Motherwell 2008–09 football season
The 2008–09 season was Motherwell 's 11th season in the Scottish Premier League , and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. As well as the SPL, the club competed in the Scottish Cup , Scottish League Cup , and the UEFA Cup for the first time in 13 years.
On 10 July, Bob Malcolm signed a new one-year contract with the club.[ 1]
On 8 August, Motherwell announced the signing of Jim O'Brien to a two-year contract from Celtic , and the six-month loan signing of Gunnar Nielsen from Blackburn Rovers .[ 2]
On 19 August, Motherwell signed John Sutton to a three-year contract from Wycombe Wanderers .[ 3]
On 1 September, Motherwell signed Maroš Klimpl on loan from Midtjylland for five-months.[ 4]
On 2 January, Artur Krysiak joined Motherwell on loan from Birmingham City until the end of the season, whilst Maroš Klimpl extended his loan stay from Midtjylland until the summer.[ 5]
On 24 January, Ross Forbes joined Dumbarton for the remainder of the season.[ 6]
On 2 February, Cillian Sheridan joined Motherwell on loan from Celtic for the remainder of the season, whilst Semih Aydilek joined from Birmingham City on a similar deal.[ 7] The following day, 3 February, Chris Porter left the club, signing for Derby County for an undisclosed fee of around £400,000[ 8]
On 12 June 2009, Mark McGhee left the club to become manager of Aberdeen with Assistant Scott Leitch and goalkeeping coach Colin Meldrum also leaving for the Pittodrie outfit.[ 9]
Updated 5 December 2010 [ 10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record Pld W D L GF GA GD Win % Premier League 9 August 2008 23 May 2009 Matchday 1 7th 38 13 9 16 46 51 −5 0 34.21 Scottish Cup 2 February 2009 19 February 2009 Fourth round Fifth Round 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 0 33.33 League Cup 24 September 2008 24 September 2008 Third round Third round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 00 0.00 UEFA Cup 18 September 2008 2 October 2008 First round First round 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 00 0.00 Total 44 14 10 20 51 58 −7 0 31.82
^ 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. ^ Scotland were awarded an additional Europa League place as the association finished in third place of the UEFA Fair Play ranking . Motherwell earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking. 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 51 −5 48 7 6 6 24 27 −3 6 3 10 22 24 −2
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 H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A A H A H Result L L D W L L W W L W W L D L L L L L W D W W D D W D W L D D L L L L W D W L Position 9 11 10 9 10 11 10 8 9 7 3 6 6 7 9 10 11 10 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Source:
BBC Sport A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Date Opponent Venue Result[ 12] Attendance Motherwell Scorer(s) Report 9 August 2008 Hearts Tynecastle Stadium , Edinburgh (A) 2–3 14,219 Clarkson (2) 16 August 2008 Aberdeen Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 0–1 5,872 BBC Sport 23 August 2008 Dundee United Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–1 5,149 Sutton 30 August 2008 Hibernian Easter Road , Edinburgh (A) 1–0 11,285 Sutton 13 September 2008 Celtic Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 2–4 5,872 Clarkson , Sutton BBC Sport 21 September 2008 Rangers Ibrox Stadium , Glasgow (A) 1–2 49,448 BBC Sport 27 September 2008 St Mirren Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 2–1 4,786 Malcolm , Sutton 5 October 2008 Falkirk Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 3–2 4,509 Porter , Murphy , Sutton 18 October 2008 Kilmarnock Rugby Park , Kilmarnock (A) 0–1 5,113 25 October 2008 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium , Inverness (A) 2–1 3,110 Malcolm (2) 1 November 2008 Hamilton Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 2–0 6,205 Porter (2) Sutton 8 November 2008 Celtic Celtic Park , Glasgow (A) 0–2 56,504 BBC Sport 12 November 2008 Rangers Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 0–0 9,600 BBC Sport 15 November 2008 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium , Falkirk (A) 0–1 5,279 22 November 2008 Hibernian Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–4 4,957 Malcolm 29 November 2008 Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium , Aberdeen (A) 0–2 10,302 BBC Sport 15 December 2008 Kilmarnock Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 0–2 3,339 20 December 2008 Hamilton New Douglas Park , Hamilton (A) 0–2 3,527 27 December 2008 Inverness Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 3–2 4,521 Porter (3) 3 January 2009 St Mirren Love Street , Paisley (A) 0–0 10,189 7 January 2009 Hearts Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–0 4,928 Porter 17 January 2009 Dundee United Tannadice , Dundee (A) 4–0 7,090 Klimpl , Porter , Clarkson , Fitzpatrick 24 January 2009 Falkirk Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–1 5,018 Clarkson 31 January 2009 Hibernian Easter Road , Edinburgh (A) 1–1 10,903 Clarkson 14 February 2009 Hamilton Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–0 5,197 Clarkson 22 February 2009 Celtic Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–1 8,593 Quinn BBC Sport 28 February 2009 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium , Inverness (A) 2–1 3,611 Sutton , Sheridan 4 March 2009 Hearts Tynecastle , Edinburgh (A) 1–2 13,306 Hughes BBC Sport 14 March 2009 Dundee United Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 2–1 4,798 Clarkson , Sutton BBC Sport 21 March 2009 Kilmarnock Rugby Park , Kilmarnock (A) 0–0 5,434 BBC Sport 4 April 2009 Aberdeen Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–1 4,686 O'Brien BBC Sport 11 April 2009 Rangers Ibrox Stadium , Glasgow (A) 1–3 50,080 Sutton BBC Sport 18 April 2009 St Mirren Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 0–2 6,626 BBC Sport 2 May 2009 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium , Falkirk (A) 1–2 4,937 Clarkson (pen. ) BBC Sport 9 May 2009 St Mirren St Mirren Park , Paisley (A) 3–1 4,002 Murphy , Clarkson (2) BBC Sport 13 May 2009 Inverness CT Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 2–2 2,818 McLean , Sutton BBC Sport 16 May 2009 Hamilton New Douglas Park , Hamilton (A) 3–0 3,383 Clarkson , Sheridan , Sutton BBC Sport 23 May 2009 Kilmarnock Fir Park , Motherwell (H) 1–2 4,186 McLean BBC Sport
As of match played 23 May 2009' [ 14] [ 15] As of match played 23 May 2009 As of match played 23 May 2009 Disciplinary record [ edit ] As of match played 23 May 2009
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions Related to national team Club seasons
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