Ian Baraclough has paid for Motherwell’s League Cup exit against Morton with his job.
The club have sacked the 44-year-old as manager following the 3-2 extra-time defeat at Cappielow on Tuesday night.
The club’s under-20s manager, Stephen Craigan, will take charge for Saturday’s Premiership game against the bottom club Partick Thistle, alongside the assistant manager, Stephen Robinson, and the goalkeeping coach, Jim Hollman.
The club’s statement added: “The board of directors would like to sincerely thank Ian for his great efforts last season and keeping the club in the SPFL Premiership for this very important season in the club’s history, with the 130th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Scottish Cup celebrated at the end of the season. The board will immediately commence the search for a new manager.”
The defeat at Cappielow came after a slow start to the league campaign, which left Motherwell in 10th spot. They started brightly with a 1-0 win at Inverness but the influential midfielder Stephen Pearson suffered a knee injury that has ruled him out ever since and they have taken only four points from seven games afterwards.
The former Scunthorpe and Sligo Rovers manager picked an unusual team selection in what was viewed as a must-win game at Cappielow, dropping the captain Keith Lasley, the top goalscorer, Louis Moult, and the winger Lionel Ainsworth and starting Scott McDonald on the bench. Lone striker Theo Robinson struggled to make an impact and Motherwell could not build on McDonald’s injury-time leveller.
Angry exchanges took place in the visiting dressing room, before Baraclough insisted he remained the right man to lead the team despite accusing his players of lacking fight in the first half.
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