# 2002–03 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was Motherwell's 5th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. They finished the season in bottom of the league, but were spared relegation as Falkirk, the champions of the 2002–03 Scottish First Division, ground did not meet SPL stadium criteria. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, reaching the Semi-Finals before being defeated by Rangers, and the League Cup, losing to Aberdeen.

## Squad

    As of match played 24 May 2003
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Stevie Woods | GK | (1970-02-23)23 February 1970 (aged 33) | Preston North End | 1994 | | | |
| 13 | François Dubourdeau | GK | (1980-12-04)4 December 1980 (aged 22) | Girondins de Bordeaux | 2001 | | 30 | 0 |
| 25 | Jamie Ewings | GK | (1984-08-04)4 August 1984 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Martyn Corrigan | DF | (1977-08-14)14 August 1977 (aged 25) | Falkirk | 2000 | | 135 | 2 |
| 3 | Steven Hammell | DF | (1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 21) | Youth team | 1999 | | 125 | 1 |
| 14 | David Partridge | DF | (1978-11-26)26 November 1978 (aged 24) | Dundee United | 2002 | | 38 | 1 |
| 15 | Tony Vaughan | DF | (1975-10-11)11 October 1975 (aged 27) | loan from Nottingham Forest | 2003 | 2003 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | David Cowan | DF | (1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 21) | Newcastle United | 2002 | | 21 | 0 |
| 18 | Brian Dempsie | DF | (1983-02-04)4 February 1983 (aged 20) | Youth team | 1999 | | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | William Kinniburgh | DF | (1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2000 | | 17 | 1 |
| 23 | John Crawley | DF | (1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Andrew Bell | DF | (1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Paul Quinn | DF | (1985-07-21)21 July 1985 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2002 | | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Barry Neville | DF | (1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Chris Higgins | DF | (1985-07-04)4 July 1985 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Marc Fitzpatrick | DF | (1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Graeme Mathie | DF | (1982-10-17)17 October 1982 (aged 20) | Bournemouth | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Keith Lasley | MF | (1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 23) | Youth team | 1999 | | 72 | 5 |
| 5 | Dougie Ramsay | MF | (1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 24) | Youth team | 1997 | | 42 | 2 |
| 6 | Stephen Pearson | MF | (1982-10-02)2 October 1982 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2000 | | 69 | 8 |
| 7 | Derek Adams | MF | (1975-06-25)25 June 1975 (aged 27) | Ross County | 1998 | | 143 | 14 |
| 8 | Scott Leitch | MF | (1969-10-06)6 October 1969 (aged 33) | Swindon Town | 2000 | | 87 | 1 |
| 19 | David Clarke | MF | (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 19) | Youth team | 1999 | | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Kevin MacDonald | MF | (1983-02-05)5 February 1983 (aged 20) | Youth team | 1999 | | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Shaun Fagan | MF | (1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 19) | Youth team | 1999 | | 23 | 2 |
| 26 | David Black | MF | | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Kevin Barkey | MF | (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Brian McCandie | MF | (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Ryan Grant | MF | (1985-01-05)5 January 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Kenny Wright | MF | (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2002 | | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Ross Ballantyne | MF | (1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2002 | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Dirk Lehmann | FW | (1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 31) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2002 | | 48 | 11 |
| 10 | James McFadden | FW | (1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2000 | | 67 | 28 |
| 11 | Khaled Kemas | FW | (1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 23) | Dundee | 2003 | | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | Steven Craig | FW | (1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 22) | Falkirk | 2003 | | 15 | 3 |
| 27 | David Clarkson | FW | (1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2002 | | 23 | 3 |
| 31 | Andy Scott | FW | (1985-01-30)30 January 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Ryan Grant | FW | (1985-01-05)5 January 1985 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2002 | | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Darren Jack | FW | (1983-08-09)9 August 1983 (aged 19) | Ross County | 2002 | | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Richard Offiong | FW | (1983-12-17)17 December 1983 (aged 19) | loan from Newcastle United | 2003 | | 10 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 40 | Iain Russell | FW | (1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 20) | Rangers | 2002 | | 5 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 12 | Daniel Sengewald | DF | (1975-12-16)16 December 1975 (aged 27) | Royal Antwerp | 2002 | | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Steven Ferguson | FW | (1982-04-01)1 April 1982 (aged 21) | loan from Tottenham Hotspur | 2002 | 2003 | 21 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 July 2002 | DF | David Partridge | Dundee United | Free |
| 19 July 2002 | DF | Daniel Sengewald | Royal Antwerp | Free |
| 19 July 2002 | FW | Khaled Kemas | Dundee | Free |
| 1 August 2002 | DF | David Cowan | Newcastle United | Free |
| 9 September 2002 | FW | Iain Russell | Rangers | |
| 27 January 2003 | FW | Steven Craig | Falkirk | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| July 2002 | FW | Steven Ferguson | Tottenham Hotspur | January 2003 |
| 31 January 2003 | DF | Tony Vaughan | Nottingham Forest | End of Season |
| 31 January 2003 | FW | Richard Offiong | Newcastle United | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| July 2002 | DF | | Éric Deloumeaux | Aberdeen | | |
| July 2002 | MF | | Stuart Elliott | Hull City | £230,000 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 31 January 2002 | FW | | Iain Russell | Dumbarton | 11 May 2003 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 7 February 2003 | DF | Daniel Sengewald | Bonner SC | | |
| 29 May 2003 | GK | François Dubourdeau | Kilmarnock | 19 August 2003 | [8] [9] |
| May 2003 | MF | Dougie Ramsay | Ayr United | 1 August 2003 | |
| May 2003 | DF | Brian Dempsie | Retired | Retired | |
| May 2003 | FW | Dirk Lehmann | Yokohama | July 2003 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 3 August 2002 | 24 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 018.42 |
| Scottish Cup | 25 January 2003 | 19 April 2003 | Third Round | Semifinal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 075.00 |
| League Cup | 24 September 2002 | 6 November 2002 | Second Round | Third Round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 58 | 78 | −20 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 24 May 2003 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See Results

#### 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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 49 | |
| 9 | Livingston | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 35 | |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 35 | |
| 11 | Dundee United | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 32 | |
| 12 | Motherwell | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 28 | Spared from relegation |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
* ↑ As the First Division champions Falkirk did not have a suitable ground for the SPL, bottom club Motherwell were spared from relegation.

### League Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 24 May 2003

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Stevie Woods | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Martyn Corrigan | 44 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 43 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Keith Lasley | 29 | 3 | 21+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | SCO | Dougie Ramsay | 23 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 34 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Derek Adams | 38 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Leitch | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Dirk Lehmann | 37 | 7 | 27+5 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | James McFadden | 35 | 19 | 29+1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Khaled Kemas | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | FRA | François Dubourdeau | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | WAL | David Partridge | 38 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Tony Vaughan | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | David Cowan | 21 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Steven Craig | 15 | 3 | 8+5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Brian Dempsie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | David Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Kevin McDonald | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Shaun Fagan | 21 | 2 | 8+10 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | William Kinniburgh | 16 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | David Clarkson | 23 | 3 | 13+6 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Kenny Wright | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Andy Scott | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO | Darren Jack | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Ross Ballantyne | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Richard Offiong | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 40 | FW | SCO | Iain Russell | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | GER | Daniel Sengewald | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Steven Ferguson | 21 | 2 | 8+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | James McFadden | 13 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Dirk Lehmann | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | | 6 | Stephen Pearson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Derek Adams | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 27 | David Clarkson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 4 | Keith Lasley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 17 | Steven Craig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | 21 | Shaun Fagan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | 17 | Steven Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 8 | Scott Leitch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 2 | Martyn Corrigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 11 | Khaled Kemas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 22 | William Kinniburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 5 | Dougie Ramsay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 15 | Tony Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 9 | 3 | 57 |

### Clean sheets

| Ranking | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 13 | François Dubourdeau | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Stevie Woods | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Martyn Corrigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Steven Hammell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Keith Lasley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Dougie Ramsay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Derek Adams | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Scott Leitch | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Dirk Lehmann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | James McFadden | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | François Dubourdeau | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | David Partridge | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Tony Vaughan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | David Cowan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Steven Craig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Brian Dempsie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Kevin MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Shaun Fagan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | William Kinniburgh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | David Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Richard Offiong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | Daniel Sengewald | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Steven Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 98 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 11 |