UEFA Europa League qualifying and playoffs rounds would be played over one-leg, instead of the usual two, with Motherwell's First Round match taking place on 27 August.[1]

On 23 June, Declan Gallagher was announced as the clubs new captain, with Trevor Carson being appointed vice-captain after former captain Peter Hartley left the club at the end of the previous season.[2]

On 24 June, Motherwell announced that they had giving permission to manager Stephen Robinson to discuss the vacant Northern Ireland managerial position.[3]

On 27 June, Charles Dunne signed a new short-term contract with the club, until December 2020.[4]

Transfers

On 10 June, Motherwell announced the singing of Ricki Lamie on a contract until the summer of 2022.[5]

On 12 June, Motherwell announced their second singing of the summer, with Jordan White.[6]

On 15 June, Motherwell announced the signing of Nathan McGinley to a two-year contract after his contract with Forest Green Rovers had expired.[7] The following day, Motherwell announced that youngsters Barry Maguire, Peter Morrison, Harry Robinson and Yusuf Hussain had all signed new one-year contracts with the club.[8]

On 22 June, Motherwell announced the singing of Scott Fox on a one-year contract, after his Partick Thistle contract had expired.[9]

On 24 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed Mark O'Hara on permanent deal from Peterborough United for a nominal fee, with O'Hara signing a two-year contract.[10]

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2020 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2020-21

In
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref
10 June 2020 DF Ricki Lamie Livingston Free [5]
12 June 2020 FW Jordan White Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free [6]
15 June 2020 DF Nathan McGinley Forest Green Rovers Free [7]
22 June 2020 GK Scott Fox Partick Thistle Free [9]
24 June 2020 MF Mark O'Hara Peterborough United Undisclosed [10]

Squad
As of match played 7 March 2020[11]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Trevor Carson GK (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 Hartlepool United 2017[12] 2022[13] 63 0
12 Scott Fox GK (1987-06-28) 28 June 1987 Partick Thistle 2020[9] 2021[9] 0 0
23 Peter Morrison GK (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 Academy 2009 2021[8] 0 0
41 Robbie Hemfrey GK (2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 Academy 2012 0 0
43 Matty Connolly GK (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 Academy 2019 2021 0 0
Defenders
2 Liam Grimshaw DF (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 Preston North End 2017[14] 2022[15] 102 0
3 Jake Carroll DF (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 Cambridge United 2019[16] 2021[16] 27 2
4 Ricki Lamie DF (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 Livingston 2020[5] 2022[5] 0 0
5 Nathan McGinley DF (1996-09-15) 15 September 1996 Forest Green Rovers 2020[7] 2022[7] 0 0
16 Bevis Mugabi DF (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 Yeovil Town 2019[17] 2021[18] 11 0
18 Charles Dunne DF (1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 Oldham Athletic 2017[19] 2020[4] 78 1
27 Yusuf Hussain DF (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001 Academy 2018 2021[8] 0 0
28 David Devine DF (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 Academy 2019 2021 1 0
31 Declan Gallagher DF (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 Livingston 2019[20] 2021[20] 36 2
35 Sam Muir DF (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 Academy 2019 2021 0 0
36 Matthew McDonald DF (2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 Academy 2019 2021 0 0
38 Cameron Wilson DF (2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 Academy 2019 2021 0 0
Midfielders
6 Allan Campbell MF (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 Academy 2016 2021[21] 120 11
7 Mark O'Hara MF (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 Peterborough United 2020[10] 2022[10] 20 2
8 David Turnbull MF (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 Academy 2017 2022[22] 36 15
15 Barry Maguire MF (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 Academy 2015 2021[8] 14 0
19 Liam Polworth MF (1994-10-12) 12 October 1994 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2019[23] 2021[23] 37 3
20 Jamie Semple MF (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 Academy 2018 2021[24] 6 0
22 Liam Donnelly MF (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 Hartlepool United 2018[25] 2022[26] 40 12
26 Dean Cornelius MF (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 Hibernian 2018 2021 1 0
33 Adam Kettings MF (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 Academy 2012 0 0
40 Paul Hale MF (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 Academy 2021 0 0
42 Lewis Robertson MF (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 Rangers 2019 2021 0 0
Forwards
14 Jermaine Hylton FW (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 Solihull Moors 2019[27] 2021[27] 36 4
17 Sherwin Seedorf FW (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019[28] 2021[28] 28 3
21 Harry Robinson FW (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 Oldham Athletic 2020[29] 2021[8] 0 0
25 Ross Maciver FW (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 Ross County 2019[30] 2021[30] 8 1
29 Cole Starrs FW (2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 Academy 0 0
32 Tony Watt FW (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 CSKA Sofia 2020[31] 2021[32] 6 2
39 Findlay Cook FW (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 Academy 2021 0 0
Jordan White FW (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2020[6] 0 0
Away on loan
Left during the season

Friendlies
2020 First round–
BST (UTC+1)

Competitions

Premiership
Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Premiership

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
6 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 1 August 2020. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[33]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round
Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: See Results

Results
2020 First round–
BST (UTC+1)

Scottish Cup
2021 First round–
GMT (UTC)

League Cup

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds
27 August 2020 First Qualifying Round–
BST (UTC+1)

Challenge Cup

Squad statistics

See also

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