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Stuart Kettlewell knows how important cup runs can be when it comes to growing the football club and has made has made that a priority going into this week’s last 16 tie against Kilmarnock in the Premier Sports Cup.

The Motherwell boss believes bringing Tony Watt back for his second spell was a good bit of business and believes that the 30-year-old will do his talking on the pitch to win over the Fir Park faithful.

Kettlewell also provides an update on Apostolos Stamatelopoulos’s injury after it was confirmed he would be sidelined for six weeks.

Tony Watt became a fan-favourite for his goals and raw endeavour during his first spell in ML1. Scoring 19 goals and leading the line in style got the fans off their seats. 

However, that good work didn’t go unnoticed and soon enough, Premiership rivals Dundee United brought him to Tannadice in a deal that changed his family’s life and his own.

Now back for a second time, the reception has been mixed to the news of his arrival and that is something he expected. But, Watt only asks for the chance to outwork the criticism as he aims to reignite a loving relationship with the supporters and local community.

The women of steel return to South Lanarkshire this weekend, as Motherwell prepare for the first home encounter of the 2024/25 SWPL campaign, with Montrose the visitors at K-Park.

The Tale of the Tape 

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Refreshed and rejuvenated following the summer break, the women of steel returned to competitive action with an emphatic display on the opening weekend of the new SWPL season. Debutant Rachel Todd netted twice, with Morgan Cross, Bailey Collins and Sarah Gibb all finding the target in a comfortable 5-goal victory over Spartans in the Scottish capital.

Following 13-summer departures, Motherwell faced an extensive squad rebuild after striker Laura Berry returned to Rangers alongside fellow loanee Kayla Jardine. Latest additions Jenna Penman, Mason Blyth-Clark, Rachel Todd and Sienna McGoldrick all made their competitive Motherwell debuts after penning deals in ML1

The women of steel will be looking to continue their winning start to the league campaign when they take to the K-Park turf, as Motherwell aim top replicate their previous home display over visitors Montrose, with Morgan Cross netting a decisive later winner to secure the three points on that day.

Montrose

Montrose have faced a difficult start to the new season, after an opening day defeat to former champions Glasgow City. The Gable Endies will be looking to reflect on their disappoint opening performance and secure their first points of the new season.

Ticket information 

Cash & card payments are also available for this fixture.

• Adult – £8
• Concession – £3
• Under 11s – Free to enter

How to follow the action 

Supporters can follow Sunday’s encounter on Twitter @motherwellwomen, with a full report of the action available post-match. Kick-off from K-Park at 4PM.

We are able to provide an update on a number of our injured players. 

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos was a first-half substitute against Rangers last weekend. The Australian international has picked up a quad muscle injury and will be missing for six weeks.

John Koutroumbis sustained a calf strain early in pre-season. Manager Stuart Kettlewell provided an update prior to our first Premier Sports Cup match where he stated Koutroumbis was due to be missing for a couple of months. He remains on track for that return date.

Ross Callachan will attend a consultation this week with regards to his hamstring injury to provide further information on his setback.

Filip Stuparevic is back running this week, however hasn’t taken part in any contact training as yet.

Long-term absentee Callum Slattery remains on course for his recovery. It’s expected the midfielder could make a return late November/early December.

Goalkeeper Matty Connelly has joined Lowland League side East Kilbride on loan until January. 

The 21-year-old made 11 appearances for EK during his loan spell their last season.

Keeping two clean sheets in that time, Connelly will look to secure the number one jersey and gain valuable minutes of first team football.

Good luck, Matty.

2024/25 women’s season tickets are now on sale.

A historic chapter awaits for the women of steel and supporters can continue to feel closer to the action, with the ability to purchase season tickets available after last season’s introduction for the first-time in the club’s history.

Paul Brownlie’s side narrowly missed out on a top-six place, with the club finishing seventh after building an important eleven-game unbeaten run – comfortably ensuring nine victories throughout that impressive run of form.

Get your 2024/25 season ticket now

It’s easy to buy new. Head here to our online ticketing platform and then press ‘SWPL Season 2024/25’.

Supporters will have the option to purchase season tickets outright either online or at the ticket office with a solitary payment.

Season tickets will not apply to cup games and there will not be an option to select a designated seat.

Prices:

• Adult – £80
• Concession Over 65/12-17 year-olds/Students – £55
• 11 & under – £0

For those looking to purchase their season ticket ahead of the forthcoming season, concession prices apply to those aged 65 and over.

In addition, a concession ticket will also be available to full-time students with a valid matriculation card.

A Message from Paul Brownlie

As one chapter closes, another one opens. We encountered numerous highs and lows last season, but I am proud of the progression at the club in the past year and am excited for the challenges that lay ahead.

Despite a tough winless spell, the commitment and endeavour from the players to finish the season unbeaten in 11-games – scoring 31-times is testament to the character and motivation of the players and their desire to continually improve season upon season.

The squad share aspirations of hitting new heights ahead of the new season, but they rely on the supporters in the stands who played a monumental impact on the entire club last year. The supporters, whose effort and dedication played a vital part in our success on the pitch, will continue to be a fundamental component as we head into the new campaign.

The connection and bond the players have shared with supporters in the past year has allowed the club to continue to develop in the right direction, with attendances at K-Park growing and the interest in developing the women’s game thriving.

Announcing season tickets for the 2024/25 league season is continuing to write another historic chapter for women’s football at the club and an important step in our development.

We know you will continue to support us on that journey and we look forward to welcoming you back at K-Park in the near future.

Paul Brownlie

A message from the captain

Captaining this side into another successive season in the Scottish top-flight is an honour and a privilege I don’t take for granted.

The progression both on and off the pitch over the past year has been instrumental with our professional standards demonstrating the desire of the club to develop the women’s game at all levels.

I think the club and we as the women’s team realised, we still have a way to go and I think to continue to improve every season is definitely our aim. Announcing season tickets was a major milestone for the club last season and continuing to have that support from the stands will be vital as we aim to achieve a historic top-six finish this season.

Gill Inglis

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LADIES DAY

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to dress to kill when Motherwell host Dundee on Saturday 10^th October 2024.

There’s a full day of fun and laughter planned with our OO7 themed day, hosted by “Wallace, Gavin Wallace”.

Priced at £48 for season ticket holders, and £56 for non-season ticket holders, our Centenary Suite Ladies Day package starts at 1pm and includes:

• Complimentary cocktail on arrival (shaken not stirred)
• Two-course lunch and half-time refreshments
• Match ticket in the Phil O’Donnell stand
• Best dressed competition with cash prizes – Black Tie and Bond Girls
• Games and music until 7pm

It’s a day not to be missed, thanks to our sponsor Cadzow Nursery.  We’ll Be Expecting You.

To get your tickets, buy online now, email us at hospitality@motherwellfc.co.uk or give us a call on 01698 338003.

GOLF DAY

Join us for fun on the fairways at the Motherwell FC Golf Day

Our 2024 event will take place at Lanark Golf Club on Friday, 11 October 2024. Lanark is the world’s oldest ‘inland’ course and the 25th oldest Golf Club in the world.

Your three-man team will be joined by a Motherwell first team player, past player, or member of the backroom staff.

In addition to a round of golf, you will enjoy breakfast rolls, lunch and a prizegiving ceremony.

Our Golf Day package includes:

• Players, past players, and management in attendance
• Breakfast roll with hot beverage in the Clubhouse (8:15 registration for a 9:00 tee)
• Lunch
• Prizegiving
• Formation – 4-ball Texas Scramble with Shotgun Start

Price
£430 +VAT for a three-man team

To book, please email ellie.higgins@motherwellfc.co.uk or phone 01698 338003.

Christmas Party nights

It’s never too early to get sorted for Christmas.

We are delighted to unveil our amazing festive programme for 2024.

Whether you are catching up with friends, family or colleagues, celebrate in style in the Centenary Suite at Fir Park.  Combining your favourite Christmas classics with dance floor fillers, this will be a Christmas party your guests will never forget.

Saturday 7^th December – 2-6pm

Come on down, down, down, down down to our Christmas Country Boozy Brunch with live performance from singer and songwriter Lucy Tay!

Glass of fizz on arrival
2 Christmas cocktails
2 shots
Choice of brunch dish
£48pp

Friday 13^th and Saturday 14^th December – 7pm-1am

Dance through the decades with our magical Christmas Party Nights

Live magician
Shot on arrival
3-course meal with choice of main
Resident DJ playing a selection of songs through the decades
£47pp

Friday 20^th December

Boogie Bingo!  Enjoy Bingo, be a Dancing Queen and lots of fun and laughter with DJ Pauly M!

Bingo with prizes
Shot on arrival
2-course meal with choice of main
Bougie Bingo – the best party with DJ Pauly M
£48pp

Motherwell are looking to progress to the quarter-final of the Premier Sports Cup on Sunday 18 August, as they play Kilmarnock. 

Kick off is 2pm at Fir Park.

How to follow the game

Season ticket holders have until 5pm on Thursday to secure your own seat.

• Concessions are over 65, Students and Young Adults (14-17)
• Juveniles would be 13 and under (must be accompanied by an adult)
• Ticket Office open from 11am – the ticket office is open until kick-off with no pay gate facility.

Supporters are able to buy tickets online or visit the ticket office at Fir Park.

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.

What else is happening?

Radio Law will be on hand collecting money for a bucket collection.

They broadcast both live and automated shows from studio within University Hospital Wishaw.

They provide entertainment, of a local origin, to the patients of University Hospital Wishaw, helping to take their mind off the reason for being hospitalised. In recent years, this has been expanded by the station being available on-line, whereby relatives and friends can listen in and interact also.

Bars

The Cooper Bar will be open from 12 noon serving food and drink. Come along and try the club’s new food menu and have a refreshment before the game.  The bar will re-open for one-hour following the match.

The Centenary Bar will also open from 12 noon (for drinks only).  The bar will re-open for one-hour following the match.

Our new Beer Garden will open from 12 noon for drinks and hot rolls, weather permitting (home fans only).

Ticket Office

The ticket office will open from 11am as normal.

Hospitality

The Cooper Box is the only hospitality option for this match:

• 2 x complimentary drinks served to your box pre-match
• Access to Cooper Suite pre-match, half-time and at full-time for refreshments
• Half-time buffet served in the Cooper Suite 
• Indoor seat in an executive Cooper Box
• Match programme & Teamsheet

 Price: £45pp

Kit Watch

We will be wearing our home kit for this match.

Injury Update

Callum Slattery, Harry Paton, Ross Callachan, Sam Nicholson, Shane Blaney, Filip Stuparevic and Johnny Koutroumbis remain out for this game.

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos came off early against Rangers last Saturday with a suspected thigh issue. He will be missing for this match.

Motherwell’s Fortunes

Motherwell showed some fight against Rangers last weekend. Despite a depleted squad, Stuart Kettlewell’s side could consider themselves unfortunate not to come away with a point from the national stadium.

A draw with County on match day one sees the Steelmen remain on one point going into this match.

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos joined the list of absentees after the new striker came off early last weekend. That takes the total number of casualties up to eight.

Opposition Report

Kilmarnock have had a hectic start to their season, competing on a European front and domestically. They were knocked out of the Europa League by Cercle Brugge, falling to a 2-1 defeat on aggregate.

They now travel to Tromsø on Thursday night for the second leg of their Conference League tie, with the first tie ending 2-2 at Rugby Park thanks to a late leveller from Bobby Wales.

In the league, Kilmarnock are one of only two teams not to have got a point on the board as yet. An opening day 4-0 defeat to Celtic was followed up by a 3-0 loss to St Johnstone on home turf. Joe Wright seen red after just 16 minutes in the match.

Tony Watt has returned on loan from Dundee United until the end of the season. 

In his first spell at the club, the forward made 70 appearances in the claret and amber and found the back of the net 19 times.

“If you look at Tony’s record, he is available to play all the time,” manager Stuart Kettlewell said.

“He is a player who has done well here with goals and strong performances. We jumped at the chance to bring him back to Fir Park and Tony himself was desperate to return.

“Tony had lots of other options, both home and abroad, but he was fixated on coming back here.”

Watt left Motherwell for Dundee United in 2022.

“It’s so good to be back in the building,” Tony Watt added.

“I was itching to join Motherwell again and can’t wait to get stuck in.

“There’s obviously people who may not be too happy to see me back. I need to prove myself here and get people back on my side but that target is firmly set in my mind. I feel fit. I’ve been training and I have a full pre-season under my belt.”

Motherwell visited the national stadium looking for back-to-back wins against Rangers. In what was a hectic first 25 minutes, chances came for both teams.

Rangers converted two, while an own goal got Motherwell back level at one stage.

A depleted Motherwell side found their way back into the match and had it not been for some world class goalkeeping from Jack Butland, the Steelmen may have been leaving Hampden with more than just a pat on the back.