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The manager gives his thoughts on a 1-1 draw with Dundee United.

The Steelmen travel to Tannadice Park on Saturday 7 November in the William Hill Premiership. 

Kick off is 3pm.

Tickets

You can buy tickets online now by CLICKING HERE.

Concessions are classed as 65 and over, Under 21 / Student.

Any wheelchair Users requiring tickets please contact the Ticket Office directly on tickets@dundeeunitedfc.co.uk or01382 833 166 option 1.

The seats available are in the Norman Jamieson / West stand (previously named Carling).

Watch Live

If you are outside the UK, you can watch the game via Motherwell TV.

Should you be in the UK, it will be live commentary only.

Other Fan Information

We encourage you to keep up to date with any relevant travel information via the Traffic Scotland website.

Please check your journey if travelling by train before departure by clicking here.

Residents Parking Zones are now in place around the stadium on matchdays. Only residents with the required permit will be allowed to park within the designated zone.

Accessible Parking:

• West side of Arklay Street, between Sandeman Street and Strathmore Street
• Both sides of North Isla Street between Dens Road and Tannadice Street.
• East side of Hindmarsh Avenue between Sandeman Street and Tannadice Street.
• East side of Provost Road, between Sandeman Street and Dens Road.

Turnstiles open at 2pm. Kiosks accept only contactless payments. Alcohol sales in home areas only.

Weather Forecast

There will be light rain and wind in Dundee on Saturday, with temperatures of around nine degrees at kick off.

Callum Hendry is pleased to be back fit and playing following an injury-filled six months at Motherwell. Hendry is delighted to be back playing and hopes to muscle his way into Alfred Johansson’s plans. 

The striker reflects on a difficult few months and how he plans to catch up on missed time on the pitch.

Matchday 11 awaits the women of steel this weekend, as Motherwell welcome Celtic to the Bumblebee Stadium on Sunday. 

Iain Robinson’s side will contest their first competitive fixture of November, after completing a ruthless set of fixtures across October in the Scottish Power Women’s Premier League and the Sky Sports League Cup. 

Despite an exceptional performance over Hibernian in the Sky Sports Cup Quarter-Final, the visitors responded in the second-half to deny Motherwell an historic place in the final four. 

The Tale of the Tape 

Motherwell 

Despite enduring a merciless run of fixtures, which saw Iain Robinson’s side face Hibernian, Rangers and Glasgow City – Motherwell impressed with several competitive performances against the full-time sides. 

Lucy Sinclair rifled home a magnificent strike to break the deadlock in the Sky Sports League Cup Quarter-Final, with Motherwell dominating proceedings against the Edinburgh side. However, a frantic two-minute spell in the second-half saw the visitors overturn the one-goal deficit to earn their place in the final four. 

Motherwell will be determined to replicate their exceptional display over Celtic when the sides last met in September. Despite Celtic securing victory with the final kick of the game, Motherwell threatened throughout, and proved to be a challenging prospect for the Glasgow outfit. 

Celtic 

After a frustrating defeat to title-rivals Hearts last month, the visitors have since responded with a vital one-nil victory over Hibernian won Wednesday evening. 

Grant Scott’s side remain six-points shy of bitter-rivals Rangers in the SPWPL table. 

Ticket Information 

Tickets can be purchased through the matchday turnstiles at the Bumblebee Stadium at K-Park. Both cash and card payments are accepted. 

• Adult – £10. 
• Concession (Over-65s and Under-17s) – £5. 
• Under-11 – FREE TO ENTER. 

Additional Information – no pets allowed within The Bumblebee Stadium – previously named The Ross Commercial Finance Stadium at K-Park. 

There will be catering available through the kiosk located adjacent to the main stand. 

Matchday Travel 

• Sunday 1st November 2026, kick-off 4PM. 

• The Bumblebee Stadium at K-Park, Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride, G75 0QZ. 

• First Glasgow service No.21 stops at Jura Slip Road, a 10-minute walk from the stadium. East Kilbride railway station is approx. 20 mins away on foot. 

• Free on-site parking is available, with overflow parking signposted at the park entrance. Please follow the one-way system upon your exit. 

• Selection of hot food, baking, confectionary and both hot and cold drinks available at the kiosk before and during the match. 

Follow our live matchday coverage on the Motherwell Women X (formerly Twitter) account.

Defender, Leah Sidey has requested to depart the club due to personal reasons and work commitments elsewhere. 

The former Dundee United youngster joined the women of steel in the summer after a magnificent campaign for Scottish Power Women’s Premier League 2 side, Boroughmuir Thistle last season. 

Sidey was named the 2025-26 Boroughmuir Thistle Player of the Year and the Supporters Player of the Year after earning a considerable amount of senior first-team experience, featuring for Dundee United, St. Johnstone, and Spartans. 

Despite an excellent start to this season, Sidey has departed the club at her own request due to a combination of work commitments and personal reasons. 

We thank Leah for all of her efforts at Motherwell, and we wish her all the best for the future. 

Good luck, Leah.

Manager Alfred Johansson says keeping a level state of emotion within the building is important, as he wants his players to be too high or too low. 

Johansson has been impressed by Jim Goodwin’s Dundee United side, and speaks about he thinks the match on Saturday could unfold.

Jardell Kanga has made a habit of catching the headlines on all his career. Bursting onto the scene to become IF Brommapojkarna Academy’s youngest ever first-team player at the age of 15, being named amongst the Guardian’s top 60 players to look out for, born in 2005 alongside stars like Desiré Doué, now of PSG, Mathys Tel of Tottenham Hotspur, Antonia Nusa of RB Leipzig and Arda Güler of Real Madrid, and scoring a stoppage-time stunner at St Mirren on his debut for Motherwell. 

He certainly announced his arrival in emphatic fashion, but now, a couple months into his stay in ML1, life has settled down for Kanga as he looks to fully establish himself as a Motherwell player.

“I found an apartment quite quickly,” he said.

“I’ve come into a good group of players who have helped me settle quickly. I chose to move out of Sweden and go somewhere new, as I’ve always wanted to be a professional footballer. Moving away from home is just part of that. I chose to come here and turn down other options, so I’m fully committed.

“The goal against St Mirren was amazing; it’s one of the top moments in my career so far. I played some friendly games for the Bayer Leverkusen first-team which is up there also. When I scored, I didn’t know what to do. It was just so nice that I could contribute in that way, as that’s a huge part of my game: getting goals and assists. I’ve now gone a few games without doing that where I’ve started or come on as a sub, so I’m looking for more.”

Alfred Johansson has stated publicly that since Kanga landed in Scotland, it’s been a case of building up. At the age of 20, the Motherwell staff have been working with Kanga to ensure he can compete at his optimum.

As such, the Swedish youth international believes there is a lot more to come from him and that everyone will see more.

“I’ve had some good games and some less good games,” he explained.

“Much more is still to come. I’m not satisfied with where I am at the minute.”

Football has always been a prominent part of Kanga’s life. His mother played football for teams in their local area, his dad, Kutshi Kanga played for Syrianska in the Swedish second and third divisions, and his cousin Joe Mendes currently plays for Samsunspor in Turkey, having previously turned out for Braga and Basel.

And with Kanga’s constant media spotlight and attention, having a support network of people who have been in the game has been pivotal for his development.

“For me, it’s always been football,” he stated.

“Even when I look at pictures of me as a young child, you always see me with a ball in my hand or at my feet; there’s even some of me meeting sleeping with a football. I don’t have memories where I didn’t play football.

“I started with Eskilstuna, then I went to Vasalunds if. They have very good academy teams. From there I went to IF Brommapojkarna. And the funny thing is, I was at Brommapojkarna earlier in my career. I didn’t play and just played in school instead and decided to join Vasalunds, as they were close to my home. We ended up playing Brommapojkarna, where I played well and scored, so they wanted me to come back.”

Kanga had been widely regarded as one of the hottest prospects to come out of Sweden, bursting onto the professional football stage with a bang. He became Brommapojkarna’s youngest-ever player in 2021 when he featured in a first-team match, having shown an abundance of excitement, maturity and professionalism at the age of just 15.

But this debut was part of a wider success story for Kanga. At the age of just 15, he went on to play 23 games in the Swedish third division, scoring five goals in just under 1000 minutes played and starting 11 games. His performances helped his team achieve promotion to the second tier of Swedish football, but Kanga caught wide-spread attention and subsequently joined Bayer Leverkusen.

“It was a crazy time, but to be honest with you, I didn’t care about the stuff off the pitch,” Kanga mentioned.

“My friends and family have always kept me humble. I was never, ever a superstar around my friends. They never hyped me up and the noise around me. This noise was outside, but the people I was around made sure I stayed humble. I was never a ‘wonderkid’, and I made sure I did good stuff. It was easier to handle everything with those people around me.

“Brommapojkarna” means everything to me. It’s going good for them just now, and that makes me happy. It’s a club that gave me everything and gave me a chance to play first-team football. I had incredible coaches that did everything and more for me, and I’ll always be grateful.

“It was an exciting time when I had to decide to leave Sweden, but it was so difficult. The hardest part was leaving my parents because they were very sad that I left at such a young age. I’d just turned 16, and seeing them sad was hard, but they were so happy for me also. But as I’ve said, this is what I wanted. But I would say I was more excited than nervous to join Leverkusen.”

Kanga joined the illustrious Leverkusen youth side but had ample experience training with the first-team under Xabi Alonso and also played in friendly matches.

But despite this wonderful and life-changing experience, there is one moment that stands out for him during his time in Germany that still resonates with him today.

“I remember I was sitting with the Transition Coach,” he recalled.

“And he told me that ‘your talent has taken you to Leverkusen, but it won’t take you further.’ That always stands out for me because he was saying that if I wanted to take the next step in my career, I would have to work really hard and sacrifice a lot. That was the best lesson I had there. The tactical stuff was amazing, and training under Alonso and everything, but this advice I received, it stuck with me.

“That’s why I can still hear his voice in my head all the time. I’ve had headlines and stories written about me for most of my career, and you can’t avoid that.

“At my age, we’re all on social media, and it’s hard not to see these things. You just have to stay focused and chase your goal. I had my mum, dad, uncle and friends who were like older brothers to me who all kept me grounded. I never got the chance to fly away and get carried away.”

Continuing his development with Bayer Leverkusen’s Under 17 and Under 19 sides, he joined De Graafschap on loan before returning to Sweden with Hammarby in 2024, signing a four-year contract with the Swedish outfit.

“I didn’t play so much when I returned to Sweden,” the Swede said.

“I learned a lot, but during my time at Hammarby, even though I didn’t play a lot and some things didn’t go my way. It taught me that I need to put in even more work to succeed. I had to trust the process, and I’m thankful for that experience. To not play and be benched helps me learn, and I didn’t complain.”

In 2025, Kanga joined Ilves, and this was where he really began to make his mark at the first-team level.

Across his almost two seasons with Ilves in Finland, Kanga has played 68 games for the Finns, scoring 18 goals and assisting 16 times. His maturity has been shown, having been given the captain’s armband on a number of occasions for matches.

“I think going to Finland was one of the best choices I’ve made in my career,” the 20-year-old added.

“It was exactly what I needed. In the beginning, things didn’t start off great, but it became so good for me there. I was able to captain the side for a while, which was amazing. It was an amazing team and amazing people around the club, and I’m so thankful for the memories I have from my time there.

“We played some European games against a good team, and it was the best decision I’ve made so far. I think I do have that leadership part of my game. People forget my age, I think. It’s always been like this; since I was 12 or 13 years old, people have forgotten. When I was 16, people thought I was 22. You have to live with it, and it will help me going forward.

“Right now, the most important thing for us is to trust what we do and stay together. That’s the most important thing we need to do. It’s not going our way all of the time, but we’re doing a lot of stuff away from matches to try and improve, and I really believe in this team. I see ourselves every day, and we have so much quality. Things will turn consistently very soon.”

Get ready for our annual Christmas Party Nights here at Motherwell Football Club. 

Get into the festive spirit this December as Motherwell Football Club invites you to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with our fantastic Christmas Party Nights at Fir Park!

Whether you’re planning a night out with friends, organising your work Christmas night out or simply looking for the perfect excuse to get together and celebrate, our Christmas Party Nights promise a fantastic evening of festive food, entertainment and Christmas cheer.

Taking place across selected dates in December, guests can enjoy a fantastic evening featuring a two-course meal, with a choice of main course, followed by Christmas celebrations with live entertainment and singer Barry Chisholm, who will provide the perfect soundtrack to your festive evening.

With a fantastic atmosphere, great food and plenty of opportunities to celebrate, it’s the perfect way to round off the year with colleagues, friends and family.

Christmas Party Night Dates

Our Christmas Party Nights will take place on the following dates:

• Friday 11 December
• Saturday 12 December – SOLD OUT
• Friday 18 December
• Saturday 19 December

Time: 7pm – 1am
Price: £45 per person

Each booking includes a two-course meal, with a choice of main course, alongside live Christmas entertainment and singer Barry Chisholm.

Secure Your Place!

With one of our dates already sold out, availability is limited and we encourage anyone looking to join us to book NOW.

To enquire or secure your place at one of our Christmas Party Nights, contact the Motherwell FC Hospitality team:

Email: hospitality@motherwellfc.co.uk
Telephone: 01698 338011

Make this Christmas one to remember and join us at Fir Park for a fantastic festive celebration!

Aaron Thomson and Zander McAllister have both been named in the Scotland Under-19 squad.

Scotland have three key matches during this international break, taking on Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Belgium in Round Two qualifying for the European championships in 2027.

Scotland are in League A following their Round One performances. The top three teams in each group in League A stay in the league for the upcoming third round, with those bottom dropping down to League B.

Thomson and McAllister, both on loan at League Two Spartans, represented their country in the last squad.

• Kazakhstan U19s v Scotland U19s
• Wednesday 11 November 
• 3:30pm Kick Off
• Albert Bartlett Stadium

• Scotland U19s v Kosovo U19s
• Saturday 14 November
• 7:30pm Kick Off
• Albert Bartlett Stadium

• Scotland U19s v Belgium U19s
• Tuesday 17 November
• 3pm Kick Off
• Albert Bartlett Stadium

It’s time to vote for your Lime Player of the Month for October. 

Ibrahim Said, Emmanuel Longelo and Joe Hodge are all up for nomination.

To vote, head over to the Motherwell Facebook page.

Matches in October

• Motherwell 0-2 Celtic
• Kilmarnock 3-2 Motherwell
• Motherwell 0-2 Hearts
• St Johnstone 2-2 Motherwell
• Motherwell 1-0 St Mirren