2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Falkirk's second consecutive season in the Scottish Championship and their fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[1] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Falkirk
2014–15 season
ChairmanMartin Ritchie
ManagerPeter Houston
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
ChampionshipFifth Place
Challenge CupQuarter-final
League CupThird round
Scottish CupRunners-Up
Top goalscorerLeague: Rory Loy (12)
All: Rory Loy (9)
Highest home attendance7,735 vs. Hearts, Championship, 21 March 2015
Lowest home attendance1,128 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 26 August 2014
Average home league attendance4,745

Summary

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Season

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In their first season under the management of Peter Houston, Falkirk finished fifth in the Scottish Championship and reached the Scottish Cup Final, losing to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[2]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

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9 August 2014 Championship Cowdenbeath 2 – 2 Falkirk Central Park
15:00 Milne   34'
Higgins   57'
SPFL Report Loy   46'
Bia Bi   77'
Attendance: 1,074
Referee: McKendrick
15 August 2014 Championship Falkirk 0 – 2 Rangers Falkirk Stadium
19:45 SPFL Report MacLeod   78'
Clark   84'
Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Murray
23 August 2014 Championship Hibernian 0 – 1 Falkirk Easter Road
15:00 BBC Report Loy   13' Attendance: 9,153
Referee: Allan
30 August 2014 Championship Heart of Midlothian 4 – 1 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 McGhee   17'
King   25', 37'
Sow   78' (pen.)
Buaben   72'
BBC Report Bia-Bi   86' Attendance: 16,369
Referee: Clancy
13 September 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Durnan   83' (o.g.) BBC Report Reilly   70' Attendance: 3,793
Referee: Thomson
20 September 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald   5' BBC Report Kane   90+2' Attendance: 3,503
Referee: Graham
27 September 2014 Championship Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Roache
4 October 2014 Championship Falkirk 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Grant   16'
Leahy   70'
BBC Report Buchanan   42' (pen.) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Clancy
18 October 2014 Championship Queen of the South 3 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Dowie   38'   76'
Reilly   42'
Kerr   72'
Report Shaughnessy   74' Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Beaton
21 October 2014 Championship Falkirk 0 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Vaulks   65' Report Fordyce   44'
Sives   45'
O'Brien   51'
Michael McKenna   54'
Jamieson   76'
David Robertson   82'
Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Dallas
25 October 2014 Championship Falkirk 6 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy   4'
Smith   19'
Cooper   35'
Grant   38'
McCracken   52'
Vaulks   90+1'
Report Iain Campbell   40' Attendance: 3,466
Referee: McLean
8 November 2014 Championship Rangers 4 – 0 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Law   25'
Macleod   69'
Miller   75'
Black   78'
Clark   82'
Foster   89'
Report Vaulks   30'
Taiwo   36'
Shaughnessy   59'
Attendance: 33,359
Referee: McKendrick
15 November 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
17:30 Leahy   42'
Alston   59'
Shaughnessy   66'
Botti Bia-Bi   71'
Vaulks   78'
BBC Report McHattie   27'
El Hassnaoui   37'
Öztürk   42'
Gomis   62'
McKay   89'
Attendance: 7,003
Referee: Murray
22 November 2014 Championship Alloa Athletic 2 – 3 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 Docherty   31'   36'
Gordon   68'
Buchanan   86' (pen.)
BBC Report Cooper   10'
Loy   43'
Alston   56'
Leahy   90+3'
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Anderson
6 December 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
McCracken   90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Finnie
13 December 2014 Championship Livingston 0 – 1 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Alston   28' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Cook
20 December 2014 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 3 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Loy   11'
Alston   80'
Sibbald   83'
Attendance: 663
Referee: Roache
27 December 2014 Championship Falkirk 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
17:30 BBC Report Conroy   79' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Dallas
3 January 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Alloa Athletic Falkirk Stadium
Loy   23' BBC Report Attendance: 3,690
Referee: Salmond
10 January 2015 Championship Hibernian 3 – 3 Falkirk Easter Road
15:00 Cummings   12', 42'
Leahy   39' (Own goal)[3]
BBC Report Baird   18'
Craig   59' (Own goal)
Grant   65'
Attendance: 9,498
Referee: Collum
17 January 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy   16' (pen.) BBC Report Reilly   56'
Durnan   64'
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Allan
24 January 2015 Championship Heart of Midlothian 2 – 3 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Zeefuik   2'
Keatings   73'
BBC Report Baird   33' (pen.)
Loy   52'
Sibbald   80'
Attendance: 16,206
Referee: Robertson
31 January 2015 Championship Falkirk 3 – 3 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald   21'
Leahy   35'
Smith   80'
BBC Report Taggart   19'
Petrie   63'
Campbell   71'
Attendance: 3,703
Referee: GSalmond
14 February 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Vaulks   60' (o.g.)
Callachan   90'
BBC Report Baird   23' (pen.)
McCracken   68'
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Cook
21 February 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Duffie   8'
Vaulks   16'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,780
Referee: Murray
27 February 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Rangers Falkirk
19:45 Loy   22' BBC Report McGregor   20' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,492
Referee: Collum
14 March 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 Cawley   57' BBC Report Leahy   17'
Baird   79'
Cooper   87'
Attendance: 855
Referee: Northcroft
21 March 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 3 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Walker   28'
Zeefuik   47'
Keatings   82'
Attendance: 7,735
Referee: Allan
24 March 2015 Championship Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Falkirk Central Park
Adamson   83' BBC Report Baird   50' Attendance: 565
Referee: Graham
28 March 2015 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 0 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell   81' BBC Report Attendance: 1,016
Referee: Aitken
31 March 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
McCracken   45' BBC Report Attendance: 3,220
Referee: Dallas
4 April 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
Vaulks   62' BBC Report Fox   45+1' Attendance: 4,032
Referee: Robertson
8 April 2015 Championship Livingston 2 – 1 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
Mullen   9', 54' BBC Report Baird   44' (pen.) Attendance: 1,047
Referee: Anderson
12 April 2015 Championship Queen of the South 1 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   22' BBC Report Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Muir
25 April 2015 Championship Rangers 2 – 2 Falkirk Glasgow
15:00 Vučkić   83'
Law   90+3'
BBC Report Baird   57'
Taiwo   61'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 35,566
Referee: Anderson
2 May 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 3 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
12:15 BBC Report Boyle   5'
Cummings   40'
Malonga   77'
Attendance: 7,672
Referee: Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup

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26 July 2014 Challenge Cup First round East Stirlingshire 1 – 7 Falkirk Ochilview Park
15:00 McKenna   71' SPFL Report Vaulks   29'
Cooper   62'
Loy   67' (pen.), 73'
Bia Bi   81'
Alston   85', 87'
Attendance: 933
Referee: Dallas
19 August 2014 Challenge Cup Second round Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Falkirk East End Park
19:45 Geggan   68' SPFL Report Taiwo   55', 60'
Bia Bi   76'
Attendance: 2,810
Referee: Salmond
6 September 2014 Challenge Cup Quarter-final Stranraer 1 – 0 Falkirk Stair Park
15:00 Marenghi   41' SPFL Report Attendance: 551
Referee: Anderson

Scottish League Cup

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23 September 2014 League Cup Third round Falkirk 1 – 3 Rangers Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Loy   5' BBC Report Tudur Jones   7' (o.g.)
Shiels   65'
Black   90+2'
Attendance: 5,259
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

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29 November 2014 Scottish Cup Fourth round Falkirk 1 – 0 Cowdenbeath Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald   73' BBC Report Attendance: 1,237
Referee: Muir
7 February 2015 Scottish Cup Fifth round Falkirk 2 – 1 Brechin City Falkirk Stadium
15:00 McCracken   11'
Smith   79'
BBC Report Trouten   55' (pen.) Attendance: 2,083
Referee: McKendrick
18 April 2015 Semi Final Hibernian 0 – 1 Falkirk Hampden Park
12:15 BBC Report Sibbald   75' Attendance: 21,227
Referee: Beaton
30 May 2015 Final Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Falkirk Hampden Park
15.00 Watkins   38'
Tremarco   75'
Vincent   86'
BBC Report Grant   80' Attendance: 37,149
Referee: Collum

Player statistics

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As of 30 May 2015[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Jamie MacDonald 47 0 36+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF   SCO Kieran Duffie 23 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
3 MF   SCO Aaron Muirhead 5 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
4 MF   NGA Olumide Durojaiye 11 0 4+1 0 2+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
5 DF   SCO David McCracken 41 5 32+0 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
6 DF   WAL Will Vaulks 45 4 33+1 3 3+0 1 3+0 0 5+0 0
7 MF   ENG Tom Taiwo 42 3 28+3 1 3+0 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
8 MF   SCO Blair Alston 47 5 29+7 3 2+1 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
9 FW   SCO David Smith 31 3 10+16 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
10 MF   SCO Craig Sibbald 46 7 34+2 4 1+1 0 2+1 0 5+0 3
11 MF   SCO Mark Kerr 18 0 16+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK   SCO Graham Bowman 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   SCO Peter Grant 36 4 30+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1
15 DF   SCO Liam Dick 13 0 5+2 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   SCO Thomas Grant 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF   EIR Alan Maybury 9 0 5+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW   SCO Lewis Small 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF   ENG Luke Leahy 41 3 31+2 3 1+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
20 MF   SCO Alex Cooper 31 4 10+14 3 3+0 1 2+1 0 1+0 0
21 DF   SCO Liam Rowan 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   SCO Ryan Blair 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   SCO Scott Shepherd 17 1 0+12 0 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+1 0
28 FW   SCO Botti Biabi 31 4 9+13 3 0+2 1 2+1 0 1+3 0
30 FW   SCO Kevin O'Hara 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW   SCO Rory Loy 36 12 26+0 9 4+0 2 1+1 1 4+0 0
34 MF   WAL Owain Tudur Jones 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW   SCO John Baird 17 7 17+0 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 FW   ENG Taylor Morgan 14 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
3 DF   EIR Joe Shaughnessy 11 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF   SCO Conor McGrandles 6 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW   ENG Rory Boulding 6 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
7 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 36 79 −43 34
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAAAHHAAAH
ResultDLWLDDDWLDWLLWWWWLWDDWDDWDWLWLWWLLDL
Position476788766666665555555455545555444555
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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References

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