2000–01 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
	2000–01 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Billy Davies
Premier League	8th
Scottish Cup	4th round
League Cup	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Stuart Elliott (12); All: Stuart Elliott (12)
← 1999–2000	2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was Motherwell's 3rd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

First team squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	John Connolly
		GK	Andy Goram
		GK	Stevie Woods
		DF	Martyn Corrigan
		DF	Brian Dempsie
		DF	Steven Hammell
		DF	Benito Kemble
		DF	Stephen McMillan
		DF	James Okoli
		DF	Ange Oueifio
		DF	Greg Strong
		MF	Derek Adams
		MF	Ged Brannan
		MF	Saïd Chiba
		MF	John Davies
		MF	Stuart Elliott

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Harvey
		MF	Keith Lasley
		MF	Scott Leitch (club captain)
		MF	Jamie McClen
		MF	Kevin MacDonald
		MF	Lee McCulloch
		MF	Stephen Pearson
		MF	Dougie Ramsay
		MF	Derek Townsley
		FW	Don Goodman
		FW	James McFadden
		FW	Stevie Nicholas
		FW	John Spencer
		FW	Kevin Twaddle
		FW	Martin Wood

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

29 July 2000 1	Motherwell	0 – 2	Dundee	Fir Park
			Billio 8' Artero 86' Ngonge 50'	Attendance: 6,161 Referee: John Rowbotham

5 August 2000 2	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Petrov 11' McNamara 66' Sutton 81'		Davies 37'	Attendance: 58,534 Referee: Alan Freeland

12 August 2000 3	Dundee United	1 – 1	Motherwell	Tannadice
	Paterson 86'		Spencer 11'	Attendance: 6,201 Referee: Willie Young

16 August 2000 4	Motherwell	0 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park
			Moss 55'	Attendance: 5,257

19 August 2000 5	Kilmarnock	3 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park
	Dargo 26' Wright 76' (pen.) Dindeleux 80'		Elliott 7', 65'	Attendance: 6,533 Referee: George Clyde

27 August 2000 6	Motherwell	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	McCulloch 22'		Winters 10'	Attendance: 5,541 Referee: John Rowbotham

9 September 2000 7	St Mirren	0 – 1	Motherwell	Love Street
			McCulloch 53'	Attendance: 5,274 Referee: Stuart Dougal

16 September 2000 8	Hibernian	2 – 0	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Paatelainen 49', 80'			Attendance: 9,852 Referee: Michael McCurry

23 September 2000 9	Motherwell	0 – 1	Rangers	Fir Park
			Mols 11'	Attendance: 11,275 Referee: Stuart Dougal

1 October 2000 10	Hearts	3 – 0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
	Durie 13', 58' Kirk 27'			Attendance: 10,460 Referee: Willie Young

14 October 2000 11	Motherwell	4 – 0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Dods 20' (o.g.) McCulloch 26' Brannan 64' Elliott 71' Kemble 78'			Attendance: 4,483 Referee: Kevin Toner

21 October 2000 12	Dundee	1 – 2	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Caniggia 21'		Elliott 1', 5'	Attendance: 7,344 Referee: John Fleming

29 October 2000 13	Motherwell	3 – 3	Celtic	Fir Park
	Adams 22' McCulloch 53' Brannan 78' (pen.)		Mjallby 13' Valgaeren 57' McNamara 71'	Attendance: 10,820 Referee: Hugh Dallas

4 November 2000 14	Motherwell	2 – 1	Dundee United	Fir Park
	Brannan 44' (pen.) Elliott 50'		Naveda 55' Lauchlan 31'	Attendance: 6,864 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 November 2000 15	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Motherwell	East End Park
	Moss 11'		Townsley 85' Brannan 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,488 Referee: John Underhill

18 November 2000 16	Motherwell	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
	Brannan 3'		Wright 37' Cocard 87'	Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Eric Martindale

25 November 2000 17	Aberdeen	3 – 3	Motherwell	Pittodrie Stadium
	Stavrum 41' Di Rocco 80', 90'		Townsley 14' McCulloch 43', 69'	Attendance: 12,324 Referee: Hugh Dallas

29 November 2000 18	Motherwell	2 – 0	St Mirren	Fir Park
	Twaddle 74' Nicholas 90'			Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Garry Mitchell

3 December 2000 19	Motherwell	1 – 3	Hibernian	Fir Park
	Elliott 83'		Zitelli 38', 54' Townsley 48' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,715 Referee: John Rowbotham

10 December 2000 20	Rangers	2 – 0	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Konterman 39' Ferguson 78'			Attendance: 46,058 Referee: Tom Brown

16 December 2000 21	Motherwell	2 – 0	Hearts	Fir Park
	Townsley 56' Adams 87'			Attendance: 5,440 Referee: Michael McCurry

23 December 2000 22	St Johnstone	2 – 3	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	Parker 52' Sylla 72'		Spencer 6' Adams 40' Townsley 43' Adams 49'	Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Michael McCurry

26 December 2000 23	Motherwell	0 – 3	Dundee	Fir Park
	Nicholas 57'		Sara 4', 69' Rae 35' Marrocco 53'	Attendance: 6,183 Referee: Douglas McDonald

2 January 2001 24	Dundee United	2 – 0	Motherwell	Tannadice
	Easton 55' Hamilton 62'			Attendance: 6,311 Referee: Eric Martindale

31 January 2001 25	Motherwell	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park
	McCulloch 69'		Bullen 89'	Attendance: 4,601 Referee: Bobby Orr

3 February 2001 26	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park
	Dargo 90'		Brannan 29' (pen.) Twaddle 83'	Attendance: 6,018 Referee: John Underhill

10 February 2001 27	Motherwell	0 – 1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
			Young 88'	Attendance: 6,680 Referee: Michael McCurry

21 February 2001 28	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Moravcik 83'			Attendance: 58,880 Referee: John Rowbotham

24 February 2001 29	St Mirren	0 – 1	Motherwell	Love Street
			Townsley 74'	Attendance: 4,034 Referee: Douglas McDonald

4 March 2001 30	Hibernian	1 – 1	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Latapy 82'		Strong 81'	Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Kenny Clark

17 March 2001 31	Motherwell	1 – 2	Rangers	Fir Park
	Goodman 2'		Fernandes 59' Malcolm 89'	Attendance: 11,208 Referee: Alan Freeland

31 March 2001 32	Hearts	3 – 0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
	Tomaschek 15' Kirk 63', 80'			Attendance: 11,581 Referee: David Somers

7 April 2001 33	Motherwell	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Elliott 24'			Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Douglas McDonald

21 April 2001 34	Motherwell	0 – 1	St Johnstone	Fir Park
			Sylla 63'	Attendance: 3,195 Referee: Kevin Toner

28 April 2001 35	Dundee United	1 – 0	Motherwell	Tannadice
	Buchan 36'		Okoli 56'	Attendance: 5,928 Referee: John Underhill

5 May 2001 36	Motherwell	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
			Stavrum 30' Winters 57'	Attendance: 3,905 Referee: Ian Fyfe

12 May 2001 37	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
	Crawford 34' (pen.) Doesburg 88'		Elliott 8', 16'	Attendance: 5,928 Referee: John Underhill

20 May 2001 38	Motherwell	3 – 3	St Mirren	Fir Park
	Lasley 3' Elliott 72', pen.', 77'		Quitongo 32', 57' Fenton 49' Turner 72'	Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Willie Young

Source:^[1]

Scottish Cup

27 January 2001 Third round	St Mirren	1 – 2	Motherwell	Paisley
	Quitongo 89'	[ Report]	McCulloch 32' Goodman 36' Spencer 64' Strong 82'	Stadium: Love Street Attendance: 5,002 Referee: Willie Young

17 February 2001 Fourth round	Motherwell	0 – 2	Dundee United	Motherwell
		[ Report]	Miller 32' Easton 38'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Stuart Dougal

Source:^[1]

Scottish League Cup

22 August 2000 Second Round	Queens Park	0 – 3	Motherwell	Glasgow
		[ Report]	Strong 13' Harvey 70' McCulloch 90'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 1,845 Referee: Michael McCurry

6 September 2000 Third Round	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Dunfermline
	Thomson 12' Moss 66'	[ Report]		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Alan Freeland

Source:^[1]

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	31	4	3	90	29	+61	97	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	26	4	8	76	36	+40	82	2001–02 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	12	8	57	35	+22	66	2001–02 UEFA Cup First round
4	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	44	53	–9	54	2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5	Hearts	38	14	10	14	56	50	+6	52
6	Dundee	38	13	8	17	56	50	+6	47	UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
7	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	45	57	–7	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	7	19	42	56	–14	43
9	Dunfermline Athletic	38	11	9	18	34	54	–20	42
10	St Johnstone	38	9	13	16	40	56	–16	40
11	Dundee United	38	9	8	21	38	63	–25	35
12	St Mirren	38	8	6	24	32	72	–40	30	Relegated to 2001–02 First Division

Source: Fir Park Corner

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		John Connolly	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Andy Goram	26	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	GK		Stevie Woods	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Martyn Corrigan	40	0	32+4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Brian Dempsie	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		Steven Hammell	38	0	32+2	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Benito Kemble	27	0	25+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Stephen McMillan	27	0	26+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		James Okoli	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Ange Oueifio	20	0	14+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Greg Strong	34	2	31+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	1
	MF		Derek Adams	29	3	17+9	3	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Ged Brannan	25	6	23+0	6	1+0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Saïd Chiba	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		John Davies	4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	MF		Stuart Elliott	36	12	20+13	12	1+0	0	1+1	0
	MF		Paul Harvey	12	1	10+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	1
	MF		Keith Lasley	13	1	6+6	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Scott Leitch	29	0	23+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Jamie McClen	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Kevin MacDonald	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Lee McCulloch	29	9	26+0	7	1+0	1	2+0	1
	MF		Stephen Pearson	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Dougie Ramsay	10	0	3+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Derek Townsley	34	5	22+8	5	2+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Don Goodman	21	1	6+12	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		James McFadden	7	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Stevie Nicholas	18	1	5+12	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		John Spencer	25	3	20+2	2	1+1	1	1+0	0
	FW		Kevin Twaddle	9	0	4+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Martin Wood	27	2	20+5	2	1+1	0	0+0	0

Source:^[2]

Top scorers

Ranking	Nation	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1		Stuart Elliott	12	0	0	12
2		Lee McCulloch	7	1	1	9
3		Ged Brannan	6	0	0	6
4		Derek Townsley	5	0	0	5
5		Derek Adams	3	0	0	3
5		John Spencer	2	1	0	3
7		Kevin Twaddle	2	0	0	2
7		Greg Strong	1	0	1	2
11		Don Goodman	1	0	0	1
		Keith Lasley	1	0	0	1
		Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	1
		Paul Harvey	0	0	1	1
/	/	Own Goals	1	0	0	1
		TOTALS	42	2	3	46

Source:^[2]

Disciplinary record

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
	GK	John Connolly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Andy Goram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Stevie Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Martyn Corrigan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	DF	Brian Dempsie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Steven Hammell	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	Benito Kemble	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
	DF	Stephen McMillan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	DF	James Okoli	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	Ange Oueifio	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	DF	Greg Strong	9	0	1	1	0	0	10	1
	MF	Derek Adams	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
	MF	Ged Brannan	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	Saïd Chiba	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	John Davies	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	Stuart Elliott	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	Paul Harvey	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	Keith Lasley	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Scott Leitch	8	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
	MF	Jamie McClen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Kevin MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Lee McCulloch	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	MF	Stephen Pearson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Dougie Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Derek Townsley	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	FW	Don Goodman	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
	FW	James McFadden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Stevie Nicholas	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	John Spencer	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	FW	Kevin Twaddle	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	Martin Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	79	7	4	2	6	0	89	9

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Template:Fb competition 2000–01 SPL	—	—	8	29 July 2000	20 May 2001
Template:Fb competition 2000–01 SL Cup	Template:Fb round2 2000–01 SL Cup R2	—	Template:Fb round2 2000–01 SL Cup R2	22 August 2000	6 September 2000
Template:Fb competition 2000–01 SC	Template:Fb round2 2000–01 SC R3	—	Template:Fb round2 2000–01 SC R3	27 January 2001	17 February 2001

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

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	12	7	19	42	56	−14	43	5	4	10	22	27	−5	7	3	9	20	29	−9

Source: Fir Park Corner

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D
Position	12	11	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	10	8	10	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	8	8

Source: Fir Park Corner
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team	Results^[3]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–2	2
Celtic	0–1	3-3	0-1	–	1
Dundee	0–2	2–1	0–3	—	3
Dundee United	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	4
Dunfermline	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	7
Heart of Midlothian	0–3	2–0	0–3	–	3
Hibernian	0–2	1–3	1–1	–	1
Kilmarnock	2–3	1–2	2–1	—	3
Rangers	0–1	0–2	1–2	–	0
St Johnstone	4–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	9
St Mirren	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	10

Source: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League article

References

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Results and Fixtures 2000-2001, Fir Park Corner
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2000-2001 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
↑ Motherwell's score is shown first.

[Fixtures-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Results and Fixtures 2000-2001, Fir Park Corner

[2000-01-2] 2.0 ^2.1 2000-2001 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase

[Motherwell_score-3] Motherwell's score is shown first.

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2000–01 Motherwell F.C. season

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