1999–2000 Motherwell F.C. season

The 1999–2000 season was Motherwell's 2nd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Motherwell

1999–2000 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Billy Davies
Premier League	4th
Scottish Cup	4th round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: John Spencer (11) All: Lee McCulloch (12)
Home colours

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Andy Goram 2 DF  NED Michel Doesburg 3 DF  SCO Stephen McMillan 4 DF  ENG Jamie McGowan 5 MF  ENG Ged Brannan 6 DF  ENG Shaun Teale 7 FW  SCO John Spencer 8 MF  FIN Simo Valakari 9 FW  SCO Lee McCulloch 10 FW  ENG Don Goodman 11 FW  SCO Stevie Nicholas 12 MF  SCO Derek Adams 13 MF  SCO Pat Nevin 14 DF  NIR Stephen Craigan 15 DF  ENG Tony Thomas 17 GK  SCO Stevie Woods

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  SCO Greig Denham 19 FW  ENG Stephen Halliday 20 MF  NED Rob Matthaei 21 MF  SCO Paul Harvey 22 MF  SCO Keith Lasley 23 MF  SCO Dougie Ramsay 25 DF  SCO Steven Hammell 26 MF  SCO John Davies 27 MF  ENG Derek Townsley 28 MF  SCO Kevin Twaddle 29 GK  SCO Michael Brown 40 DF  SUR Benito Kemble 42 DF  SCO Martyn Corrigan 43 MF  YUG Sasa Curcic 44 DF  ENG Greg Strong

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

31 July 1999 1	Hibernian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Lehmann  45', 81'		Nevin  65' Nicholas  90'	Attendance: 13,058 Referee: Kenny Clark

7 August 1999 2	Motherwell	2 – 2	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McCulloch  17', 36' Goodman  90'		Dodds  69' (pen.) Ferraz  80'	Attendance: 6,791 Referee: Alan Freeland

15 August 1999 3	Rangers	4 – 1	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Mols  41', 45', 69', 80'		McCulloch  90'	Attendance: 45,264 Referee: Jim McCluskey

21 August 1999 4	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Motherwell	Rugby Park
			Adams  33'	Attendance: 7,732 Referee: Eric Martindale

28 August 1999 5	Motherwell	0 – 2	Dundee	Fir Park
			Annand  16' Falconer  83'	Attendance: 6,278 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 September 1999 6	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	Thomas  25'		Spencer  61'	Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Jim McCluskey

16 October 1999 7	Motherwell	2 – 2	Hibernian	Fir Park
	McCulloch  32' McMillan  67'		Latapy  9' (pen.) Paatelainen  57'	Attendance: 7,559 Referee: Eric Martindale

20 October 1999 8	Motherwell	5 – 6	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Spencer  19', 65', 71' Goodman  44' Teale  79' (pen.)		Dow  3' Winters  8', 25', 59' Jess  39' Bernard  68'	Attendance: 5,009

23 October 1999 9	Dundee United	0 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
			Spencer  45' Teale  69' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Michael McCurry

27 October 1999 10	Celtic	0 – 1	Motherwell	Celtic Park
			Twaddle  13' Teale  34'	Attendance: 58,731

30 October 1999 11	Motherwell	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Twaddle  9'			Attendance: 6,172 Referee: George Clyde

6 November 1999 12	Hearts	1 – 1	Motherwell	Tynecastle
	McSwegan  8'		Twaddle  83'	Attendance: 12,514 Referee: Alan Freeland

20 November 1999 13	Dundee	0 – 1	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Banger  81'		McCulloch  45'	Attendance: 4,340 Referee: Martin Clark

23 November 1999 14	Motherwell	2 – 1	Hearts	Fir Park
	McCulloch  24' Nevin  90'		Rousett  81' McSwegan  46'	Attendance: 7,850 Referee: John Rowbotham

28 November 1999 15	Motherwell	3 – 2	Celtic	Fir Park
	Brannan  9' Townsley  44' Goodman  49'		Berkovic  20' Viduka  26' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,775 Referee: Jim McCluskey

11 December 1999 16	Hibernian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Paatelainen  63' McGinlay  88'		Spencer  70', 89'	Attendance: 9,955 Referee: George Simpson

18 December 1999 17	Motherwell	1 – 5	Rangers	Fir Park
	Goodman  88'		Kanchelskis  25', 57' Amoruso  34' Dodds  45', 49'	Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Bobby Orr

22 January 2000 18	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	Jones  44'		McMillan  85'	Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Tom Brown

26 January 2000 19	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Zerouali  90'		Spencer  22'	Attendance: 10,314 Referee: Kenny Clark

5 February 2000 20	Motherwell	0 – 3	Dundee	Fir Park
			Robertson  49' Rae  66' Grady  89' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,865 Referee: Willie Young

12 February 2000 21	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park
			Goodman  53'  Spencer  66' McMillan  73'	Attendance: 7,057 Referee: John Rowbotham

22 February 2000 22	Motherwell	0 – 4	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
			Cocard  28', 42' Vareille  85', 90'	Attendance: 5,813 Referee: Willie Young

1 March 2000 23	Motherwell	0 – 2	Hearts	Fir Park
			Jackson  45' Wales  59'	Attendance: 5,588 Referee: Jim McCluskey

4 March 2000 24	Motherwell	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Goodman  53'			Attendance: 7,538 Referee: Stuart Dougal

18 March 2000 25	Rangers	6 – 2	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Wallace  20', 42', 70' Rozental  29' (pen.) Albertz  35' Tugay  90' (pen.)		Kemble  18' McCulloch  41'	Attendance: 49,622 Referee: John Rowbotham

25 March 2000 26	Hearts	0 – 0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
				Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Michael McCurry

1 April 2000 27	Motherwell	2 – 1	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Brannan  76' (pen.) Corrigan  89'		Russell  45' Jones  76'	Attendance: 5,900 Referee: George Simpson

5 April 2000 28	Celtic	4 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Johnson  9', 75' Berkovic  32' Blinker  76'			Attendance: 46,862 Referee: Stuart Dougal

8 April 2000 29	Dundee	4 – 1	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Grady  52', 54' Grady  61'  Billio  81' (pen.) Luna  86'		Goodman  15' McGowan  53'	Attendance: 4,701 Referee: Douglas McDonald

16 April 2000 30	Motherwell	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
	Brannan  21' McCulloch  56'			Attendance: 5,429 Referee: John Rowbotham

19 April 2000 31	Motherwell	1 – 3	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McCulloch  22'		Mathie  46' Hannah  81' De Vos  83'	Attendance: 4,271 Referee: Michael McCurry

22 April 2000 32	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Dow  32' Solberg  83'		Brannan  41' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Tom Brown

29 April 2000 33	Motherwell	1 – 1	Celtic	Fir Park
	Brannan  45'		Burchill  15'	Attendance: 8,115 Referee: Jim McCluskey

6 May 2000 34	Motherwell	2 – 0	Hibernian	Fir Park
	Twaddle  70', 73'			Attendance: 5,426 Referee: George Clyde

13 May 2000 35	Dundee United	1 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
	McCracken  28' Hamilton  37' (pen.)		Goodman  31', 78'	Attendance: 5,908 Referee: Stuart Dougal

21 May 2000 36	Motherwell	2 – 0	Rangers	Fir Park
	Twaddle  64' Spencer  71'			Referee: Michael McCurry

Source:[1]

Scottish Cup

1 February 2000 Third round	Arbroath	1 – 1	Motherwell	Arbroath
	Bryce  35'	[ Report]	Goodman  24'	Stadium: Gayfield Attendance: 2,509 Referee: Michael McCurry

19 February 2000 Third round replay	Motherwell	2 – 0	Arbroath	Motherwell
	Goodman  13' McCulloch  61'	[ Report]		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,311 Referee: Michael McCurry

26 February 2000 Fourth round	Motherwell	3 – 4	Ayr United	Motherwell
	McCulloch  22' Goodman  25' Brannan  35' (pen.)	[ Report]	Teale  8', pen.', 31' Tarrant  39', 59' Reynolds  63'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,222 Referee: Martin Clark

Scottish League Cup

18 August 1999 Second Round	Raith Rovers	2 – 2 (4 – 5 on pens.)	Motherwell	Kirkcaldy
	Burns  75' Dargo  85'	[ Report]	Browne  5' (o.g.) Halliday  74'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 2,393 Referee: Ian Fyfe

12 October 1999 Third Round	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Motherwell	Inverness
		[ Report]	McCulloch  48'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,195 Referee: Stuart Dougal

1 December 1999 Fourth Round	Dundee United	3 – 2	Motherwell	Dundee
	Dodds  26' (pen.) Easton  42' Thompson  84' Hannah  88'	[ Report]	Townsley  51' Teale  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 5,086

Source:[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Celtic	36	21	6	9	90	38	+52	69	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	36	15	9	12	47	40	+7	54
4	Motherwell	36	14	10	12	49	63	−14	52
5	St Johnstone	36	10	12	14	36	44	−8	42
6	Hibernian	36	10	11	15	49	61	−12	41

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andy Goram	28	0	23+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Michel Doesburg	26	0	18+2	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF		Stephen McMillan	38	3	32+0	3	3+0	0	3+0	0
4	DF		Jamie McGowan	16	0	10+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	MF		Ged Brannan	40	6	34+0	5	3+0	1	3+0	0
6	DF		Shaun Teale	21	1	17+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
7	FW		John Spencer	33	11	26+3	11	1+0	0	2+1	0
8	MF		Simo Valakari	36	0	29+2	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW		Lee McCulloch	34	12	29+1	9	3+0	2	1+0	1
10	FW		Don Goodman	35	10	25+4	7	3+0	3	2+1	0
11	FW		Stevie Nicholas	25	1	2+19	1	1+2	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Derek Adams	17	1	15+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF		Pat Nevin	34	2	7+22	2	0+2	0	2+1	0
14	DF		Stephen Craigan	7	0	3+1	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Tony Thomas	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	GK		Stevie Woods	16	0	14+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	DF		Greig Denham	9	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Stephen Halliday	8	1	1+4	0	0+0	0	1+2	1
20	MF		Rob Matthaei	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Paul Harvey	14	0	6+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Keith Lasley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Dougie Ramsay	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF		Steven Hammell	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		John Davies	10	0	7+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Derek Townsley	31	2	17+8	1	2+1	0	3+0	1
28	MF		Kevin Twaddle	28	5	18+6	5	2+1	0	1+0	0
29	GK		Michael Brown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	DF		Benito Kemble	26	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	DF		Martyn Corrigan	19	1	18+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	MF		Sasa Curcic	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	DF		Greg Strong	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source:[2]

Top scorers

Ranking	Nation	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1		Lee McCulloch	9	2	1	12
2		John Spencer	11	0	0	11
3		Don Goodman	7	3	0	10
4		Ged Brannan	5	1	0	6
5		Kevin Twaddle	5	0	0	5
6		Stephen McMillan	3	0	0	2
		Shaun Teale	2	0	1	3
8		Pat Nevin	2	0	0	2
		Derek Townsley	1	0	1	2
9		Derek Adams	1	0	0	1
		Martyn Corrigan	1	0	0	1
		Benito Kemble	1	0	0	1
		Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	1
		Stephen Halliday	0	0	1	1
/	/	Own Goals	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	49	7	4	60

Source:[2]

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
1		GK	Andy Goram	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Michel Doesburg	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Stephen McMillan	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Jamie McGowan	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
5		MF	Ged Brannan	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
6		DF	Shaun Teale	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
7		FW	John Spencer	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		MF	Simo Valakari	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Lee McCulloch	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
10		FW	Don Goodman	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
11		FW	Stevie Nicholas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		MF	Derek Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13		MF	Pat Nevin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		DF	Stephen Craigan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Tony Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		GK	Stevie Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		DF	Greig Denham	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
19		FW	Stephen Halliday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Rob Matthaei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		MF	Paul Harvey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Keith Lasley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		MF	Dougie Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	Steven Hammell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		MF	John Davies	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Derek Townsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		MF	Kevin Twaddle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		GK	Michael Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		DF	Benito Kemble	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
42		DF	Martyn Corrigan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
43		MF	Sasa Curcic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		DF	Greg Strong	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	68	4	3	0	2	0	73	4

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	—	4	31 July 1999	21 May 2000
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup second round	—	Scottish League Cup quarter-finals	18 August 1999	1 December 1999
Scottish Cup	Scottish Cup third round	—	Scottish Cup fourth round	1 February 2000	26 February 2000

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	14	10	12	49	63	−14	52	8	3	7	27	34	−7	6	7	5	22	29	−7

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W
Position	5	6	9	5	7	8	9	9	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	Results[3]				Points
	1	2	3	4
Aberdeen	5–6	1–1	1–0	1–2	4
Celtic	1–0	3-2	0-4	1–1	7
Dundee	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–4	3
Dundee United	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	7
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	5
Hibernian	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	6
Kilmarnock	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	9
Rangers	1–4	1–5	2–6	2–0	3
St Johnstone	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	8

Source: 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League article

See also

• List of Motherwell F.C. seasons

References

1. Results and Fixtures 1999-2000, Fir Park Corner
2. 1999–2000 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
3. Motherwell's score is shown first.