11pm

The Official Site reports that James McFadden played the full 90 mins in the Scotland "practice" match against Dundee Utd tonight.  Scotland won 2-0 with goals from Dalgleish and Dobie.

Admission prices for the match at Fir Park a week tonight against Chievo Verona have been set at £10 for adults and £5 concessions.

6.30pm

Scotland Today reported that Eric Deloumeaux has rejected the revised contract offered to him, and has joined his nine former team mates who were made redundant yesterday in pursuing legal action against the club. Quite who we're going to play in central defence against Chievo and Dundee is anyone's guess..

1.30pm

The BBC are reporting that the nine players made redundant yesterday have held talks with solicitors to discuss the possibility of legal action against John Boyle.  Greg Strong is quoted as saying:
"We're on our way to meet the solicitors in Glasgow and the lads will meet up and decide what we are going to do."

9am

There will be a public meeting of ‘Well fans in the Cooper Suite on Thursday evening (8pm) hosted by the ‘Well Worth Saving campaign. Among items for discussion will be the formation of a Motherwell Supporters Trust.

The ‘Well Worth Saving initiative has caught the mood of the moment and has given fans an opportunity to demonstrate their concern for the future of the club. Offers of help and money, together with questions and suggestions about the way forward are coming from many supporters.

The meeting on Thursday in the Cooper Suite (Alisdair Barron has agreed to have the bar open!) will allow fans to determine the direction of the campaign in the next few crucial weeks and beyond.

There will be an announcement of the intention to establish a Motherwell Supporters Trust. The main aim of such a non-profit, democratic organisation will be to promote the influence, ownership and representation of the fans to the club.

There will be set up costs with this initiative and to start the necessary fund raising the newly available ‘Well Worth Saving car stickers will be obtainable for a donation to the cause.

8.45am

Not surprisingly, today's papers are reporting that the nine players made redundant by Motherwell yesterday are threatening legal action against the club.  Their redundancy payments will amount to simply one week's wages for every year of service, and it is thought the nine may talk about their feelings at a press conference later today.  Andy Dow is quoted as saying:
"Motherwell might think we are just going to get on with our lives without another word.  But John Boyle and the rest of the directors can think again.  We are talking to each other to see what can be done.  We can't accept walking away with next to nothing.  We intend to see what can be done from a legal point of view - and we will not be going quietly."

Dow went on to say:
"John Boyle has shafted every single one of us. We have all been treated appallingly.  He has allowed this to happen at the worst possible time for us.  He knew this day was coming but never told any of the team.  Now we are all out of a job at the very end of the season. And what chance do any of us have of getting a new club right away?  I have a two kids to support and have just bought a house. I'm not going to have any income over the summer months. It's no way to treat people.  Boyle let this go until the very last minute when he could have been more honest.  If Motherwell are allowed to get away with this, then what is to stop every other club in Scotland doing the same?  They could easily apply to go into administration and tell all their players to leave without having to pay any more wages. Listen, if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.

"The meeting with the administrator was short and sweet.  I'm not daft, I knew what was coming but despite all that it's still a shock when you're given the news. Nothing can prepare you for this.  Boyle wasn't at the meeting and if I met him in the street I would ask how he could do this to another human being? How could he do this to my family?  And this is a guy who says he's a Motherwell supporter.  The only people guaranteed being kept on are the really young lads who aren't on a lot of money anyway. But most of us were told that was it.  There were guys in tears as they walked out of the club.

"This is hardly the best time to be a footballer out of work, is it?  It's going to be like a cattle market out there with so many people looking for a club.  All the lads have had a meeting, but I've no idea what we can do in legal terms. The contract really is not worth the paper it's written on.

"I have been sacked for no reason. It's unfair dismissal but whether we can do anything about it remains to be seen.  The one thing I need to find out is what happens if a buyer comes in on Thursday? What happens to my contract then?"

Karl Ready added:
"Boyle has allowed the club to go into administration.  If I met him in the street I would kick his ****.  This wouldn't have been allowed to happen down south and I deserve to be treated with a little more respect.  I played every game this season and worked hard behind the scenes to keep the lads ticking over. But I've been told I can go and I got nothing for it.  I pay my dad's mortgage and have two families. I haven't even told my dad yet."

Mark Brown said:
"I can't believe what has happened. I had two more years left on my contract so it's hard to take.  We all went in one by one to be told by the administrator that we had been let go.  Then we were asked to leave the stadium. I don't know why - perhaps it was to stop us from hanging around the place.  I felt good when I first came here. I got into the team and was playing well.  Then, all of a sudden I was dropped and now this happens.  I have just bought a house so I don't know what is going to happen. I'm very angry about the whole thing."

Administrator Bryan Jackson explained the situation:
"We kept the redundancies to a minimum. If we hadn't then Motherwell Football Club would not be able to continue.  The staff affected will receive their statutory redundancy payments.  It is a very painful process for everyone, but to assure the survival of the football club, there is no alternative.  The club is very grateful to those who agreed to stay on in the revised terms and this will be a great help at this difficult time.  This puts us on a much more secure financial structure and more attractive to a potential buyer. It gives us some optimism that we can achieve that now we've streamlined the club.

"There had been on-going discussions with the directors for some considerable time. I can understand that they have taken into account because this is something which has been looked at for a while.  The board obviously took advice from the coaching staff and I think it is well known who the previous manager of the club was.  But Terry Butcher was not involved in the process.  The players who stayed on were pragmatic and supportive about it. Overall we were pleased with their attitude.  Some of the players are obviously upset and we wouldn't expect anything else.

"We met the club staff collectively and individually and the majority will remain at the club on their existing contract."

It is understood that the three non-playing redundancies were at reception, commercial and ground staff level.  We believe that member of the commercial staff to be paid off was Karen Paterson...

Today's Sun reports that Eric Black was introduced to the Coventry City players yesterday.  He is expected to be officially confirmed as Gary McAllister's No 2 before the end of the week.

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