page_title: Motherwell F.C.
section_title: 1920s and 1930s successes
hierarchical_section_title: Motherwell F.C. / History / 1920s and 1930s successes
caption_attribution_description: English: English team Motherwell F.C. playing Argentina national team at Boca Juniors stadium.
context_page_description: Motherwell Football Club are a professional football club in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The club compete in the Scottish Premiership. Motherwell have not dropped out of the top-flight of Scottish football since 1985, and have lifted one trophy in that time – the Scottish Cup in 1991.
  Clad in their traditional claret and amber, Motherwell play their home matches at Fir Park Stadium and have done since 1896. The club's main rivals over the years have been Hamilton Academical and Airdrieonians, due in part to their close geographical proximities. These matches are known as the Lanarkshire derby.
  The club have won four major trophies in domestic football: the Scottish League title in 1931–32, the Scottish Cup in 1951–52 and 1990–91, and the Scottish League Cup in 1950–51.
context_section_description: Motherwell enjoyed a successful period in the aftermath of World War I, managed by John Hunter. The club placed third in the 1919–20 season and, although narrowly avoiding relegation in 1924–25, they steadily climbed the table and enjoyed seven successive seasons finishing in the top three.
  In the summer of 1927, the club made a very successful tour of Spain, winning six out of the eight games they played and losing only one. These results included an emphatic 3–1 victory over Real Madrid and a 2–2 draw with Barcelona. Following their success in Spain, the club went on another summer tour, this time of South America. After losing only three of their previous ten games, the tour culminated in a 5–0 defeat by a Brazilian League Select side.
  Motherwell's first (and to this day, only) First Division league championship came in 1931–32 – with 30 wins in 38 fixtures, scoring 119 goals – a record 52 of which were scored by Willie MacFadyen, who remains to this day the record holder for most goals scored in a single season and one of the club's all-time top goalscorers with 251 goals. The championship was sealed on 23 April 1932, when Rangers could only draw at home against Clyde, handing Motherwell the title without kicking a ball. This was also the only League title won by a club outside the Old Firm between 1904 and 1947. In the two seasons following the league title win, 'Well finished runners up (seasons 1933–34 Scottish Football League and 1933–34 Scottish Football League). Motherwell also contested three Scottish Cup finals in this period – in 1931, 1933 and 1939.
caption: Motherwell playing Argentina national team at Boca Juniors stadium, 1928
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