’WELL BOSS WANTS TO SEE NEW HEROES

STEPHEN Robinson has told his players they can go down in folklore by bringing the William Hill Scottish Cup back to Motherwell.

The Steelmen are 90 minutes away from a second cup final this season, with Aberdeen standing in the way of a return trip to Hampden.

Robinson’s men suffered a controversial defeat to Celtic in the Betfred Cup Final in November but the scale of their task is highlighted by the fact the club have only won the Scottish Cup twice.

However, Robinson has previous experience of upsetting the odds after helping Northern Ireland reach Euro 2016 as part of Michael O’Neill’s coaching staff.

And he has urged his players to emulate the Fir Park heroes of 1952 and 1991 ahead of Saturday’s semi-final.

“Northern Ireland hadn’t qualified f or any major tournament since 1986 and all everybody spoke about was the previous players and what they had done,” he said. “And rightly so.

“But once we qualified for the Euros, all of a sudden them boys became heroes and will be remembered in folklore.

“The Motherwell boys have the same opportunity. To get to a Scottish Cup Final we have to overcome Aberdeen but that is the huge incentive.

“The boys are honest players. In training I have to hold them back, the intensity has been i ncredible this week. They are very driven.”