There were also a few artists with a literary background, among them Robert Motherwell and Barnett Newman who functioned as critics as well.

Former Scotland manager Craig Brown took over when Gannon left however Brown also left Motherwell for Aberdeen on 10 December 2010.

He is also a director of Motherwell Football Club.

There is also Uddingston Grammar School, only one train stop down on the Motherwell via Bellshill line.

The three acute hospitals in Lanarkshire can also be reached by bus from Motherwell:

Motherwell also has a Civic Centre, situated next to the town's police station and North Lanarkshire headquarters building.

The Cathedral is also well known as a great venue for the performances of the Motherwell Diocesan Choir.

The growth of the steel industry ( in nearby Motherwell ) had also led to a start of a decline in demand for the pig iron Coatbridge produced.

Gretna was also the official home of Gretna Football Club, who played in the Scottish Premier League during the 2007 – 2008 season, the club playing ' home ' games at Fir Park, Motherwell.

Larkhall also has good bus links with frequent services to Hamilton, Lanark, Motherwell, Stonehouse, Strathaven and Wishaw.

He also introduced new training regimes to increase player fitness and was successful in steering the club to good results against a number of established Premier League sides, including Rangers, Celtic, Motherwell, Hearts and Hibs.

This river has also been titled the ' West ' or ' South Calder Water ', although the latter title is shared by another river in Motherwell.

Throughout the 1950s Motherwell also taught painting at Hunter College in New York and at Black Mountain College in North Carolina.

With the exception of Totem Art, all essays are republished under the title Form and Sense by Robert Motherwell in New York as the first issue of the series of writings titled Problems of Contemporary Art in which also the first papers of the later Abstract Expressionists, like Possibilities, were published.

He also became involved with the so-called Irascibles, a group of controversial artists led by Robert Motherwell and other prominent Abstract Expressionists who boycotted a modern art exhibit sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Motherwell also had to overcome the economic challenges caused by the closure of the nearby Ravenscraig steelworks.

The town also benefits from frequent direct rail services to Lanark, Motherwell, Hamilton and Glasgow, in addition to a twice daily commuter service to Edinburgh ( Sundays excepted ) from Carluke railway station, less than a 10 minute walk from the town centre.

There is a circular town bus route that connects the town centre with several local housing schemes, and there are also regular bus services to Lanark, Wishaw, Motherwell, Hamilton and Glasgow, as well as an hourly express coach service to Glasgow that runs non-stop from the outskirts of Motherwell via the M74, M73 and M8 motorways.

Weir also won the 1993 Scottish Challenge Cup on 12 December, playing in the side that defeated St. Mirren 3 – 0 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

The trial was set for October 12, but has since been postponed by the defense, pending a Truth and Reconciliation Commission review of the 1989 Motherwell Bombing in which Nieuwoudt was also involved.

The department also includes the Herbert Bayer collection and archive, an important Bauhaus artistic and scholarly resource, containing some 2, 500 items including works by artists such as Man Ray, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Robert Motherwell, Damien Hirst, Philip Guston, Knox Martin, Dan Flavin, John DeAndrea, Gottfried Helnwein and Yue Minjun.

Cleland's is also in the UK Parliament constituency of Motherwell and Wishaw, and is represented by Frank Roy of the Scottish labour Party.

They were also the first ( and last ) senior club of the Scottish international Davie Cooper, who went on to play for Rangers and Motherwell.

On 6 September 2009, the Sir Matt Busby shield was contested between Manchester United Reserves and Motherwell ( located only 2 miles from Busby's place of birth ).

The SNP first won a parliamentary seat at the Motherwell by-election in 1945, but Dr Robert McIntyre MP lost the seat at the general election three months later.

Motherwell was noted as the steel production capital of Scotland, nicknamed Steelopolis, home of David Colville & Sons during the 19th and 20th centuries, with its skyline later dominated by the water tower and three cooling towers of their Ravenscraig steelworks which closed in 1992.

He had an embarrassing start to his campaign as Celtic manager, losing 5 – 0 to Slovakian champions Artmedia Bratislava on 27 July 2005 and three days later drawing 4 – 4 with Motherwell in his first SPL match in charge of the Glasgow club.

The first ever venue to host a final was Fir Park in Motherwell in 1990 and has gone on to host the final another three times.

Only three days later, McDonald continued to haunt his former club Motherwell with a low strike from outside the penalty area.

He then started his second match in three days as Celtic beat Motherwell 1 – 0, however Brown was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in the 89th minute.

John Moore started his professional career with local club Motherwell, but after only three matches moved south to English Fourth Division team Luton Town.

The largest distiller to remain under Scottish ownership is William Grant & Sons, owned by the Grant family, with headquarters in Motherwell, Scotland.

Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.

Motherwell have not dropped out of the top-flight of Scottish football since 1984, but have only lifted one trophy in that time – the Scottish Cup in 1991.

John Swinburne ( born July 4, 1930 in Pennsylvania, but educated at Dalziel High School, Motherwell ) is the founder of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party ( SSCUP ) and was that party's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament from 2003 until 2007.

Larsson played as part of the Celtic 1998 championship-winning side against the Motherwell 1991 Scottish Cup winning side.

* Highest attendance: 136, 495 fans attended the 1952 Scottish Cup Final between Dundee and Motherwell.

Colin Fox ( born 17 June 1959, Motherwell ) is the national spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party, and a former member for Lothian in the Scottish Parliament.

The two Scottish players were centre half Ron Yeats and centre forward Ian St John from Dundee United and Motherwell respectively.

* John Davies ( footballer born 1966 ), Scottish footballer with Clydebank, St. Johnstone, Airdrieonians, Ayr United and Motherwell

* Ian St. John-former Scottish international footballer, formerly of Motherwell and Liverpool.

* Scott Leitch-former Scottish footballer, formerly of Motherwell.

William Motherwell ( October 13, 1797, Glasgow – November 1, 1835, Glasgow ), Scottish poet, antiquary and journalist, was born at Glasgow, the son of an ironmonger.

They include Scottish club Motherwell, who originally wore blue and white until they wore claret and amber for the first time on 23 August 1913, against Celtic.

Gannon however took over as manager at Scottish Premier League side Motherwell, giving County fans cause to worry that he'd be poaching County's young players in the forthcoming weeks.

He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw from 1999 to 2011.

McConnell was re-elected MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw at the Scottish Parliament elections.

The Scottish Parliament elections of 3 May 2007 saw McConnell re-elected as the MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw with a majority of 5938 votes, representing 48 % of the vote with a turnout of 50. 3 %.

However by April there was a lot of criticism from the press and the fans after the 1 – 0 loss to Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup quarter final and the 1 – 0 loss to 10 man Motherwell in the league.

After the Motherwell game Beasley expressed his desire to stay with Rangers and help them retain the Scottish Premier League title.