Alex Lowry opens up on preconceived opinion, personal tragedy and constant scrutiny

In a video published by Motherwell, their player Alex Lowry opens up on preconceived opinion, personal tragedy and constant scrutiny.

The 23 year old has also spoke on how it felt seeing criticism towards him affected his family, and now wanting to change the false narratives that surround him.

Motherwell wrote in a statement on their website: “Everyone has an opinion of Alex Lowry. Known for bursting onto the scene at Rangers and labelled a star of the future, his performances on the pitch after making his debut had all Scottish football fanatics excited.

“But off the pitch, the narrative of the young Scottish prodigy was not a positive one. ‘Bad attitude’, ‘lazy’ and ‘poor application’ are just some of the labels that followed Lowry around. False labels.

“And when he went through personal tragedy, there was no room for sympathy in the public eye with his performances and future written off by many. But really, he was just a young, talented football player who rose through the ranks at Rangers and learned his craft in the local park outside his family home.

“Having gone down to England to play with Wycombe, a move which he admits hasn’t gone the way he thought it would, the chance to return home and re-ignite his career was too good to turn down. Now with a number of games under his belt and high admiration of the Motherwell fans behind him, his confidence is showing his performances with the narrative shifting on the 23-year-old.”

In a video, Alex Lowry speaks on returning to ‘where it all began for him’ and it bringing back all the memories. He speaks on visiting his family.

Many have a preconceived opinion of Alex Lowry.

Having endured personal tragedy, constant scrutiny and the pain of seeing his family affected by the criticism, he simply wants to change the false narratives that surround him 🧡 pic.twitter.com/KcaHuiExso

— Motherwell FC (@MotherwellFC) September 23, 2026

Then the interviewer asked Alex about the words used to described him, to which he responds: “Lazy. Big time. Thinks he’s Billy big time, maybe full of myself and maybe got a bad reputation outside football.

“I think it was maybe being coming through at Rangers and there’s a lot of scrutiny on you from a young age. Straight away you’re in the of the limelight in a way, there’s a lot more eyes on you and what you do.

“For certain people it can affect you, maybe affected me at certain points in my life but as I’ve got older I’ve started to realise that as long as I’m happy, the club are happy, my family are happy, my girlfriend’s happy, my dog’s happy, whatever. That just makes my life ten times easier and I try and just not really look at it.

“I’ve come off social media and when I was a lot younger I’d maybe look at the stuff and I’d get down about it but nowadays it’s just focus on my football, enjoy my football and live a quiet nice life.

“Obviously my girlfriend’s not from Glasgow, so she found it difficult and different but as she’s been with me longer she’s kind of got used to it which is not a good thing or a bad thing but she’s got used to it so we kind of deal with it in a way that basically just don’t speak about it and don’t think about it, just get on with it.

“I can see both sides of it, I’ve got a relaxed posture and relaxed demeanour which can come across lazy but if you’d speak to any of the boys at the club they’d probably say I work really hard and previous coaches that I’ve maybe worked under would say I’ve definitely worked hard and I do my best day in day out and definitely as I’ve got older I’ve put more emphasis on working harder and doing more stuff in the gym and being more be more professional maybe.

“Maybe when I was bit younger I’d rely on my ability which would get me out of trouble but now it’s a case of head down and prove them wrong basically.

“Just try and shift the narrative to, no he does work hard, no he does, he is a team player so it’s just a case of trying to change that narrative game by game, week by week and we’ll see where it ends up.

“Loads of boys I came through with we’d speak about it and it would become a bit of a joke but you know it’s not a joke like you’ve like thinking about it a lot and you’re like, I’m like this, I’m like that and you start to doubt yourself and I’ve seen boys that it’s really affected and other boys that it’s maybe not affected as much.

“I’d probably be one of the ones that’s not affected too much because I don’t really read into it but definitely for players coming through at certain clubs it’s hard to come through it.

“It’s more of a mental game than is a technical, tactical game which is really hard for young boys that are fresh into the game to kind of to deal with.

“I feel it started pretty early, maybe under 18s I started to get recognised because of the hair and that obviously makes you stand out a little bit.

“So then I always had a name for myself, or the boy with the hair, boy with the hair, boy with the hair is this, boy with the hair is that.

“Mine started pretty early but then it started to ramp up as I started to play with the first team after my debut.

“I remember actually seeing my dad a couple of days ago after my debut, my phone just blew up and it was like, oh wow, this is crazy.

“Girlfriend dealt with it pretty well but my side of the family were a bit… ‘Oh, this is different, this is different’.

“So it was a case of getting used to as quick as I can. But again, outside noise can kind of change how I felt to what they think they can see. Whereas I think I’ve made it already when that wasn’t the case. It was a case of get my head down, work as hard as I can and see where I end up.

“There’s been a lot… was obviously the year where my mum passed away and my dog passed away when I was on holiday in quick succession. So there was a lot going on at the time.

“So maybe stuff people didn’t see on the outside. I was dealing with my family, with my girlfriend, with my girlfriend’s family even.

“There was a lot of change in our lives, so it was a case of let’s get through this and then it was a case of then trying to focus back on football but to focus on football when stuff like that happens in your life and your family are all down and stuff like that.

“It’s difficult, it’s difficult but I had a good support of family and a good support of girlfriend that helped me kind of get through that. Thankfully I feel as if I’ve come out on the other side a pretty decent guy.

“It’s a different game up here. I’ve been down the road and no one bats an eyelid. You get the odd bit of stick now and again but up here it is a fishbowl and again we do have lives. I like to go out, go for a coffee with my Mrs, just walk my dog, just normal things like that and you’ll have people come and talking to you and maybe giving you bit of, giving you a tight a wee bit which I don’t mind. I find it quite funny but there’s a line, there’s a line which maybe sometimes is crossed but again I actually don’t mind it, I think it’s quite funny.

“You can probably see on the pitch I’m enjoying myself on the pitch again, I’m enjoying football again and that’s obviously a big thank you to the gaffer for obviously bringing me in here and Nick and everyone behind the scenes that sorted it out and I’m just happy to be here, loving my football again.

“It was my first time moving away from home, obviously was alone at heart so I could still live in, live at home basically, whereas moving down to London I was on my own, just me and my girlfriend packing up everything. Basically moving your life. It was still a big thing for me moving down. And I thought it would easy. It felt easy up here because we knew everything was nearby whereas down there it was like a different ball game. The city’s massive. It’s the busiest place on earth. was just bonkers, bonkers.

“It was difficult to get used to at the start but as I lived there for a bit longer you start to realise, right, this is what a cannon can’t do, this is where a can or can’t go and stuff like that. So you just kind of pick it up as you go.

“Obviously again I went through a hard time football wise, didn’t play as much as I would have liked to. I take my full responsibility on that.

“But the chance to come home was just too good to turn down. As soon as I heard the interest from Motherwell was there I was like, yeah, get me up there man.

“I watched a lot last season and I was like, yeah, this is where I want to go and play my football. I remember getting off the phone with the manager, got into the car and I just said to him, I said, yeah, we’re going there. I was smiling as I got in the car. I was like, yeah, we’re going there. We’re going there, it’s done.

“Personally for me it’s been amazing. I’ve played a lot of minutes, I’ve played a of games, I’ve chipped in with a goal and a few assists and obviously playing in Europe was an experience in itself.

“Loved that the boys have been amazing with me. I settled in pretty quick obviously, I knew Matty from school who you probably know have not left his hip since I joined. So no it’s been amazing.

“It was a tricky 18 months down there and I wasn’t really enjoying my football and I wasn’t playing very well and to come up here and feel so welcomed and the fans are, the fans have been amazing with me.

“Obviously to be voted Player of the Month, just to kind of be the cherry on top of it this month to be fair. Even if I never got it, I would have still looked back on this month and loved it. It’s been amazing.

“I think a big factor in my good performance has been the confidence the boys have put in me and the confidence the manager’s put in me.

“He’s gave me that kind of trust and that responsibility to help the team in whatever way I can and he’s gave me a really free role when I’m creating. Yeah, he’s put a lot of confidence in me.

“Same with the kind of assistant manager, Max, and Jon and Neil. all been amazing with me since I’ve joined. Aldo as well, especially Aldo. He’s been amazing with me.

“It’s made it so much easier to settle in and I think me being happy playing football is, you’ll see the best me.

“Like my family are so buzzing to see all the kind of stuff that’s been said about me and it’s all so positive.

“That’s the one thing I’ve been really surprised in a way that the kind of positive reaction I got to coming back home obviously with the kind of the talk of me beforehand and the reactions been amazing. The fans have been class. It’s been just a perfect one.”