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Aberdeen had made a flawless start to their season. Nine wins on the bounce meant Pittodrie was packed for the arrival of Stuart Kettlewell’s Motherwell, who themselves were coming into this one with three wins out of three. 

Wearing their brand new third kit, the Steelmen made a slow start to proceedings and found themselves behind at the break. Half time changes and early second-half substitutes improved the performance but Aberdeen would find the back of the net again, to seemingly kill off the match.

That wasn’t to be the case however. Moses Ebiye once again found the back of the net in the latter stages of the match and had it not been for a brilliant Mitov save from Gordon’s effort in stoppage time, it could have been all square.

In the end, Aberdeen hung on and Motherwell came away with nothing, something they could feel slightly aggrieved about. But there is no time to ponder, with a quarter-final match against Dundee United on the horizon.

A frustrating afternoon in the North-East for the Steelmen, as Aberdeen narrowly sought off a late Motherwell resurgence to earn the three points in the Granite City.

A Pape Gueye double fired the hosts firmly into the ascendency, with substitute Moses Ebiye inspiring a late sense of optimism for the visitors, but the forward’s precise finish proved to be only a consolation, as the Dons held onto their slim advantage in the final phases of play.

Manager, Stuart kettlewell named an unchanged side from the late victory over St. Johnstone over a fortnight ago whilst naming deadline day arrival Jair Tavares on the bench for the first-time.

The hosts started brightly, forcing Motherwell into trading possession within their own half, with Jamie McGrath coming closest after the early exchanges, but the midfielder dragged his effort wide of the target.

The breakthrough came shortly before the half-hour mark, with Gueye accelerating behind the visiting backline before wrong footing Aston Oxborough with a low-drilled effort off the near post.

Motherwell came close to an equaliser in the second-half, with debutant Tavares bending a hopeful effort across the face of goal, but the forward’s attempt failed to trouble Dimitar Mitov.

The second soon followed in the latter stages of the game, with Gueye converting Devlin’s initial effort following an exceptional save from Aston Oxborough.

Ebiye narrowed the deficit in the latter stages, prodding home Tony Watt’s whipped strike across the face of goal, but the Steelmen were unable to overcome Aberdeen’s advantage in the game and were forced to leave the Granite City without any points.

Stuart Kettlewell gives this thoughts on defeat against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

Our brand new third will be available to purchase on Monday. 

The first-team will wear the strip for the first time against Aberdeen on Saturday.

An alternate to our home and away kits, a champagne colour can be seen throughout the top, shorts and socks.

With an embossed diagonal pattern going through the front of the top, the sleeves, collar and bottom of the shirt show off our claret and amber colours.

The top has embossed MFC script writing in place of our club crest, to round off the classy look and feel of the kit.

Our third kit will be available to purchase online and in-store from Monday morning.

An update has been provided by Stuart Kettlewell on the fitness of some of our injured players. 

“We’ve had a number of the guys back on the grass,” the managed stated.

“There’s still a bit of time to go. The three that stick out to me are John Koutroumbis, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and Shane Blaney. They’re all working at a similar level.

“John has been out for longer so it may take him a bit longer to build. I don’t expect any of them to be involved in the squad this weekend.”

Davor Zdravkovski was here 12 months ago when, after a great start to the season, Motherwell began a run of 15 games without a win. 

The North Macedonian is determined to keep the good run going, starting this Saturday against Aberdeen in the William Hill Premiership.

Striker Morgan Cross has moved onto defending champions Celtic after agreeing a permanent deal at the Parkhead club.

Arriving at the club 12 months ago, Morgan Cross overcame an instant debut injury setback before netting 10-times in 28- appearances throughout her time in claret and amber.

Leading the line alongside Rangers-loanee Laura Berry, the forward played a pivotal role in sustaining the women of steel’s exceptional 11-game unbeaten run that ensured SWPL survival and a seventh-placed finish in the 2023/24 SWPL campaign.

Cross made a long-awaited return to the international stage after the forward was named in Scotland’s U23-squad following a seven-year absence from the national-side.

“I have loved my time at the club,” Morgan Cross said.

“These have been some of the most enjoyable moments of my career and I can’t thank the club enough for enhancing my performances and skillset. I wish everyone nothing but the best!”

We’re immensely grateful for Morgan’s efforts last season and wish her well in this next step. Thanks for everything, Morgan.

Two of our matches have been selected for Sky Sports coverage. 

We will now take on Celtic on Sunday 27 October at Fir Park. Kick off is 3pm.

Our match against Rangers on Sunday 29 December, at Fir Park, has also been selected for Sky Sports coverage and will kick off at 3pm.

Manager Stuart Kettlewell says despite winning the last three games, his team are not getting drawn into the all positive narrative around the club at the minute, and that they have been working hard to make that four wins this weekend. 

He offers an update on the fitness of Shane Blaney, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and John Koutroumbis. The manager also discusses the recent use of VAR within the games, as well as the successful international window for our players.

We had four players away representing their countries during the September international break. 

Krisztián Hegyi

Hegyi was named in the Hungarian Under 21 starting 11 for their friendly match against Slovakia. Hegyi playing the first 45 minutes, with the Hungarians trailing 1-0 at the break.

The match finished 2-1 to Slovakia.

In Hungary’s second match against Spain, Hegyi was once again named between the sticks. Despite running the Spanish side close, Hungary went on to lose the game 1-0.

Lennon Miller

Miller was an unused substitute against Spain.

Scotland travelled to Malta in their second match where Miller was named in the starting 11. Having assisted Murray with a pinpoint delivery from a free kick, the young prodigy also went on to find the back of the net to make it 4-0 with a header. Scotland went on to win the game 5-0.

Ewan Wilson

Wilson made his Scotland bow against Spain at Tynecastle in the first Scotland Under 21s match.

The full-back came on in the 75th minute, with Scotland losing the game 2-1.

After earning his first cap, Wilson was given his first start against Malta. He played the full 90 minutes and made an instant impact, when his cross was deflected into the Maltese net for an own goal, to give his side the lead in the early stages of the match.

Tawanda Maswanhise

Zimbabwe began their quest for AFCON qualification against Kenya in their first match. Maswanhise was named on the bench but was introduced into the action on the 75th minute. The game finished 0-0.

Having made an impact off the bench, Maswanhise was an unused substitute in the match against Cameron, where the game also finished 0-0.