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 | ||
| |||
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 Higgins |
SPFL Report | Loy Bia Bi |
Attendance: 1,074 Referee: McKendrick |
| 15 August 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 0 – 2 | Rangers | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | SPFL Report | MacLeod Clark |
Attendance: 6,927 Referee: Murray |
| 23 August 2014 Championship | Hibernian | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Easter Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Loy |
Attendance: 9,153 Referee: Allan |
| 30 August 2014 Championship | Heart of Midlothian | 4 – 1 | Falkirk | Tynecastle Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | McGhee King Sow Buaben |
BBC Report | Bia-Bi |
Attendance: 16,369 Referee: Clancy |
| 13 September 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Durnan |
BBC Report | Reilly |
Attendance: 3,793 Referee: Thomson |
| 20 September 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Sibbald |
BBC Report | Kane |
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 Leahy |
BBC Report | Buchanan |
Attendance: 3,037 Referee: Clancy |
| 18 October 2014 Championship | Queen of the South | 3 – 0 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Dowie Reilly Kerr |
Report | Shaughnessy |
Attendance: 2,038 Referee: Beaton |
| 21 October 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 0 – 0 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | Vaulks |
Report | Fordyce Sives O'Brien Michael McKenna Jamieson David Robertson |
Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Dallas |
| 25 October 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 6 – 0 | Cowdenbeath | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Loy Smith Cooper Grant McCracken Vaulks |
Report | Iain Campbell |
Attendance: 3,466 Referee: McLean |
| 8 November 2014 Championship | Rangers | 4 – 0 | Falkirk | Ibrox Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Law Macleod Miller Black Clark Foster |
Report | Vaulks Taiwo Shaughnessy |
Attendance: 33,359 Referee: McKendrick |
| 15 November 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 2 | Heart of Midlothian | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 | Leahy Alston Shaughnessy Botti Bia-Bi Vaulks |
BBC Report | McHattie El Hassnaoui Öztürk Gomis McKay |
Attendance: 7,003 Referee: Murray |
| 22 November 2014 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 2 – 3 | Falkirk | Recreation Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Docherty Gordon Buchanan |
BBC Report | Cooper Loy Alston Leahy |
Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Anderson |
| 6 December 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Hibernian | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCracken |
BBC Report | Attendance: 4,983 Referee: Finnie |
| 13 December 2014 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Report | Alston |
Attendance: 1,176 Referee: Cook |
| 20 December 2014 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 – 3 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Report | Loy Alston Sibbald |
Attendance: 663 Referee: Roache |
| 27 December 2014 Championship | Falkirk | 0 – 1 | Raith Rovers | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 | BBC Report | Conroy |
Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Dallas |
| 3 January 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Alloa Athletic | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loy |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,690 Referee: Salmond |
| 10 January 2015 Championship | Hibernian | 3 – 3 | Falkirk | Easter Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Cummings Leahy |
BBC Report | Baird Craig Grant |
Attendance: 9,498 Referee: Collum |
| 17 January 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Loy |
BBC Report | Reilly Durnan |
Attendance: 3,478 Referee: Allan |
| 24 January 2015 Championship | Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 3 | Falkirk | Tynecastle Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Zeefuik Keatings |
BBC Report | Baird Loy Sibbald |
Attendance: 16,206 Referee: Robertson |
| 31 January 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 3 – 3 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Sibbald Leahy Smith |
BBC Report | Taggart Petrie Campbell |
Attendance: 3,703 Referee: GSalmond |
| 14 February 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 2 – 2 | Falkirk | Stark's Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Vaulks Callachan |
BBC Report | Baird McCracken |
Attendance: 2,092 Referee: Cook |
| 21 February 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 – 0 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Duffie Vaulks |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Murray |
| 27 February 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Rangers | Falkirk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | Loy |
BBC Report | McGregor |
Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 7,492 Referee: Collum |
| 14 March 2015 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 1 – 3 | Falkirk | Recreation Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Cawley |
BBC Report | Leahy Baird Cooper |
Attendance: 855 Referee: Northcroft |
| 21 March 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 0 – 3 | Heart of Midlothian | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Walker Zeefuik Keatings |
Attendance: 7,735 Referee: Allan |
| 24 March 2015 Championship | Cowdenbeath | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Central Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adamson |
BBC Report | Baird |
Attendance: 565 Referee: Graham |
| 28 March 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 0 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,016 Referee: Aitken |
| 31 March 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Cowdenbeath | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCracken |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Dallas |
| 4 April 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Raith Rovers | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaulks |
BBC Report | Fox |
Attendance: 4,032 Referee: Robertson |
| 8 April 2015 Championship | Livingston | 2 – 1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullen |
BBC Report | Baird |
Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Anderson |
| 12 April 2015 Championship | Queen of the South | 1 – 0 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Lyle |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,057 Referee: Muir |
| 25 April 2015 Championship | Rangers | 2 – 2 | Falkirk | Glasgow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Vučkić Law |
BBC Report | Baird Taiwo |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 35,566 Referee: Anderson |
| 2 May 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 0 – 3 | Hibernian | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:15 | BBC Report | Boyle Cummings Malonga |
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 |
SPFL Report | Vaulks Cooper Loy Bia Bi Alston |
Attendance: 933 Referee: Dallas |
| 19 August 2014 Challenge Cup Second round | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 – 2 | Falkirk | East End Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | Geggan |
SPFL Report | Taiwo Bia Bi |
Attendance: 2,810 Referee: Salmond |
| 6 September 2014 Challenge Cup Quarter-final | Stranraer | 1 – 0 | Falkirk | Stair Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Marenghi |
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 |
| 23 September 2014 League Cup Third round | Falkirk | 1 – 3 | Rangers | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | Loy |
BBC Report | Tudur Jones Shiels Black |
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 |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Muir |
| 7 February 2015 Scottish Cup Fifth round | Falkirk | 2 – 1 | Brechin City | Falkirk Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | McCracken Smith |
BBC Report | Trouten |
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 |
Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Clancy |
| 18 April 2015 Semi FInal | Hibernian | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Hampden Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:15 | BBC Report | Sibbald |
Attendance: 21,227 Referee: Beaton |
| 30 May 2015 Final | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2 – 1 | Falkirk | Hampden Park |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.00 | Marley Watkins Carl Tremarco James Vincent |
BBC Report | Peter Grant |
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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