2006–07 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2006–07 season saw Falkirk compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 7th position with 50 points.[1]

Falkirk

Scottish Premier League	7th
Scottish Cup	Fourth Final
Scottish League Cup	Semi Final

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic	38	26	6	6	65	34	+31	84	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	72	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	38	19	8	11	55	38	+17	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	47	35	+12	61
5	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	47	54	−7	55
6	Hibernian	38	13	10	15	56	46	+10	49
7	Falkirk	38	15	5	18	49	47	+2	50
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	13	14	42	48	−6	46
9	Dundee United	38	10	12	16	40	59	−19	42
10	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	41	61	−20	38
11	St Mirren	38	8	12	18	31	51	−20	36
12	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	8	22	26	55	−29	32	Relegation to the Scottish First Division and qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. As Celtic, the Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed to Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runner-up.

Results

Falkirk's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	29 July 2006	Dundee United	A	2–1	6,616	Latapy 23', Craig 59'
2	5 August 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	5,542	Barr 11'
3	12 August 2006	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0	16,127
4	19 August 2006	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	5,022	Latapy 44'
5	26 August 2006	Motherwell	H	0–1	4,594
6	9 September 2006	Rangers	A	0–4	50,196
7	16 September 2006	Aberdeen	H	0–2	5,812
8	23 September 2006	Hibernian	A	1–0	14,828	Milne 9'
9	1 October 2006	Celtic	H	0–1	7,139
10	14 October 2006	St Mirren	H	1–1	4,961	Stokes 81'
11	21 October 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	2–3	3,749	Stokes (2) 41', 51'
12	28 October 2006	Dundee United	H	5–1	5,386	Latapy 2', Stokes (3) 39', 48', 89', Twaddle 75'
13	4 November 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	6,504	Stokes (3) 1', 59', 80'
14	13 November 2006	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	6,289	Latapy 84'
15	18 November 2006	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	5,666	Stokes 42'
16	25 November 2006	Motherwell	A	2–4	4,970	Stokes 36', Latapy 71'
17	3 December 2006	Rangers	H	1–0	7,245	Twaddle 26'
18	9 December 2006	Aberdeen	A	1–2	10,594	Gow 69'
19	16 December 2006	Hibernian	H	2–1	6,142	Martis 14' (o.g.), Craig 21'
20	23 December 2006	Celtic	A	0–1	55,000
21	26 December 2006	St Mirren	A	0–1	5,121
22	30 December 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	3–1	4,516	Stokes (3) 33', 37', 45'
23	1 January 2007	Dundee United	A	5–1	6,261	Cregg 17', O'Donnell 45', Gow (3) 63', 76', 89'
24	13 January 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	6,051	Gow 90'
25	20 January 2007	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1	17,247
26	27 January 2007	Kilmarnock	H	0–2	4,696
27	10 February 2007	Motherwell	H	1–2	4,478	Cregg 47'
28	18 February 2007	Rangers	A	1–2	49,850	Finnigan 64'
29	3 March 2007	Aberdeen	H	1–2	5,825	Holden 66'
30	10 March 2007	Hibernian	A	0–2	12,572
31	18 March 2007	Celtic	H	1–0	6,438	Thomson 16'
32	31 March 2007	St Mirren	H	2–0	5,863	Moutinho 20', O'Donnell 40'
33	7 April 2007	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–1	4,435	Finnigan 80'
34	23 April 2007	St Mirren	H	0–2	4,441
35	28 April 2007	Motherwell	A	3–3	3,640	Scobbie 48', Craigan 49' (o.g.), Cregg 55'
36	5 May 2007	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	1–0	3,129	Finnigan 78'
37	12 May 2007	Dundee United	H	2–0	4,161	Latapy 5', Gow 51'
38	19 May 2007	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	5,087	Thomson 49', Gow 57', Moutinho 90'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	6 January 2007	Berwick Rangers	A	2–0	1,910	Gow 9', Craig 51'
R4	3 February 2007	St. Johnstone	H	0–3	3,908

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	22 August 2006	Cowdenbeath	A	5–0	1,530	Craig 35', Moutinho (2) 50', 81', Twaddle 74', Stewart 84'
R3	19 September 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	1–0	1,198	Stokes 60'
QF	7 November 2006	Celtic	A	1–1 (5–4 pens)	18,684	Stokes 100'
SF	30 January 2006	Kilmarnock	A	0–2	10,722

References

1. "Scotland 2006/07". RSSSF.

External links

• Falkirk 2006–07 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)