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The Motherwell boss looks ahead to the derby and trying to progress from the group stages of the Premier Sports Cup.

Remember to collect your tickets from Fir Park for Wednesday’s derby with Airdrieonians.

Our ticket office is open from 9am to 5pm on Monday and Tuesday.

On the day of the game on Wednesday, we are open for collections from 10am to 1pm.

For further assistance, please call 01698 333333 or email tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk.

Tickets are now sold out.

If you’re in the UK or Republic of Ireland, you can watch the game live on Premier Sports.

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The derby returns after a near 15-year absence on Wednesday night.

Motherwell make the trip across the county to take on Airdrieonians on Wednesday 21 July. Kick-off is at 7.45pm.

Watch live

If you’re in the UK or Republic of Ireland, you can watch the game live on Premier Sports.

Overseas-based fans can watch via their normal subscriptions at live.motherwellfc.co.uk. Get every game in 2021/22 – home and away – streamed live for as little as £12.50 per month.

Tickets

Tickets for this fixture have now sold out.

Around 700 ‘Well fans will be in attendance at the Penny Cars Stadium for the fixture.

Remember – you must collect your ticket in person. On the day of the game on Wednesday, we are open for collections from 10am to 1pm.

At the ground

In line with current track and trace guidelines, once you are seated, stewards will attend each section of the stand and obtain your customer number to allow Airdrieonians FC to collate track and trace information.

We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Motherwell fans should enter through the Petersburn Road gate. Parking on-site is limited and is charged at £2 per car.

Tale of the tape

You have to go back to January 2007 for the last time the derby was played.

Richie Foran scored the only goal in the Scottish Cup tie, sending Motherwell through.

Six years prior, a 2-1 win for Airdrie in the CIS Insurance Cup saw ‘Well lose away from home.

Historically, 145 matches have been played between the two teams, with Motherwell winning 63 and Airdrie 56.

Form guide

Motherwell made it two wins from two in the Premier Sports Cup group stage with a comeback 3-2 win over Queen of the South on Saturday.

The return of fans for the first time since March 2021 saw the visitors go into the break with a two-goal lead. Second half strikes from Tony Watt, Ricki Lamie and Kaiyne Woolery ensured victory.

Airdrie have three points from two games so far, having drawn both with Annan Athletic and Queen’s Park. A penalty shootout win over Queens brought a bonus point.

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“It’s almost a perfect day.

“We took the fans through the Motherwell rollercoaster but we leave with smiles on our faces.”

Motherwell produced a stirring comeback to re-open Fir Park with a 3-2 win over Queen of the South.

Almost 2,000 fans were in attendance as goals from Tony Watt, Ricki Lamie and Kaiyne Woolery turned a tie, in which the visitors went in 2-0 up at the break thanks to Ruari Paton’s double.

Manager Graham Alexander made two changes from the team which won 1-0 in the opening match at Queen’s Park.

Liam Donnelly made his first start after returning from injury, while Kevin van Veen was given his first start up top. Robbie Crawford and Kaiyne Woolery dropped to the bench.

Buoyed by the presence of the home support, Motherwell enjoyed all the early possession in the opening exchanges, with the visitors carving out some dangerous chances on the break.

Van Veen in particular was lively up top for the Steelmen, seeing two shots in the box blocked, before another left-footed low drive from distance was gathered by the ‘keeper.

At the other end, Roy fired wide across a diving Kelly from the right and Joseph sent a shot over from distance as the Championship side showed threat.

‘Well thought the goal had arrived with seven minutes left to play in the half. Brilliant play down the left from Watt saw him drive into the area and send a ferocious drive bound for the top corner.

With the goalkeeper beaten, the ball crashed off the crossbar and Lawless couldn’t capitalise on the rebound.

Van Veen then headed just wide of the left-hand post, with a towering leap beating all but the ball bouncing wide.

Then, against the run of play, the hosts would find themselves behind.

A deep ball to the back post found East unopposed and with a free header. Paton latched on to the knockdown, steering the ball past Kelly into the bottom-right corner from close range.

The situation would worsen on the stroke of half-time. A throw-in on the left was worked inside and, with room to shoot from 25 yards, Paton let fly.

His low shot took a nick on the way through to finding the bottom-left corner and leave Motherwell with plenty work to do in the second period.

They were quick out of the blocks, and within three minutes had a goal back.

A ball in from the right was headed back across by Lamie and Watt was on hand to steer the ball home from close range.

Van Veen powered over from close range as Motherwell continued to threaten, with the Dutchman then seeing a cutback from Carroll get caught under him as he looked to pounce from five yards.

The pendulum was swinging, and the equaliser came with 20 to go.

A short corner saw Maguire tap to Lawless to send the ball in and Lamie rose highest to power the header home.

Better would follow minutes later. Positive attacking play around the area would see the ball fall to Woolery. Taking time to engineer space, his shot from 15 yards took a little touch but found the net to send the sold-out crowd into raptures.

Motherwell: Kelly, S O’Donnell, O’Connor, Lamie, Carroll, Donnelly (Woolery), Maguire, Cornelius, Lawless (Crawford), Watt, Van Veen (McGinley).

Subs not used: Fox, Johnston, Parker, C O’Donnell, Wilson, Amaluzor.

Mich’el Parker is the latest in the door at Motherwell.

The defensive midfielder has signed a deal until January, having spent the last few months training with the team.

“Mich’el has been training with us for a while now and shown a gradual improvement,” manager Graham Alexander said.

“He’s a young player who has been at Liverpool and West Ham but lost his way a little.

“He’s now got an opportunity here to show he can build a successful football career.

“He has some work to do but he has the ability and there’s a will from him to take this chance. We look forward to helping him achieve that.”

Mich’el will wear the number 26 jersey and is available for selection for Saturday’s homecoming Premier Sports Cup match against Queen of the South.

The 22-year-old has been on the books at Arsenal, Liverpool, Millwall and West Ham United, featuring in Premier League 2 and the EFL Trophy.

Can’t make Motherwell v Queen of the South on Saturday?

A live stream of the game is available to purchase from https://ppv.motherwellfc.co.uk for £10. Get yours now.

If you’ve just been unlucky and didn’t get a ticket, you can still come to Fir Park to see the game.

Our Cooper and Centenary bars will be open from 12pm and will be showing the match live.

Keith Lasley has signed a new contract with the club.

The new one-year contract extension for the assistant manager brings him in line with manager Graham Alexander and fellow assistant Chris Lucketti.

“I’m really happy that Keith has extended his contract with us and hopefully it shows the value he brings to my coaching staff,” manager Graham Alexander said.

“He’s been a great source of knowledge with his experience of the Scottish game since we came in, and as time has gone by we’re developing a real relationship of how we work and bring out the best in each other.

“I know he also has a long-standing loyalty to our club, and the more people we have like that the better.”

Lasley has a 20-year association with the club, having joined as a player in 1999.

Except for a two-year spell away at Plymouth Argyle and a short loan at Blackpool, the vast majority of his playing career was spent at Fir Park, where he amassed 487 appearances.

His switch to coaching came in the summer of 2017, serving as assistant ever since.

We will have up to 700 fans at our derby match away to Airdrieonians on Wednesday 21 July.

Tickets are now on sale to season ticket holders, priced at £12.

To buy, head to tickets.motherwellfc.co.uk now and log in to your account.

You can buy one ticket per season ticket holder. You will be required to log in to each season ticket account online to purchase.

You will need your customer number to log in. This is printed on your existing season card. It was also the final five digits of your username for your live streaming last season.

Seating will be on a free seating and socially-distanced basis. Please follow the instructions of stewards at the stadium.

Collect your tickets

Tickets must be collected from Fir Park. Collections will begin on Saturday.

Our ticket office will be open from 10am until 5.30pm on Saturday, and then from 9am to 5pm on Monday and Tuesday. On the day of the game on Wednesday, we are open for collections from 10am to 1pm.

The return to Fir Park comes on Saturday, with Queen of the South the visitors.

Fans are back home for the Premier Sports Cup group stage match. Kick-off is at 3pm.

Welcome home

All tickets for the match have been allocated to season ticket holders. We can’t wait to welcome almost 2,000 of you back home.

If you haven’t been emailed your ticket yet, please let us know ASAP by calling 01698 333333 or emailing tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk.

Some fans have had issues adding their ticket to the wallet on their phones.

If this happens to you, please open the Print at Home document attached to your ticket email and have it open on your phone. We will be able to scan the barcode from that.

If you have a ticket and cannot make the match, please let us know ASAP by calling 01698 333333 or emailing tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk. This will allow us to potentially pass your ticket to a fan who missed out in the ballot.

Watch out for an email on Friday with important information about coming back to Fir Park.

Watch live

If you can’t make the match, there’s two options.

A live stream of the game is available to purchase from https://ppv.motherwellfc.co.uk for £10 now.

Alternatively, our Cooper and Centenary bars will be open from 12pm and will be showing the match live.

Tale of the tape

Motherwell and Queen of the South have been familiar foes in recent times.

A 2-0 win at Fir Park in 2018 for the Steelmen was followed by a 3-0 win for Motherwell at Palmerston in 2019.

Form guide

Motherwell won their opening group match away at Queen’s Park on Wednesday night.

A 1-0 victory at Firhill came courtesy of Steven Lawless’ first-half goal.

Queen of the South lost their opener 1-0 to Queen’s Park, before a 3-1 win at Annan Athletic on Tuesday.