Summary

  • Scottish Premiership Play-off final

  • FT: Motherwell 3-0 Rangers (agg 5-1)

  • Goalkeeping blunder gifts Johnson a goal

  • Ainsworth adds second for home side

  • Sutton adds penalty in stoppage time

  • Mohsni and Erwin clash after final whistle

  1. Get involved #bbcscotfootballpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    David Johnstone: "We can do this Rangers."

    Paolo: "Football will be the loser regardless."

    Diane Craig: "3-1 Rangers for me."

    Scott Murray: "Got Rangers to win and both teams to score on the coupon."

    Jim Gibson: "1-2, Rangers to score first two goals. Motherwell to pull one back in last minute of extra-time with penalty."

  2. LINE-UPSpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Motherwell: Long, Law, Laing, McManus, Hammell, Ainsworth, Lasley, Pearson, Johnson, McDonald, Erwin. Subs: Twardzik, Ramsden, Sutton, Kerr, Moore, Watt, Grant

    Rangers: Bell, Foster, McCulloch, Zaliukas, Wallace, Law, Vuckic, Murdoch, Ferguson, Boyd, Miller. Subs: Simonsen, Smith, Mohsni, Clark, Crawford, Shiels, Walsh.

  3. Rangers manager Stuart McCall on BBC Radio Scotlandpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    "Who could foresee this? But we are here to do a job.

    "It is not about me coming back here. It is about the players on the park who might be playing their last game for Rangers and I hope they don't have any regrets today.

    "I saw enough the other night. We controlled the game for the first 25 minutes and they got deflected goal and we got edgy.

    "Their keeper made four or five excellent saves.

    "Our team is capable of scoring goals and hopefully we can pull off the result we want."

  4. Motherwell manager Ian Baraclough on BBC Radio Scotlandpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    "I'm nervous before every game, the same as I did as a player.

    "I want to see them go on and finish the job. The team selected itself.

    "There were tired legs, but the closer we get to kick-off time, they are bubbly.

    "It is a big one-off game and we are prepared to take a gamble with the two boys (Hammell and Pearson).

    "I don't particularly want to sit back, so we have got to go and attack as well."

  5. Postpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Striker Scott McDonald scored two goals in the final day of the league season 10 years ago to defeat Celtic and hand the title to Rangers. Now in his second spell at Motherwell, the Australian could help deny the Ibrox side promotion.

  6. Postpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Former Motherwell midfielder Nicky Law, now at Rangers, and younger brother Josh, who followed him to Fir Park, share a flat. But one of them will return home disappointed after today's final whistle. Who will get the top bunk tonight?

  7. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    There are lots of sideshows at Fir Park today, of course. Should Rangers win on aggregate, manager Stuart McCall will be relegating the side he managed for four season until resigning in December. Ian Baraclough has been unable to improve on the second bottom place he inherited but could deny his predecessor promotion and put in further doubt his chances of continuing as Rangers boss.

  8. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Motherwell's victory on Thursday was the first time they had got the better of Rangers in 39 meetings since 2002. The Glasgow side have, however, won on their last four visits to Fir Park, albeit the last one was in 2012.

    Three of those victories were by three or more goals - which would be enough for an aggregate win should that be repeated today.

  9. Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Rangers will also have to do better than in the second legs of the two play-off matches that led to the final. Against Queen of the South, they were held 1-1 at home but progressed thanks to the 2-1 lead they established in Dumfries. In the semi-final, they lost 1-0 to Hibs but progressed because of their 2-0 win at Ibrox.

  10. Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    If Rangers are to win promotion, they must end Motherwell's run of seven home games without defeat. Ian Baraclough's side have not lost at Fir Park since Dundee left with a 1-0 win on 21 February.

  11. Get involved on BBC Sport Scotland Facebook pagepublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Ryan: "If we get an early goal then it's game on, lets get back to where we rightfully belong."

    Adam: "Good luck to Rangers and Motherwell today. See one of you next week - from a Hearts fan."

  12. Get involved #bbcscotfootballpublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Rangers Away Days: "In the words of Marvin Andrews - keep believing."

    SWer: "I can't see Rangers winning by two, but I'm hopeful they make Motherwell play for it."

    Grant Shaw: "Nervous! Need a massive performance from every player wearing blue."

    Stuart McQueen: "Mon the Well!"

    Fraggle Rock: "What will be will be, we only have ourselves to blame."

  13. Postpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Motherwell manager Ian Baraclough names an unchanged side. That means that experienced full-back Stevie Hammell and veteran former Scotland midfielder Stephen Pearson have recovered have recovered from knocks picked up in the first leg.

  14. Postpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Speculation had suggesting that 37-year-old Rangers captain Lee McCulloch would return to Stuart McCall's starting line-up up front - against the club with whom he began his career before going on to grace the English top flight with Wigan Athletic and win 18 Scotland caps.

    Instead, it appears that the veteran will be a straight swap for the suspended Darren McGregor in the centre of defence. That is one of three changes in Stuart McCall's side, with on-loan Newcastle United winger Shane Ferguson and off-form former Scotland striker Kris Boyd starting in place of Dean Shiels and Nicky Clark.

  15. Get involved #bbcsportfootballpublished at 14:13 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Neither of today's protagonists have had a good enough season to vie for the title of Scotland's team of the season. Who would your choice be?

    Celtic, who retained the Scottish Premiership title and lifted the League Cup? Caley Thistle, who lifted the Scottish Cup for the first time and finished a best-ever third in the top flight? Aberdeen, who gave Celtic a chase before finishing second? Hearts, who swatted away the challenge of Rangers and neighbours Hibernian to run away with the Championship title? Gordon Strachan's national side for keeping in the hunt for Euro 2016 qualification? Or maybe you might think rugby side Glasgow Warriors' first victory in the final of the Pro12 last night overshadows anything achieved by our football sides?

    Give us your thoughts about that or any other pressing issues in Scottish football.

    Tweet #bbcscotfootball or comment on the BBC Sport Scotland Facebook page., external

  16. Postpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Can Motherwell, who finished second bottom of the Premiership, protect their lead and extend their stay in the Scottish top flight? Or will Rangers, who were third in the Championship, stage a fightback that will allow them to swap places with their hosts next season?

  17. Postpublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Ian Baraclough's Motherwell side go into today's second leg of the Scottish Premiership Play-off final with a healthy lead, having shocked many observers and pundits with their 3-1 win in Glasgow on Thursday.

  18. Postpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    However, it is back to league business today and the final jigsaw in next season's Scottish Premiership and Championship line-ups. Rangers fans have long had an expectation that they would be playing in the top-flight again after a third successive promotion, but Hearts, who ran away with the Championship title, and now Motherwell have threatened to stop them in their tracks.

  19. Postpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    Fortunately, the shine was not taken off what was a wonderful occasion at Hampden Park as Inverness Caledonian Thistle lifted the Scottish Cup for the first time after edging out unlucky Falkirk in an exciting finale.

  20. Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 31 May 2015

    The Scottish Cup final is normally the climax of the Scottish football season - and our live text coverage of the domestic scene. Not this year, with events at Fir Park today having threatened to overshadow yesterday's Scottish Cup final.