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Quarter Final Preview

Quarter Final
By C. Ferguson
March 21 2003
Match Preview for the Tennents Scottish Cup Quarter Final between Stranraer and Motherwell at Stair Park on Saturday 22nd of March 2003. A bumper crowd is expected for this one and will the fired up Stranraer do enough on the day to hamper Motherwell's dream of cup glory.

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Tennents Scottish Cup Quarter Final
STRANRAER
Stranraer Badge V Motherwell Badge

MOTHERWELL

Stair Park, Stranraer,
Saturday 22nd March 2003,
Kick-off 3:00 pm

Match Sponsor: Tennents

Commentary on the internet from
Alastair Alexander, Sandy Clark and Charlie Mann
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Tennents Scottish Cup Draw
Quarter Final
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March, 2003
(Kick-Off 3.00pm Unless Stated)
Stranraer
(Saturday - Live on internet Sportsound)		 v Motherwell
Dunfermline v Rangers
(Live BBC Scotland 3.00 pm, Sunday)
Inverness CT v

Celtic
(Live Sky Sports 6.15 pm, Sunday)
Falkirk
(Saturday - Live on internet Sportsound)		 v Dundee

Past Matches

Overall their have just been the three matches (to my knowledge) between the sides with the Lanarkshire team winning all three of them. The first match between the sides was a Scottish Cup-Tie in February 1962, with more than 5500 packed into Stair Park to see the home side eventually go down 3-1 after John Hanlon had equalised Motherwell's opener (Thanks to Jim Pratt and Jimmy Sproule for the info). The other two matches took place in the old Second Division in the 1968/69 season. At Stair Park the steelmen recorded at 2-0 victory and later in the season at Fir Park the score was 3-0 to the Well.
Stranraer 1 Motherwell 3 02/1962
Stranraer 0 Motherwell 2 30/12/1968
Motherwell 3 Stranraer 0 1968/69

Blues Team News

Stranraer manager Billy McLaren has promised Motherwell favourite James McFadden "special attention" when the sides meet in the Scottish Cup. "He's a real talent — no question about that, " he said. "I am sure he will demand — and get — special attention. "James seems to have a fiery temper and that could work in Stranraer's favour, but that's not something I want to dwell on ahead of the game." Early Team News - Derek Wingate is doubtful due to damaged ribs


Stranraer Squad / Top Scorers / Fixtures/Results / Club Guide
Scottish Cup Action from the past
Harty scoring against Celtic Allan Jenkins v Hibs
Ian Harty scoring against Celtic
(more of the same please Ian)		 Allan Jenkins v Hibs last season
Graham Millar and Ian McCall A crowd of 3100 turned up for the Scottish Cup tie between Stranraer and Falkirk in 1994.

The Opposition - Motherwell

Who should Stranraer keep and eye on? Read on and find out.
Terry Butcher
Stevie Kirk holds the cup aloft

Motherwell's Last Cup Win in 1991
Motherwell 4 Dundee Utd 3

Motherwell manager Tommy McLean took his side to Hampden to face his brother's Dundee United side who had recently been to the Final in recent seasons without success. The game started with Dundee United taking control of the game but it was Motherwell who took the lead from Iain Ferguson after 30 minutes. With it only 1-0 at half -time ,the 58,000 crowd had no idea what an amazing second half was about to unfold. Dave Bowman equalised for United early in the second half before a young Phil O'Donnell and veteran Ian Angus put Motherwell 3-1 in front, this only put `Well fans into a false sense of security as John O`Neill gave got United's second and in the dying seconds Darren Jackson scored from a header at the edge of the box beating an injured Ally Maxwell who was suffering from two broken ribs after a challenge form United's John Clark. In extra-time, `super-sub Stevie Kirk came on for Motherwell to score the winning goal, Kirk had got his super-sub tag from scoring in every one of Motherwell's previous rounds.
Stevie Woods
Martin Corrigan
Stephen Hammell
David Partridge
Scott Leitch
Stevie Woods
Martin Corrigan
Stephen Hammell
David Partridge
Scott Leitch
Keith Lasley
Stephen Pearson
Derek Adams
Dougie Ramsay
Dirk Lehmann
Keith Lasley
Stephen Pearson
Derek Adams
Dougie Ramsay
Dirk Lehmann


James McFadden James McFadden


Top scorers at a glance
James McFadden
12
Dirk Lehmann
6
Stephen Pearson
5
Derek Adams
3
Shaun Fagen
2

Injury Worries: Captain Scott Leitch returns from injury and Stephen Pearson is eligible for this match but is ruled out for the next four league matches through suspension.

Current form: L L L W W W

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For an in-depth look at the Motherwell and Stranraer squad's, don't forget to buy the Official Match Programme at Stair Park on matchday.

Club Connections
John Fallon at Motherwell John Fallon at Stranraer
Paul Blair
John Fallon at Motherwell and Stranraer
Sandy Hodge

Two other players from the past who have played for both clubs are Jim McCabe and John 'plug' Muir.

Arguably the greatest player ever to have played for the Blues who also played for Motherwell is the one and only Jim McCabe. To some fans it is difficult to convey just how good he was but suffice to say when he played the Blues were getting crowds of 1700 to 2000 at home games. Some might remember his goal against Falkirk when, from just outside the box, he dribbled past 5 defenders and sent the goalie the wrong way! Celtic had some interest in McCabe but nothing came of it. McCabe formed a strong forward line for Stranraer in the 1976-77 season alongside Derek (Freddie) Frye. (Thanks to Nish Walker and Laurence Nelson for the info)

If you know of any other connections, please feel free to e-mail me (sandy@stranraerfc.net) with any submissions.

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Ticket & Admission Information

Admission to this match is by ticket only.
Ticket prices are:
GROUND (Adult £12; Juv/OAP £6);
STAND (Adult £15; Juv/OAP £8)

Sale times: 6pm - 7pm at Stair Park on Thursday 13th of March
and from Thursday 13th onwards at S.F.C. Social Club
10am - 11am at Stair Park on Saturday 15th of March
6pm - 7pm at Stair Park on Thursday 20th of March

At the moment there is no set limit on how many tickets per person but only to be said that it should be within reason. Only a few south stand tickets still available. Allocation in South Stand reduced due to press and television. Still plenty left for the home terracing. Motherwell have sold their 2600app. allocation.

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