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MOTHERWELL FC EXILES CLUB | |
The Motherwell FC Exiles Club was set up in September 1993 to cater for fans of Motherwell FC who lived outside Scotland. The few weeks following our formation saw around a dozen exiled supporters register their interest and membership has grown steadily ever since. These days we boast around 75 members spread throughout the world with over 100 fans having been members at one time or another.
The spread of members sees most staying in the UK however we have or have had members from countries such as Denmark, Poland, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia, USA, Canada and Belgium.
A couple of years down the line we also started accepting members from Scotland who lived outside Lanarkshire and we now have several members living in outlying areas of the country such as Stonehaven and the Outer Hebrides.
Membership offers fans various benefits (click here for more info.). Exiles club members can reserve tickets for all-ticket matches at Fir Park, we can arrange pen-pals with local based ‘Well fans for members. Members can arrange to go on a tour of Fir Park on their return to the country. Through the Exiles Club supporters can subscribe to the Motherwell match programme, the two Motherwell fanzines and local newspapers. The club Secretary is always on hand to answer queries members might have, to seek out any information required on club matters and to chat away about the team when the occasion arises.
We have 3 methods to keep our club members up to speed with all that's happening up Fir Park way. Firstly we have our quarterly newsletter. As the club has developed and improved so has the club newsletter and we now issue a 36 page issue each quarter containing a wealth of information about Motherwell FC. Each issue contains a results overview, transfer news, historical items, player features, gossip, news and lively comment on the team and club. We also reguarly include interviews and in the past Bobby Russell, Alan Dick, Jamie Dolan, Alex McLeish, Stephen Craigan and Pat Nevin to name a few have been kind enough to answer our questions. Many club members are actively involved in the production of the newsletter submitting interesting and thought provoking articles.
Taking advantage of modern technology we have had our own club website since 1998 which has detailed match reports, features, a chatroom and player profiles etc to keep our members entertained when they are online.
Since summer 2000 we have also had our own club mailing list which we use to convey information to our members such as breaking news, weekly news summaries and of course detailed match reviews available as soon after full-time as possible. Around a quarter of our membership have signed up to this very useful service.
In our time we have developed close links with Motherwell FC, the people behind the Motherwell match programme and Motherwell fanzines. The club have assisted us wherever possible in the past, such as kindly allowing us to interview players and management and supplying us with competition prizes. The fanzines have always been keen to send members “freebies” and the programme editors have assisted with information and printing numerous adverts for the Exiles club.
The philosophy behind the Exiles Club is that just because a supporter stays outwith Scotland, or even Lanarkshire for that matter, doesn’t make them any less passionate about their team than the local fan. Indeed as we have come to learn the exiled fan can be even more passionate spending vast sums of money and travelling great distances to cheer on Motherwell.
To find out more about the MFC Exiles Club register here :- Registration Page
or contact our Admin. Secretary, Drew Buddie at:- 12 Southgate Cottages, Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth, Herts. WD3 1HX,
telephone: (01923) 710658
or e-mail: thebuddies@tinyworld.co.uk