Motherwell's history, footnoted

[Well Well]

I've built a club-by-club history of Scottish football and, being a Motherwell supporter, the Motherwell page is the one I've worked hardest on: https://scottishfootballhistory.scot/clubs/motherwell/

 

Every claim on it links to where it came from. The 1927 Spain tour, the treble season and the 1886 Glencairn/Alpha origins are all there, credited to Motherwell F.C. History and the Heritage Trust where the images are theirs. Where the sources disagree, the page says so instead of choosing.

 

I'd like to know what you make of it - what you'd want added, what reads wrong, what's missing. There's a corrections page and anything you flag gets fixed and logged.

[Happy Dosser]

Had a quick look and this looks like an enormous amount of work. Will look furrit to digesting it at leisure and full marks for finding the true origin of our beautiful C&A: Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's racing colours were red and white.

[Joe Wark The Legend]

3 hours ago, Well Well said:

I've built a club-by-club history of Scottish football and, being a Motherwell supporter, the Motherwell page is the one I've worked hardest on: https://scottishfootballhistory.scot/clubs/motherwell/

 

Every claim on it links to where it came from. The 1927 Spain tour, the treble season and the 1886 Glencairn/Alpha origins are all there, credited to Motherwell F.C. History and the Heritage Trust where the images are theirs. Where the sources disagree, the page says so instead of choosing.

 

I'd like to know what you make of it - what you'd want added, what reads wrong, what's missing. There's a corrections page and anything you flag gets fixed and logged.

A very Good Read 

[grizzlyg]

4 hours ago, Well Well said:

I've built a club-by-club history of Scottish football and, being a Motherwell supporter, the Motherwell page is the one I've worked hardest on: https://scottishfootballhistory.scot/clubs/motherwell/

 

Every claim on it links to where it came from. The 1927 Spain tour, the treble season and the 1886 Glencairn/Alpha origins are all there, credited to Motherwell F.C. History and the Heritage Trust where the images are theirs. Where the sources disagree, the page says so instead of choosing.

 

I'd like to know what you make of it - what you'd want added, what reads wrong, what's missing. There's a corrections page and anything you flag gets fixed and logged.

Hi pal, looks like a huge project.  Will have a proper read 

[well_said]

1 hour ago, grizzlyg said:

Hi pal, looks like a huge project.  Will have a proper read 

If there is a section about motherwell supporting comedians, you and Tam Cowan definately wont be in it.

[grizzlyg]

16 minutes ago, well_said said:

If there is a section about motherwell supporting comedians, you and Tam Cowan definately wont be in it.

But of course........no way would Tam Cowan be in it! 🤣🤣

[Well Well]

Update since I posted this: the site's grown a fair bit - all 79 senior clubs now covered, Highland and Lowland Leagues both complete alongside the SPFL, and citations up from 13,721 to 15,616.

 

Thanks Joe Wark. Corrections page is still there if anyone spots anything on the Motherwell page - I'd genuinely rather know.

[Well Well]

A small follow-up on the Scottish Football History site, for anyone who has visited the Motherwell page. The wider record has now reached 120 published club histories, covering active and defunct clubs across the game. The site also now has a compare-clubs tool, a searchable On This Day record, an image archive with credits, an honours archive, a pyramid guide and a map of current and former grounds. The Motherwell page remains one I’m particularly keen to get right. If anything reads wrong, feels incomplete, or you have a source or local detail worth adding, please say so — corrections are checked, fixed and logged publicly. https://scottishfootballhistory.scot/clubs/motherwell/