Motherwell F.C.
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| Full name | Motherwell Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Well, The Steelmen, The Dossers |
| Founded | 17 May 1886 |
| Ground |
Fir Park Motherwell, North Lanarkshire |
| Capacity | 13,677 |
| Chairman | James McMahon |
| Manager | Mark McGhee |
| League | Scottish Premiership |
| 2015–16 | Scottish Premiership, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Motherwell Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premiership. Motherwell have not dropped out of the top-flight of Scottish football since 1985, but have only lifted one trophy in that time – the Scottish Cup in 1991.
Clad in their traditional claret and amber, Motherwell play their home matches at Fir Park Stadium and have done since 1896. The club's main rivals over the years have been Hamilton Academical and Airdrieonians, due in part to their close geographical proximities. These matches are known as the Lanarkshire derby.
The club have won five major trophies in domestic football; the Scottish League Title in 1931–32, the Scottish Cup in 1951–52 and 1990–91, the Scottish League Cup in 1950–51 and the Summer Cup in 1964–65.
Motherwell FC were born on 17 May 1886, when representatives of the two main Motherwell works teams Glencairn FC and Alpha FC met in Ballie's pub in the towns Merry Street, and decided to merge the two teams with the aim of creating a club to represent the town as a whole at a higher footballing level. Motherwell's debut fixture proved to be a successful one as they overcame Hamilton Academical 3–2.
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