2009–10 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2009–10 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Jim Gannon (Sacked),; Craig Brown
Scottish Premier League	Fifth place
Scottish Cup	4th Round
League Cup	Quarter-Finals
Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Lukas Jutkiewicz (12); All: John Sutton (13)
Highest home attendance	9,355 v Rangers, 12 September 2009
Lowest home attendance	3,544 v Dundee United, 18 April 2010
Average home league attendance	5,307
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Motherwell competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Europa League during the 2009–10 season.

Season events

30 June 2009 – Jim Gannon appointed new manager of the club, after he was made redundant by English League One side, Stockport^[1]
2 July 2009 – First competitive match of the season against Welsh Premier League side, Llanelli in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, a 1–0 defeat at Fir Park
6 August 2009 – Motherwell are eliminated from the UEFA Europa League in the third qualifying round by Steaua Bucharest
15 August 2009 – The first Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against St Johnstone) ends in a 2–2 draw at McDiarmid Park
28 December 2009 – Jim Gannon is sacked by the board following continuous refusals to sign a contract with the club^[2]^[3]
29 December 2009 – Craig Brown is hired to fill the void as caretaker manager until a replacement for Gannon can be found^[4]
18 January 2010 – Motherwell are knocked out of the Scottish Cup after just one game, a 2–0 defeat to Inverness in the 4th round
23 March 2010 – Both St Johnstone and Falkirk play out a 1–1 draw, which confirms Motherwell's place in the top-six of the Scottish Premier League
5 May 2010 – Motherwell play their last home fixture of the year at Fir Park, a 6–6 draw with Hibernian, and break the league record for most goals in a single game
5 May 2010 – Hearts play out a 0–0 draw confirming a minimum finish of 5th place for Motherwell
9 May 2010 – A final day draw away to Rangers sees Motherwell fall just short of automatic qualification to the Europa League as Hibernian win at Tannadice
15 May 2010 – Dundee United win the Scottish Cup: Motherwell qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Squad

As of match played 9 May 2010

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Michael Fraser	GK	(1983-10-08)8 October 1983 (aged 26)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2009^[5]		9	0
21	John Ruddy	GK	(1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 23)	on loan from Everton	2009^[6]	2010^[7]	39	0
	Ross Hyslop	GK	(1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 18)	Scunthorpe United	2009^[8]		0	0
Defenders
3	Steven Hammell	DF	(1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 28)	Southend United	2008^[9]	2010^[9]	341	2
4	Mark Reynolds	DF	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 23)	Academy	2004	2010^[10]	174	6
5	Stephen Craigan (c)	DF	(1976-10-29)29 October 1976 (aged 33)	Partick Thistle	2003^[11]		296	9
28	Shaun Hutchinson	DF	(1990-11-23)23 November 1990 (aged 19)	Academy	2008		10	4
43	Steven Saunders	DF	(1991-03-30)30 March 1991 (aged 19)	Academy	2008		35	1
Midfielders
6	Giles Coke	MF	(1986-06-03)3 June 1986 (aged 23)	Northampton Town	2009^[12]	2010^[12]	37	2
7	Chris Humphrey	MF	(1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 22)	Shrewsbury Town	2009^[13]	2012^[13]	33	0
8	Steve Jennings	MF	(1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 25)	Tranmere Rovers	2009^[14]	2010^[14]	33	2
14	Keith Lasley	MF	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 30)	Unattached	2006^[15]		222	13
16	Marc Fitzpatrick	MF	(1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 23)	Academy	2002	2010^[16]	136	5
17	Jim O'Brien	MF	(1987-09-28)28 September 1987 (aged 22)	Celtic	2008^[17]	2010^[17]	72	4
18	Michael McGlinchey	MF	(1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 23)	on loan from Central Coast Mariners	2010^[18]	2010^[18]	8	0
24	Tom Hateley	MF	(1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 20)	Reading	2009^[19]	2010^[19]	41	3
27	Ross Forbes	MF	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 21)	Academy	2008		37	9
32	Steven Meechan	MF	(1991-03-30)30 March 1991 (aged 19)	Academy	2009		2	0
39	Jordan Halsman	MF	(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 18)	Academy	2009		1	0
46	Jamie Pollock	MF	(1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 18)	Academy	2009		1	0
32	Steven Meechan	MF	(1991-03-30)30 March 1991 (aged 19)	Academy	2009		2	0
38	Ryan Scanlon	MF	(1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 17)	Ross County	2009^[8]	2012^[8]	0	0
	Steven Lawless	MF	(1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 19)	Academy	2009		0	0
Forwards
9	Lukas Jutkiewicz	FW	(1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 21)	on loan from Everton	2009^[20]	2010^[7]	36	12
11	John Sutton	FW	(1983-12-26)26 December 1983 (aged 26)	Wycombe Wanderers	2008^[21]	2011^[21]	75	26
15	Jamie Murphy	FW	(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2006		97	14
33	Mark Archdeacon	FW	(1989-10-09)9 October 1989 (aged 20)	Academy	2007		1	0
35	Bob McHugh	FW	(1991-07-16)16 July 1991 (aged 18)	Academy	2007		18	2
	Gary Smith	FW	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 18)	Queen's Park	2009		0	0
Away on loan
29	Jonathan Page	DF	(1990-02-08)8 February 1990 (aged 20)	Portsmouth	2008		3	0
Left during the season
2	Yassin Moutaouakil	DF	(1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 23)	on loan from Charlton Athletic	2009^[22]	2010	15	0
18	Steven McGarry	MF	(1979-09-28)28 September 1979 (aged 30)	Ross County	2006^[23]	2010^[24]	104	4
45	Paul Slane	MF	(1991-11-25)25 November 1991 (aged 18)	Academy	2007		9	1

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 June 2009	GK	Michael Fraser	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	^[5]
1 July 2009	MF	Stephen Jennings	Tranmere Rovers	Free	^[14]
15 July 2009	MF	Chris Humphrey	Shrewsbury Town	Free	^[13]
21 July 2009	MF	Giles Coke	Northampton Town	Free	^[12]
13 August 2009	MF	Tom Hateley	Reading	Free	^[19]
7 September 2009	MF	Ryan Scanlon	Ross County	Undisclosed	^[8]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
24 July 2009	GK	John Ruddy	Everton	End of season	^[6]^[25]^[7]
26 August 2009	FW	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Everton	End of season	^[20]^[25]^[7]
1 September 2009	DF	Yassin Moutaouakil	Charlton Athletic		^[22]
2 January 2010	MF	Michael McGlinchey	Central Coast Mariners	End of season	^[18]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2009	FW	David Clarkson	Bristol City	£600,000	^[26]
4 July 2009	DF	Paul Quinn	Cardiff City	£300,000	^[27]
1 February 2010	MF	Paul Slane	Celtic	Undisclosed	^[28]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
31 January 2010	DF		Jonathan Page	Stirling Albion	End of season	^[29]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
	MF	Steven McGarry	Perth Glory
31 May 2010	GK	Sebastian Kosiorowski
31 May 2010	GK	Ross Hyslop	Queen of the South	1 June 2010	^[30]
31 May 2010	MF	Giles Coke	Sheffield Wednesday	1 July 2010	^[31]
31 May 2010	MF	Jim O'Brien	Barnsley	1 July 2010	^[32]
31 May 2010	FW	Darren Smith	Ross County	23 July 2010	^[33]^[34]

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell scorer(s)^[35]	Attendance	Report
27 June 2009	Rhyl	H	1–3	Forbes (47)	0 (match was closed-doors)
6 September 2009	Manchester United XI	H	1–0	Coke (53)	3,470	Motherwell F.C.
4 January 2010	Bellshill Athletic	A	11–1	O'Brien, Meechan, Smith, Jutkiewicz, Sutton, McHugh, Murphy	0 (match was closed-doors)	Motherwell F.C.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	—	5	15 August 2009	9 May 2010
League Cup	3rd Round	—	Quarter-finals	22 September 2009	27 October 2009
Scottish Cup	4th Round	—	4th Round	18 January 2010	18 January 2010
UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	—	Third qualifying round	2 July 2009	6 August 2009

Source: Competitions

Premier League

^[36]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Dundee United	38	17	12	9	55	47	+8	63	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
4	Hibernian	38	15	9	14	58	55	+3	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Motherwell	38	13	14	11	52	54	−2	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	13	9	16	35	46	−11	48

7	Hamilton Academical	38	13	10	15	39	46	−7	49

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ by winning the Scottish Cup.

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	13	14	11	52	54	−2	53	8	5	5	29	25	+4	5	9	6	23	29	−6

Source: BBC Sport

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D
Position	5	3	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell scorer(s)^[35]	League Position^[37]	Attendance	Report
1	15 August 2009	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Hutchinson (55), Forbes (65)	5	5,220	BBC Sport
2	22 August 2009	Kilmarnock	H	3–1	Sutton (14), Forbes (45) (pen.), Hutchinson (68)	3	5,093	BBC Sport
3	29 August 2009	Aberdeen	A	0–0		5	11,320	BBC Sport
4	12 September 2009	Rangers	H	0–0		5	9,355	BBC Sport
5	19 September 2009	Dundee United	A	1–0	Forbes (65)	4	7,196	BBC Sport
6	26 September 2009	Hibernian	H	1–3	Reynolds (35)	6	5,221	BBC Sport
7	3 October 2009	Falkirk	H	1–0	Jutkiewicz (18)	5	4,337	BBC Sport
8	17 October 2009	Celtic	A	0–0		5	58,000	BBC Sport
9	24 October 2009	St Mirren	A	3–3	Forbes (49) (pen.), Jutkiewicz (74, 81)	5	4,327	BBC Sport
10	31 October 2009	Hearts	H	1–0	Forbes (55)	4	4,830	BBC Sport
11	7 November 2009	Hamilton	A	2–2	Murphy (78), Jutkiewicz (87)	5	3,583	BBC Sport
12	21 November 2009	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Jutkiewicz (13)	5	4,662	BBC Sport
13	28 November 2009	Dundee United	H	2–2	Sutton (16), Jutkiewicz (29)	5	4,593	BBC Sport
14	5 December 2009	Hibernian	A	0–2		5	10,398	BBC Sport
15	12 December 2009	Celtic	H	2–3	Jutkiewicz (26), Reynolds (45)	5	7,807	BBC Sport
16	19 December 2009	Rangers	A	1–6	Hutchinson (67)	5	44,291	BBC Sport
17	26 December 2009	St Johnstone	H	1–3	Jennings (39)	6	4,140	BBC Sport
18	30 December 2009	Hearts	A	0–1		6	14,411	BBC Sport
19	16 January 2010	Kilmarnock	A	3–0	O'Brien (55, 70), Jutkiewicz (78)	6	5,354	BBC Sport
20	23 January 2010	St Mirren	H	2–0	Murphy (56), Sutton (76)	6	3,621	BBC Sport
21	27 January 2010	Falkirk	A	0–0		7	4,321	BBC Sport
22	30 January 2010	Aberdeen	A	3–0	Sutton (29, 53), Jutkiewicz (50)	5	9,555	BBC Sport
23	6 February 2010	Hamilton	H	1–0	Jutkiewicz (68)	5	4,777	BBC Sport
24	10 February 2010	Rangers	H	1–1	Hateley (28)	5	9,352	BBC Sport
25	13 February 2010	Hamilton	A	0–0		5	3,133	BBC Sport
26	20 February 2010	Hibernian	H	1–0	Murphy (82)	5	5,055	BBC Sport
27	27 February 2010	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Murphy (69)	5	4,178	BBC Sport
28	6 March 2010	St Johnstone	A	2–1	Murphy (12), Sutton (86)	5	3,669	BBC Sport
29	9 March 2010	St Mirren	A	0–0		5	3,154	BBC Sport
30	13 March 2010	Hearts	H	3–1	Reynolds (2), Sutton (13), O'Brien (68)	4	4,448	BBC Sport
31	27 March 2010	Dundee United	A	0–3		5	7,609	BBC Sport
32	3 April 2010	Falkirk	H	0–1		5	4,268	BBC Sport
33	13 April 2010	Celtic	A	1–2	Reynolds (49)	5	27,750	BBC Sport
34	18 April 2010	Dundee United	H	2–3	Sutton (28, 81)	5	3,544	BBC Sport
35	24 April 2010	Hearts	A	2–0	Saunders (42), Žaliūkas (o.g.) (45)	4	13,447	BBC Sport
36	1 May 2010	Celtic	A	0–4		4	24,000	BBC Sport
37	5 May 2010	Hibernian	H	6–6	Coke (16, 67), Sutton (39, 76), Hateley (72), Jutkiewicz (90)	4	6,241	BBC Sport
38	9 May 2010	Rangers	A	3–3	Murphy (51), Jennings (90), Jutkiewicz (90) (pen.)	5	50,321	BBC Sport

Note: Due to postponements between match day 18 and match day 19 (not shown above), Motherwell's position in the Scottish Premier League dropped to 8th place. The win on match day 19 served to allow them to leapfrog the teams in 6th and 7th place while still having two games in hand.

UEFA Europa League

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell scorer(s)^[35]	Attendance	Report
2 July 2009	FQR	Llanelli	H	0–1		4,307	BBC Sport
9 July 2009	FQR	Llanelli	A	3–0	Sutton (8, 24) Murphy (72)	3,025	BBC Sport
16 July 2009	SQR	Flamurtari Vlorë	A	0–1		4,012	BBC Sport
23 July 2009	SQR	Flamurtari Vlorë	H	8–1	Murphy (16, 19, 34) Slane (25) Forbes (pen 28, 50) Shaun Hutchinson (37) McHugh (72)	4,641	BBC Sport
30 July 2009	TQR	Steaua Bucharest	A	0–3		25,000	BBC Sport
6 August 2009	TQR	Steaua Bucharest	H	1–3	Forbes (17)	4,975	BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell scorer(s)^[35]	Attendance	Report
22 September 2009	3rd Round	Inverness CT	H	3–2	McHugh, Own goal, Forbes	3,905	BBC Sport
27 October 2009	Quarter-Final	St Mirren	A	0–3	—	4,325	BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score	Motherwell scorer(s)^[35]	Attendance	Report
18 January 2010	4th Round	Inverness CT	A	0–2	—	1,450	BBC Sport

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 9 May 2010^[36]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Michael Fraser	9	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	FRA	Yassin Moutaouakil	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	40	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	4+1	0
4	DF	SCO	Mark Reynolds	46	4	37	4	1	0	2	0	6	0
5	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	36	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF	ENG	Giles Coke	37	2	25+7	2	1	0	2	0	2	0
7	MF	JAM	Chris Humphrey	33	0	6+22	0	1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Steve Jennings	33	2	21+8	2	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Lukas Jutkiewicz	36	12	27+6	12	1	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	John Sutton	42	14	31+4	12	0+1	0	0	0	6	2
14	MF	SCO	Keith Lasley	25	1	15+5	0	1	1	0	0	3+1	0
15	FW	SCO	Jamie Murphy	44	10	24+11	6	0+1	0	1+1	0	3+3	4
16	MF	SCO	Marc Fitzpatrick	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	SCO	Jim O'Brien	44	3	29+6	3	1	0	2	0	5+1	0
18	MF	NZL	Michael McGlinchey	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	John Ruddy	39	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
23	FW	SCO	Mark Archdeacon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Tom Hateley	41	3	38	3	1	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF	SCO	Ross Forbes	37	9	22+6	5	0+1	0	1+1	1	6	3
28	DF	ENG	Shaun Hutchinson	9	4	4+1	3	0	0	1	0	3	1
32	MF	SCO	Steven Meechan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	SCO	Robert McHugh	15	2	2+8	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+3	1
39	MF	SCO	Jordan Halsman	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	SCO	Steven Saunders	32	1	22+3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0
46	MF	SCO	Jamie Pollock	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
29	DF	ENG	Jonathan Page	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
19	MF	SCO	Steven McGarry	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	3	0
45	MF	SCO	Paul Slane	8	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	1

Goal scorers

As of match played 9 May 2010

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW	11	John Sutton	12	0	2	14
2	FW	9	Lukas Jutkiewicz	12	0	0	12
3	FW	15	Jamie Murphy	6	0	4	10
4	MF	20	Ross Forbes	5	1	3	9
5	DF	4	Mark Reynolds	4	0	0	4
5	DF	28	Shaun Hutchinson	3	0	1	4
7	MF	24	Tom Hateley	3	0	0	3
7	MF	17	Jim O'Brien	3	0	0	3
9	MF	6	Giles Coke	2	0	0	2
	MF	8	Steve Jennings	2	0	0	2
	FW	35	Bob McHugh	0	1	1	2
12	DF	43	Steven Saunders	1	0	0	1
	FW	45	Paul Slane	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				54	3	12	69

Clean sheets

Ranking	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Europa League	Total
1	GK	21	John Ruddy	15	0	15
2	GK	1	Michael Fraser	1	1	2
			TOTALS	16	1	17

Disciplinary record

As of match played 9 May 2010

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europa League		Total
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	4	Mark Reynolds	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	6	Giles Coke	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
	MF	8	Steve Jennings	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	FW	11	John Sutton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	15	Jamie Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	17	Jim O'Brien	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	24	Tom Hateley	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	27	Ross Forbes	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	28	Shaun Hutchinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	46	Jamie Pollock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	43	Steven Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			Totals	34	1	2	0	1	0	5	0	42	1

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↑ "Celtic sign Fulham's Kamara, Braafheid and Well's Slane". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
↑ "Defender Jonathan Page signs Motherwell extension". BBC Sport. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Keepers Roddy McKenzie and Ross Hyslop join Doonhamers". BBC Sport. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
↑ "Midfielder Giles Coke joins Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
↑ "Motherwell winger Jim O'Brien to join Barnsley". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
↑ "Darren Smith leaves the club". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
↑ "Ross County sign former Motherwell winger Darren Smith". BBC Sport. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
1 2 Motherwell FC season 2009–10, Fir Park Corner
↑ Shows Motherwell's position in the table at end of day the match was played on

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[table_note_res_ELPR0.20894386209964-37] y winning the Scottish Cup.

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[4] Lindsay, Clive (29 December 2009). "Brown given stint at Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

[Michael_Fraser-5] 1 2 "Motherwell tie up deal for Fraser". BBC Sport. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2026.

[John_Ruddy-6] 1 2 "Well sign Everton keeper on loan". BBC Sport. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

[Everton_duo_remain_at_Motherwell_for_season-7] 1 2 3 4 "Everton duo remain at Motherwell for season". BBC Sport. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[Ryan_Scanlon-8] 1 2 3 4 "Well capture Ross County youth". BBC Sport. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Hammell_and_Lappin-9] 1 2 "Well capture Hammell and Lappin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

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[Chris_Humphrey-13] 1 2 3 "Motherwell sign Shrews' Humphrey". BBC Sport. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.

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[Keith_Lasley-15] "Lasley opts for Motherwell return". BBC Sport. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

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[O'Brien_and_Nielsen-17] 1 2 "Motherwell seal double transfer". BBC Sport. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

[Michael_McGlinchey-18] 1 2 3 "Motherwell secure Mariners Michael McGlinchey". BBC Sport. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[Tom_Hateley-19] 1 2 3 "Well deal-in midfielder Hateley". BBC Sport. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[Lukas_Jutkiewicz-20] 1 2 "Jutkiewicz agrees Well loan deal". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[John_Sutton_2011-21] 1 2 "Motherwell seal Sutton transfer". BBC Sport. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

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[27] "Defender Quinn seals Cardiff move". BBC Sport. 4 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.

[28] "Celtic sign Fulham's Kamara, Braafheid and Well's Slane". BBC Sport. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

[29] "Defender Jonathan Page signs Motherwell extension". BBC Sport. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[30] "Keepers Roddy McKenzie and Ross Hyslop join Doonhamers". BBC Sport. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[31] "Midfielder Giles Coke joins Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

[32] "Motherwell winger Jim O'Brien to join Barnsley". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2026.

[33] "Darren Smith leaves the club". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2026.

[34] "Ross County sign former Motherwell winger Darren Smith". BBC Sport. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.

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2009–10 Motherwell F.C. season

Contents

Season events

Squad

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Premier League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Results

UEFA Europa League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

See also

Notes and references

External links