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We return to Fir Park on Saturday 18th March to take on Rangers.

Kick-off is 12.30pm.

Tickets

Ticket Prices

– Concessions Tickets would be ages 65 and over and FT Students with a valid matric card.
– Young Adults tickets would ages 12 to 17.
– Juveniles would be 11 and under.
– Family tickets would be one adult / senior citizen concession and x2 juveniles.

How to follow game online

The game will be live on Sky Sports.

If you are outside the UK, you can watch the game via Motherwell TV.

Should you be in the UK, it will be live commentary only.

The Story of the Match

Motherwell go into this one on the back of three wins and a draw – the best form of the season so far.

The Steelmen saw an upturn in fortunes at home, winning their last two, with fine 2-1 and 2-0 wins over St Mirren and Hearts.

Both Stuart Kettlewell and Michael Beale remain undefeated in the league. Rangers will provide stiff opposition as they are unbeaten in fifteen league matches, only dropping two points in that time.

Rangers came out on top in their last visit to Fir Park. Tillman and Lundstram had the visitors two-up before Stuart McKinstry’s free-kick set up a nervy final fifteen minutes for the Glasgow side.

Rangers sit second in the league, nine points off the top, and Motherwell sit ninth, one point behind eighth placed St Johnstone.

Match officials

Motherwell’s post-split fixtures have been announced. 

Each team will play each other twice, home and away, in the second phase of the SWPL season.

The women of steel will begin the run in to the end of the season with a Lanarkshire derby on the road against Hamilton on Sunday 26 March.

They will end the 2022/23 season with two home matches, against Spartans on Sunday 14 May and Aberdeen on Sunday 21 May.

The women of steel narrowly missed out on a place in the top-six despite an emphatic and clinical 1-3 victory away to Aberdeen at Cormack Park.

The hosts snatched the opener against the run of play from the penalty spot after a dubious hand-ball decision, before a quick-fire Carla Boyce equaliser pulled the visitors level on the stroke of half time.

The striker secured her brace from the penalty spot midway through the second-half, with a late Kayla Jardine strike putting the game beyond any doubt. However, results elsewhere mean Motherwell will miss out on a top-six finish this season.

Manager Paul Brownlie made two changes from the side that cruised to a comfortable 2-1 victory over Dundee United last week. Emma Lawton and Kaela McDonald-Nguah both missed out through injury, with Niamh Noble and Lauren Doran-Barr both returning to the starting XI.

Neither side mounted any notable opportunities on goal, despite the end-to-end nature of the game.

However, the hosts fired themselves ahead minutes before the break. A drilled delivery from the right flashed across the face of goal, and much to the bemusement of the Motherwell players, the referee quickly awarded a spot kick for a suspected handball. Hannah Stewart stepped up, and calmly placed her strike beyond the reach of Emily Mutch.

Motherwell flooded the opposition box in search of an equaliser, and moments later they had their reward. A clever interchange of play between Tiree Burchill and Gill Inglis ricocheted into the path of Boyce, who floated an audacious effort over the keeper to bring her side level as the half-time whistle loomed.

On the hour mark, the visitors had overturned the early setback. A clever change of direction from Katie Rice wrongfooted her opponent, who caught the midfielder with a late-lunging tackle; leaving the referee no alternative but to award his second penalty of the evening. Boyce stepped up and coolly sent the keeper the wrong way for her second of the game.

As the full-time whistle drew closer, Motherwell had their third. An accurate long ball sliced through the high Aberdeen defensive line, leaving Jardine in acres of space, and the youngster made no mistake as she buried a powerful volley into the top-left corner.

Despite a magnificent team-performance, the women of steel miss out on the top-six by one single point. Paul Brownlie’s side will turn their attention to cup action next weekend, as a visit from Glasgow Women stands in their way from a trip to Hampden Park in the Scottish Cup.

Celebrate the start of the school summer holidays with our School’s Out event at Fir Park.

Our ‘T in the Fir Park’ themed party will see radio presenter Gavin Wallace play T in the Park headliners in addition to songs throughout the years.

Date: 28th June 2023
Location: Centenary Suite, Fir Park Stadium
Time: Doors open at 13.00
Cost: £18pp includes festival food
Dress code: Festival wear – bucket hats, wellies, sunglasses and flowers for your hair (not essential)

To book: please phone 01698 333333 or email Denise McCarthy at Denise.McCarthy@motherwellfc.co.uk

It’s a big weekend for Motherwell as they take on Aberdeen in their final pre-split match.

Kick off is 4.10pm at Cormack Park.

Spectators will not be allowed entry to the facility.

Story of the match

It’s a three way shootout for the final spot in the top six this season with Motherwell, Patrick Thistle and Spartans all in contention.

With Motherwell a point behind Patrick Thistle, the women of steel would finish in the top six with a win against Aberdeen and Patrick Thistle draw or lose in their match against Dundee United.

A draw would be enough for Motherwell if Patrick Thistle lose and Spartans draw or lose.

Inspirational speaker John Carnochan will tackle the importance of relationships and the value of ‘being human’ when he addresses the audience at our forthcoming Business Breakfast.

A former Detective Chief Superintendent with Strathclyde Police, John is best known for helping establish the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in 2005. Tackling violence as a public health issue, this preventative approach ultimately saw the rates of violence across Scotland fall.

“Trouble happens when we are disconnected,” says John, “We’ll look at how we can build better relationships – with the people we work with, the people we serve and the community we live in.”

To book tickets for the event on Friday 31 March 2023, between 8.30am and 10am:

Book online by clicking here. (please remember to sign in or create an account)
Email us well.society@motherwellfc.co.uk with your name, company and contact number and we’ll get back to you
– call us on 01698 338009
See you there!

Max Johnston has been named in Scotland’s latest Under 21 squad. 

The young Scots have two friendlies lined up, against Sweden and Wales.

Johnston, who was recalled from his loan spell at Cove Rangers in January, scored in his last appearance for his country against Iceland at Fir Park.

• Scotland v Sweden 23 March (6pm K.O)
• Wales v Scotland 26 March (12pm K.O)

Lennon Miller has been called up to Scotland’s Under 17 squad. 

The youngsters have three Under-17 EURO elite round games in March, all being played in Wales.

They will compete in Group 2 against Iceland, Montenegro, Iceland and Wales.

Last year, the Under 17s qualified from the group for the finals.

• Scotland v Wales 
  Rodney Parade, Newport
  Wednesday 22 March (4pm kick off)
• Montenegro v Scotland
  Dragon Park, Newport 
  Saturday 25 March (1pm kick off)
• Iceland v Scotland
  Dragon Park, Newport
  Tuesday 28 March (1pm kick off)

It was a difficult afternoon for a young Motherwell development side as they fell to a 4-0 defeat to an experienced Queen of the South side. 

First half goals from Dom McMahon, Lee Connelly, Ross Irving and a second half header from Peter Mendy saw Queen of the South run out comfortable victors.

Queen of the South named a strong starting eleven with ample first-team experience. Motherwell goalkeeper Josh Bogan was called into action in the early stages but was beaten on 11 minutes.

McMahon latched onto a through pass from the midfield and raced through on goal before slotting the ball into the bottom corner.

Queen’s doubled their lead on 25 minutes with a fine effort from Connelly. The striker had the ball on the left edge of box before cutting onto his right foot and found the top right-hand corner of the net past Bogan. The ball crashed off the underside of the bar and crossed the line to make it 2-0.

It was all but game over for Motherwell when Irving headed in a Queen’s cross on the stroke of half-time to make it 3-0.

A stern team talk at half time, seen Motherwell come out much improved in the second period.

Mark Ferrie, Mo Adam and Daniel Hunter all had efforts on goal but were well saved by Gordon Botterill in the Queen’s goal.

Lennon Miller made his first appearance in a competitive match since January 24, with the young prodigy getting 30 minutes from the bench in the second half.

Substitute Dylan Wells also helped improve Motherwell’s fortunes as he looked to change the game in the Steelmen’s favour.

Bogan was largely untested in the second period but Queen’s made it four with minutes remaining when Mendy converted from a cross into the bottom left corner.

Sean Goss has earned a call up for Northern Ireland. 

Michael O’Neil has included the midfielder in his first 26-man squad since returning as manager of Northern Ireland.

Goss was last in the senior squad back in 2018, when O’Neil was manager, but picked up an injury in his time in the camp.

Northern Ireland begin their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group as they take on San Marino and Finland at Windsor Park later this month.

• Northern Ireland v San Marino 23.03.23 ( 19.45 K.O)
• Northern Ireland v Finland 26.03.23 (19.45 K.O)