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The next home fixture of the campaign pits the Steelmen against St Johnstone in the Ladbrokes Premiership, and don’t miss out on the chance to experience our matchday hospitality.

There is now limited availability for the vastly popular packages, tailored to suit all budgets and needs.

Choose from our Centenary Suite, Millennium Suite and South Stand Boxes – where you can have a celebration in a box or a day out with friends with our new reduced packages.

[pullquote]It’s a fantastic way to experience a match here at Fir Park, and we look forward to what will be a big day on and off the pitch.[/pullquote]

Head of Commercial and Marketing Suzanne Reid said: “With the St Johnstone game just over a week away, now is the time to secure one of our hospitality packages, which are already selling out fast.

“It’s a fantastic way to experience a match here at Fir Park, and we look forward to what will be a big day on and off the pitch.”

There is also Match Sponsorship options available, but be quick, with all the hospitality packages selling out fast.

For more information, please contact hospitality@motherwellfc.co.uk or phone 01698 33 33 33.

Referee for Saturday’s trip to Aberdeen at Pittodrie is Euan Anderson.

Anderson, 33, will be handling his third Motherwell match of the season after he oversaw the Fir Parkers 1-2 loss against St Johnstone at Fir Park back in August and the dramatic Lanarkshire derby draw on Hogmanay.

A last minute Louis Moult header snatched a point for the ten-man Fir Parkers at the SuperSeal stadium in the last fixture the official took charge of.

In his first ‘Well fixture of the season, a goal from Chris Cadden gave the Steelmen the lead just after half time but St Johnstone responded through Danny Swanson to draw level before Steven McLean snatched the win with 15 minutes remaining.

Saturday’s clash against Aberdeen will be Anderson’s second ‘Well away match of the season, and the official took charge on three occasions last term – just one of those matches away from home for Motherwell.

The first was a vital 3-1 home win over Dundee back in December, when goals from McDonald, Moult and Pearson gave McGhee’s men all three points.

The second was a month later, when Motherwell again won at home, this time the comfortable 5-0 victory over Cove Rangers in the Fourth Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

The third and final match was the Fir Parkers final league game away to Celtic, which ended in a 7-0 defeat.

The Dumbarton-based whistler was promoted to category one in the summer of 2011 and has taken charge of a number of Motherwell matches in the past, his first coming in the Scottish Cup fourth round defeat to Albion Rovers at New Douglas Park on November 2013 where a first goal of the season for Albion’s Gary Phillips ensured the Coatbridge outfit’s qualification to the next round of the cup.

He was also in charge of Motherwell’s 2-1 win away to Kilmarnock in 2014/15 season where goals from Stephen Pearson and Lee Erwin secured three points for Well’ on this occasion with an Anthony Straker own-goal being the only blotch to the copybook on that day.

The win was part of a three match win streak that Well’ put together on the backend of the 14/15 season, commencing with a 4-0 victory over Hamilton and a 5-0 victory over St Mirren to bookend the Kilmarnock fixture.

Euan will be assisted by Sean Carr and Andrew McWilliam with Scott Millar on fourth official duties.

Extended highlights from the Highland Football Academy in Dingwall where despite numerous Mothewell chances, ‘Well lost 1-0 at the hands of Ross County.

Under 20s manager Stephen Craigan was generally pleased with his side’s performance this afternoon, but admitted mistakes led to their downfall.

The youngsters lost 1-0 in a table-topping clash with Ross County this afternoon, despite looking the stronger side for the majority of the match.

Speaking to MFC TV at full time, Craigan admitted his disappointment, but was able to draw the positives away from the defeat.

The Northern Irishman said: “We’re disappointed because, aside from the goal, there was only a ten-minute period or so when we couldn’t get the ball and I felt that if anybody was going to win the game it was going to be us.

“It’s disappointing because we make the long journey up, we had a slight change of shape that I felt worked really well for us because there were some good performances, but we just lacked that little bit of quality in the final third.”

[pullquote]Overall, I’m generally pleased with it but we lost the game because somebody didn’t match a one-two and somebody didn’t pick up a set play – that’s what cost you.[/pullquote]

He added: “I don’t just mean the strikers – I mean the final ball in to the box or the final cross at times when we got in behind them.

“That’s when players need to take a little bit of responsibility at times – relax a bit and put good balls in to good areas.”

Aside from the result, Craigan focussed his mind on the individual performances and admitted there were positives to take.

He said: “Overall, I’m generally pleased with it but we lost the game because somebody didn’t match a one-two and somebody didn’t pick up a set play – that’s what cost you.”

You can watch the under-20s boss chat to MFC TV in full on the official YouTube channel.

Motherwell U20s lost 1-0 away to Ross County in a top of the table Development League clash this afternoon.

A header from Staggies centre-back Mathew Hall secured the victory for the home side and left the young Steelmen with a disappointing treck home.

Stephen Craigan welcomed the return of Jack McMillan to his under 20s side and called upon senior players Joe Chalmers and David Ferguson to the starting eleven. The Northern Irishman opted to partner James Scott and Dylan Mackin together up front, while Jake Hastie dropped to the bench.

It was an evenly contested encounter for the opening 20 minutes, with the Steelmen going closest to an opener following a swift move on the counter. Some neat play between Scott, Davie Turnbull and Adam Livingstone down the left caught the backtracking Staggies out, but when Mackin received the ball to his feet in the area, his neat turn and stabbed shot at goal beat County keeper Mark Foden, but went just wide of the far post.

The visiting Steelmen were shading the match in terms of chances, but were mostly limited to efforts from distance. Mackin struck an ambitious effort from 20-yards which flew over the bar and, just seconds later, Turnbull saw his long range strike flash narrowly past the post.

Ollie Pain pulled off a tremendous save on the half hour mark to deny the towering Oscar Gobern from heading County in to the lead. The tall midfielder rose highest from a corner, only to be denied by superb reactions from Pain low to his right.

Tom Fry battled well to rob Russell Dingwall of possession deep in his own half just before the break, but the County midfielder dragged the Welshman to the deck as he drove towards the Staggies goal, leading to the first booking of the match.

It remained goalless heading in to the break but in the second period, the home side took their opportunity from a set piece after a fairly quiet start to the second 45.

It came in the 70^th minute, when centre back Mathew Hall got up to nod home from a cross following a freekick, leaving Pain with no chance in the Motherwell goal.

Just over five minutes later, and not long after coming on, Motherwell should have drawn level when a golden opportunity fell for Hastie.

Chalmers, picking the ball up in the Staggies half, strode forward and curled a perfect ball for the run of the sub, but the winger couldn’t get the touch it needed and missed a glorious chance from just a few yards.

County nearly doubled their lead when Keillor-Dunn cut in from the left and curled a terrific, right-footed shot towards the far top corner, but it flew narrowly past the post.

The Steelmen pegged the hosts back in the final minutes but a strong Staggies backline held strong for a narrow victory at the Highland Football Academy in Dingwall.

Motherwell: Pain, McMillan, Livingstone, Maguire, Ferguson, Chalmers, Fry, Turnbull, Mackin (Hastie ’73), Scott (Agyeman ’84), Gordon

Unused subs: Pettigrew, Armstrong

The SPFL has today confirmed a recent Development League defeat to Dunfermline has been annulled with Motherwell awarded a 0-3 win.

The Pars mistakenly played fullback Conner Duthie against the Steelmen in a Development League match played on 21 February at New Central Park.

Duthie, who scored the ‘winning’ goal in a 3-2 success for Dunfermline, was due to be suspended following an accumulation of cautions.

And after a hearing, the SPFL today informed Motherwell that the result would be wiped and indeed, awarded as a 0-3 win to the Steelmen.

[pullquote]It’s a bit of good fortune and we’ll hopefully use it as a bounce ahead of the remaining games in both the League and Youth Cup over the next few months.[/pullquote]

That change in the table puts ‘Well top of the Development League on 44 points, one ahead of today’s opponents Ross County who are tied with Hibernian on 43, albeit with games in hand.

Under 20s boss Stephen Craigan said: “I feel for Dunfermline as these accidents can happen from time to time.

“To be fair, they were straight on the phone to us and the league after the match.

“It’s a bit of good fortune and we’ll hopefully use it as a bounce ahead of the remaining games in both the League and Youth Cup over the next few months.”

Motherwell under 20s manager Stephen Craigan looked ahead to his sides clash with Ross County tomorrow following a busy week around the club.

Speaking to MFC TV this afternoon, the Northern Irishman spoke about the 20s performance last week and, on the anniversary of their memorable 3-0 Youth Cup semi-final win over the Staggies, admitted his youngsters have fond memories of trips north.

Craigan said: “We’re looking forward to it, in our last game against Celtic the boys performed really well, they were doing parts of their game that they hadn’t done previously, they defended well, the tempo of the game was good.

[pullquote]We’re looking forward to it, in our last game against Celtic the boys performed really well, they were doing parts of their game that they hadn’t done previously, they defended well, the tempo of the game was good.[/pullquote]

“Ross County have been on a good run, Stuart Kettlewell has got them playing well and I think they normally play more experienced players.”

He added: “It will be difficult for us, we understand that, but it was a year ago today that we went up there in the Scottish Youth Cup semi-final and won 3-0.

“I’m not normally one for omens, but when someone told me that today it was nice so I think the boys have positive memories of heading up north and playing up there.”

You can see Craigan’s full interview at MFC TV’s official YouTube channel.

Motherwell under 20s travel to face Ross County in the Development League tomorrow afternoon, looking to extend their winning run to two matches.

The youngsters make the long trip to face the Northerners on the back of a 1-0 win over Celtic last week, and sit just two points behind the joint league leaders.

A penalty from Ryan Bowman against the Glaswegian outfit ensured the ‘Well vastly improved on their recent run of three losses in four matches and kept pace with table toppers Hibernian.

The Staggies, who also come in to the match on the back of a game against Celtic, will be keen to return to winning ways following their 1-1 draw on Friday.

Tomorrow’s encounter at the Highland Football Academy in Dingwall is the second meeting between the two sides following the 1-1 draw earlier this season at the Excelsior Stadium.

The hosts have a two point lead over the Steelmen and currently sit level on points with Hibs at the summit of the Development League.

You can follow all of the action from the 2pm kick off on twitter – @MotherwellFC

Don’t miss the match highlights, as well as post-match reaction, on MFC TV’s official YouTube channel.

When it comes to football the language used is often full of hyperbole, yet when it comes to Ally Maxwell there is no exaggeration.

Ally could quite literally have died for the cause such was the extent of the injuries he suffered in the 1991 Scottish Cup Final.

Thumped by John Clark, Maxwell soldiered on for the remainder of the match to ensure the Scottish Cup was wrapped in claret and amber ribbons.  It was only post-match that the severity of his injury was fully revealed when it was discovered he had ruptured his spleen.

Ally joined the club in 1981 from Fir Park Boys Club and, like many of his contemporaries, he was given his first taste of top team action by Bobby Watson, in April 1984.

Maxwell started season 1984’85 in the team under new manager Tommy McLean before becoming a long-term understudy to John Gardiner.

Ally would eventually see off challenges from both Gardiner and Cammy Duncan, making the most of the opportunity presented to him midway through season 1988’89. Keeping a clean sheet in his return to the side in a 1-0 win over Dundee in December 1988, he would never look back.

In his first full season as number one, ‘Maxi’ helped the club top the table for the first time in decades after a 1-0 midweek over Rangers in October 1989 and on to their highest league finish since the mid-seventies.

The following season saw him lift the Cup of course, playing every minute of every round in the run to the Scottish Cup Final victory.

A fallout with Tommy McLean over a new deal sadly saw Maxwell frozen out and replaced by Billy Thomson, and he briefly went on loan with Bolton during season 1991’92 and spent time with Liverpool without completing a transfer.

Eventually, Ally joined Rangers upon leaving Motherwell in 1992 having made over 130 appearances for the Steelmen where he would win a League Cup Winners Medal and face Dundee Utd once more in the Scottish Cup Final.

The Terrors would be his next port of call before signing off in Scottish football with a spell playing and then managing Greenock Morton.

Now coaching in the USA, it was a highlight for ‘Well fans to see him return for the 25^th Scottish Cup anniversary celebrations last year.

The best of the action from Rugby Park as the Steelmen come from behind to beat Kilmarnock 1-2 with goals from Carl McHugh and Zak Jules.