Murphy fired home after 13 minutes and Paul Slane set him up for the second before firing in the third himself.

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Mowbray has also completed the signing of Paul Slane, 18, from Motherwell.

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However, it was Motherwell's existing young guns, like the exciting Paul Slane and Ross Forbes, who shone during the thrashing of Albanians Flamurtari and defeat by Steau Bucharest.

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Exciting youngsters like Paul Slane, Ross Forbes and Jamie Murphy will relish the lush new playing surface at Fir Park (how will the Scottish media survive without their tiresome Battle of the Somme patter?).

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