2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season
| 2014–15 season | |||
| Chairman | Martin Ritchie | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Peter Houston | ||
| Stadium | Falkirk Stadium | ||
| Championship | Fifth place | ||
| Challenge Cup | Quarter-final, lost to Stranraer | ||
| League Cup | Third round, lost to Rangers | ||
| Scottish Cup | Final, lost to Inverness CT | ||
| 
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The 2014–15 season was Falkirk's 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.
Results & fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Championship
Main article: 2014–15 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' (Penalty) 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' (Penalty) | 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)[2] | 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' (Penalty) 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' (Penalty) | 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 | 
Challenge Cup
Main article: 2014–15 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' (Penalty), 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 | 
League Cup
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
| 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 | 
| 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
Main article: 2014–15 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' (Penalty) | 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 | Marley Watkins  38' Carl Tremarco  75' James Vincent  86' | BBC Report | Peter Grant  80' | Attendance: 37,149 Referee: Collum | 
Player statistics
During the 2014–15 season, Falkirk have used twenty-two different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
- As of work in progress[3]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  | Jamie MacDonald | 10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 
| 2 | DF |  | Kieran Duffie | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 
| 3 | DF |  | Joe Shaughnessy | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 4 | MF |  | Olumide Durojaiye | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 
| 4 | MF |  | Aaron Muirhead | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 
| 5 | DF |  | David McCracken | 8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 
| 6 | DF |  | Will Vaulks | 10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 
| 7 | MF |  | Tom Taiwo | 10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 
| 8 | MF |  | Blair Alston | 10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 
| 9 | FW |  | David Smith | 5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 
| 10 | MF |  | Craig Sibbald | 9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 | 
| 11 | MF |  | Conor McGrandles | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 14 | DF |  | Peter Grant | 6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 
| 15 | DF |  | Liam Dick | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 
| 17 | DF |  | Alan Maybury | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 19 | MF |  | Luke Leahy | 8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 
| 20 | MF |  | Alex Cooper | 6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 
| 21 | DF |  | Liam Rowan | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 22 | MF |  | Ryan Blair | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 23 | FW |  | Scott Shepherd | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 
| 28 | FW |  | Botti Bia-Bi | 8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 
| 33 | FW |  | Rory Loy | 9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 
| 34 | MF |  | Owain Tudur Jones | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 35 | FW |  | Rory Boulding | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 
| 36 | FW |  | Taylor Morgan | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 
- Source: [3]
Team statistics
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Rangers (Q) | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 67 | Qualification to the quarter-finals of the promotion play-offs | 
| 4 | Queen of the South (Q) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 60 | |
| 5 | Falkirk | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 53 | |
| 6 | Raith | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 79 | −43 | 34 | 
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Division summary
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | 
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | 
| Position | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 
Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: [4]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Transfers
References
- ↑ "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "Falkirk 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ↑ "Falkirk 2014/15 Results". Statto. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ↑ "Jamie MacDonald one of five new arrivals". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- 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.
- ↑ "Joe Shaughnessy joins Falkirk on loan until January". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ↑ "Falkirk snap up former Hibernian midfielder Owain Tudur Jones". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "New Falkirk signing David Smith eager to impress his neighbours". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Mark Kerr and Aaron Muirhead sign for the Bairns". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Baird makes Falkirk move". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Falkirk recruit striker Taylor Morgan on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Swansea City sign Falkirk defender Stephen Kingsley". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Norwich City sign Falkirk's Conor McGrandles". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "Small joins on loan". stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. Stirling Albion F.C. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Gregor Amos". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Liam Rowan and Grant Heads Out On Loan". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Brechin boost squad with loan signing". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Wales and Falkirk midfielder retires". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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