# 2005–06 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Motherwell's 8th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

## Squad

Updated 21 March 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Martyn Corrigan |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Brian Kerr |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Stephen Craigan |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Alan McCormack (loan from Preston North End) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Richie Foran |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Phil O'Donnell |
| 11 | DF | SCO | Jim Paterson |
| 12 | FW | SCO | David Clarkson |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Steven McGarry |
| 15 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Kevin McBride |
| 18 | GK | SCO | Colin Meldrum |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Kenny Wright |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Shaun Fagan |
| 22 | DF | SCO | William Kinniburgh |
| 23 | FW | HAI | Abel Thermeus (loan from Créteil-Lusitanos) |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Marc Fitzpatrick |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Robert Donnelly |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Darren Smith |
| 39 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds |
| 47 | DF | NIR | Brian McLean (loan from Rangers) |
| — | FW | SCO | Adam Coakley |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| 25 June 2005 | GK | Graeme Smith | Rangers |
| June 2005 | DF | Steve McDonald | Sorrento |
| 1 July 2005 | MF | Kevin McBride | Celtic |
| 12 August 2005 | GK | Colin Meldrum | Livingston |
| 27 January 2006 | MF | Steven McGarry | Ross County |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 29 July 2005 | MF | Alan McCormack | Preston North End | End of season |
| 5 August 2005 | FW | Andy Smith | Preston North End | 25 September 2005 |
| 31 August 2005 | FW | Brian McLean | Rangers | End of season |
| 31 January 2006 | FW | Abel Thermeus | Créteil-Lusitanos | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 25 July 2005 | DF | David Partridge | Bristol City | £150,000 |
| | GK | Barry John Corr | Stranraer | |
| | GK | Jamie Ewings | Albion Rovers | |
| | DF | Chris Higgins | Clyde | |
| January 2006 | DF | Steve McDonald | Sengwang Punggol | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 9 November 2005 | GK | Gordon Marshall | Hibernian as Coach | 9 November 2005 |
| January 2006 | FW | David Keogh | | |
| May 2006 | DF | Steven Hammell | Southend United | 30 June 2006 |
| May 2006 | MF | Scott Leitch | Retired | Retired |
| May 2006 | FW | Kenny Wright | Stranraer | 25 July 2006 |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 54 |
| 7 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 58 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 49 |
| 9 | Dundee United | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 33 |
| 10 | Falkirk | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 33 |
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Results

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Motherwell Scorer(s) |
| 30 Jul 2005 | Celtic | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 4–4 | 9,903 | Brian Kerr, Jim Hamilton, Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh |
| 6 Aug 2005 | Dunfermline Athletic | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 1–0 | 4,649 | Jim Hamilton |
| 13 Aug 2005 | Aberdeen | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) | 1–4 | 5,035 | David Clarkson |
| 20 Aug 2005 | Dundee United F.C. | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 4–5 | 4,706 | Alan McCormack, Scott McDonald, Marc Fitzpatrick, Jim Hamilton |
| 27 Aug 2005 | Hearts | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A) | 1–2 | 16,213 | Richie Foran |
| 10 Sep 2005 | Inverness CT | Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) | 2–1 | 4,018 | Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh |
| 17 Sep 2005 | Falkirk | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 5–0 | 5,625 | Jim Hamilton, Richie Foran (2), Shaun Fagan, Scott McDonald |
| 24 Sep 2005 | Hibernian | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 1–3 | 6,461 | Richie Foran (pen.) |
| 1 Oct 2005 | Aberdeen | Fir Park, Pittodrie Stadium (A) | 2–2 | 11,448 | David Clarkson (2) |
| 15 Oct 2005 | Livingston | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 1–0 | 4,507 | Richie Foran |
| 22 Oct 2005 | Rangers | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) | 0–2 | 49,215 | |
| 26 Oct 2005 | Celtic | Celtic Park, Glasgow (A) | 0–5 | 57,388 | |
| 29 Oct 2005 | Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park, Dunfermline (A) | 3–0 | 4,421 | Brian Kerr, Martyn Corrigan, Jim Hamilton |
| 5 Nov 2005 | Kilmarnock | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 2–2 | 4,979 | Scott McDonald, Brian Kerr |
| 19 Nov 2005 | Dundee United | Tannadice Stadium, Dundee (A) | 1–1 | 6,305 | Scott McDonald |
| 26 Nov 2005 | Hearts | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 1–1 | 8,131 | Brian McLean |
| 3 Dec 2005 | Inverness CT | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 0–2 | 4,103 | |
| 10 Dec 2005 | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) | 1–0 | 4,972 | Jim Hamilton |
| 17 Dec 2005 | Hibernian | Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) | 1–2 | 11,926 | Scott McDonald |
| 26 Dec 2005 | Aberdeen | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 3–1 | 6,555 | Scott McDonald, Alan McCormack |
| 31 Dec 2005 | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A) | 2–1 | 4,431 | Richie Foran, Kevin McBride |
| 15 Dec 2006 | Rangers | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 0–1 | 10,689 | |
| 22 Jan 2006 | Celtic | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 1–3 | 11,503 | Jim Hamilton |
| 28 Jan 2006 | Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park, Dunfermline (A) | 1–1 | 4,961 | Jim Hamilton |
| 8 Feb 2006 | Kilmarnock | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) | 0–2 | 5,169 | |
| 11 Feb 2006 | Dundee United | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 2–0 | 5,257 | Richie Foran (2) |
| 18 Feb 2006 | Hearts | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A) | 0–3 | 16,976 | |
| 4 Mar 2006 | Inverness CT | Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) | 1–0 | 3,183 | Richie Foran (pen.) |
| 11 Mar 2006 | Falkirk | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 3–1 | 8,179 | Scott McDonald (2), Richie Foran |
| 18 Mar 2006 | Hibernian | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 2–2 | 6,724 | Phil O'Donnell, Stephen Craigan |
| 25 Mar 2006 | Aberdeen | Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A) | 2–2 | 10,212 | Brian McLean, Richie Foran (pen.) |
| 1 Apr 2006 | Livingston | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 2–1 | 4,458 | Jim Hamilton, Brian McLean |
| 8 Apr 2006 | Rangers | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) | 0–1 | 49,481 | |
| 15 Apr 2006 | Inverness CT | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 0–1 | 3,438 | |
| 22 Apr 2006 | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) | 1–1 | 4,467 | Phil O'Donnell |
| 29 Apr 2006 | Dunfermline | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 2–3 | 3,621 | Jim Paterson, Stephen Craigan |
| 3 May 2006 | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A) | 1–0 | 2,283 | David Clarkson |
| 6 May 2006 | Dundee United | Fir Park, Motherwell (H) | 1–1 | 5,269 | Jim Hamilton |

### Scottish League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Score | Motherwell Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 23 August 2005 | 2nd Round | Hamilton Academical | H | 2-1 | Scott McDonald 41' (pen.), Jim Hamilton (89) | 4,619 |
| 20 September 2005 | 3rd Round | St Mirren | A | 2-0 | David Clarkson (97) Darren Smith (104) | 3,810 |
| 8 November 2005 | Quarter-final | Aberdeen | H | 1-0 | Brian Kerr | 3,989 |
| 1 February 2006 | Semi-final | Celtic | N | 1-2 | Richie Foran (11) | 32,595 |

## Statistics

    As of match played 6 May 2006

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Martyn Corrigan | 32 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 38 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Brian Kerr | 41 | 4 | 32+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Stephen Craigan | 39 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Alan McCormack | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 38 | 12 | 30+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Richie Foran | 37 | 12 | 29+3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Phil O'Donnell | 32 | 2 | 23+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | SCO | Jim Paterson | 19 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SCO | David Clarkson | 33 | 5 | 12+18 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Steven McGarry | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NIR | Andy Smith | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Jim Hamilton | 38 | 11 | 30+4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Kevin McBride | 23 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | SCO | Colin Meldrum | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Paul Quinn | 21 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Kenny Wright | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Shaun Fagan | 19 | 1 | 11+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | William Kinniburgh | 23 | 2 | 17+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | HAI | Abel Thermeus | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Marc Fitzpatrick | 10 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SCO | Robert Donnelly | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Adam Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Darren Smith | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | SCO | Mark Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | NIR | Brian McLean | 34 | 3 | 27+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Gordon Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Leitch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Steve McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | David Keogh | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Ranking | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Richie Foran | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Scott McDonald | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 16 | Jim Hamilton | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 12 | David Clarkson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 47 | Brian McLean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 4 | Brian Kerr | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Stephen Craigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 22 | Willie Kinniburgh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Alan McCormack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Phil O'Donnell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Martyn Corrigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 21 | Shaun Fagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 24 | Marc Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 17 | Kevin McBride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 37 | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 55 | 0 | 6 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

| Nation | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| | DF | 2 | Martyn Corrigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | MF | 4 | Brian Kerr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | 5 | Stephen Craigan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | 6 | Alan McCormack | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| | FW | 7 | Scott McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | 8 | Ross McCormack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 9 | Richie Foran | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | 10 | Phil O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | 11 | Jim Paterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 12 | David Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | 14 | Steven McGarry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | 14 | Andy Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | GK | 15 | Graeme Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 16 | Jim Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | 17 | Kevin McBride | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | 19 | Paul Quinn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | 20 | Kenny Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | 21 | Shaun Fagan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | 22 | William Kinniburgh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | 23 | Abel Thermeus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | MF | 24 | Marc Fitzpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | 27 | Robert Donnolly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 33 | Adam Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 37 | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | 39 | Mark Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | DF | 47 | Brian McLean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | | TOTALS | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 2 |