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Our bring a friend for a fiver and family fun day will return for our home match against Ross County on Saturday 28 October. 

Similar to our match against County last May, prior to the match, the Motherwell FC Community Trust and ourselves are hosting a joint family fun day at the front of the Phil O’Donnell stand.

Free to all attending the match, it will start at 12pm and will run until 30 minutes prior to kick-off.

There will be:

• Giant inflatables
• Beat the goalie
• Face painting
• Meet players
• Stalls including Chunky Chunks Bakes, Salt & Chilli Truck, Shelbys Dog Bakery, Floss Boss, Coffee Cart, Angie’s Cakes & Bakes, SSPCA
• Alcoholic refreshments available to purchase from the club’s reading garden for the first time (access via Phil O’Donnell Stand South entrance)

As we look to get Fir Park as busy as possible, season ticket holders will be able to bring a friend for a fiver.

This offer will be in operation in the John Hunter, Davie Cooper and Phil O’Donnell stands.

To take advantage of this offer, please follow the online steps below:

• Visit our ticketing platform by clicking here
• Sign-in
• Select ‘All Events’ at the top right-hand side of the page and then ‘All Matches’
• Select your seat.
• Add ‘Bring a Friend’ ticket to your basket.
• Complete the checkout process.

Your additional ticket will be sent via email for you to pass to your chosen friend.  Alternatively, you can print at home.

Martyn Corrigan will be inducted into the 2023 Motherwell FC Hall of Fame. 

Despite coming close to joining the ‘Well in 1999, Martyn ‘Kaiser’ Corrigan eventually pulled on the claret and amber in 2000 when Billy Davies signed the 22-year-old from Falkirk for £30,000, which was the beginning of a very long relationship between club and player.

He would go on to make his debut on 22 January 2000 against St Johnstone where he was a second half substitute.

From then on, Martyn quickly established himself as a starting 11 regular for the Steelmen and would go onto enjoy a fruitful career at the club.

He scored his first of six Motherwell goals against St Johnstone at Fir Park in a 2-1 win. He featured in every game of his first half-a-season at the club and helped the team finish 4th in the table, just agonisingly two points away from a European spot.

It was during the 2001/02 season that the nickname ‘Kaiser’ was born, whilst playing for the reserve side. Nobody really knew how the nickname came about but it stuck with Martyn for the rest of his career.

As the club entered financial troubles and eventually entering administration in the 2001/02 season, Martyn was one of the players who the club retained.

He would go on to play every minute of the 2002/03 season, apart from 16 minutes on the last day of the season. Subsequently, he was rightfully voted the Player of the Season by the ‘Well supporters.

The following season, Corrigan continued to be an ever present player, playing every minute of every game who despite the amount of game time, never received a red card! He was labelled Mr Consistency as a result of his continuous amount of minutes and it would eventually be, Martyn would miss only one game in three years.

In one of the finer moments in Motherwell history, Martyn played in the CIS Cup semi-final against Hibernian at Easter Road in 2005.

Injury would, uncharacteristically, strike Martyn at the end of that season as the defender broke his knee cap which kept him out for eight months.

Hard work and endeavours away from the pitch meant he returned to action and seamlessly started where left off upon his return. It was from this that he earned a Scotland ‘B’ call up for a match against Turkey in 2006.

Another long-term injury would strike in the final match of the 2005/06 season but for the level of consistency and performance shown prior, there was no doubt he should be rewarded with a three-year deal.

He would leave the club in 2008, ending an eight year stint and despite moving to a league rival, when he returned to Fir Park, he was given a heroes welcome which only highlighted how highly regarded he was by Motherwell supporters of all ages.

A terrific servant, through good times and bad, Martyn played over 271 games for the club, which has him as the 16th highest appearance holder in the club’s entire history. He was loved by every supporter and this year, he takes his rightful place in the Motherwell FC Hall of Fame.

We’re asking both sets of supporters to bring along items for our food bank collection at our match with Celtic on Saturday 30 September.

We’re collecting items on the day of the game for the Maranatha Motherwell Food Bank.

We are asking fans to bring what they can to support this important cause, so that those in need can receive a food parcel to help.

Items needed are:

• Soup
• Beans
• Tinned pasta
• Custard/ Rice Puddinga
• Tinned Fruit
• Tinned Meat
• Meals in a tin
• Tuna
• Pasta n Sauce
• Noodles
• Long Life Milk
• Breakfast Cereal
• Tinned Vegetables
• Potatoes in a Tin
• Toiletries -soap, shower gel, Shampoo etc
• Tea/coffee

Motherwell fans can drop off at the Cooper Stand car park. Celtic fans’ drop points are on your approach to the Tommy McLean Stand. Collections are available from 11am. Stewards will direct you on arrival at the Davie Cooper Stand to drop donations inside the stadium.

Thank you for your help. Your contributions will be a massive help to those in need.

In November this year, we will welcome the fifth batch of inductees to the Motherwell FC Hall of Fame. 

In our 137-year history, there have been names who have forged their way into Motherwell FC history and we want to commemorate their efforts.

We will never forget those who have forged the path to where the club sits at present day. Some with us and some sadly not, we want to come together to celebrate the proud history we have at Motherwell Football Club.

This year, the event will take place at Dalziel Park Hotel on Friday 17 November, with host Tam Cowan inducting five new names.

If you would like to attend our night of celebration, tickets cost £66 for adults and £30 for children under the age of 12 are on sale now.

You can buy tickets for the dinner online or contact the commercial department on 01698 338011.

Please note than some of the colourful language on the night may not be appropriate for young children or those easily offended.

We have reviewed the UK Government consultation paper titled “Guidelines for taking passengers to sporting events in Scotland.”

The document details a number of proposed guidelines for public service vehicle (PSV) operators who provide transport for fans travelling to sporting events. These include potential restrictions on pick up points, arrival and departure times and limitations on where the vehicles can stop on route to a match.

Responses to the consultation are due by 24 November 2023 and, as a fan owned club, we will consult fully with our members before submitting our views. We believe it is important that we encourage as many fans as possible to attend matches and to make the experience as enjoyable and welcoming as possible.

The Board of the Well Society will issue a further update on how members can provide input into the consultation process.

The club would like to thank supporters for their backing over the summer. 

As a result of tremendous backing, we have now exceeded our target of 4200 season tickets sold for the 2023/24 season.

We recognise, due to a number of factors, how difficult it has been for many to be able to afford season tickets this season.

With a tricky financial climate and rising prices across the board, we are hugely grateful for your backing and support.

Season tickets are a vital part of the club’s annual income and helps sustain the club for the season ahead. As a fan owned club, supporters a key pillar in our club and manager Stuart Kettlewell wants to extend his gratitude towards supporters for their tremendous backing since he arrived at the club.

The date for the launch of our 2023/24 away kit can now be revealed. 

Pre-orders will ship on Monday and will be expected to be delivered for Tuesday.

Collect in store orders will be ready for collection on Tuesday at the ‘Well Shop.

General sale will commence in store on Wednesday.

You can still pre-order your kit online now.

The brand new and first ever MFC sticker collection is now available in the club shop.

In every cinch Premiership programme at Fir Park this season, there will be eight free stickers which will allow you to complete the full album.

There are 144 stickers to collect, which include the first-team, women’s team, the 2013/14 squad, the MFC Hall of Famers, the 1991 Scottish Cup winning squad and badges.

The first stickers will be included in our first Premiership home match of the season, against Hibernian this Sunday.

The album will be available to buy in the club shop for £3.95. The album will also be available to buy out and around the stadium on the day of the game.

At the minute, stickers will only be available in cinch Premiership home matches. Should this change, the information will be communicated.

Should you miss out on a programme or can’t make it to the club shop, you will be able to purchase the album and each programme online.

As we look forward to the start of the new league season, I wanted to give an update on where the Board has got to with the appointment of a CEO to replace Alan Burrows and some other work we’re undertaking on wider Governance.

When Alan advised us that he intended to take up the role at Aberdeen, all parties agreed that it was sensible to shorten his notice period. At that point, we immediately engaged a Firm with significant experience in both Executive and Sports Recruitment to run an extensive search process.

They provided us with an excellent list of potential candidates but, for a variety of reasons, we were unable to make an appointment in the short term. In April, Derek Weir agreed to take on the role, on an interim basis, as there were several pressing issues that required attention.

Derek is a lifelong Motherwell fan, attended his first game in 1975 and has previously been Vice Chairman and Director of the Club. He has also held a number of Executive and Board roles in Financial Services and other Industries during his 40-year career. He has also been on the SPFL board.

Over the past four months he has worked closely with the department heads, who run the Club on a day-to-day basis, and with the Management and Recruitment teams, as we look to build a competitive squad for the coming season.

The Board would like to thank Derek for taking on the role at an important and busy time for the Club but I would like to offer up my personal thanks to Derek for what he has done. Derek will continue to carry out the role of CEO until a permanent appointment has been made.

We remain engaged with our Recruitment Advisor to make the right, long term appointment for the Club.

Following various discussions with other Board members, the Well Society Board and Derek, we believe that now is a good time to review both the Club and Society Board structures, with a view to strengthening the oversight and adding additional Directors. I know Douglas Dickie will be writing out to members shortly to give an update on the Well Society Board.

There is potentially a legal process that will need to be gone through to amend Company Articles and we are currently in discussions with our Advisors on what steps need be taken. We will give further updates as the process progresses.

It’s been six years since I became Chairman, when we became fan owned, and I think it’s fair to say, last year was the trickiest to navigate through. Three managers over the course of a season was a difficult time for the club and I know, there were concerns amongst supporters when Alan Burrows moved on also. But when we needed your support the most, you were there.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank our fans for their ongoing support. Season ticket sales have been excellent, and we are confident of reaching our target by the time we play our first home game against Hibernian. The Viaplay cup campaign has started well, and Stuart and his team have done an excellent job recruiting new players to replace the departures over the summer.

Speaking with Stuart, his staff and the players, they are all hugely excited for the new season to get underway, as am I. Here’s to a successful and positive 2023/24 season and I wish everyone making the journey to Dundee tomorrow, a safe journey and looking forward to seeing you all at Fir Park for our first home game in the league this season against Hibernian.

Jim McMahon

Chairman

In 2022, it was reported that suicide rates in North Lanarkshire dropped by over 6% in 2021. 

But this still isn’t enough.

Suicide doesn’t discriminate and 0ur hope is that displaying and raising awareness amongst the football community can help save lives. Just talking about the issue or asking someone if they’re ok could be a first step to getting back on track.

This is why we have extended our vital suicide prevention partnership with North Lanarkshire Council for the upcoming season.

For every match this campaign, we will continue to display the Suicide Prevention North Lanarkshire logo to highlight the importance of mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

As well as other initiatives, we will continue to display helpline information around Fir Park Stadium and use our platform to push a powerful and important message to the footballing community.

The long-standing partnership between Motherwell and the council raises vital awareness about mental health issues and suicide prevention among football fans and the wider public.

“We are delighted that Motherwell FC is renewing this crucial partnership with the council,” Depute Leader of North Lanarkshire Council Louise Roarty said. 

“By displaying the Suicide Prevention logo on the club’s shirts, we can help send a powerful message of hope and support to those who may be struggling with their mental health.

“Our aim is to break down the stigma surrounding mental health, encourage people to talk more openly and to seek help if they need it. Football has the power to reach people from all walks of life, and together, we can use our platform to spread a message of hope, resilience, and support.

“The renewal of this partnership highlights the shared commitment of Motherwell FC and the council to prioritise mental health, raise awareness about suicide prevention and encourage open conversations surrounding mental well-being.”

“It is important to us as a club, and a central part of this community, to continue our support for this initiative more than ever,” commercial director Suzanne Reid added. 

“Suicide affects so many families in this area and has had a direct impact on young supporters’ families in recent times. We want everyone to know that support is out there, and the first step towards it is to talk to someone.”

For more information, go to northlanarkshire.gov.uk/safer