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

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.

Summary

Season

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

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 Red card 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' Yellow card 76'
Reilly 42'
Kerr 72'		 Report Shaughnessy Yellow card 74' Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Beaton
21 October 2014 Championship Falkirk 0 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Vaulks Yellow card 65' Report Fordyce Yellow card 44'
Sives Yellow card 45'
O'Brien Yellow card 51'
Michael McKenna Yellow card 54'
Jamieson Yellow card 76'
David Robertson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 78'
Clark 82'
Foster Yellow card 89'		 Report Vaulks Yellow card 30'
Taiwo Yellow card 36'
Shaughnessy Yellow card 59'		 Attendance: 33,359
Referee: McKendrick
15 November 2014 Championship Falkirk 1 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium
17:30 Leahy Yellow card 42'
Alston Yellow card 59'
Shaughnessy Yellow card 66'
Botti Bia-Bi 71'
Vaulks Yellow card 78'		 BBC Report McHattie 27'
El Hassnaoui 37'
Öztürk Yellow card 42'
Gomis Yellow card 62'
McKay Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 7,003
Referee: Murray
22 November 2014 Championship Alloa Athletic 2 – 3 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 Docherty 31' Yellow card 36'
Gordon Yellow card 68'
Buchanan 86' (pen.)		 BBC Report Cooper 10'
Loy 43'
Alston 56'
Leahy Yellow card 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 Red card 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
24 March 2015 Championship Cowdenbeath 0 – 1 Falkirk Central Park
Adamson Red card 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 Red card 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

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 Red card 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

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

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

Player statistics

As of 30 May 2015[4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie MacDonald 47036+003+003+005+00
2 DF Scotland SCO Kieran Duffie 23118+010+000+005+00
3 MF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 503+000+000+000+20
4 MF Nigeria NGA Olumide Durojaiye 1104+102+002+100+10
5 DF Scotland SCO David McCracken 41532+043+002+004+01
6 DF Wales WAL Will Vaulks 45433+133+013+005+00
7 MF England ENG Tom Taiwo 42328+313+023+005+00
8 MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 47529+732+123+005+00
9 FW Scotland SCO David Smith 31310+1620+000+003+21
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 46734+241+102+105+03
11 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 18016+200+000+000+00
12 GK Scotland SCO Graham Bowman 100+100+000+000+00
14 DF Scotland SCO Peter Grant 36430+030+001+005+01
15 DF Scotland SCO Liam Dick 1305+202+003+000+10
16 MF Scotland SCO Thomas Grant 100+100+000+000+00
17 DF Ireland EIR Alan Maybury 905+102+001+000+00
18 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Small 000+000+000+000+00
19 MF England ENG Luke Leahy 41331+231+101+005+00
20 MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 31410+1433+012+101+00
21 DF Scotland SCO Liam Rowan 300+100+101+000+00
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Blair 100+001+000+000+00
23 FW Scotland SCO Scott Shepherd 1710+1201+100+210+10
28 FW Scotland SCO Botti Biabi 3149+1330+212+101+30
30 FW Scotland SCO Kevin O'Hara 100+100+000+000+00
33 FW Scotland SCO Rory Loy 361226+094+021+114+00
34 MF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 504+000+001+000+00
35 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 17717+070+000+000+00
36 FW England ENG Taylor Morgan 1403+700+000+002+20
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
3 DF Ireland EIR Joe Shaughnessy 1109+001+001+000+00
11 MF Scotland SCO Conor McGrandles 603+002+001+000+00
35 FW England ENG Rory Boulding 601+300+100+100+00

Team statistics

League table

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Cup final: Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Hibernian's Jason Cummings denied first senior hat trick as ref Willie Collum says Falkirk defender scored an own goal". Daily Record. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Falkirk 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Falkirk 2014/15 Results". Statto. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Jamie MacDonald one of five new arrivals". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Ex Hearts keeper Jamie MacDonald among five new signings at Falkirk". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Joe Shaughnessy joins Falkirk on loan until January". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Falkirk snap up former Hibernian midfielder Owain Tudur Jones". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "New Falkirk signing David Smith eager to impress his neighbours". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Mark Kerr and Aaron Muirhead sign for the Bairns". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Baird makes Falkirk move". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Falkirk recruit striker Taylor Morgan on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "Flynncoming". cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville F.C. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "Swansea City sign Falkirk defender Stephen Kingsley". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Norwich City sign Falkirk's Conor McGrandles". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  18. ↑ "League 2 transfer window: Who's in and who's out in Scotland's fourth tier". STV. STV. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Small joins on loan". stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. Stirling Albion F.C. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Gregor Amos". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Liam Rowan and Grant Heads Out On Loan". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Brechin boost squad with loan signing". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier (Dundee). 21 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Wales and Falkirk midfielder retires". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "Bouldings Back!". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston F.C. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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