| LC control no. | no2005094437 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Motherwell Football Club |
| Variant(s) | Motherwell FC Motherwell F.C. MFC (Motherwell Football Club) Steelmen (Soccer team) |
| Beginning date | 1886 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Located | Motherwell (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Soccer |
| Found in | Barnstaple, Graham. 'Well again!: the official history of Motherwell Football Club, 1886-2004, 2004. 'Well worth the wait : the story of Motherwell's epic cup triumph, 1991. Its website, viewed 24 Sept. 2014: home p. (Motherwell FC; Motherwell Football Club; Motherwell F.C. [in logo]) history p. (the Steelmen) Wikipedia, viewed 24 Sept. 2014 (Motherwell F.C.; Motherwell Football Club; Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire; founded 17 May 1886 when representatives of the two main Motherwell works teams, Glencairn FC and Alpha FC, decided to merge the two teams; up until 1895 the club had played at a few different venues; a new ground, on a plot of land leased from Lord Hamilton on the Dalzell estate, was named Fir Park and has remained as the club's home for over one hundred years; nicknames: Well, The Steelmen, The Dossers) Football Crests website, viewed 24 Sept. 2014 (Motherwell F.C.; founded 1886; club's nickname is 'The Steelmen', a reference to the famous (now defunct) Motherwell Ravenscraig Steelworks; another, unofficial, nickname is 'The Dossers' which could be a reference to the steel workers who used to sleep during the nightshift at the steelworks) |
| Associated language | eng |
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