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Administration In 2002 - Memories, Causes & Opinions


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With a few English teams looking at a bleak future, it brought to mind the situation that we faced almost eight years ago.

 

What are your memories of the era? Players were getting let go, and things were looking far from rosy.

 

What were the causes of the situation, and how have we recovered since?

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Easy to say with hindsight, but it was the best thing that could have happened to us. At the time, it was a horrifying thought. But looking back now, it simply ensured we woke up and smelled the coffee before we got in an even bigger hole.

 

On the field, even at the time it was a fantastic thing for the team. The guys with the higher wages were always going to be the ones shown the door by the administrators. And it was just a happy coincidence that these were the guys not really earning their corn. Guys like Ready, Dow and Martinez getting the push hardly weakened the team. Meant we were left with kids and guys willing to take a paycut. Team spirit? Buckets of it. OK, we finished bottom the following year but what a season it was. Youthful naivety cost us on a few occasions but there were three great nights under the floodlights that season, beating Celtic, Rangers and Hearts (6-1!), games that still bring a smile to my face.

 

And for a brief time, the Motherwell support was united in a common cause. More than at any other time, it seemed a time of "Sod the result, we are the Well can you hear us?"...

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Watching Football Years the other week and it was mentioned that the players were offered a £5k bonus each to beat Rangers at Ibrox.

 

Sheer greed by the vast majority of the SPL (excpetion of Celtic & St Johnstone) drove the game to the brink. In hindsight, Boyle was cute enough to call in the administrators early doors.

 

At the time, the prospect of there being no Motherwell was earth shattering. As MB correctly points out though, the sense of unity that emerged in the aftermath will live with us forever. Fond memories of that era.

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I was at the meeting when we went into administration. For a time those present thought we were doomed, and it seemed like it. Have to say, despite many a bad result over the years, that was the darkest day I have ever known as a Motherwell fan, and one which mustn't ever happen again.

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Agree with that, the guy pulled everyone together and made us difficult to beat. Great.

Difficult to beat? How exactly?

 

Scottish Premier Hearts 4-2 Motherwell 15-09-2002

Scottish Premier Dunfermline 1-0 Motherwell 21-09-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-1 Dundee 28-09-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-2 Aberdeen 05-10-2002

Scottish Premier Rangers 3-0 Motherwell 19-10-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-5 Livingston 26-10-2002

Scottish Premier Partick 2-0 Motherwell 02-11-2002

Scottish League Cup Aberdeen 3-1 Motherwell 06-11-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 0-1 Kilmarnock 09-11-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-2 Dundee Utd 16-11-2002

Scottish Premier Hibernian 3-1 Motherwell 23-11-2002

Scottish Premier Celtic 3-1 Motherwell 01-12-2002

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Difficult to beat? How exactly?

 

Scottish Premier Hearts 4-2 Motherwell 15-09-2002

Scottish Premier Dunfermline 1-0 Motherwell 21-09-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-1 Dundee 28-09-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-2 Aberdeen 05-10-2002

Scottish Premier Rangers 3-0 Motherwell 19-10-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-5 Livingston 26-10-2002

Scottish Premier Partick 2-0 Motherwell 02-11-2002

Scottish League Cup Aberdeen 3-1 Motherwell 06-11-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 0-1 Kilmarnock 09-11-2002

Scottish Premier Motherwell 1-2 Dundee Utd 16-11-2002

Scottish Premier Hibernian 3-1 Motherwell 23-11-2002

Scottish Premier Celtic 3-1 Motherwell 01-12-2002

 

Spot the odd one out ;)

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pat nevin has a lot to answer for

 

he was like a wean in a sweetie shop wae boyles money.

 

Boyle was new to the game back then, it's been a learning curve for him no doubt about it, but he seems to have his head in the right place these days.

 

My memories:

 

Runnin up to fir park wae ma mate to see the news cameras thinkin there would be thousands of well fans outside the gates (turned out no one was there :lol: )

 

The great cup runs

 

James McFadden giving us so much to hold on to in a time when nothing was for us.

 

Jim Traynor sporting the "well worth saving" badge on the tele.

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pat nevin has a lot to answer for

 

he was like a wean in a sweetie shop wae boyles money.

 

Boyle was new to the game back then, it's been a learning curve for him no doubt about it, but he seems to have his head in the right place these days.

 

My memories:

 

Runnin up to fir park wae ma mate to see the news cameras thinkin there would be thousands of well fans outside the gates (turned out no one was there :lol: )

 

The great cup runs

 

James McFadden giving us so much to hold on to in a time when nothing was for us.

 

Jim Traynor sporting the "well worth saving" badge on the tele.

 

is that true about jim traynor? would never have believed that, he has a hatred for us, usual Aird#ie bastard.

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