2012–13 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2012–13 season
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Stuart McCall
Stadium	Fir Park
Scottish Premier League	2nd
Scottish Cup	Fourth round vs Aberdeen
League Cup	Third round vs Rangers
Champions League	Third qualifying round vs Panathinaikos
Europa League	Play-off round vs Levante
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Higdon (26); All: Michael Higdon (27)
Highest home attendance	10,496 vs Celtic ; 29 September 2012
Lowest home attendance	3,649 vs St Johnstone ; 20 January 2013
Average home league attendance	5,118
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season will be Motherwell's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Motherwell will also compete in the Champions League,^[2] Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
24 July 2012	DF		Simon Ramsden	Bradford City	Free^[3]
18 February 2013	FW		James McFadden	Sunderland	Free^[4]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
21 June 2012	DF	Tim Clancy	Hibernian	Free^[5]
16 August 2012	MF	Steve Jennings	Coventry City	Free^[6]
6 November 2012	GK	Willie Muir	Ayr United	Free^[7]
2 January 2013	DF	Jonathan Page	Hamilton Academical	Free^[8]
3 January 2013	FW	Jamie Murphy	Sheffield United	Undisclosed^[9]
29 March 2013	FW	Salim Kouider-Aissa	Stenhousemuir	Free^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
10 August 2012	Season-Long^[11]^[12]	DF		Fraser Kerr	Birmingham City
9 January 2013	End of Season^[13]	FW		Kallum Higginbotham	Huddersfield Town

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
17 August 2012	January 2013	DF	Nicky Devlin	Dumbarton^[14]
27 September 2012	31 December 2012	DF	Jonathan Page	Hamilton Academical^[15]^[16]^[17]
17 October 2012	17 January 2013	MF	Josh Watt	Airdrie United^[18]
3 January 2013	3 February 2013	DF	Nicky Devlin	Dumbarton^[19]
30 January 2013	30 March 2013	FW	Craig Moore	Cowdenbeath^[20]^[21]
7 February 2013	End of Season	MF	Steven Hetherington	Airdrie United^[22]^[23]
5 March 2013	End of Season	MF	Josh Watt	Raith Rovers^[21]^[24]
6 March 2013	End of Season	MF	Dominic Green	Partick Thistle^[21]
16 March 2013	End of Season	DF	Nicky Devlin	Stenhousemuir^[25]
29 March 2013	End of Season	MF	Adam Asghar	Dumbarton^[26]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
20 May 2013^[27]	DF	Nicky Devlin	Stenhousemuir	10 June 2013^[28]
20 May 2013^[27]	DF	Steven Saunders	Ross County	8 July 2013^[29]
20 May 2013^[27]	MF	Steven Hetherington	Celtic Nation
20 May 2013^[27]	MF	Adam Asghar	Alloa Athletic	23 July 2014^[30]
20 May 2013^[27]	MF	Dominic Green
20 May 2013^[27]	MF	Nicky Law	Rangers	24 May 2013^[31]
20 May 2013^[27]	MF	Josh Watt	ÍA	24 July 2013^[32]
20 May 2013^[27]	MF	Omar Daley	Minnesota United	24 August 2013^[33]

Competitions

Pre-season Friendlies

9 July 2012	Rapid București	Cancelled¹	Motherwell	Grangemouth
15:00		[www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2012/07/09/rapid-game-called-off/ Report]		Stadium: Grangemouth Stadium

14 July 2012	Ayr United	4–0	Motherwell	Ayr
15:00	Robertson 19' Moffat 24' Campbell 47' Sinclair 71'	Report		Stadium: Somerset Park Attendance: 825 Referee: Steven McLean

17 July 2012	Raith Rovers	1–1	Motherwell	Kirkcaldy
19:45	Clarke 83'	Report	Murphy 67'	Stadium: Stark's Park

18 July 2012	Arbroath	Cancelled²	Motherwell	Arbroath
19:45		[ Report]		Stadium: Gayfield Park

21 July 2012 Stevie Hammell Testimonial	Motherwell	1–1	Everton	Motherwell
15:00	Law 54'	Motherwell Everton	Duffy 34'	Stadium: Fir Park

24 July 2012	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Motherwell	Hamilton
19:45		Report	McHugh 8', 43' Hateley 82' (pen.)	Stadium: New Douglas Park

Notes

The Pre-season friendly between Motherwell and Rapid București was called off on 9 July, due to a waterlogged pitch at the Grangemouth Stadium.^[34]
The Pre-season friendly between Motherwell and Arbroath was called off on 18 July, due to a waterlogged pitch at the Gayfield Park.^[35]

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
37	17	9	11	65	51	+14	60	8	6	4	33	24	+9	9	3	7	32	27	+5

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L
Position	7	7	2	5	1	1	1	2	6	6	6	6	7	4	4	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Results by opponent

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	3–3	4–1	0–0	–	5
Celtic	0–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	6
Dundee	2–1	1–1	3–0	–	7
Dundee United	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	6
Heart of Midlothian	0–1	0–0	2–1	–	4
Hibernian	0–4	3–2	4–1	–	6
Inverness C.T.	4–1	5–1	3–0	3–4	9
Kilmarnock	2–1	2–2	0–2	–	4
Ross County	0–0	3–2	0–3	2–0	7
St Johnstone	1–1	3–1	3–2	0–2	7
St Mirren	1–1	1–2	2–2	–	2

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Results

4 August 2012 1	Ross County	0–0	Motherwell	Victoria Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Alan Muir

11 August 2012 2	Motherwell	1–1	St Johnstone	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	McHugh 78' Hammell 57'	Motherwell BBC	Davidson 58' Vine 22' 80'	Attendance: 4,490 Referee: Iain Brines

18 August 2012 3	Kilmarnock	1–2	Motherwell	Rugby Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Harkins 30'	Motherwell BBC	Murphy 12', 37'	Attendance: 4,969 Referee: Stephen Finnie

25 August 2012 4	Motherwell	1–1	St Mirren	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Higdon 2' Hutchinson 83' 87'	Motherwell BBC	Reilly 90+3'	Attendance: 4,559 Referee: Euan Norris

1 September 2012 5	Motherwell	4–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Hateley 11' Higdon 12', 72', 79'	Motherwell BBC	Foran 28'	Attendance: 4,031 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

15 September 2012 6	Dundee	1–2	Motherwell	Dens Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Nish 20'	Motherwell BBC	Higdon 74', 85'	Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Kevin Clancy

23 September 2012 7	Aberdeen	3–3	Motherwell	Pittodrie
12:45 BST UTC+1	Rae 6' McGinn 84' Magennis 90+2'	Motherwell BBC	Higdon 42' Hutchinson 48' Law 82'	Attendance: 8,557 Referee: Bobby Madden

29 September 2012 8	Motherwell	0–2	Celtic	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Cummins 56'	Motherwell BBC	Hooper 32' Cummins 35' (og.)	Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Iain Brines

6 October 2012 9	Motherwell	Postponed¹	Dundee United	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		[ Motherwell] [ BBC]		Referee: Euan Norris

20 October 2012 10	Hearts	1–0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
12:45 BST UTC+1	Danny Grainger 14'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 11,572 Referee: Willie Collum

26 October 2012 11	Motherwell	0–4	Hibernian	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Wotherspoon 22' Griffiths 64' (74), pen.' Handling 90'	Attendance: 5,301 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

3 November 2012 12	St Johnstone	1–3	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	Robertson 88'	Motherwell BBC	Murphy 1', 38' Law 73'	Attendance: 3,112 Referee: Brian Colvin

7 November 2012 9	Motherwell	0 – 1¹	Dundee United	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Russell 84'	Attendance: 3,941 Referee: Alan Muir

10 November 2012 13	Motherwell	1–1	Dundee	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Higdon 45'	Motherwell BBC	Riley 28'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: John Beaton

18 November 2012 14	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–5	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium
12:45 BST UTC+1	Foran 47'	Motherwell BBC	Higdon 18' Murphy 21' Cummins 52' Ojamaa 72' Daley 89'	Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Euan McLean

24 November 2012 15	Motherwell	0–0	Hearts	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 4,147 Referee: Crawford Allan

28 November 2012 16	Dundee United	1–2	Motherwell	Tannadice Stadium
19:45 BST UTC+1	Daly 37'	Motherwell BBC	Higdon 7' Humphrey 10'	Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Bobby Madden

8 December 2012 17	Motherwell	3–2	Ross County	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Higdon 25' Law 46' Lasley 82'	Motherwell BBC	Quinn 17', 70'	Attendance: 3,739 Referee: Calum Murray

15 December 2012 18	Hibernian	2–3	Motherwell	Easter Road
15:00 BST UTC+1	Doyle 41', 55'	Motherwell BBC	Murphy 64', 80' McHugh 88'	Attendance: 8,817 Referee: Euan McLean

21 December 2012 19	St Mirren	2–1	Motherwell	St Mirren Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	Thompson 39', 42'	Motherwell BBC	McHugh 77'	Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Ian Brines

26 December 2012 20	Motherwell	4–1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Hateley 9' Murphy 31', 45' Higdon 55'	Motherwell BBC	Hayes 34'	Attendance: 5,093 Referee: Craig Thomson

29 December 2012 21	Motherwell	2–2	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Murphy 71' Ojamaa 74'	Motherwell BBC	Perez 13' Heffernan 62'	Attendance: 4,903 Referee: Crawford Allan

2 January 2013 22	Celtic	1–0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Hooper 79'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 48,002 Referee: Euan McLean

20 January 2013 23	Motherwell	3–2	St Johnstone	Fir Park
14:15 BST UTC+1	Higdon 8', 20', 69'	Motherwell BBC	Hasselbaink 77' Craig 79'	Attendance: 3,649 Referee: Willie Collum

29 January 2013 24	Motherwell	Postponed²	Dundee United	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1		[ Motherwell] [ BBC]

9 February 2013 25	Kilmarnock	2–0	Motherwell	Rugby Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Hammell 13' (og.) Gros 71'	Motherwell BBC	Kerr 84' Lasley 88'	Attendance: 4,246 Referee: Euan McLean

16 February 2013 27	Motherwell	3–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Higdon 30', 56' Law 52'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 4,179 Referee: Calum Murray

19 February 2013 24	Motherwell	0 – 1²	Dundee United	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Russell 17'	Attendance: 4,633 Referee: Stephen Finnie

23 February 2013 28	Ross County	3–0	Motherwell	Victoria Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Sproule 34' Brittain 71' Vigurs 89'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 3,797 Referee: Willie Collum

27 February 2013 29	Motherwell	2–1	Celtic	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	Humphrey 31' Higdon 73'	Motherwell BBC	Samaras 63'	Attendance: 8,641 Referee: Ian Brines

2 March 2013 26	Hearts	1–2	Motherwell	Tynecastle
15:00 BST UTC+1	Sutton 59'	Motherwell BBC	Higdon 3' McGowan 8' (og.)	Attendance: 11,048 Referee: Craig Thomson

9 March 2013 30	Aberdeen	0–0	Motherwell	Pittodrie
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Kevin Clancy

15 March 2013 31	Motherwell	4–1	Hibernian	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	Higdon 48' McFadden 54' Higginbotham 67' Hateley 84'	Motherwell BBC	Taiwo 23'	Attendance: 5,108 Referee: Willie Collum

30 March 2013 32	Dundee	0–3	Motherwell	Dens Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Higdon 9' Law 63', 79'	Attendance: 4,838 Referee: Euan McLean

6 April 2013 33	Motherwell	2–2	St Mirren	Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Higdon 34' McFadden 84'	Motherwell BBC	Newton 41' Guy 75'	Attendance: 5,414 Referee: Brian Colvin

19 April 2013 34	Dundee United	1–3	Motherwell	Tannadice Stadium
19:30 BST UTC+1	Daly 69'	Motherwell BBC	Higdon 2', 55' Ojamaa 8'	Attendance: 5,634 Referee: John Beaton

28 April 2013 35	Motherwell	3–1	Celtic	Fir Park
12:45 BST UTC+1	Ojamaa 45' Higdon 50' (pen.) Forster 55' (og.)	Motherwell BBC	Hooper 40'	Attendance: 7,503 Referee: Euan Norris

4 May 2013 36	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–3	Motherwell	Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1	McKay 3', 27', 84' Shinnie 25'	Motherwell BBC	McFadden 36', 64' Higdon 49' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,857 Referee: Willie Collum

12 May 2013 37	Motherwell	2–0	Ross County	Fir Park
16:05 BST UTC+1	McFadden 8' Humphrey 45'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 7,734 Referee: Craig Thomson

19 May 2013 38	St Johnstone	2–0	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
12:45 BST UTC+1	Craig 36' Hasselbaink 47'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 5,025 Referee: Euan McLean

Notes

The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on 6 October 2012 due to a power failure in the area. The match has been re-arranged for 7 November 2012.^[36]
The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on 29 January 2013 due to a waterlogged pitch. The match has been re-arranged for 19 February 2013.^[37]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	24	7	7	92	35	+57	79	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Motherwell	38	18	9	11	67	51	+16	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	St Johnstone	38	14	14	10	45	44	+1	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	13	15	10	64	60	+4	54
5	Ross County	38	13	14	11	47	48	−1	53

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

Scottish Cup

1 December 2012 Fourth Round	Aberdeen	1–1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
15:00 BST UTC+1	McGinn 90'	Motherwell BBC	Murphy 80'	Attendance: 6,061 Referee: Willie Collum

11 December 2012 Fourth Round Replay	Motherwell	1–2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	Higdon 90' (pen.)	Motherwell BBC	Fallon 51' Shaughnessy 61'	Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish League Cup

26 September 2012 Third Round	Rangers	2–0	Motherwell	Ibrox
19:15 BST	McCulloch 50' Shiels 56'	BBC Motherwell		Attendance: 29,413 Referee: Calum Murray

Champions League

31 July 2012 3rd Qualifying Round 1st Leg	Motherwell	0–2	Panathinaikos	Motherwell
19:45 BST UTC+1		UEFA Motherwell	Christodoulopoulos 13' Mavrias 76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,035 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

8 August 2012 3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg	Panathinaikos	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Motherwell	Athens
19:45 BST UTC+1	Christodoulopoulos 51' Mavrias 75' Sissoko 83'	UEFA Motherwell		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Europa League

23 August 2012 Play-off round 1st Leg	Motherwell	0–2	Levante	Motherwell
19:45 BST UTC+1	Hutchinson 77'	https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2009847--motherwell-vs-levante/ Motherwell	Juanlu 42' El Zhar 62'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,286 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

30 August 2012 Play-off round 2nd Leg	Levante	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Motherwell	Valencia
19:45 BST UTC+1	Gekas 72'	https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2009878--levante-vs-motherwell/ Motherwell		Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 19 May 2013^[38]^[39]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		Europe^[40]		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	EIR	Darren Randolph	41	0	35+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Steven Saunders	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	41	0	34+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Nicky Law	43	6	38+0	6	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Shaun Hutchinson	36	1	31+0	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Tom Hateley	40	3	34+0	3	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	JAM	Chris Humphrey	39	3	33+0	3	2+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
8	FW	EST	Henrik Ojamaa	44	4	32+5	4	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Michael Higdon	44	27	37+0	26	3+1	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Kallum Higginbotham	10	1	3+7	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK	SCO	Lee Hollis	4	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	SCO	Keith Lasley	43	1	36+0	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Simon Ramsden	31	0	28+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW	SCO	Robert McHugh	29	3	2+23	3	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF	JAM	Omar Daley	17	1	2+12	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	SCO	Stuart Carswell	26	0	7+16	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Fraser Kerr	19	0	9+5	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
20	FW	SCO	James McFadden	13	5	11+2	5	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ATG	Zaine Francis-Angol	26	0	7+15	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	MF	ENG	Steven Hetherington	4	0	1+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Adam Cummins	28	1	17+5	1	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
43	GK	SCO	Ross M. Stewart	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players no longer at the club:
11	FW	SCO	Jamie Murphy	29	11	20+2	10	4+0	0	2+0	1	0+1	0
20	DF	ENG	Jonathan Page	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

As of 12 May 2013^[38]^[39]

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Total
1	9	Michael Higdon	26	1	27
2	11	Jamie Murphy	10	1	11
3	4	Nicky Law	6		6
8	20	James McFadden	5		5
4	8	Henrik Ojamaa	4		4
5	6	Tom Hateley	3		3
6	7	Chris Humphrey	3		3
8	16	Robert McHugh	3		3
9	30	Adam Cummins	1		1
10	17	Omar Daley	1		1
11	11	Kallum Higginbotham	1		1
12	5	Shaun Hutchinson	1		1
13	14	Keith Lasley	1		1
		Own Goals	2
		TOTALS	67	2	69

Disciplinary record

As of 4 May 2013^[38]^[39]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		Europe^[40]		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Darren Randolph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	2	Steven Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
	MF	4	Nicky Law	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	5	Shaun Hutchinson	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	2
	MF	6	Tom Hateley	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	7	Chris Humphrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	8	Henrik Ojamaa	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
	FW	9	Michael Higdon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	11	Jamie Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	11	Kallum Higginbotham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	12	Lee Hollis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
	DF	15	Simon Ramsden	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	16	Robert McHugh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	17	Omar Daley	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	MF	18	Stuart Carswell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	19	Fraser Kerr	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	20	James McFadden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	20	Jonathan Page	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	26	Zaine Francis-Angol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	27	Steven Hetherington	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	30	Adam Cummins	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
			TOTALS	42	6	4	1	0	0	2	0	48	7

Awards

Manager of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
March	Stuart McCall	Won^[41]

Player of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
September	Michael Higdon	Won^[42]
December	Jamie Murphy	Won^[43]
March	Nicky Law	Won^[44]
April	Michael Higdon	Won^[45]

Young player of the Month

MONTH	Name	Award
April	Henrik Ojamaa	Won^[46]

SPL Manager of the Year

Stuart McCall^[47]

Player of the Year

Michael Higdon^[48]

Notes and references

^ League Only.
^ "Motherwell qualify for the Champions League for the first time". 2 July 2021.
^ "Motherwell sign former Bradford defender Simon Ramsden". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "McFadden returns home to 'Well". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
^ "Hibernian sign defender Tim Clancy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
^ "Coventry City sign Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
^ "Muir agrees short term deal with Ayr". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ "Jonathan Page leaves the club". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
^ "Murphy deal done". sufc.co.uk. Sheffield United F.C. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
^ "Player Signings and other Movements". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir F.C. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^ "Birmingham defender Fraser Kerr returns to Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "Kerr stay extended". bcfc.com. Birmingham City F.C. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
^ "Higginbotham joins on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ "Nicky returns to the rock". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Hamilton sign Motherwell's Jonathan Page on month's loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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^ "New Loan Deals – Craig Moore". cowdenbeathfc.com. Cowdenbeath F.C. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Watt joins Rovers on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
^ "Hetherington joins Airdrie on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ "Airdrie v Dunfermline". airdriefc.co.uk. Airdrie F.C. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "Signing News". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ "Devlin goes on loan to Stenhousemuir". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ "DUMBARTON SWOOP FOR SPL YOUNGSTER". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Paul Lawson signs from Ross County as seven exit". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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^ "Ross County sign ex-Motherwell defender Steven Saunders". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Ashgar makes Alloa move". spfl.co.uk/. SPFL. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^ "Nicky Law agrees three-year contract at Ibrox". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ "Watt heads for Iceland". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
^ "Minnesota United FC Signs Midfielder Omar Daley". mnunitedfc.com. Minnesota United FC. 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^ Rapid game called off
^ Arbroath game called off
^ Motherwell A-A Dundee United
^ Motherwell P-P Dundee United
^ ^a ^b ^c Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics Archived 10 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics 2 Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c The competitions that Motherwell were involved in were 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
^ "Motherwell's Stuart McCall is SPL manager of month". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ "Motherwell striker Michael Higdon nets player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
^ "Ex-Motherwell forward Jamie Murphy wins SPL monthly award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
^ "Award-winner Nicky Law ponders future at Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
^ "Motherwell's Michael Higdon picks up April player prize". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Motherwell's Henrik Ojamaa picks up young player award for April". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
^ "Motherwell's Stuart McCall wins SPL manager of year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^ "Motherwell: Michael Higdon named player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

External links

[1] League Only.

[2] "Motherwell qualify for the Champions League for the first time". 2 July 2021.

[3] "Motherwell sign former Bradford defender Simon Ramsden". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[4] "McFadden returns home to 'Well". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

[5] "Hibernian sign defender Tim Clancy". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

[6] "Coventry City sign Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

[7] "Muir agrees short term deal with Ayr". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

[8] "Jonathan Page leaves the club". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[9] "Murphy deal done". sufc.co.uk. Sheffield United F.C. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[Callum_Reidford-10] "Player Signings and other Movements". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir F.C. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

[11] "Birmingham defender Fraser Kerr returns to Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

[12] "Kerr stay extended". bcfc.com. Birmingham City F.C. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

[13] "Higginbotham joins on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

[14] "Nicky returns to the rock". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

[15] "Hamilton sign Motherwell's Jonathan Page on month's loan". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.

[16] "Accies Update". Acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 10 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

[17] "Accies Update". Acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

[18] "Watt joins Airdrie Utd on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

[19] "Nicky Extends Stay". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 3 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[20] "New Loan Deals – Craig Moore". cowdenbeathfc.com. Cowdenbeath F.C. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[Loans-21] "Watt joins Rovers on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

[22] "Hetherington joins Airdrie on loan". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.

[23] "Airdrie v Dunfermline". airdriefc.co.uk. Airdrie F.C. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[24] "Signing News". raithrovers.net. Raith Rovers F.C. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

[25] "Devlin goes on loan to Stenhousemuir". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[26] "DUMBARTON SWOOP FOR SPL YOUNGSTER". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton F.C. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[Released2013-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Paul Lawson signs from Ross County as seven exit". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

[28] "New Player Signings". stenhousemuirfc.com. Stenhousemuir F.C. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[29] "Ross County sign ex-Motherwell defender Steven Saunders". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[30] "Ashgar makes Alloa move". spfl.co.uk/. SPFL. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[31] "Nicky Law agrees three-year contract at Ibrox". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[32] "Watt heads for Iceland". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

[33] "Minnesota United FC Signs Midfielder Omar Daley". mnunitedfc.com. Minnesota United FC. 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

[34] Rapid game called off

[35] Arbroath game called off

[36] Motherwell A-A Dundee United

[37] Motherwell P-P Dundee United

[Motherwell_F.C._Sky_Sports_Statistics-38] Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics Archived 10 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[Motherwell_F.C._Sky_Sports_Statistics_2-39] Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics 2 Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[Europe-40] The competitions that Motherwell were involved in were 2012–13 UEFA Champions League and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

[41] "Motherwell's Stuart McCall is SPL manager of month". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

[42] "Motherwell striker Michael Higdon nets player award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

[43] "Ex-Motherwell forward Jamie Murphy wins SPL monthly award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

[44] "Award-winner Nicky Law ponders future at Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2013.

[45] "Motherwell's Michael Higdon picks up April player prize". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[46] "Motherwell's Henrik Ojamaa picks up young player award for April". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

[47] "Motherwell's Stuart McCall wins SPL manager of year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

[48] "Motherwell: Michael Higdon named player of the year". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	17	9	11	65	51	+14	60	8	6	4	33	24	+9	9	3	7	32	27	+5

v t e 2012–13 in Scottish football
« 2011–12 2013–14 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-20 League Women's Premier League 2012 2013
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2012 2013 Women's League Cup 2012 2013
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Ross County St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City East Fife Forfar Athletic Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Rangers Stirling Albion
List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2012–13

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	17	9	11	65	51	+14	60	8	6	4	33	24	+9	9	3	7	32	27	+5