2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season
Appearance
2014–15 season | |||
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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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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.
Summary
[edit]Season
[edit]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
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Championship
[edit]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 |
Scottish Challenge Cup
[edit]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 |
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 ![]() |
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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
[edit]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 | Watkins ![]() Tremarco ![]() Vincent ![]() |
BBC Report | Grant ![]() |
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 | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Jamie MacDonald | 47 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Kieran Duffie | 23 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
3 | MF | ![]() |
Aaron Muirhead | 5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
Olumide Durojaiye | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
David McCracken | 41 | 5 | 32+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Will Vaulks | 45 | 4 | 33+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Tom Taiwo | 42 | 3 | 28+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Blair Alston | 47 | 5 | 29+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
David Smith | 31 | 3 | 10+16 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Craig Sibbald | 46 | 7 | 34+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Mark Kerr | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
Graham Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Peter Grant | 36 | 4 | 30+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Liam Dick | 13 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Thomas Grant | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() |
Alan Maybury | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
18 | FW | ![]() |
Lewis Small | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Luke Leahy | 41 | 3 | 31+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Alex Cooper | 31 | 4 | 10+14 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
21 | DF | ![]() |
Liam Rowan | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 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 | 17 | 1 | 0+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
28 | FW | ![]() |
Botti Biabi | 31 | 4 | 9+13 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin O'Hara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | FW | ![]() |
Rory Loy | 36 | 12 | 26+0 | 9 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
34 | MF | ![]() |
Owain Tudur Jones | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | FW | ![]() |
John Baird | 17 | 7 | 17+0 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
36 | FW | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Joe Shaughnessy | 11 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Conor McGrandles | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | FW | ![]() |
Rory Boulding | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
[edit]League 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
[edit]Updated 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]References
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