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Now that our 2024/25 ScottishGas Women’s Premier League season has reached its conclusion, we can provide an update on our playing squad. 

Players under contract

• Emily Mutch
• Rebecca Cameron
• Chelsie Watson
• Jo Addie
• Jenna Penman
• Gill Inglis
• Eve Donald
• Katie Rice
• Rachel Todd
• Mason Clark
• Lucy Ronald
• Sarah Gibb
• Bailley Collins

Loan player returning to parent club

• Eilidh Austin
• Shannon Leishman
• Lucy Barclay
• Sienna McGoldrick
• Brodie Greenwood
• Sophie Black

Players departing

• Laura McCartney
• Amy Sharkey
• Louisa Boyes

Our opponents are locked in for the Premier Sports Cup group stage. 

We have been placed in Group G.

Our opponents in Group G will be:

• Greenock Morton
• Stenhousemuir
• Peterhead
• Clyde

Dates of fixtures and ticket confirmation will be published in due course.

The new season isn’t far away, and here are all the important dates for your diary.

First up is the draw for the Premier Sports Cup group stage. This will take place on Wednesday 28 May at 1pm and is available to watch on Premier Sports 1, the Premier Sports YouTube channel, and the Premier Sports X/Twitter page, as well as the SPFL YouTube channel.

We are seeded in the draw and will discover fixture information shortly after the draw has taken place. The draw is not regionalised.

Our first-team will return to Fir Park for pre-season on Wednesday 18 June, before setting off for Delden, Netherlands, on Wednesday 25 June.

During their stay in the Netherlands, they will face Eredivisie side FC Twente on Tuesday 1 July.

In their second match of the trip, Motherwell will take on a second opponent on Saturday 28 June.

Fixtures will be announced on Friday 20 June for the new Premiership season at 9am.

The Premier Sports Cup group stage will kick off on the weekend of July 12/13, with all group stage matches to be completed by July 26/27.

Premiership match day one is on the 2nd/3rd of August, with the final round of fixtures taking place on 16th/17th May 2026.

There will be no winter break once again this season.

Away from first-team fixtures, there are some other important dates for your diary.

Season tickets for the 2025/26 season are now on sale.

You are able to renew or purchase your season ticket for the upcoming campaign here.

Our Early Bird discount will end on Friday 20 June.

Season ticket holders have until the 1st of July to secure their seat.

The fixtures for the 2025/26 SWPL season will be published on Wednesday 25 June at 9am, with the first round of games taking place on Sunday 17 August. This season, for the first time, both SWPL and SWPL2 will have ten teams.

There will be a winter break in the SWPL, starting on Monday 22 December and ending on Saturday 17 January.

The final game before the split will be on Sunday 22 February.

Clubs in SWPL 2 and the bottom four of the SWPL will conclude their fixtures on Sunday 17 May before the new SWPL play-off competition will commence. The SWPL play-off quarter-final will be played on Wednesday 20th, and the semi-final on Sunday 24 May.

Clubs in the top six of the SWPL will conclude their fixtures on Sunday 24 May. The SWPL and SWPL 2 play-off final matches are scheduled for Friday 29 and Saturday 30.

The first round of the Sky Sports Cup will take place on Sunday 1 September, with Motherwell entering in the second round on Sunday 5 October.

Former Motherwell first-team performance therapist Callum Davidson raised over £2135 for the Motherwell FC and Wigan Athletic Community Trust’s after completing the Birmingham half-marathon. 

A lecturer in sports therapy at Birmingham City University, Davidson sought to challenge himself by running the Birmingham half-marathon to raise awareness of his own mental health journey whilst giving back to the communities and mental health projects that supported him at both the Motherwell FC and Wigan Athletic Community Trusts.

Davidson hopes that the funds raised will support both Community Trusts’ to providing a safe and supportive network to help people understand and tackle their mental health issues.

You can read the entirety of Callum’s interview with the Motherwell FC Community trust HERE or the entirety of his story by visiting his GoFundMe page HERE.

Now that our 2024/25 William Hill Premiership season has reached it’s conclusion, we can provide an update on our playing squad. 

Players under contract

• Aston Oxborough
• Calum Ward
• Stephen O’Donnell
• Liam Gordon
• Kofi Balmer
• Paul McGinn
• Johnny Koutroumbis
• Ewan Wilson
• Tom Sparrow
• Callum Slattery
• Andy Halliday
• Lennon Miller
• Dylan Wells
• Lukas Fadinger (Summer signing 2025)
• Luca Ross
• Zach Robinson
• Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
• Filip Stuparevic
• Sam Nicholson
• Tawanda Maswanhise

Loan player returning to parent club

• Archie Mair
• Ellery Balcombe
• Marvin Kaleta
• Kai Andrews
• Tony Watt
• Luke Plange
• Will Dickson
• Luke Armstrong
• Jack Vale
• Jair Tavares

Players departing

• Shane Blaney
• Ross Callachan
• Mark Ferrie

Players who have agreed extensions

• Olly Whyte

We remain in dialogue with all remaining players, whose personal circumstances are all different. Given the current managerial situation at the club, decisions will be made in the coming weeks with regards to these players.

An update also on our Under 18 squad.

Contract extension agreed

• Campbell Forrest
• Mikey Booth
• Scott Williamson

Under Contract

• Jack McConnell
• Jon-Joe Friel
• Jay Gillies
• Andrew Arnott
• Rocco McColm
• Zander McAllister
• Nathan Lawson
• Harry McLean

Players Departing

• Max Ross
• Brannan McDermott
• Zack Flatman
• Derrin Marshall
• Ross Nelson
• Zack Tomany

One player who says goodbye is Shane Blaney who arrived from Sligo Rovers in January 2023. The Irish centre-back played over 50 games in the claret and amber, giving 100% every time he crossed the white line.

Amongst the number of loan players returning to their parent clubs, Tony Watt reached 100 games for Motherwell in his final appearance for the club against Kilmarnock. A milestone he should be proud of, we thank him for his efforts over the course of both spells at the club.

It’s never easy to say goodbye to players and we are grateful for their efforts at Motherwell. With 21 first-team players contracted for next season, recruitment will continue during the summer months as we look to towards the beginning of pre-season in June.

The club wishes to thank each player who is leaving for their service and wishes them the very best in their careers.

Following the announcement that Michael Wimmer has departed the club, Chairman Kyrk Macmillan discusses how Wimmer’s departure came about and the reasons for why it happened.

He also speaks about Ahmet Koc, and how the recruitment process for a new manager is going.

Chairman Kyrk Macmillan has confirmed that the deadline to get your season ticket for the 2025/26 campaign at a discounted price has been extended.

The discount will be available until Friday 20 June at 4pm, the same day when we will discover our 2025/26 Premiership fixtures for the season.

Chairman Macmillan confirmed this news in his club update which can be viewed here.

You are able to renew or purchase your season ticket for the upcoming campaign here.

Alternatively, call us on 01698 333333 or email tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk.

Season ticket holders have until the 1st of July to secure their seat.

We are offering the option of paying your season ticket through a standing order payment each month.

There is the option to pay your season ticket over a maximum of six standing order payments directly to the club, with no interest payments or fees, providing full payment is made by December 2025.

To set this standing order up, you must contact us directly and complete a form.

Please call into the Ticket Office to arrange.

Lukas Fadinger has joined the club on a two-year deal.

The 24-year-old midfielder joins after a two-year stint with Austrian Bundesliga side Rheindorf Altach, where he made 61 appearances and scored four goals.

Fadinger came through the ranks at Sturm Graz, where he made his first-team debut at just 17.

A prominent feature in the Graz II team, Fadinger was loaned out to SV Lafnitz in the second tier of Austrian football in 2019, where he made 66 appearances across three seasons.

He moved to Hartberg in 2022, where he made 30 appearances in the Austrian top-flight in his sole season with the club.

“I am so happy to be at this club,” Lukas Fadinger said.

“We’ve been holding talks for a couple of months now, and to now finally say I’m a Motherwell player makes me very happy.

“This move excites me, and it’s a big step forward in my career. I’m already looking forward to the start of the new season and meeting all the fans.”

Tawanda Maswanhise has been named in Zimbabwe’s latest squad. 

The Warriors have two friendly matches lined up in June in Morocco. They take on Niger and Burkino Faso before their World Cup qualifiers continue in September.

• Zimbabwe v Burkino Faso 
• Friday 6 June 
• Kick Off TBC
• Venue TBC

• Niger v Zimbabwe 
• Tuesday 10 June 
• Kick Off TBC
• Venue TBC

We will return to Delden, Netherlands for the third successive pre-season.

The squad will travel to the camp on Wednesday 25 June, and will return on Wednesday 2 July.

Two friendly matches will take during our stay. We will face Eredivisie side FC Twente once again, following the 2-2 draw last summer. The match will take place on Tuesday 1 July.

Our other fixture will be against an opponent to be confirmed, on Saturday 28 June.

Supporter entry and ticket pricing will be confirmed in due course. Both matches will take place in Beckum.

• Motherwell v TBC
• Saturday 28 June

• Motherwell v FC Twente
• Tuesday 1 July