2003–04 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2003–04 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Terry Butcher
Premier League	6th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Clarkson (12); All: David Clarkson (14)
Highest home attendance	10,824 vs Rangers ; 19 October 2003
Lowest home attendance	3,920 vs Dunfermline Athletic ; 15 April 2004
Average home league attendance	6,229
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was Motherwell's 6th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Squad[edit]

As of match played 16 May 2004

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Gordon Marshall	GK	(1964-04-19)19 April 1964 (aged 40)	Kilmarnock	2003^[1]		37	0
15	Barry John Corr	GK	(1981-01-13)13 January 1981 (aged 23)	Celtic	2003		5	0
25	Jamie Ewings	GK	(1984-08-04)4 August 1984 (aged 19)	Youth team	2002		0	0
30	Andrew Reid	GK	(1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 18)	Nottingham Forest	2003		0	0
47	Dougie Calder	GK	(1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 18)	Hamilton Academical	2003		0	0
Defenders
2	Martyn Corrigan	DF	(1977-08-14)14 August 1977 (aged 26)	Falkirk	2000^[2]		177	3
3	Steven Hammell	DF	(1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 22)	Youth team	1999		166	2
5	Stephen Craigan	DF	(1976-10-29)29 October 1976 (aged 27)	Partick Thistle	2003^[1]		67	3
6	Gary Bollan	DF	(1973-03-24)24 March 1973 (aged 31)	Dundee United	2004^[3]		4	0
14	David Partridge	DF	(1978-11-26)26 November 1978 (aged 25)	Dundee United	2002		54	1
16	David Cowan	DF	(1982-03-05)5 March 1982 (aged 22)	Newcastle United	2002		22	0
19	Paul Quinn	DF	(1985-07-21)21 July 1985 (aged 18)	Youth team	2002		33	0
22	William Kinniburgh	DF	(1984-09-08)8 September 1984 (aged 19)	Youth team	2000		18	1
23	Graeme Mathie	DF	(1982-10-17)17 October 1982 (aged 21)	Bournemouth	2002		0	0
24	Ross Ballantyne	DF	(1984-01-27)27 January 1984 (aged 20)	Youth team	2002		1	0
29	Barry Neville	DF	(1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 19)	Youth team	2002		0	0
31	Chris Higgins	DF	(1985-07-04)4 July 1985 (aged 18)	Youth team	2002		0	0
36	Bobby McColl	DF	(1986-04-21)21 April 1986 (aged 18)	Aberdeen	2003		0	0
37	Mark Cameron	DF	(1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
38	Bobby Donnelly	DF	(1987-01-19)19 January 1987 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
41	Mark Quinn	DF	(1987-05-13)13 May 1987 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
42	John McStay	DF	(1987-07-10)10 July 1987 (aged 16)	Celtic	2003		0	0
44	David Keogh	DF	(1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
Midfielders
4	Keith Lasley	MF	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 24)	Youth team	1999		109	9
7	Derek Adams	MF	(1975-06-25)25 June 1975 (aged 28)	Ross County	1998		178	23
8	Scott Leitch	MF	(1969-10-06)6 October 1969 (aged 34)	Swindon Town	2000		109	1
9	Jason Dair	MF	(1974-06-15)15 June 1974 (aged 29)	Youth team	2003^[4]	2004^[4]	32	2
10	Phil O'Donnell	MF	(1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 32)	Sheffield Wednesday	2004^[5]		156	17
20	Kevin MacDonald	MF	(1983-02-05)5 February 1983 (aged 21)	Youth team	1999		5	0
21	Shaun Fagan	MF	(1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 20)	Youth team	1999		38	2
27	Kevin Barkey	MF	(1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 18)	Youth team	2002		0	0
32	Brian McCandie	MF	(1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 19)	Youth team	2002		0	0
35	Marc Fitzpatrick	MF	(1986-05-11)11 May 1986 (aged 18)	Youth team	2002		2	0
39	Kenneth Connolly	MF	(1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
40	Stephen Maguire	MF	(1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
Forwards
11	Alex Burns	FW	(1973-08-04)4 August 1973 (aged 30)	Partick Thistle	2003^[1]
12	Scott McDonald	MF	(1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 20)	Wimbledon	2004^[6]	2004^[6]	18	2
17	Steven Craig	FW	(1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 23)	Falkirk	2003		40	7
18	David Clarkson	FW	(1985-09-10)10 September 1985 (aged 18)	Youth team	2002	2006^[1]	65	17
26	Kenny Wright	FW	(1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 18)	Youth team	2002		17	1
28	Andy Scott	FW	(1985-01-30)30 January 1985 (aged 19)	Youth team	2002		1	0
33	Ryan Grant	FW	(1985-01-05)5 January 1985 (aged 19)	Youth team	2002		0	0
34	James Reilly	FW	(1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 18)	Youth team	2003		0	0
45	Adam Coakley	FW	(1987-10-19)19 October 1987 (aged 16)	Youth team	2003		0	0
46	Ryan Russell	FW	(1987-04-09)9 April 1987 (aged 17)	Youth team	2003		0	0
Left during the season
6	Stephen Pearson	MF	(1982-10-02)2 October 1982 (aged 21)	Youth team	2000		88	13
10	James McFadden	FW	(1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 21)	Youth team	2000		70	31

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 June 2003	GK	Gordon Marshall	Kilmarnock	Free	^[1]
5 June 2003	FW	Alex Burns	Partick Thistle	Free	^[1]
5 June 2003	DF	Stephen Craigan	Partick Thistle	Free	^[1]
July 2003	GK	Barry John Corr	Celtic	Free
5 September 2003	MF	Jason Dair	Dunfermline Athletic	Free	^[4]^[7]
January 2004	FW	Scott McDonald	Wimbledon	Free	^[6]
9 January 2004	MF	Phil O'Donnell	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	^[5]
14 January 2004	DF	Gary Bollan	Dundee United	Free	^[5]^[3]

Out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2003	GK	Stevie Woods	St Mirren		^[8]
July 2003	FW	Khaled Kemas	Les Lilas
July 2003	FW	Iain Russell	Dumbarton
1 September 2003	FW	James McFadden	Everton	£1.25 million	^[7]^[9]
9 January 2004	MF	Stephen Pearson	Celtic	£350,000	^[5]^[10]

Released[edit]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
May 2004	DF		Gary Bollan	Clyde	6 August 2004	^[11]
May 2004	FW		Andy Scott	Bellshill Athletic

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	9 August 2003	16 May 2004	Matchday 1	6th	38	12	10	16	42	49	−7	031.58
Scottish Cup	10 January 2004	6 March 2004	Third Round	Quarterfinal	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
League Cup	23 September 2003	23 September 2003	Second Round	Second Round	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Total					42	14	11	17	51	55	−4	033.33

Last updated: 16 May 2004
Source: Competitions

Premier League[edit]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	10	16	42	49	−7	46	7	7	5	25	22	+3	5	3	11	17	27	−10

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L
Position	11	11	8	7	5	7	8	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	6	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

Results[edit]

^[12]

9 August 2003 1	Motherwell	0–3	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST		Report	Rae 23' Wilkie 43' Smith 84'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,812 Referee: John Underhill

16 August 2003 2	Livingston	1–0	Motherwell	Livingston
15:00 BST	Lilley 78'	Report BBC		Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 5,316 Referee: C Thomson

23 August 2003 3	Motherwell	2–1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 BST	McFadden 66' (pen.) Pearson 90'	Report	Dindeleux 76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,087 Referee: Ian Fyfe

30 August 2003 4	Motherwell	2–2	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST	McFadden 9', 69'	Report	Britton 26' Taylor 82'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,193 Referee: John Rowbotham

13 September 2003 5	Hibernian	0–2	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST		Report	Clarkson 45', 75'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 8,387 Referee: Kenny Clark

20 September 2003 6	Celtic	3–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Larsson 47' Sutton 64' Maloney 70'	Report BBC		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,013 Referee: Iain Brines

27 September 2003 7	Motherwell	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
15:00 BST	Adams 29'	Report	Hartley 45'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,888 Referee: Charlie Richmond

4 October 2003 8	Dundee United	0–2	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 BST		Report BBC	Adams 22' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 6,194 Referee: Hugh Dallas

19 October 2003 9	Motherwell	1–1	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST	Pearson 25'	Report BBC	Arveladze 15'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,824 Referee: Dougie McDonald

1 November 2003 10	Aberdeen	0–3	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT		Report Aberdeen	Craig 10' Pearson 77' Lasley 90'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 9,895 Referee: Kevin Toner

8 November 2003 11	Dundee	1–0	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT	Craig 52'	[8 November 2003 Report]		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 6,374 Referee: Iain Brines

22 November 2003 12	Motherwell	1–1	Livingston	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Clarkson 28'	Report BBC	Lilley 39'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,357 Referee: John Underhill

25 November 2003 13	Motherwell	2–2	Dunfermline Athletic	Motherwell
19:45 GMT	Pearson 70' Corrigan 90'	Report	Crawford 15' Brewster 39'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Chris Foy

29 November 2003 14	Kilmarnock	2–0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT	Canero 13' Boyd 60'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 6,320 Referee: Michael McCurry

7 December 2003 15	Partick Thistle	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	McBride 59'	Report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 4,124 Referee: Tom Brown

13 December 2003 16	Motherwell	0–1	Hibernian	Motherwell
15:00 GMT		Report	Riordan 90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Craig Thomson

21 December 2003 17	Motherwell	0–2	Celtic	Motherwell
15:00 GMT		Report BBC	Hartson 3' Thompson 71'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 10,513 Referee: John Underhill

27 December 2003 18	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
12:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 10,046 Referee: John Rowbotham

3 January 2004 19	Motherwell	3–1	Dundee United	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Clarkson 60', 68', 90'	Report BBC	Wilson 15'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Charlie Richmond

17 January 2004 20	Rangers	1–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Arveladze 82'	Report BBC		Stadium: Ibrox Attendance: 48,925 Referee: C Thompson

24 January 2004 21	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Motherwell	Dunfermline
15:00 GMT	Young 73'	Report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 5,270 Referee: Dougie McDonald

11 February 2004 22	Motherwell	5–3	Dundee	Motherwell
19:45 GMT	Lasley 15' Dair 18', 73' Clarkson 51' Burns 62'	Report	Barrett 11', 28' Novo 58'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,327 Referee: John Rowbotham

14 February 2004 23	Livingston	3–1	Motherwell	Livingston
15:00 GMT	McAllister 3' Lilley 29' Fernandez 45'	Report Livingston	Adams 90'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 3,492 Referee: Chris Foy

21 February 2004 24	Motherwell	1–0	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Quinn 15'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Dougie McDonald

24 February 2004 25	Motherwell	1–0	Aberdeen	Motherwell
19:45 GMT	Wright 84'	Report Aberdeen		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,225 Referee: Calum Murray

28 February 2004 26	Motherwell	3–0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Hammell 1' Clarkson 52' Adams 80'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,814 Referee: C Thompson

14 March 2004 27	Celtic	1–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
13:30 GMT	Larsson 70'	Report BBC	Adams 26'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 47,563 Referee: Tom Brown

24 March 2004 28	Hibernian	3–3	Motherwell	Edinburgh
19:45 GMT	Nicol 6' Reid 37' Riordan 62' (pen.)	Report	Lasley 46' Adams 60' (pen.) Doumbe 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 5,670 Referee: Alan Freeland

27 March 2004 29	Dundee United	1–0	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT	Scotland 66'	Report BBC		Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 7,585 Referee: Stuart Dougal

4 April 2004 30	Motherwell	0–1	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST		Report BBC	Hughes 44'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,967 Referee: John Rowbotham

15 April 2004 31	Motherwell	1–1	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
19:45 BST	Clarkson 61'	Report	Wyness 27'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,500 Referee: C Melville

15 April 2004 32	Motherwell	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Motherwell
19:45 BST	Adams 10' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Calum Murray

18 April 2004 33	Aberdeen	0–2	Motherwell	Aberdeen
15:00 BST		Report Aberdeen	Burns 61' Craig 90'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 7,246 Referee: Steve Conroy

24 April 2004 34	Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	Motherwell	Dunfermline
15:00 BST	Nicholson 36' Dempsey 52' Young 74'	Report		Stadium: East End Park Attendance: 4,290 Referee: John Underhill

1 May 2004 35	Rangers	4–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST	Arteta 45' Ross 47' Namouchi 51' Thompson 55'	Report BBC		Stadium: Ibrox Attendance: 47,579 Referee: Stuart Dougal

8 May 2004 36	Motherwell	0–1	Dundee United	Motherwell
19:45 BST		Report BBC	Wilson 52'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,722 Referee: A Freeland

12 May 2004 37	Motherwell	1–1	Celtic	Motherwell
19:45 BST	Clarkson 64'	Report BBC	Beattie 71'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,749 Referee: John Rowbotham

16 May 2004 38	Heart of Midlothian	3–2	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST	Wyness 5', 68' McKenna 75'	Report	McDonald 37' Clarkson 45'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 11,619 Referee: Iain Brines

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
4	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	11	13	45	52	−7	53	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[b]
5	Dundee United	38	13	10	15	47	60	−13	49
6	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	49	−7	46

7	Dundee	38	12	10	16	48	57	−9	46
8	Hibernian	38	11	11	16	41	60	−19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round^[c]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ 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 Celtic, the 2003–04 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runners-up.
^ Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

Scottish Cup[edit]

10 January 2004 Third Round	St Johnstone	0–3	Motherwell	Perth
15:00 GMT		Report	Clarkson 24', 32' McDonald 90'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 4,090 Referee: Kevin Toner

7 February 2004 Fourth Round	Motherwell	3–2	Queen of the South	Motherwell
15:00 GMT	Adams 3' (pen.) Burns 18', 45'	Report	O'Connor 65', 69'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,101 Referee: Michael McCurry

6 March 2004 Quarter-finals	Motherwell	0–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT		Report	Wilson 10'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,930 Referee: Kenny Clark

League Cup[edit]

23 September 2003 Second Round	Forfar Athletic	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Motherwell	Forfar
19:45 BST	Henderson 30' Tosh 51', 54'	Report	Craig 3' Lasley 55' Pearson 60'	Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 1,110

Squad statistics[edit]

As of match played 16 May 2004^[12]^[13]

Appearances[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Gordon Marshall	37	0	33	0	3	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Martyn Corrigan	42	1	38	1	3	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Steven Hammell	41	1	37	1	3	0	1	0
4	MF	SCO	Keith Lasley	37	4	33	3	3	0	1	1
5	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	37	3	36	3	0	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Gary Bollan	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	FW	SCO	Derek Adams	35	9	31	8	3	1	1	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Leitch	22	0	20	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Jason Dair	32	2	19+10	2	2	0	0+1	0
10	MF	SCO	Phil O'Donnell	12	0	7+2	0	1+2	0	0	0
11	MF	SCO	Alex Burns	36	4	29+4	2	3	2	0	0
12	FW	AUS	Scott McDonald	18	2	10+5	1	1+2	1	0	0
14	DF	WAL	David Partridge	16	0	15	0	0	0	1	0
15	GK	SCO	Barry John Corr	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	SCO	David Cowan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Steven Craig	25	4	16+8	3	0	0	1	1
18	FW	SCO	David Clarkson	42	14	32+6	12	3	2	1	0
19	DF	SCO	Paul Quinn	29	0	24+2	0	3	0	0	0
20	FW	SCO	Kevin MacDonald	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Shaun Fagan	15	0	9+4	0	1+1	0	0	0
22	DF	SCO	William Kinniburgh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Kenny Wright	15	1	2+11	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
35	MF	SCO	Marc Fitzpatrick	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
6	MF	SCO	Stephen Pearson	19	5	17+1	4	0	0	1	1
10	MF	SCO	James McFadden	3	3	2+1	3	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers[edit]

Ranking	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	18	David Clarkson	12	2	0	14
2	FW	7	Derek Adams	8	1	0	9
3	MF	6	Stephen Pearson	4	1	0	5
4	DF	17	Steven Craig	3	0	1	4
4	MF	4	Keith Lasley	3	0	1	4
6	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	3	0	0	3
6	FW	10	James McFadden	3	0	0	3
8	FW	9	Jason Dair	2	0	0	2
			Own Goal	2	0	0	2
	FW	12	Scott McDonald	1	1	0	2
11	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	1	0	0	1
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	1	0	0	1
	FW	26	Kenny Wright	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	55	6	3	64

Clean sheets[edit]

Ranking	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	Total
1	GK	1	Gordon Marshall	9	1	10
2	GK	15	Barry John Corr	1	0	1
			TOTALS	10	1	11

Disciplinary record[edit]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	4	Keith Lasley	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	FW	7	Derek Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	8	Scott Leitch	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	9	Jason Dair	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	11	Alex Burns	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	17	Steven Craig	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	18	David Clarkson	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	19	Paul Quinn	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	21	Shaun Fagan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	22	William Kinniburgh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
	MF	6	Stephen Pearson	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	10	James McFadden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	44	1	1	0	1	0	46	1

Note[edit]

References[edit]

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[13] 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.

[table_note_res_UC10.68916522697041-14] As Celtic, the 2003–04 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runners-up.

[table_note_res_IC0.68916522697041-15] Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

[Motherwell_complete_triple_signing-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Motherwell complete triple signing". BBC Sport. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[2] "Well pleased to sign Corrigan". heraldscotland.com/. The Herald (Glasgow). 21 January 2000. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[Gary_Bollan-3] "Bollan joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 13 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[Jason_Dair-4] "Dair joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 3 September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[Transfers_-_January_2004-5] "Transfers – January 2004". BBC Sport. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[Scott_McDonald-6] "Motherwell sign McDonald". bbc.co.uk/sport1. BBC Sport. 6 January 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[Transfers_-_September_2003-7] "Transfers – September 2003". BBC Sport. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[8] "Transfers – July 2003". BBC Sport. 31 July 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[9] "McFadden signs for Everton". BBC Sport. September 2003. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[10] "Celtic parade Pearson". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

[11] "Double signing for Clyde". BBC Sport. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

[Motherwell_season_2003/04_2-12] Motherwell results 2003/2004, Fir Park Corner

[16] Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com

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