Motherwell FC News

August 2001
Thursday, August 30
Billy Davies has praised Stephen Pearson after he was greeted with a chorus of boos when replacing Stevie Hammell last Saturday, even though the abuse was target at the manager himself.  He said: "To come on with all that booing is difficult for any player, but especially for young lads who like to get a bit of encouragement.  He could have gone into a shell, but he showed tremendous character and it's to his credit that he performed the way he did.  As regards the change itself, we decided to make a tactical switch and I'm very comfortable with that.  It certainly made a difference. "We've brought in a lot of new players and need time, but it's important we get that first win on the board as soon as we can."

Two Motherwell players are on international duty at the weekend, with Stuart Elliott in the Northern Ireland squad for their World Cup ties with Denmark and Iceland and Stevie Hammell in the Scotland Under-21 squad for the matches against Croatia and Belgium.

Our next away game, against Rangers at Ibrox, has been put back 24 hours to Sunday September 16 with a 3pm kick-off due to Rangers involvement in the UEFA Cup the previous Thursday.

Pat Nevin has dismissed reports that former Tranmere player Steve Mungall is set to be named as the club's new Youth Development officer.  Mungall is among a number of candidates who have been interviewed, including former 'Well striker Tommy Coyne, but a final short list has still to be drawn up.  Nevin added that Luc Nijholt, who had also been linked with the post, had not been interviewed.

Motherwell have lost out on recent trialist Lee Makel, as the former Hearts midfielder has signed a two-month contract with Bradford City.

The Under-21s drew 2-2 with Hibs at Fir Park on Monday night, with both goals coming from James McFadden.

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