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Our 2021/22 Scottish Cup campaign starts on Saturday with the visit of Greenock Morton.

Kick-off at Fir Park is at 3pm.

Get your ticket

If you’re a season ticket holder, we’ve reserved your seat for you. You have until 1pm on Friday to guarantee your normal seat.

To get yours, just log in to your account at tickets.motherwellfc.co.uk. Once logged in, your reserved ticket(s) will be in your account menu and will be uploaded to your card. You will not be required to collect a physical ticket.

If you don’t have a season ticket, match tickets can also be bought from tickets.motherwellfc.co.uk. Pay at the gate is not available. Alternatively, call 01698 333333 or email tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk.

Prices for tickets are:

• Adult: £15
• Over 60s, full-time students and 16-18 year-olds: £10
• Under 15s: £5

For away supporters, the ticket booth at the Tommy McLean Stand will open from 1.30pm, and will accept cash and card.

Watch live online

If you can’t make Motherwell v Greenock Morton in person on Saturday, there’s still a way to watch.

A pay-per-view online stream of the game is now available for all fans to buy for £12.

To get your pass, head to ppv.motherwellfc.co.uk.

Covid-19 information

Covid-19 certification checks will now be in place at all matches.

At Fir Park, we require that you are either:

• fully vaccinated, which will include a booster vaccine for those who had a second dose more than four months ago; or
• able to provide proof of a negative lateral flow test.

We also advise that all fans take a lateral flow test before travelling to the match, regardless of their vaccination status.

Join us before the match

The Cooper Bar is open from 12pm for food and drink. Table service is in operation for this match.

Our Centenary Suite is open to supporters who have already purchased hospitality for this fixture.

Form guide

Motherwell returned from the cinch Premiership winter break with a 3-1 loss at Ross County on Tuesday night.

Prior to that, Graham Alexander’s men had won two on the bounce, beating St Johnstone and Livingston.

Morton are unbeaten in three, drawing with Kilmarnock and then winning against Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United.

Tale of the tape

Motherwell and Morton have met three times in the last five years in cup competitions, with the Steelmen winning all three.

A 4-0 League Cup win in 2017 was followed up by the same scoreline in the same competition two years later, before Motherwell won a penalty shootout in the last 16 of the Scottish Cup last season.

“We’ve thrown the game away. Hopefully that is a harsh lesson for everyone.”

Motherwell’s return to cinch Premiership action ended in defeat at Ross County.

Sondre Solholm’s own goal in the dying seconds of the first half was cancelled out by Jordan Roberts’ stunner early in the second.

But a double from County’s Regan Charles-Cook, after a red card for Jordon Tillson, gave the hosts all three points.

Motherwell controlled large spells of the opening period, but chances were at a premium.

Maguire’s long-distance drive was inches past the right post, as was a bending free kick from Van Veen from 25 yards which had home ‘keeper Maynard-Brewer scampering.

A shout for a penalty was waved away in between, with Solholm clearly caught by the closed hand of the County keeper after he won a header in the box, which dropped wide.

Then at the end of the half, a downward Donnelly header from a corner was going wide but Van Veen was again inches away from making the telling connection.

With no shots on target the whole first 45, a sucker punch shouldn’t have arrived, but it somehow did in the fourth and final minute of stoppage time.

Charles-Cook found space on the left after beating Mugabi, and his low cross across the face of goal was turned into his own net by Solholm at the front post.

‘Well needed to inject something extra into their play and it arrived 10 minutes into the second half.

Van Veen refused to give up down the left and chased down a long ball to find himself up against two County men.

Roberts had broke from deep and, receiving the ball 25 yards from goal, set himself with a deft touch before sending an unstoppable half-volley into the top right corner of the net.

With County rattled, their discipline would go soon after.

Roberts again caused trouble down the right and substitute Tillson answered with a two-footed lunge, which sparked furious scenes between both sets of players.

In the end, Tillson saw a just red to put the hosts down to 10 men.

The game predictably sparked to life, with both sides going at it at in an end-to-end second period.

But it would be County who would strike next in the 72nd minute.

A cross from the right wasn’t well dealt with as White and Mugabi collided, and Charles-Cook arrived late to smash the ball home from 12 yards.

The 10 men then went even further in front with 10 minutes left.

Charles-Cook’s burst to the byline saw him attempt to cross the ball, only for Mugabi’s outstretched hand to make contact with the ball in the box.

Referee Beaton pointed to the spot, and Charles-Cook stepped up himself to put home County’s third.

Motherwell: Kelly, O’Donnell, Solholm, Mugabi, McGinley, Donnelly, Maguire (Shields), Goss, Roberts, Woolery (Amaluzor), Van Veen.

Subs not used: Fox, Morrison, Carroll, O’Connor, Grimshaw, Cornelius, Slattery.

It is the Lanarkshire derby up next for Motherwell as they take on Hamilton Academical at New Douglas Park on Sunday 23 January. 

Kick off is 2pm. 

Come and Watch

Tickets are priced at £5 for adults and £3 for concessions, and can be purchased on the gate.

Tale of the Tape 

The first women’s Lanarkshire derby of the season took place earlier this campaign, with the women of steel running out comfortable 3-0 winners. 

Leanne Crichton opened the scoring from the spot, before Lori Gardner blasted home a second. Jemma Hughes added a third in the second half to secure all three points. 

Form Guide

Hamilton last picked up points in the league at the start of November when they drew 2-2 with Spartans. 

They are currently in 10th place in the league with five points. 

Motherwell drew 2-2 with Partick Thistle last weekend, with Amy Anderson and Kaela McDonald-Nguah getting on the scoresheet. 

The claret and amber are one point off of fifth place Spartans. 

Tony Watt has left Motherwell to join Dundee United.

The striker moves to Tannadice for an undisclosed fee.

Signed initially on a short-term deal in February 2020, Watt netted 19 goals across 70 appearances in claret and amber.

We thank Tony for his contributions and wish him well for his future career.

With the cinch Premiership winter break now at an end, and fans back in stadiums, the Motherwell boss says the team are ready to pick up where they left off on Tuesday night.

Sean Goss comes across as a laidback character. But the reality is one of a talented player with many stories to tell.

Born in Germany to parents based there in the army, his journey from Exeter City to Manchester United saw him make his debut against Paris Saint-Germain, and rub shoulders daily with Wayne Rooney, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Paul Scholes, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and current ‘Well team-mate Liam Grimshaw.

Having left Old Trafford to forge his path in the game, the midfielder has had a challenging route to Fir Park via QPR, Rangers, St Johnstone and Shrewsbury Town, one punctuated with a delayed diagnosis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a chronic allergic inflammatory disease of the muscular tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach.

Now a regular at Motherwell and a leader in the assists chart, Goss also has his sights set on international football with Northern Ireland, with both his grandparents having been born in Belfast.

Motherwell fought tirelessly to overcome last weekend’s Scottish Cup defeat to earn a thoroughly deserved point with Partick Thistle.

In a tough SWPL1 encounter at Alliance Park, Cara McBrearty fired the visitors ahead early on with a spectacular free-kick, before Amy Anderson pulled Motherwell level with a precise half volley.

Kaela McDonald-Nguah’s close-range effort put Motherwell ahead early into the second half, but Clare Docherty’s strike in the latter stages of the game brought Thistle level.

Looking for redemption after the cup exit at the hands of Partick Thistle, Motherwell started brightly and came close to the opener in the first few minutes.

Paige McAllister’s perfectly weighted through ball accurately picked out McDonald-Nguah on the right, and the striker skipped past her opponent with ease before firing across the face of the goal. But nobody could react quick enough to divert her effort towards goal.

However, despite Motherwell’s early dominance, the visitors netted the opener against the run of play from a free kick.

McBrearty confidently stepped up and curled a spectacular effort from distance into the top left corner, leaving Khym Ramsay with no chance in the Motherwell goal.

Looking for a quick response, the women of steel pressed forward in numbers and equalised minutes later. McDonald-Nguah’s chipped delivery fell kindly to Anderson at the edge of the box, and the midfielder composed herself before powering an exceptional half volley into the top left corner.

With the half-time whistle looming, Motherwell came agonisingly close to adding their second of the afternoon. Carla Boyce skilfully latched onto McDonald-Nguah’s long ball at the edge of the Thistle penalty area, but the striker lost her footing and sent her effort wide of the target.

Minutes into the second half, Paul Brownlie’s side took the lead.

Leanne Crichton’s pinpoint delivery accurately picked out Chelsie Watson in the box, who powered her header across the face of goal, leaving McDonald-Nguah to tap in at the back post.

However, with just 20 minutes remaining; Thistle found the equaliser.

Rebecca McGowan’s long-range effort was too hot to handle for Ramsay, and Docherty was on hand to rifle in the rebound from a yard out.

With the final few minutes ticking away, Motherwell were on the front foot in search of a late winner. Despite rattling the crossbar twice, the Thistle defence stood resolute to settle for a point.

‘Well will be frustrated to have not taken all three points but will be encouraged by their impressive display.

Motherwell controlled the vast majority of the game and will look to build a positive run of form with a victory over Hamilton in the Lanarkshire derby next week.

Jordan Roberts has joined from Heart of Midlothian on a permanent basis.

The forward, who has been on loan at Fir Park for the last year, has signed until the summer.

“We’re delighted to bring Jordan back permanently,” manager Graham Alexander said of the signing.

“We know what qualities he brings to the side and, having only spent a few weeks away, returns to the group ready to pick up again immediately.”

The 28-year-old had a successful first spell with the club in the second half of the 2020/21 season, netting three goals in eight appearances before injury curtailed his season.

He returned in the summer to add another 11 appearances in claret and amber, and now stays on until at least the end of the 2021/22 campaign.

We head to face Hearts in the cinch Premiership on Saturday 29 January.

Kick-off at Tynecastle is at 3pm.

To buy tickets, you can get yours online now, or from the Fir Park ticket office.

Prices are:

• Adults: £27
• Over 65s: £19
• Under 18s: £14
• Under 16s: £7
• Under 13s: £5

Tickets must be purchased in advance. There will be no sales at Tynecastle on the day.

Covid restrictions

Please note that Covid-19 certification checks will now be in place at all matches.

You will be required to be:

• fully vaccinated, which will include a booster vaccine for those who had a second dose more than four months ago; or
• able to provide proof of a negative lateral flow test.

We also advise that all fans take a lateral flow test before travelling to the match, regardless of their vaccination status.