# 2014–15 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Motherwell's thirtieth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the second in the newly established Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Important Events

On 2 November Stuart McCall resigned as manager, with Kenny Black taking over as caretaker manager until Ian Baraclough was appointed as manager on 13 December. Black returned to his role as assistant manager following the appointment of Baraclough, but was sacked by the club on 6 February 2015.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 May 2014 | MF | Josh Law | Alfreton Town | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | GK | Dan Twardzik | Dundee | Free |
| 16 June 2014 | MF | Lionel Ainsworth | Rotherham United | Free |
| 19 January 2015 | MF | Stephen Pearson | Kerala Blasters | Free |
| 3 February 2015 | MF | Nathan Thomas | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 26 February 2015 | FW | Scott McDonald | Millwall | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 14 August 2014 | FW | Henrik Ojamaa | Legia Warsaw | 29 January 2015 |
| 15 August 2014 | DF | Mark O'Brien | Derby County | End of Season |
| 29 January 2015 | MF | Anthony Straker | York City | End of Season |
| 30 January 2015 | DF | Louis Laing | Nottingham Forest | End of Season |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Conor Grant | Everton | End of Season |
| 2 February 2015 | GK | George Long | Sheffield United | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 16 June 2014 | DF | Shaun Hutchinson | Fulham | Free |
| 19 June 2014 | FW | Henri Anier | Erzgebirge Aue | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2014 | MF | Adam Asghar | Alloa Athletic | Free |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 27 February 2015 | DF | | Adam Cummins | Stirling Albion | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 4 March 2015 | GK | Gunnar Nielsen | Stjarnan | |
| 2 June 2015 | GK | Ross M. Stewart | Albion Rovers | June 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | DF | Adam Cummins | Bangor City | 18 August 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | DF | Zaine Francis-Angol | Kidderminster Harriers | 2 October 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | DF | Simon Ramsden | Gateshead | 10 July 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | MF | Stuart Carswell | St Mirren | 29 June 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | MF | Fraser Kerr | Cowdenbeath | November 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | MF | Paul Lawson | Formartine United | 6 July 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | MF | Nathan Thomas | Mansfield Town | 3 June 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | MF | Iain Vigurs | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 12 August 2015 |
| 2 June 2015 | FW | Robert McHugh | Falkirk | 14 July 2015 |
| 10 June 2015 | FW | Lee Erwin | Leeds United | 1 July 2015 |
| 15 June 2015 | FW | John Sutton | St Johnstone | 17 June 2015 |

## 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 % |
| Premiership | 9 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 026.32 |
| Relegation play-off | 28 May 2015 | 31 May 2015 | 1st leg | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Scottish Cup | 29 November 2014 | 13 March 2022 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 24 September 2014 | 14 August 2021 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 17 July 2014 | 24 July 2014 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 027.27 |
Last updated: 31 May 2015 Source: Soccerway

### Premiership
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | Ross County | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 44 | |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 41 | |
| 11 | Motherwell (O) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | St Mirren (R) | 38 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 30 | Relegation to the Championship |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: BBC Sport

#### Premiership play-offs
### Scottish Cup
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 31 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | Premiership Play-offs | Premiership Play-offs | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | George Long | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Craig Reid | 24 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Stuart Carswell | 21 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Simon Ramsden | 28 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 42 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Lionel Ainsworth | 39 | 9 | 19+15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Paul Lawson | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | John Sutton | 43 | 13 | 27+11 | 12 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Iain Vigurs | 15 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dan Twardzik | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Keith Lasley | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRL | Mark O'Brien | 23 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ATG | Zaine Francis-Angol | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Josh Law | 40 | 2 | 28+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Lee Erwin | 38 | 6 | 20+14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Fraser Kerr | 25 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Jack Leitch | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Craig Moore | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Marvin Johnson | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Dom Thomas | 15 | 0 | 2+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Chris Cadden | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | David Ferguson | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | SCO | Luke Watt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Ross MacLean | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | GRN | Anthony Straker | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | ENG | Louis Laing | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Nathan Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Conor Grant | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | SCO | Stephen Pearson | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald | 13 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | FW | SCO | Bob McHugh | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Motherwell no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 24 | FW | EST | Henrik Ojamaa | 21 | 4 | 17+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 31 May 2015
| Ranking | Nation | Position | Number | Name | Premiership | Premiership Play-offs | Scottish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | FW | 9 | John Sutton | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | | MF | 7 | Lionel Ainsworth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | | FW | 19 | Lee Erwin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | | FW | 77 | Scott McDonald | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | | FW | 24 | Henrik Ojamaa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | MF | 11 | Iain Vigurs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | | MF | 18 | Josh Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | | DF | 5 | Simon Ramsden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | 20 | Fraser Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | 47 | Conor Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | 45 | Louis Laing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | 48 | Stephen Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | 6 | Stephen McManus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | MF | 24 | Marvin Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 49 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 31 May 2015
| Ranking | Nation | Position | Number | Name | Premiership | Premiership Play-offs | Scottish Cup | League Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | GK | 12 | Dan Twardzik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | | GK | 1 | George Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 31 May 2015
| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | Premiership Play-offs | Premiership Play-offs | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Craig Reid | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Stuart Carswell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Simon Ramsden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Stephen McManus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Paul Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | John Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Iain Vigurs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Keith Lasley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mark O'Brien | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Zaine Francis-Angol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Josh Law | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Lee Erwin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Fraser Kerr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | Jack Leitch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Marvin Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | David Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Louis Laing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | MF | Stephen Pearson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Scott McDonald | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 24 | FW | Henrik Ojamaa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 |