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From BBC: Motherwell are expected to confirm by Thursday that ex-Scotland midfielder Stuart McCall is their new manager. The Fir Park club met McCall again on Wednesday after the 46-year-old former Bradford manager impressed the board in his initial interview. There were talks with other candidates, but McCall is seen as the man to succeed Craig Brown, now at Aberdeen. Well had interviewed former Oldham boss Dave Penney, while Neil McDonald and Ricky Sbragia withdrew their interest. BBC Scotland has learned that Wednesday's follow-up talks went well and the club are expected to announce McCall's appointment in the next 24 hours. McCall won 40 caps for Scotland and was a key player at Ibrox in the 1990s during Walter Smith's first stint as Rangers manager. Prior to that, he had made his name as a combative midfielder at Bradford, to whom he returned after Ibrox, and Everton. He finished his lengthy playing career at Sheffield United in 2004/05 and became manager at Valley Parade in May 2007. The Leeds-born boss threatened to leave at the end of the following season when Bradford failed to make the play-offs, then quit in February of this year after a run of poor results. Penney, 46, had emerged as a possible candidate for the Fir Park vacancy and had been interviewed, his experience in England's lower leagues appealing to the Motherwell board. Former Blackburn Rovers assistant McDonald pulled out of the running after deciding the job was not for him. That followed a similar decision by Sunderland chief scout Sbragia. I'm like General Montgomery going down to see the troops every morning, I give them a battle plan and the casualty list Motherwell interim manager Gordon YoungInterim manager Gordon Young will now be in charge for a third game, Wednesday's visit to Celtic Park. "I've always adopted the attitude that I would keep the place on a steady footing and organise so that when a new manager came in, whether it be a day or a month, there would be no way he wouldn't hit the ground running," said youth coach Young. "I have planned for the game, I have planned for Hamilton and, believe it or not, I have planned for Dundee the week after. "I'm like General Montgomery going down to see the troops every morning, I give them a battle plan and the casualty list. It is becoming a bit of a laugh in the dressing-room." McDonald became the latest to fall by the wayside despite holding negotiations in Scotland and watching Motherwell's 4-1 defeat by Rangers on Boxing Day. The 45-year-old, who was surprisingly sacked along with Sam Allardyce at Ewood Park this month, returned to his Preston home to think over the post but decided against progressing with negotiations. He fulfilled the criteria laid out by Motherwell vice-chairman Derek Weir as he told BBC Scotland on Sunday they were down to "two, maybe three" candidates for their managerial vacancy following more than 40 applications. "There are three things we are looking for," revealed Weir. "We want someone who is well known in the lower leagues of England, because that has worked well for us in the past in terms of finding players we can afford. "People who have a network in terms of bringing in loan signings, which again has worked well for us. "And then people with experience, either in the Scottish or English game. "There are a lot of people out there who have all of that. Now we have to narrow it down." That appeared to rule out the likes of former Hibernian manager John Hughes, ex-St Mirren boss Gus MacPherson and former Aberdeen and Kilmarnock boss Jimmy Calderwood. Lennoxtown-born Sbragia is understood to have been high on their wanted list having been Sunderland caretaker in December 2008 after the departure of Roy Keane and leading the side to safety from relegation on the last day of the season before resigning. Ex-Lincoln boss and former Celtic striker Chris Sutton was thought to be in the running and also fitted the bill set out by Weir. Sources close to former Celtic striker John Hartson, who had been in the running for the Wales job before the appointment of Gary Speed, had suggested last week that he was expecting to hear from the SPL club.

Great line, reminds me of the film 'I'm not Rappaport' starring Walter Matthau.

That is the only conclusion I can come to as he never ordered a re-take. Even reffing 2 pub teams on a Sunday you learn to never EVER turn your back to the ball/play, nothing good can come from it. Either linesman should have seen what happened and told him over the blower it should be re-taken. Actually delaying the start of play is in itself a cautionable offence. As for the sending off, he'll report it either as "Violent Conduct" in that Jenning's hand tapped him on the shoulder..or..Foul & Abusive Language which is a red card offence. Problem with that is the interpretation of what is F&A. If a player shouted or said to me in passing "You're a fkking cheat" then I would definately send him off, no question. Frustrating night all round.

Deja vu all over again. Just when ye think you've seen it all, something like this hits ye atween the whatsits. Nae use trying to fathom the "why", only Broon and Know can answer that one and I personally feel I have no right to pry into what their salary & conditions were at Fir Park or will be at Sheep Central. Other than that, what can Milne have promised them? Same "investment" that McGhee got? Aberdeen like most clubs are on their knees financially and they cannot seriously achieve anything higher than 3rd in the league (but not this season) and an occasional cup final. I am hoping and have faith in Craigan ensuring the players stay focused while the search for a manager is on. I am not one of those who prefer any new manager is a "Motherwell man", I really don't think that's important. Looking for someone who has some experience with the drive and ambition to take the club forward. People come, people go. The fans remain.

I read somewhere we live in a democracy, so I thought I'd wade in with my 2 denaris worth: I'm a lifelong dosser and a referee, currently reffing youth games Sat/Sun U14-U19's. As I like to say to both sets of players and coaches before every game, even though ah'm fae Craigneuk, I do make mistakes now and again. My promise to them is to be up with play as best I can, get myself into the best position for play and call it as I see it. If I get all the major decisions right in a game, I've done well. Occasionally even the losing team's coach will come over and shake my hand and say I had a good game. More often than not, I'm an easy and convenient scapegoat for their loss. For £30 a game, I certainly don't do it for the money. I do it cos I love football and living away from Lanakrshire now it's hard to get to Fir Park and pay £18-£22 every other week, with 3 kids you have other priorities. My last game was the Odense match. Now, onto the current crisis: Personally I would immediately instigate a rule where no-one from any club should be making any comments about referees before or after a game to the media. That means coaches, players, chairmen...anyone. Nothing positive can ever come from these comments. You may think that puts us down there with a North Korean dictatorship but it's a censorship price worth paying. Conversely, I'd like to see the referee, if asked, to make a brief on-camera appearance 30-60 mins after the game to answer up to 3 questions the interviewer may have. For example, after Tannadice-gate, the interviewer would surely ask "Why did you change your mind about the penalty Dougie?". If Dougie would have then said "I immediately realised I'd made a mistake, so checked with the linesman and he concurred so I re-started play with a stoat-up" than all would have been well. Except for Lennon's tantrum on the touchline of course. We have this so-called 'Respect' campaign but with the level of dissent it is entirely meaningless in my opinion. Why is there no dissent in other sports like rugby, NBA basketball, American Football to name a few? There's far more money in play in the US sports but there's no dissent. I do not believe Officials in other sports are not liable to make a mistake, just like when the striker misses an open goal or a defender fails to clear his lines, we're all human. Without the human chaos in sports it'd be oh so dull and predictable and no-one would want that. A line needs to be drawn. I am wondering if Dougie MacDonald will still be refereeing senior football in the new year. I can only guess he may have thought seriously about resigning if it would serve the greater good of the game for him to be offered as the sacrificial lamb given his self-confessed un-truth in how he came to his (correct) decision not to award a penalty. Dougie's words affects all referees even down at my level. Trust is wee word with huge consequences and that is missing from our game right now but I go to my next game on Saturday with optimisim and hoping to see some skillfull players. Oh aye, and my ambition has always been to be at Fir Park when the announcement is made "would any qualified referee make yourself known", ah'd be doon that touchline like a rat up a drain pipe. ps. I do NOT want to see any foreign referees brought over for any Scottish league matches, we need to sort this mess ourselves.

Ah dinny speak much ae the Gaelic but seems to be on at 5.30pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcalba/programmes/schedules/2010/11/13

Wherever our last game of the season is with the opposing players forming a guard of honour as we run out wull dea nicely ta much.

On M8 in 10 mins Well colours in the breeze. Pleeze gonna geez..... Motherwell win by 2 or more goals A Joab Lottery win ....in that order Mon a Dossers

Grab yer grannies, weans and everyhing in between. As the pish song says...."I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can".

For what it's worth. Odense let slip a 2-0 lead away to 10 men Brondby. Home team scored twice in last 8 mins to force 2-2 draw.

Djemba Djemba Danish fur Pish Pish

Fucking Hately!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great goal wee man

Fucking disgrace ref, Jennings off for 2nd yellow. htf wiz that a yellow?????

Jist seen replay of Murphy nudged off the ball inside the area, that's a stonewaller....and ah say that as a die-hard neutral 'Well fan...and...a ref masel

Never mind a job....geeza a goal

Called the club just now and they confirmed tickets booked online are being processed "just now" and should be sent out asap. Ordered mine last Friday and was wondering which Royal Mail employee had half-inched them (allegedly). Mon a Dossers

Aye he IS the Messiah.....and we should know.....we've followed a few in our time

OK fair doos, or blonde pigeons if you prefer. Just got online and got the 2 tickets I wanted. Mon a Dossers.

Very frustrating as a fan and customer trying to book tickets here. For whatever reason, there appears to be no facility to book tickets online. We were able to do so for Aalesund match. Go figure. Suggestion to the club: get a viable telephone handling system. When calling and pressing option 2 for tickets, all you get is "Please wait a moment" followed by dead air. The call should be queued and the customer ideally be told what position in that queue they are. There is nothing worse for a customer to have no idea what is happening. For the recording to continually loop back to the main menu after selecting an option is unacceptable. I entirely understand the limited resources which may be at the club's disposal but come on, don't make it difficult for a fan to buy tickets! When I did get through after 11 minutes of re-dialling and pressing 2's, I was then told I could not even find out if certain seats are available....grrrrrrr. Imagine calling any box office to be told they cannot help you in finding particular seats. Totally pissed off at the way the club I love is making it difficult to get tickets here. We don't all live a 3 minute walk away from the ground. Come on 'Well, we can do so much better than this. You should never take your fans for granted.

Getting ma lucky Wullie Pettigrew top out and ironed now....ah'll be the wan wae number 8 on ma back Mon a Dossers

Was wunnering masel. They'll huv a lawnmoer on it next

Never mind, wull dae them next week Mon a Dossers

they just scored a fukking penalty with last kick of the ball....

2 mins injury time to be played now....