What if this is the year something special can happen?
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Upgrade your match experience for Livingston
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Story of the Match from St Johnstone
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Highlights from St Johnstone defeat
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Players react to St Johnstone defeat
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Reserves & Under 18s
Shea Gordon to join Partick Thistle
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Shea Gordon will leave Motherwell to join Partick Thistle on a permanent basis.
The Northern Irish midfielder has spent the 2018/19 season on loan at Firhill, battling back from injury to play a key role for the Jags in retaining their Ladbrokes Championship status.
Gordon, 20, made four appearances for Motherwell since signing from Sheffield United in January 2017, but found his time at the club affected by injury.
With his contract due to expire at the end of the current campaign, the club has protected its interests with a sell-on clause.
“Shea goes with our hopes that he can go on and make a good career for himself in the game,” manager Stephen Robinson said.
“There is no doubt he is a good player who we had high hopes for when he first joined. But he has endured a frustrating time with injury.
“We felt it was right to allow him to go now somewhere he will benefit from regular first team football, and we wish him well.”
Everyone at Motherwell FC wishes Shea all the best for the future.
Women
Well face tough Hibernian test
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Motherwell will face a stern challenge to make it three wins on the spin when they face Hibernian at Peffermill on Wednesday night.
After moving within two points of a place in the top half of SWPL1 following victories over Stirling University and Forfar Farmington, the weekend’s SWPL Cup winners lie in wait.
Successive wins for Donald Jennow’s side has created some much needed breathing space over the bottom two sides in the league and they will now aim to build some momentum.
There are just two more games until the league breaks up for the summer break, with attentions turning to the national side and their participation at the World Cup in France.
Before that the women of steel have two tough fixtures in five days. After the visit to face Hibs, who currently occupy third spot, they will take on Celtic, who sit second.
Kick off at Peffermill is at 7.30pm.
The Opposition
Hibs come into the fixture in high spirits, having captured their fourth successive SWPL Cup triumph by defeating Glasgow City on penalties in their last outing.
Despite the high of yet more cup success for Grant Scott’s side, they will be keen to eradicate the memories of a heavy loss to Celtic in their previous league match.
That defeat left Hibs in third place in SWPL1, five points off leaders Glasgow City, who have played a game less.
There surely can be no more slip-ups from the Hibees if they are to deny City a 13th successive league title.
Position
Hibernian: SWPL1 – third – 19 points
Motherwell: SWPL1 – fifth – 11 points
What They Said
Motherwell head coach Donald Jennow is hoping his side can take the positives from the victories over Stirling and Forfar into the match.
A dominant performance at Ravenscraig earlier in the season saw the Hibees emerge 4-0 winners and Jennow is urging his side to maintain their focus.
“The aim is exactly the same as in previous weeks,” Jennow said. “We need to continue to improve and learn as a group.
“We will need to be completely focused for the duration of the game as Hibs don’t let you off with mistakes.
“Our aim will to be disciplined and organised, but also take the greater level of composure we have shown on the ball recently into this game.
“When you play teams like Hibs, the game feels faster, but we are well capable of using the ball well.
“If we do that then it gives us a chance to force a mistake or two of our own.”
First team
Setting the scene on Livingston
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Motherwell host Livingston in the final Ladbrokes Premiership match of the 2018/19 season on Saturday.
Here’s an early look ahead to the match. Kick off is at 12.30pm.
What’s at stake
Both teams are locked in their finishing positions going into the game.
Motherwell will be in eighth, having lost the chance to take seventh with defeat at St Johnstone last weekend.
Livingston can get to within a point of their opponents with victory, but are guaranteed ninth spot.
Tale of the tape
The two teams have already met four times in 2018/19 – three times in the league and once in the Betfred Cup.
Danny Johnson’s goal was the difference in the first encounter in the cup early in the season, before a 1-1 draw at Fir Park in the first league game.
Livi then ran out 2-0 winners at home in the Premiership, before a 3-0 convincing win for Stephen Robinson’s side at home in February.
Free kids tickets
We’re giving away free kids tickets for the match. We want to get Fir Park bouncing as we send off the team for the summer.
We’ve already contacted every school in Lanarkshire and various local groups to give out home tickets for our South Stand, with our stadium already starting to fill up.
But if you’ve not had the chance or you’ve missed out through schools and group, you can get yours by emailing freetickets@motherwellfc.co.uk.
Just tell us how many you would like for the match and we will get them sent to you.
Adult entry prices are set at £20 for the South Stand. Concession prices are set at £17.
A family ticket for one adult and two children aged 15 and under is available for £28, or £24 in the John Hunter Stand.
The cheaper price on all tickets is for our John Hunter Stand for home supporters.
Fans who require ambulant or wheelchair access should contact Andy Sim on 07428 225254 or email tickets@mfcdsa.com.
Watch it live
If you’re based outside of the UK/Ireland, you can watch a live stream of the game direct from Fir Park.
To sign up for our service, just head to tv.motherwellfc.co.uk and choose your package. Subscriptions to see live games start at just £12 a month.
If you’re in the UK or Ireland but can’t make the game, there’s also live audio commentary available on our service.
Our domestic subscriptions cost £6 a month and also get you full game replays.
Club
What if this is the year something special can happen?
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Faith.
We all have it when we follow Motherwell Football Club. The feeling that we will be rewarded for backing our team week after week, savouring the moments of euphoria when they do arrive.
We support Motherwell because we know what it feels like when the moments that make it all worthwhile come along.
As a club and as a team, we work hard to try and repay that faith at every opportunity.
On the pitch, we find it in last-minute goals. Victories when we least expect it. And big, big days out which come around every so often which give us the ultimate hope of getting our hands on a trophy for the first time since 1991.
As a club, we strive to reward faith through bringing you close to us in everything we do, as well as offering free kids season tickets and also giving you loads of discounts at businesses local to you.
A record number of Motherwell fans showed their faith last campaign, as we enjoyed our highest-ever number of season ticket sales.
We count on your backing. You buying a season ticket helps us plan and budget for the campaign. It also boosts us to know that you’re putting your faith in us by making a significant investment of time and money to help us. Your contribution is hugely significant.
We’re asking as many as you as possible to get in before Friday, 31 May and enjoy our discounted Early Bird pricing on all season tickets.
You can renew your ticket or buy new right now. The easiest way to do so is to head to tickets.motherwellfc.co.uk.
If you’re renewing, you’ll need your customer number as written on your current season card. Information on how to activate your account can be found here.
Everyone who buys an adult or concession season ticket can claim a free season ticket for a child aged 15 or under. Completely free of charge, sat next to you in the stands. Better still, if you sit in our Cooper Stand, you can get two free kids tickets.
They’ll even get their own season card with their name on it, giving them something to cherish as their own token of their support of the team.
Exclusive discounts
We’ve stepped up the number of exclusive discounts available to season ticket holders at local businesses, so there’s much more choice and more offers relating to where our supporters live.
Some of our offers include:
Food and drink: 10% off meals at Subway Motherwell, 10% off at KFC Motherwell, 20% off at Frankie and Benny’s Hamilton, 20% off à la carte dining at Dalziel Park, 20% discount on evening buffet menu and 20% discount on a la carte menu at Pink Turban Wishaw.
Leisure: Free ball hire at Footgolf Cumbernauld, 10% discount on midweek sessions at Scot Kart Cambuslang and Clydebank, one free round of golf at Dalziel Park.
Our full list will be available online shortly.
Ways to pay
As before, there are many ways to pay for your season ticket.
Through our new finance partners Duologi, you can spread the cost of your season ticket over 12 month instalments.
Finance is available on both our early bird and normal season ticket prices at an interest rate of 19.5%. Please note that finance applications will not be processed until mid-May, but you can get your forms now from motherwellfc.co.uk or from the ticket office at Fir Park.
Motherwell FC will introduce you to Duologi who are a broker that introduces prospective borrowers to lenders. We do not receive payment for introducing you to lenders. Credit is subject to application and acceptance.
If you choose to pay by phone, by post or in person, you can pay up front by cash, cheque or debit/credit card.
Come and enjoy our final Ladbrokes Premiership game of the season by upgrading your matchday experience at Fir Park.
We’ve got availability in our hospitality suites with a host of different options on offer, depending how you want to spend your day. Kick off is at 12.30pm.
A meal, drinks and half-time refreshments
Our Centenary Suite is the place to be if you’d like a meal after Saturday’s match.
With an early kick off, we’re serving a two-course breakfast before the game, after which you’ll take your seat in our Phil O’Donnell Main Stand.
You can then enjoy pies and cakes at the break, before coming back in to meet our man of the match after the game, and also enjoy a pay bar.
Season ticket holders can get their seat for just £40 per person. If you don’t have a season ticket, it costs just £52 per person.
