Motherwell Football Club is an association football club from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They were established on 10 May 1886 following a merger between Glencairn and Alpha. They play their home games at Fir Park Stadium.
This is an official list of the managers who have managed Motherwell, and the success that they have achieved, since 1911. Before that year, a committee was involved in the management of the club. The Club's first ever manager was John 'Sailor' Hunter, who would go on to become the club's longest-serving manager. It was during his tenure that Motherwell won their first, and to date, only Premier League title, in the 1931-32 season. This was the same year that The Steelmen had their greatest ever team, scoring a record 119 league goals in one season.
George Stevenson, who succeeded Hunter as Motherwell manager, is the club's most successful manager, winning the League Cup and Scottish Cup in 9 years at Fir Park.
Managerial Performances in the League
The following lists are broken down into the level of league that Motherwell were in at the time they were league winners or runners-up. In recent times up till now, the Scottish Premier League would be classed as the 1st tier of the Scottish football league system while the Scottish First Division would be classed as the 2nd, instead of the first as had been the case.
First tier Manager Winner Runner-up John 'Sailor' Hunter 1 (1931–32) 4 (1926-27, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1933-34) Alex McLeish 0 1 (1994-95) Stuart McCall 0 2 (2012-13, 2013-14)
Second tier Manager Winner Runner-up George Stevenson 1 (1953–54) 0 Bobby Howitt 1 (1968–69) 0 David Hay 1 (1981–82) 0 Tommy McLean 1 (1985–86) 0
Managerial Performances in Domestic Cup Competitions
The following lists documents Motherwell's success in the two premier cup competitions in Scotland, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, as per manager.
Scottish Cup Manager Winner Runner-up John 'Sailor' Hunter 0 3 (1930-31, 1932-33, 1938-39) George Stevenson 1 (1951-52) 1 (1950-51) Tommy McLean 1 (1990-91) 0 Stuart McCall 0 1 (2010-11) Steve Robinson 0 1 (2017-18)
Scottish League Cup Manager Winner Runner-up George Stevenson 1 (1950-51) 1 (1954-55) Terry Butcher 0 1 (2004-05) Steve Robinson 0 1 (2017-18)
Managerial Statistics in the League Below is the full Scottish league record of every Motherwell manager. Only league games are stated.Caretaker managers are in Italics
All records are from Soccerbase and http://www.londonhearts.com.
NameFromToPlayedWonDrewLostGoals ForGoals AgainstWin% John 'Sailor' Hunter, Motherwell F.C. Official WebsiteDoes not include the emergency games played as a result of the Second World War.1911194610645072263312073155847.65 194619552701084311951751540.00 Bobby Ancell195519653401308412653860138.24 Bobby Howitt19651972249955510141639438.15 197219758337173912312644.56 Willie McLean197519789839274215916139.80 Roger Hynd197819793651724338613.89 Ally McLeod19791981783522211249944.87 David Hay19811982392694923666.66 Jock Wallace198219833611520397330.56 Bobby Watson19831984364725317511.11 1 June 198431 May 199440312311116945052830.52 13 July 199410 Feb 199813438395512214428.36 Harri Kampman25 Feb 19984 Oct 1998215 10 6 30 32 23.81 Billy Davies14 Oct 199818 Sept 2001108342855 137 162 31.48 / 2001200132016466.66 Eric Black16 Oct 200130 June 200227741624 5225.93 Terry Butcher24 April 200217 May 200615447367119223230.52 Maurice Malpas17 May 200630 June 20073510718385426.32 Mark McGhee1 July 200712 June 200976311530969740.79 Jim Gannon1 July 200928 Dec 200917485212823.53 Craig Brown29 Dec 200910 Dec 20103516811524245.14 Gordon Young 12 Dec 201030 Dec 201030032700.00 Stuart McCall30 Dec 20102 November 201414667255420919845.89 2 November 201413 December 201441124625.00 13 December 201423 September 20153211521334734.38 23 September 201513 October 201521013350.00 13 October 201528 February 2017541810266910333.34 28 February 201731 December 202013750266116318736.49 7 January 202129 July 202256191321648133.92 29 July 202211 August 2022210122 11 August 202211 February 20232245132536 11 February 202322 February 2022220041 22 February 202327 January 202574261928107110 27 January 202517 February 2025200216 17 February 202523 May 2025115341618 12 June 202521 May 202638161395936 18 June 20267223911
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External links Soccerbase