After eight years, head groundsman Paul Matthew is leaving the club.
Prior to his arrival in May 2015, Fir Park had a reputation for a poor playing surface.
Matthew has led a revolutionary turnaround of the Fir Park turf which, in 2017/18 season, seen it voted as the best playing surface in the Scottish top league.
Year after year, Matthew and his team worked tirelessly through the summer months, ensuring we had a pitch that would survive a gruelling 10-month season, with an ever growing fixture list.
Also in his tenure, Motherwell became only the fourth Scottish Premiership club to have a hybrid pitch installed, which seen the pitch rebuilt from the ground up.
In doing so, drainage was improved, whilst the famous Fir Park slope was also lessened.
Alan Carlin will now make the step up to head groundsman immediately, having worked as deputy head groundsman at the club for the last two years and has 17 years worth of experience at Rangers.
“First off, I want to thank Paul,” Alan Carlin said.
“He has been a pleasure to work with and I am proud of what we have achieved together.
“I’m honoured to be given the trust and responsibility of head groundsman. There has been a high standard created here and I will do my upmost to maintain that standard.”
The club wants to thank Paul for his outstanding contribution in his time here and wishes him the very best in his future career.
