No Time to Get Carried Away ; Craigan: It's a Good Start but Motherwell Kids Still Have Much to Learn [Scot Region Edition 2]

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MOTHERWELL'S new breed thrilled their fans on Thursday night, thrashing Albanians Flamurtari 8-1 to record the biggest European win by a Scottish club since Rangers beat Valletta 10-0 in 1983.

And the youngsters played their part. All the side's goals were scored by teenagers -- Jamie Murphy and Ross Forbes (19), Shaun Hutchinson and Robert McHugh (18) and 17-year-old Paul Slane -- and the average age of Jim Gannon's outfield players was 21.

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No Time to Get Carried Away ; Craigan: It's a Good Start but Motherwell Kids Still Have Much to Learn [Scot Region Edition 2]

That figure would have been lower still if it hadn't been for the presence of club captain Stephen Craigan. The Northern Ireland defender will be 33 in October and he'll make sure that Well's young g...

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