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Lee Lucas has extended his stay at Fir Park until the end of the current 2016/17 season.

The 24-year old Welshman joined the Steelmen in the summer after six-years as English Premier League side Swansea City.

After an unlucky start with injuries, the midfielder has played in the last five games, starting the last three.

His new deal takes him up to the end of May an speaking to MFC TV, Lee said: “It’s good news for me I’m delighted to stay and I think everyone knows that.

“When I’ve been fit and eligible to play I’ve tried to help the team as much as I can and I’ve worked hard to renew my contract here.

[pullquote]“I just hope to stay as fit as I can now for the rest of the season and play as many games as possible and continue to help the team.[/pullquote]

“We’ve started to get some good results together lately and hopefully that can continue now.”

With Rangers up next, but with a ban to serve first, Lee is making sure to focus on keeping himself match fit.

He said: “I know I’m suspended now for a couple of games of course but I’m looking forward to that being over with and getting back in to the team.

“It’s frustrating really because I feel like I was just getting back up to match fitness and it can take a few weeks to get there but I was feeling good.”

MFC TV caught up with Marketing and Fan Engagement manager Ryan Murrant after the recent Supporter Survey came to a close.

Touching on topics like ticket prices, advertisement and supporter safety, Ryan took the opportunity to outline to the Fir Park fans what he intends to do next and just how important the survey has proven to be.

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Burns Suppers have been part of Scottish Culture for two hundred years as a means of commemorating our best loved bard.

And when Burns immortalised haggis in verse, he created a central link that is maintained to this day.

Close friends of Burns started the ritual a few years after his death in 1796, as a tribute to his memory.

On Friday 3rd February, Motherwell Football Club will be celebrating that tradition with the annual Burns Supper in the Centenary Suite.

Enjoy the finest traditional fare with a healthy dram in congenial company and listen to the convivial tones of our invited speakers all for just £27 per person.

For further information or to make a booking, phone 01698 333 333, email commercial@motherwellfc.co.uk

Motherwell Football Clubs search for a new mascot is growing ever closer.

Hundreds of ‘Well fans submitted their ideas to replace Claret and Amber who are set to go into semi-retirement after around 100,000 high fives and 16 years of service.

The winning entry will be announced soon but for everyone who entered, they will be set to receive a free match ticket at some point this season.

Marketing and Fan Engagement Manager Ryan Murrant said: “We have had literally hundreds of entries in so we will be inviting all those that entered to a game later this season.

“The creativity and the imagination of the children has been brilliant, we are so pleased that so many got involved and we can’t wait to sit down and look through all of the entries and to choose the winners.”

He added: “How on earth we will judge between a giant ball, a badger and a hotdog to name a few I don’t know, but this is the beginning of something very exciting for our young supporters so it is well worth it.”

The designer of the winning mascot will receive the following prizes:

• The mascot will be your best buddy for life.
• You will be the first ever fan to meet them.
• You will be the first fan to walk out the tunnel with the new mascot at a game
• You will meet the first team
• You will meet the first team manager
• You will be invited by the mascot here for your next birthday VIP style
• You will receive a full Motherwell Kit
• A signed ball from the team
• A visit by a first team player and the mascot to your school
• One adult and one child ticket for the remaining games of the 2016/17 season.
• Hero status amongst all of your friends!

Voting has opened for Motherwell’s Player of the Month for December – sponsored by Motorpoint.

Every month, ‘Well fans have the opportunity to cast their vote for who they think has put in the best performances.

December was a game packed month, with the Steelmen taking on Celtic, Kilmarnock, St Johnstone, Aberdeen, Inverness CT and Hamilton Accies; who did enough to get your vote?

Thanks to club sponsors Motorpoint, the decision is up to the fans, so cast your vote here!

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Motherwell Football Club’s supporter survey – allowing fans to communicate directly with the club about issues they feel need improved, changed or introduced – ended on the 6th January with a short follow up survey asking supporters “What Motherwell FC means to you?” also closing 24 hours later.

Hundreds of completed surveys will now be assessed and dealt with by Marketing and Fan Engagement Manager Ryan Murrant this week.

The move is part of the clubs aims to improve fan and matchday experiences at Fir Park and the short but detailed surveys have provided the platform for supporters to have a say in how their experiences here will be improved.

Motherwell FC would like to thank every person who gave their time and voice to the cause and look forward to seeing these changes implemented thanks to you.

A modern day Motherwell legend, Stevie Kirk will forever be remembered for scoring the winning goal in the 1991 Scottish Cup Final, but his association with the Steelmen spanned more than a decade on the park as a player and off it in community coaching and commercial roles. 

Signed from East Fife in 1986 the midfielder immediately made himself a fixture in Tommy McLean’s side.  Adept at finding the net he scored one of ‘Well’s goals of the decade at Tynecastle in 1987. Collecting the ball on the periphery of his own penalty box Stevie proceeded to run the length of the field before lashing it high into the net past the hapless Henry Smith from just outside the Hearts box.

On a momentous afternoon at the same venue the following season Kirk volunteered to go in goals after an injury to goalkeeper Cammy Duncan. Undaunted by the task he famously went on to save a penalty and inspired Motherwell to a 2-2 draw having been two-nil down.

It was a memorable season indeed for the Fifer who would enjoy the most prolific goal-scoring campaign of his ‘Well career capped by netting all four goals as St Mirren were routed at Fir Park in April 1989.

But think of Stevie Kirk and it is impossible not to return to that winning goal at Hampden.

It is often said that a team has “their name on the Cup” but perhaps Stevie’s moment of glory was also pre-destined for he would have a significant impact at each stage netting in every round (albeit one of them was in the penalty shoot-out in the Quarter Final) as Motherwell progressed through the competition.

Kirk’s reward was to become one of the first Motherwell players to represent the club in European competition where he had the distinction of scoring Motherwell’s first ever goal in Europe.

After more than 300 league appearances Stevie moved on in 1995 to join Falkirk in a player/cash deal that Paul McGrillen join Stevie at Brockville, with Eddie May moving in the opposite direction.

As top flight Scottish football stops for the winter break, Lewis Irons sat down with MFC TV commentator Graham Barnstaple and Group Sport’s writer for the Herald & Times Scott Mullen to take a look back over the season so far.

From the Betfred Cup group stages to the dramatic last minute equaliser against Hamilton Accies in the final game of the year – there has been plenty to talk about ahead of the second half of season 2016/17.

A goalscorer of some distinction, tales of “Willie P” and his goalscoring feats have been handed down through the generations since Willie Pettigrew plied his trade at Fir Park in the seventies.

Willie had been on the books of Hibernian but had grown so disenchanted with life at Easter Road that he left to join East Kilbride Thistle, from whom Motherwell signed him during season 1972’73.

After form for the reserves that was too difficult to ignore, Willie was introduced to the first team and began to show the goalscoring capability that would make him a huge favourite with the Motherwell supporters over the course of the next five or six years.

Developing a wonderful understanding with Bobby Graham, the two formed a terrific partnership as ‘Well secured their place in the new Premier League and came agonisingly close to reaching the Scottish Cup Final in successive seasons.

At the peak of his powers, Pettigrew netted twenty top flight goals in season 1974’75 and twenty-one the following campaign, prompting a call up to the Scotland squad where he found the net on his debut in a 1-0 win over Switzerland in April 1976.

By 1979, Motherwell had regressed dramatically enduring a torrid season that ended in relegation to the First Division. A player of Pettigrew’s calibre would undoubtedly have helped Motherwell’s promotion challenge but by the start of the new campaign he had moved on to Dundee Utd for £100,000 having scored 80 goals in 166 appearances for the Steelmen.

At United, he soon began to collect the silverware that had eluded him during his time at Fir Park.

After Tannadice, Willie spent time with Heart of Midlothian, Morton and Hamilton Accies – yet it would always be Motherwell Football Club that Pettigrew would be associated with first and foremost.

In later years, Willie put his expertise to good use in a coaching capacity helping develop a new generation of stars in the Motherwell youth set up.

Allan Campbell has been a consistent figure in the Motherwell U20s side this season, with his standout performances rewarded with a call up to the first team. 

Against Hamilton in the final game of the year, the 18-year-old played the entire 90 minutes as ten-man Motherwell grabbed a dramatic late equaliser.

The youngster looked at home in the middle of the park and was lauded by first team manager Mark McGhee.

He said: “Young Allan Campbell has come in, playing in a game where we’ve went down to ten men and he’s done such a fantastic job.

[pullquote]”Young Allan Campbell has come in, playing in a game where we’ve went down to ten men and he’s done such a fantastic job.” – Mark McGhee[/pullquote]

“It’s another debutant and another one from the academy, through Scott Leitch and then Crags, which just shows that there is such a flow of these young players coming in to the team.”

One of the glaring positives in the Campbell’s locker is his versatility, having filled in at right back on a number of occasions for the U20s.

That is something that hasn’t gone unnoticed with U20s boss Stephen Craigan, who was full of praise when talking about Allan’s performances this term.

He said: “Allan Campbell has filled in at right back when we’ve been short in numbers and Jack McMillan has had to switch over to left-back for example and I’ll be honest, Allan has told me he doesn’t like it.

[pullquote]”He’s willing to play out of position for the good of the team and I feel that when players do that it can teach them new aspects of the game.” – Stephen Craigan[/pullquote]

“He feels he doesn’t get enough of the ball but when you’re playing at right-back that suits me just fine, but Allan is a player who is gifted on the ball.”

He added: “That shows the commitment he has though – that he’s willing to play out of position for the good of the team and I feel that when players do that it can teach them new aspects of the game.”

After making his full debut for the first-team against Accies, Motherwell fans may have caught a glimpse of one of their future stars.

Allan knows he has to keep working hard though, and the midfielder said: “It was great to get the entire 90 minutes and I was delighted to have been asked to step up by the manager. I know that I have to keep pushing and playing to my best ability every week, for the U20s and the first team when I get my chances.”