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

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
Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Championship
9 August 2014 ChampionshipCowdenbeath2 – 2FalkirkCentral Park
15:00 Milne  34'
Higgins  57'		 SPFL Report Loy  46'
Bia Bi  77'		 Attendance: 1,074
Referee: McKendrick
15 August 2014 ChampionshipFalkirk0 – 2RangersFalkirk Stadium
19:45 SPFL Report MacLeod  78'
Clark  84'		 Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Murray
23 August 2014 ChampionshipHibernian0 – 1FalkirkEaster Road
15:00 BBC Report Loy  13' Attendance: 9,153
Referee: Allan
30 August 2014 ChampionshipHeart of Midlothian4 – 1FalkirkTynecastle 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 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 1Queen of the SouthFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Durnan  83' (o.g.) BBC Report Reilly  70' Attendance: 3,793
Referee: Thomson
20 September 2014 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 1DumbartonFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald  5' BBC Report Kane  90+2' Attendance: 3,503
Referee: Graham
27 September 2014 ChampionshipRaith Rovers0 – 0FalkirkStark's Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Roache
4 October 2014 ChampionshipFalkirk2 – 1Alloa AthleticFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Grant  16'
Leahy  70'		 BBC Report Buchanan  42' (pen.) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Clancy
18 October 2014 ChampionshipQueen of the South3 – 0FalkirkPalmerston Park
15:00 Dowie  38'  76'
Reilly  42'
Kerr  72'		 Report Shaughnessy  74' Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Beaton
21 October 2014 ChampionshipFalkirk0 – 0LivingstonFalkirk 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 ChampionshipFalkirk6 – 0CowdenbeathFalkirk 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 ChampionshipRangers4 – 0FalkirkIbrox 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 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 2Heart of MidlothianFalkirk 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 ChampionshipAlloa Athletic2 – 3FalkirkRecreation 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 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 0HibernianFalkirk Stadium
McCracken  90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Finnie
13 December 2014 ChampionshipLivingston0 – 1FalkirkAlmondvale Stadium
BBC Report Alston  28' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Cook
20 December 2014 ChampionshipDumbarton0 – 3FalkirkDumbarton Football Stadium
BBC Report Loy  11'
Alston  80'
Sibbald  83'		 Attendance: 663
Referee: Roache
27 December 2014 ChampionshipFalkirk0 – 1Raith RoversFalkirk Stadium
17:30 BBC Report Conroy  79' Attendance: 3,358
Referee: Dallas
3 January 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 0Alloa AthleticFalkirk Stadium
Loy  23' BBC Report Attendance: 3,690
Referee: Salmond
10 January 2015 ChampionshipHibernian3 – 3FalkirkEaster 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 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 1Queen of the SouthFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Loy  16' (pen.) BBC Report Reilly  56'
Durnan  64'		 Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Allan
24 January 2015 ChampionshipHeart of Midlothian2 – 3FalkirkTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Zeefuik  2'
Keatings  73'		 BBC Report Baird  33' (pen.)
Loy  52'
Sibbald  80'		 Attendance: 16,206
Referee: Robertson
31 January 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk3 – 3DumbartonFalkirk 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 ChampionshipRaith Rovers2 – 2FalkirkStark'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 ChampionshipFalkirk2 – 0LivingstonFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Duffie  8'
Vaulks  16'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,780
Referee: Murray
27 February 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 1RangersFalkirk
19:45 Loy  22' BBC Report McGregor  20' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,492
Referee: Collum
14 March 2015 ChampionshipAlloa Athletic1 – 3FalkirkRecreation Park
15:00 Cawley  57' BBC Report Leahy  17'
Baird  79'
Cooper  87'		 Attendance: 855
Referee: Northcroft
21 March 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk0 – 3Heart of MidlothianFalkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Walker  28'
Zeefuik  47'
Keatings  82'		 Attendance: 7,735
Referee: Allan
24 March 2015 ChampionshipCowdenbeath0 – 1FalkirkCentral Park
Adamson  83' BBC Report Baird  50' Attendance: 565
Referee: Graham
28 March 2015 ChampionshipDumbarton1 – 0FalkirkDumbarton Football Stadium
Campbell  81' BBC Report Attendance: 1,016
Referee: Aitken
31 March 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 0CowdenbeathFalkirk Stadium
McCracken  45' BBC Report Attendance: 3,220
Referee: Dallas
4 April 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk1 – 0Raith RoversFalkirk Stadium
Vaulks  62' BBC Report Fox  45+1' Attendance: 4,032
Referee: Robertson
8 April 2015 ChampionshipLivingston2 – 1FalkirkAlmondvale Stadium
Mullen  9', 54' BBC Report Baird  44' (pen.) Attendance: 1,047
Referee: Anderson
12 April 2015 ChampionshipQueen of the South1 – 0FalkirkPalmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  22' BBC Report Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Muir
25 April 2015 ChampionshipRangers2 – 2FalkirkGlasgow
15:00 Vučkić  83'
Law  90+3'		 BBC Report Baird  57'
Taiwo  61'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 35,566
Referee: Anderson
2 May 2015 ChampionshipFalkirk0 – 3HibernianFalkirk 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 roundEast Stirlingshire1 – 7FalkirkOchilview 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 roundDunfermline Athletic1 – 2FalkirkEast 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-finalStranraer1 – 0FalkirkStair 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 roundFalkirk0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		CowdenbeathFalkirk 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 roundFalkirk1 – 3RangersFalkirk 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 roundFalkirk1 – 0CowdenbeathFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald  73' BBC Report Attendance: 1,237
Referee: Muir
7 February 2015 Scottish Cup Fifth roundFalkirk2 – 1Brechin CityFalkirk Stadium
15:00 McCracken  11'
Smith  79'		 BBC Report Trouten  55' (pen.) Attendance: 2,083
Referee: McKendrick
6 March 2015 Scottish Cup Quarter FinalQueen of the South0 – 1FalkirkPalmerston Park
19:35 BBC Report Sibbald  34' Attendance: 2,833
Referee: Clancy
18 April 2015 Semi FInalHibernian0 – 1FalkirkHampden Park
12:15 BBC Report Sibbald  75' Attendance: 21,227
Referee: Beaton
30 May 2015 FinalInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 1FalkirkHampden Park
15.00 Watkins  38'
Tremarco  75'
Vincent  86'		 BBC Report Grant  80' Attendance: 37,149
Referee: Collum

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