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Motherwell eased into the Quarter-Finals of the Scottish Cup with a 4-0 win over Montrose on Sunday. 

Jo Addie, Kaela McDonald-Nguah, Tiree Burchill and Kayla Jardine were all on target for the women of steel at K-Park.

It didn’t take long for Motherwell to make the breakthrough, with Addie netting the opener after 18 minutes. Katie Rice’s delivery was met by the centre back who made no mistake with her finish.

Montrose would hold firm until the half-time interval and made changes at the break in the hope of re-energising their side.

But on her first start since joining on loan from Celtic, Burchill bagged a goal on 50 minutes. Gill Inglis fired a cross into the penalty area where McDonald-Nguah was able to play across the goal for Burchill to knock home. 2-0.

The tie was sealed when Motherwell scored their third.

Rice again involved, her through ball found McDonald-Nguah who slotted home to end any chance of a cup upset.

The game was rounded off in the last minute when Jardine got on the scoresheet for her first goal at the club with a strike from distance that flew over the goalkeeper and into the net.

The draw for the Quarter Finals takes place on Monday 13 February at 5.30 live from Hampden.

It was a win against St Mirren but that’s all it was. That was the message from Stuart Kettlewell as he takes his second game in temporary charge of Motherwell against Hearts on Sunday.

Kettlewell wants the team to get the fundamentals correct again and insists that any chat about the next permanent Motherwell manager, is at the back of his mind and the players should be thinking the same.

We have parted company with manager Steven Hammell.

His assistant Brian Kerr will also leave the club.

Stuart Kettlewell has agreed to take interim charge of the first-team until a permanent appointment has been made.

“Steven Hammell is and will forever be a colossus in Motherwell Football Club history,” chairman Jim McMahon said.

“Unfortunately, due to a number of factors, his time in charge hasn’t worked out the way we all really hoped it would.

“Although this decision has been difficult, we feel it is necessary as we look towards the last third of the Premiership season.

“I want to thank Steven and Brian for all their efforts and wish them both all the very best in the future.”

The chairman and non-executive directors have begun the recruitment process to appoint the next manager.

Jon Obika says Wednesday night’s win against St Mirren in the cinch Premiership was long overdue and what this team needed.

He recognised the importance and meaning of the win for supporters and wants to repeat that again on Sunday against Hearts.

Motherwell exited the Scottish Cup after a poor 3-1 defeat to Raith Rovers.

Jamie Gullan and Sam Stanton had the home side two goals up before Kevin van Veen pulled a goal back to give some hope but debutant Esmael Goncalves killed off any chance of a comeback with minutes to go.

Raith went into the game the form side and took an early lead after Callum Slattery was ruled to have handled in the box. Jamie Gullan stepped and made no mistake from twelve yards.

Shortly before half-time Raith doubled their lead.

A deflected shot towards goal wasn’t gathered by Kelly and Stanton was on hand to head home from close range.

Stevie Hammell made three changes at half-time and within five minutes his side had pulled a goal back.

A loose ball fell to Kevin van Veen and he fired the ball into the net through a crowd of bodies.

Spirits were raised and despite plenty of pressure, crosses into the box and even Tom Lang hitting his own crossbar, there was no way through.

With minutes to go, any hopes of a comeback were crushed when Goncalves raced through on goal and finished past Kelly.

We are at Fir Park once again, taking on Hearts in the cinch Premiership.

The game takes place on Sunday 19th February and kick-off is 12pm.

Tickets

Supporters are able to buy tickets online here or visit the ticket office at Fir Park.

Ticket Office open from 9am – the ticket office is open until kick-off with no pay gate facility

Away supporters can purchase tickets in the Tommy McLean stand from the ticket booth up until kick-off (cash and card available)

Ticket office opening times
Monday – Thursday 9am – 5pm and Friday 9-4pm, matchday 9am – kick-off.

Hospitality

There are still hospitality places available for this match in the Centenary Suite.  Watch the game in style with prices starting from just £35pp.

Call 01698 338008 or book online.

Cooper Bar
We’re open from 11am on the first floor of our Cooper stand. Fans and children of both clubs are welcome to join us for food and drink.

How to follow game online

The game will be live on Sky Sports.

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.

The Story of the Match

Motherwell halted a run of three straight league defeats with an encouraging 2-1 win over sixth placed St Mirren on Wednesday.

That win pushes Motherwell up to ninth and will provide some confidence ahead to a tough game against third placed Hearts.

The visitors are in fine form, with only one defeat in their last 13 games.

Hearts came out on top in the last meeting at Fir Park, with a 0-3 win, but it was a game that ‘Well would be scratching their heads at how they never got anything out the game, let alone a heavy defeat on paper.

Match Officials

• Referee: Don Robertson
• AR1: David McGeachie
• AR2: Craig Ferguson
• Fourth Official: Chris Graham
• VAR: Steven McLean
• AVAR: Gary Hilland

Steven Hammell can understand the Motherwell fans’ frustration and says they are well within their rights to be annoyed as the team have been underperforming.

He is grateful for the backing the supporters have shown during this testing time and says he highlighted to his players the importance of representing this club.

It has been a difficult period at Motherwell Football Club, heightened by Steven Hammell and Brian Kerr departing the club three days ago. 

With Stuart Kettlewell taking charge of first-team duties on an interim basis, the former Ross County manager spoke openly in the lead up to the game against St Mirren in the cinch Premiership about requiring the full team to be together and ready to fight for each other.

Opening a two goal lead through Kevin van Veen and Max Johnston, Kettlewell knew that he got the reaction that he wanted out of the players.

Ryan Strain pulled one back for St Mirren in the first half but in the end, Motherwell got their first win at Fir Park since August with a fighting victory.

Kettlewell enforced the message this win won’t define how our season ends up but it certainly builds a foundation.

Stuart McKinstry is a Motherwell himself and he knows the expectations of the supporters are way higher than what they are producing.

The wingers wants to give something back to the supporters, with 2000 of them expected at Starks Park for their Scottish Cup match against Raith Rovers.

“It’s a good feeling to get the three points.

“But it’s what this team brings from now, into the remaining games, that will define their season.”