2012–13 Motherwell F.C. season
# 2012–13 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2012–13 season will be Motherwell's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Motherwell will also compete in the Champions League, Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Transfers

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 May 2013 | DF | Nicky Devlin | Stenhousemuir | 10 June 2013 |
| 20 May 2013 | DF | Steven Saunders | Ross County | 8 July 2013 |
| 20 May 2013 | MF | Steven Hetherington | Celtic Nation | |
| 20 May 2013 | MF | Adam Asghar | Alloa Athletic | 23 July 2014 |
| 20 May 2013 | MF | Dominic Green | | |
| 20 May 2013 | MF | Nicky Law | Rangers | 24 May 2013 |
| 20 May 2013 | MF | Josh Watt | ÍA | 24 July 2013 |
| 20 May 2013 | MF | Omar Daley | Minnesota United | 24 August 2013 |

## Competitions

### Pre-season Friendlies

**Notes**

* The Pre-season friendly between Motherwell and Rapid București was called off on 9 July, due to a waterlogged pitch at the Grangemouth Stadium.
* The Pre-season friendly between Motherwell and Arbroath was called off on 18 July, due to a waterlogged pitch at the Gayfield Park.

### Scottish 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: BBC Sport

**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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Results by opponent**

| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Aberdeen | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | – | 5 |
| Celtic | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6 |
| Dundee | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | – | 7 |
| Dundee United | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | – | 4 |
| Hibernian | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | – | 6 |
| Inverness C.T. | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 9 |
| Kilmarnock | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | – | 4 |
| Ross County | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 7 |
| St Johnstone | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 7 |
| St Mirren | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | – | 2 |

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League Results Table

**Results**

**Notes**

* The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on 6 October 2012 due to a power failure in the area. The match has been re-arranged for 7 November 2012.
* The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on 29 January 2013 due to a waterlogged pitch. The match has been re-arranged for 19 February 2013.

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 92 | 35 | +57 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Motherwell | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 54 | |
| 5 | Ross County | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 53 | |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances

    As of 19 May 2013

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Premier League | Europe | Europe | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | EIR | Darren Randolph | 41 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Steven Saunders | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 41 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Nicky Law | 43 | 6 | 38+0 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Shaun Hutchinson | 36 | 1 | 31+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Tom Hateley | 40 | 3 | 34+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Chris Humphrey | 39 | 3 | 33+0 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | EST | Henrik Ojamaa | 44 | 4 | 32+5 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Michael Higdon | 44 | 27 | 37+0 | 26 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Kallum Higginbotham | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Lee Hollis | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Keith Lasley | 43 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Simon Ramsden | 31 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Robert McHugh | 29 | 3 | 2+23 | 3 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JAM | Omar Daley | 17 | 1 | 2+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Stuart Carswell | 26 | 0 | 7+16 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Fraser Kerr | 19 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | James McFadden | 13 | 5 | 11+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ATG | Zaine Francis-Angol | 26 | 0 | 7+15 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Steven Hetherington | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Adam Cummins | 28 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | SCO | Ross M. Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 29 | 11 | 20+2 | 10 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Page | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    As of 12 May 2013

| Ranking | Number | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Michael Higdon | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 11 | Jamie Murphy | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 | Nicky Law | 6 | | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | James McFadden | 5 | | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | Henrik Ojamaa | 4 | | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | Tom Hateley | 3 | | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | Chris Humphrey | 3 | | 3 |
| 8 | 16 | Robert McHugh | 3 | | 3 |
| 9 | 30 | Adam Cummins | 1 | | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | Omar Daley | 1 | | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | Kallum Higginbotham | 1 | | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | Shaun Hutchinson | 1 | | 1 |
| 13 | 14 | Keith Lasley | 1 | | 1 |
| | | Own Goals | 2 | | |
| | | TOTALS | 67 | 2 | 69 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 4 May 2013

| Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Premier League | Europe | Europe | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GK | 1 | Darren Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Steven Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| MF | 4 | Nicky Law | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 5 | Shaun Hutchinson | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| MF | 6 | Tom Hateley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Chris Humphrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 8 | Henrik Ojamaa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | 9 | Michael Higdon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 11 | Jamie Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | 11 | Kallum Higginbotham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | 12 | Lee Hollis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 14 | Keith Lasley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | 15 | Simon Ramsden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 16 | Robert McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | Omar Daley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Stuart Carswell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | 19 | Fraser Kerr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | 20 | James McFadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 20 | Jonathan Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 26 | Zaine Francis-Angol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | 27 | Steven Hetherington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 30 | Adam Cummins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 7 |

### Awards

**SPL Manager of the Year**

Stuart McCall

**Player of the Year**

Michael Higdon

