2014–15 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2014–15 season
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Stuart McCall; (until 2 November 2014); Kenny Black(caretaker); (2 November - 13 December); Ian Baraclough; (from 13 December 2014)
Stadium	Fir Park
Scottish Premiership	11th
Scottish Premiership play-offs	Winners
Europa League	Second qualifying round vs Stjarnan
League Cup	Third Round ; v Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round ; v Dundee United
Top goalscorer	League: John Sutton (13); All: John Sutton (13)
Highest home attendance	7,740 vs Celtic ; 6 December 2014
Lowest home attendance	3,732 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle ; 16 August 2014
Average home league attendance	4,176
Home colours	Away colours

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,[1] 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,[2] with Kenny Black taking over as caretaker manager until Ian Baraclough was appointed as manager on 13 December.[3][4] Black returned to his role as assistant manager following the appointment of Baraclough, but was sacked by the club on 6 February 2015.[5]

Results & Fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season Friendlies

12 July 2014	Motherwell	0 – 2	Fulham	Motherwell
14:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell Fulham	C.Burgess Stafylidis	Stadium: Fir Park

Scottish Premiership

Results

9 August 2014 1	Motherwell	1-0	St Mirren	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1	Erwin 64'	Motherwell BBC		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Calum Murray

13 August 2014 2	Dundee United	1-0	Motherwell	Dundee
19:45 BST UTC+1	Bilate 83'	Motherwell BBC		Stadium: Tannadice Stadium Attendance: 8,367 Referee: Kevin Clancy

16 August 2014 3	Motherwell	0-2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Tansey 42' Doran 89'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,732 Referee: Steven McLean

23 August 2014 4	Kilmarnock	2-0	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST UTC+1	Muirhead 9' Clingan 78'	Motherwell BBC	Kerr 76'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,146

30 August 2014 5	Motherwell	0-1	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Graham 86'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Alan Muir

13 September 2014 6	Ross County	1-2	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 BST UTC+1	Boyce 78'	Motherwell BBC	Vigurs 49' Sutton 54'	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Steven McLean

21 September 2014 7	Celtic	1-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST UTC+1	Commons 68' (pen.)	Motherwell BBC	Sutton 19'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 41,719 Referee: Brian Colvin

27 September 2014 8	Motherwell	0-4	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Andreu 34' Crawford 45', 90' Antoine-Curier 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Willie Collum

4 October 2014 9	Partick Thistle	3-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST UTC+1	Bannigan 16' Doolan 63' O'Donnell 82'	Motherwell BBC	Ainsworth 72'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Bobby Madden

18 October 2014 10	Motherwell	1-3	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1	Ojamaa 62'	Motherwell BBC	Clarkson 3' Harkins 30' Stewart 59'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,061 Referee: Brian Colvin

24 October 2014 11	Aberdeen	1-0	Motherwell	Aberdeen
19:45 BST UTC+1	Hayes 2'	Motherwell BBC		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 11,149 Referee: Crawford Allan

31 October 2014 12	St Johnstone	2-1	Motherwell	Perth
19:45 GMT UTC	O'Halloran 40', 80'	Motherwell BBC	Ainsworth 13'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Kevin Clancy

7 November 2014 13	Motherwell	1-0	Dundee United	Motherwell
19:45 GMT UTC	Vigurs 52'	Motherwell BBC		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,961 Referee: Steven McLean

22 November 2014 14	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3-1	Motherwell	Inverness
15:00 GMT UTC	McKay 29' Watkins 71' Meekings 78'	Motherwell BBC	Ojamaa 31'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 3,037 Referee: Bobby Madden

6 December 2014 15	Motherwell	0-1	Celtic	Motherwell
12:45 GMT UTC	Ramsden 66'	Motherwell BBC	Stokes 5'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,740 Referee: Calum Murray

13 December 2014 16	Motherwell	2-2	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC	Sutton 53' Ojamaa 59'	Motherwell BBC	Dingwall 45', 90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,193 Referee: Willie Collum

20 December 2014 17	St Mirren	0-1	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 GMT UTC	Thompson 18'	Motherwell BBC	Sutton 72'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,909 Referee: Alan Muir

27 December 2014 18	Motherwell	1-0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC	Sutton 14' (pen.)	Motherwell BBC		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Brian Colvin

1 January 2015 19	Hamilton Academical	5-0	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 GMT UTC	Imrie 8' Crawford 29' Antoine-Curier 64' Andreu 69' Redmond 87'	Motherwell BBC		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,926 Referee: Crawford Allan

4 January 2015 20	Motherwell	0-2	Aberdeen	Motherwell
15:30 GMT UTC	McManus 88'	Motherwell BBC	Rooney 36', 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,805 Referee: Willie Collum

10 January 2015 21	Dundee	4-1	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT UTC	Harris 3' Stewart 8' Irvine 34' O'Brien 70' (o.g.)	Motherwell BBC	Sutton 19' Ojamaa 45'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,105 Referee: Stephen Finnie

17 January 2015 22	Motherwell	Postponed[6]	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC		[ Motherwell] BBC		Stadium: Fir Park

21 January 2015 23	Celtic	4-0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 GMT UTC	van Dijk 26' Griffiths 42' Lustig 76', 81'	[ Motherwell] BBC		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 42,296 Referee: Bobby Madden

24 January 2015 24	Dundee United	3-1	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT UTC	Telfer 61', 90' Fojut 69'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Ramsden 78'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 7,176 Referee: Craig Thomson

31 January 2015 25	Motherwell	1-1	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC	Laing 25' Sutton 75'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Davidson 8'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,449 Referee: Willie Collum

14 February 2015 26	Ross County	3-2	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 GMT UTC	Woods 34' P.Quinn 58' De Vita 62'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Grant 53' Kerr 78'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Calum Murray

21 February 2015 27	Motherwell	0-1	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC		[ Motherwell] BBC	McGinn 12'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,282 Referee: Don Robertson

28 February 2015 28	Motherwell	2-1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC	Pearson 27' Ramsden 34' 88' Laing 48' Ainsworth 84'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Draper 55' Tansey 60' Devine 74' Ofere 76'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,508 Referee: Alan Muir

7 March 2015[6] 22	Motherwell	1-1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC	Johnson 7' McDonald 45+1'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Obadeyi 20' Westlake 42' 45' O'Hara 67'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,192 Referee: John Beaton

13 March 2015 29	Aberdeen	2-1	Motherwell	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT UTC	Taylor 50' Rooney 52'	[ Motherwell] BBC	McDonald 37' 84' Lasley 62' Erwin 79'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 13,267 Referee: Crawford Allan

20 March 2015 30	Motherwell	4-0	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
19:45 GMT UTC	Ainsworth 49', 50' Sutton 80', 83' (pen.)	[ Motherwell] BBC	Imrie 29' García 64' Lyon 65' Gordon 83'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Calum Murray

4 April 2015 31	Kilmarnock	1-2	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST UTC+1	D.Syme 17' 79' Cairney 66' Obadeyi 72'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Pearson 29' 38' Law 31' Laing 62' Erwin 77'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,532 Referee: Euan Anderson

7 April 2015 32	Motherwell	5-0	St Mirren	Motherwell
20:45 BST UTC+1	Erwin 7', 25' McDonald 45' Sutton 74', 79'	Motherwell [ BBC]	McAusland 51' McGinn 82'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,596 Referee: Craig Thomson

11 April 2015 33	Partick Thistle	2-0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST UTC+1	Taylor 54', 61' 71' Balatoni 72'	Motherwell [ BBC]	Lasley 71' Carswell 84' 89'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Bobby Madden

24 April 2015 34	Hamilton Academical	2-0	Motherwell	Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1	Scotland 21' Crawford 52' Devlin 72' Lyon 83' Hasselbaink 85'	[ Motherwell] BBC		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,301 Referee: John Beaton

2 May 2015 35	Motherwell	1-1	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1	McDonald 5' 19' Erwin 37' Pearson 52' O'Brien 63'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Boyce 41' Quinn 44' Boyd 49'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,281 Referee: Crawford Allan

8 May 2015 36	Motherwell	3-1	Kilmarnock	Motherwell
19:45 BST UTC+1	McDonald 28' Erwin 39' Pearson 69' Ainsworth 90'	[ Motherwell] BBC	Ashcroft 29' Magennis 53' Pascali 65' Hamill 69' Westlake 86'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,986 Referee: William Collum

16 May 2015 37	St Mirren	2-1	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 BST UTC+1	Naismith 84' Mallan 90+7'	[ Motherwell] BBC	O'Brien 41' Lasley 56' McManus 67' Sutton 75' (pen.) McDonald 90' Pearson 90+8'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,912 Referee: Brian Colvin

23 May 2015 38	Motherwell	0-0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1		[ Motherwell] BBC		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership Play-offs

28 May 2015 1st leg	Rangers	1–3	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 BST UTC+1	McGregor 37' 82'	BBC	Erwin 27' McManus 40' Ainsworth 47' Laing 66'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,200 Referee: Bobby Madden

31 May 2015 2nd leg	Motherwell	3–0 (6–1 agg.)	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1	McDonald 51' Johnson 52' Ainsworth 70' Sutton 90+3' (pen.) Erwin 0'² Kerr Full Time'¹	BBC	Murdoch 27' Vučkić 38' McCulloch 41' Foster 81' Mohsni Full Time'¹	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,220 Referee: Craig Thomson

UEFA Europa League Qualifying phase

17 July 2014 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Motherwell	2-2	Stjarnan	Motherwell, Scotland
19:45 BST UTC+1	Law 9', 19'	Motherwell BBC UEFA	Finsen 35' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Referee: Michael Johansen (Denmark)

24 July 2014 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Stjarnan	3-2 (a.e.t.) (5-4 agg.)	Motherwell	Garðabær, Iceland
20:15 BST UTC+1	Finsen 37' (pen.) Toft 85' A. Jóhannsson 114'	Motherwell BBC UEFA	Hammell 11' Ainsworth 66'	Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur Referee: Athanasios Giachos (Greece)

Scottish Cup

29 November 2014 Fourth Round	Motherwell	1-2	Dundee United	Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC	Ojamaa 7'	Motherwell BBC	Souttar 66' Watson 82'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,827 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

24 September 2014 3rd round	Hamilton Academical	0-0 (6 – 5 p)	Motherwell	Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1	Hendrie 45' 65'	Motherwell BBC	O'Brien 46' 101'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,631 Referee: Craig Charleston
	Penalties
	Gillespie Crawford Devlin Longridge Imrie Watson		Sutton McManus Ojamaa Leitch Law Ramsden

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 31 May 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Europa League		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		George Long	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Craig Reid	24	0	19+1	0	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Steven Hammell	12	1	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Stuart Carswell	21	0	14+5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Simon Ramsden	28	1	20+4	1	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF		Stephen McManus	42	1	38	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	39	9	21+15	8	2	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Paul Lawson	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		John Sutton	43	13	27+12	13	2	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF		Iain Vigurs	15	2	10+1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
12	GK		Dan Twardzik	30	0	26	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF		Keith Lasley	39	0	35	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
15	DF		Mark O'Brien	23	0	17+2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
16	FW		Robert McHugh	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Zaine Francis-Angol	13	0	10+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Josh Law	40	2	30+6	0	2	2	1	0	1	0
19	FW		Lee Erwin	38	6	22+14	6	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	DF		Fraser Kerr	25	1	16+5	1	0+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Jack Leitch	9	0	4+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW		Craig Moore	10	0	2+8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Marvin Johnson	13	1	12+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Ross M. Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Dom Thomas	15	0	2+13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Chris Cadden	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		David Ferguson	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Luke Watt	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Ross MacLean	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Anthony Straker	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF		Louis Laing	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF		Nathan Thomas	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF		Conor Grant	12	1	10+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF		Stephen Pearson	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Scott McDonald	13	5	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
23	DF		Adam Cummins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Motherwell no longer at the club:
13	GK		Gunnar Nielsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Henrik Ojamaa	21	4	17+2	3	0	0	0+1	0	1	1

Goal scorers

As of 31 May 2015[7][8]

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Europe	Total
1	9	John Sutton	13	0	0	13
2	7	Lionel Ainsworth	8	0	1	9
3	19	Lee Erwin	6	0	0	6
4	77	Scott McDonald	5	0	0	5
5	24	Henrik Ojamaa	3	1	0	4
6	11	Iain Vigurs	2	0	0	2
6	18	Josh Law	0	0	2	2
8	5	Simon Ramsden	1	0	0	1
	20	Fraser Kerr	1	0	0	1
	47	Conor Grant	1	0	0	1
	45	Louis Laing	1	0	0	1
	48	Stephen Pearson	1	0	0	1
	6	Stephen McManus	1	0	0	1
	24	Marvin Johnson	1	0	0	1
	3	Steven Hammell	0	0	1	1
TOTALS			44	1	4	49

Disciplinary record

As of 31 May 2015[7][8]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		Europa League		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
	DF	2	Craig Reid	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	MF	4	Stuart Carswell	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
	DF	5	Simon Ramsden	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	DF	6	Stephen McManus	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
	MF	8	Paul Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	9	John Sutton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	11	Iain Vigurs	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
	MF	15	Mark O'Brien	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	1
	DF	17	Zaine Francis-Angol	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	18	Josh Law	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	19	Lee Erwin	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	DF	20	Fraser Kerr	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
	MF	21	Jack Leitch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW	24	Henrik Ojamaa	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
	MF	24	Marvin Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	30	David Ferguson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	45	Louis Laing	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	48	Stephen Pearson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	77	Scott McDonald	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
			TOTALS	63	10	6	0	3	1	3	0	73	11

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	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

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	6	22	38	63	−25	36	7	5	7	23	21	+2	3	1	15	15	42	−27

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Motherwell score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	0-1	0-2	1-2	-	0
Celtic	1-1	0-1	0-4	-	1
Dundee	1-3	1-4	0-1	-	0
Dundee United	0-1	1-0	1-3	-	3
Hamilton Academical	0-4	0-5	4-0	0-2	3
Inverness C.T.	0-2	1-3	2-1	-	3
Kilmarnock	0-2	1-1	2-1	3-1	7
Partick Thistle	1-3	1-0	0-2	0-0	4
Ross County	2-1	2-2	2-3	1-1	5
St Johnstone	0-1	1-2	1-1	-	1
St Mirren	1-0	1-0	5-0	1-2	9

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership#Results

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
21 May 2014	MF	Josh Law	Alfreton Town	Free[9]
23 May 2014	MF	Dan Twardzik	Dundee	Free[10]
16 June 2014	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Rotherham United	Free[11]
19 January 2015	MF	Stephen Pearson	Kerala Blasters	Free[12]
3 February 2015	MF	Nathan Thomas	Plymouth Argyle	Free[13]
26 February 2015	FW	Scott McDonald	Millwall	Free[14]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
16 June 2014	DF	Shaun Hutchinson	Fulham	Free[15]
19 June 2014	FW	Henri Anier	Erzgebirge Aue	Undisclosed[16]
23 July 2014	MF	Adam Asghar	Alloa Athletic	Free[17]
4 March 2015	GK	Gunnar Nielsen		[18]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
14 August 2014[19]	29 January 2015[20]	FW	Henrik Ojamaa	Legia Warsaw
15 August 2014	End of Season[21][22]	DF	Mark O'Brien	Derby County
29 January 2015	End of Season[23]	MF	Anthony Straker	York City
30 January 2015	End of Season[24]	DF	Louis Laing	Nottingham Forest
2 February 2015	End of Season[25]	MF	Conor Grant	Everton
2 February 2015	End of Season[26]	GK	George Long	Sheffield United

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To
27 February 2015	End of Season[27]	DF		Adam Cummins	Stirling Albion

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
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[28]
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[29]
2 June 2015	MF	Paul Lawson	Formartine United	6 July 2015[30]
2 June 2015	MF	Nathan Thomas	Mansfield Town	3 June 2015[31]
2 June 2015	MF	Iain Vigurs	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	12 August 2015[32]
2 June 2015	FW	Robert McHugh	Falkirk	14 July 2015
10 June 2015[33]	FW	Lee Erwin	Leeds United	1 July 2015[34]
15 June 2015[35]	FW	John Sutton	St Johnstone	17 June 2015[36]

Notes

Bilel Mohsni and Fraser Kerr where show Red Cards following the full-time whistle.[37]
Lee Erwin was shown a yellow card following the full-time whistle.[38]

Notes and references

"New SPFL branding is unveiled". skysports.com. SKY Sports. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
"Stuart McCall quits as Motherwell boss after fifth straight league loss". STV Sport. STV. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
"Ian Baraclough appointed 'Well boss". motherwellfc.co.uk/. Motherwell F.C. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
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