All stand for Uncle Phil.Byline: By MAGGIE BARRY MOTHERWELL FC yesterday announced a double tribute to skipper Phil O'Donnell Phil O'Donnell (born March 25, 1972, in Bellshill) is a Scottish football player. O'Donnell began his career with Motherwell F.C. and in 1991 at the age of 18 won a Scottish Cup winners medal after scoring for the Motherwell team that beat Dundee United 4-3 in the 1991 , who collapsed and died on the pitch last month. The club revealed it is to rename Fir Park's main stand in memory of the star. A plaque will be unveiled at the start of next season. Manager Mark McGhee Mark Edward McGhee (born 25 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and current manager of Scottish club Motherwell. Football As A Player also showed off a strip with O'Donnell's signature woven into it, to be worn by the squad for the rest of this season. The 35-year-old Motherwell captain died of heart failure last month. The club's owner John Boyle John Boyle may be:
Phil's dad Bernard said: "The family regards the naming of the stand after him as a great honour and we will always appreciate this." Fir Park's North Stand was renamed the Davie Cooper Stand after the former player who died of a brain haemorrhage in 1995. CAPTION(S): MEMORIAL: O'Donnell |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion