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.
| 2014–15 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Martin Ritchie | ||
| Manager | Peter Houston | ||
| Stadium | Falkirk Stadium | ||
| Championship | Fifth Place | ||
| Challenge Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Runners-Up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Rory Loy (12) All: Rory Loy (9) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 7,735 vs. Hearts, Championship, 21 March 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,128 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 26 August 2014 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4,745 | ||
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Summary
editSeason
editIn 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
editWin Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Championship
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 26 August 2014 League Cup Second round | Falkirk | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p) | Cowdenbeath | Falkirk Stadium |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,128 Referee: Aitken | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Boulding  Vaulks  Loy Shepherd Rowan Sibbald |
Higgins Milne Brett Campbell Wedderburn Johnston |
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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
edit| 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 |
| 6 March 2015 Scottish Cup Quarter Final | Queen of the South | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park |
| 19:35 | BBC Report | Sibbald 34' |
Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Clancy |
| 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
edit- 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
editLeague table
edit| 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
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Division summary
editUpdated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
edit
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