After all the bells and whistles of a European trip (x2), and the bread and butter of the league, the league cup has reared its head towards us at Fir Park, as we take on Stenhousemuir at Ochilview.
Stenny go into the League cup tie with some positivity around them. So far in the Championship, Stenny are unbeaten, with a draw against Raith Rovers and a win against Greenock Morton seeing them sit joint second (tied with Raith and Ayr United, 2 points behind top of the pile Partick Thistle). Their league cup campaign has also been a success so far, topping a group consisting of Partick, Livingston, Forfar Athletic and Brechin City. It must be noted that Stenny had the exact same record as Partick and Livi (played 4, won 2, drawn 2), however penalty wins handed them bonus points, finishing a point clear of Partick in 2nd with 10 points. The warriors also won promotion from League 1 last season, finishing 2nd and winning the play-off final to climb into the Championship.
Those of us at Motherwell will say Stenny’s promotion was all down to Olly Whyte, of course. Olly was on loan at Stenny for their promotion season, and has come back into Motherwell’s first team fold since. Olly featured 47 times for Gary Naysmith’s side,
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