2010–11 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk

2010–11 season
Chairman	Martin Ritchie
Manager	Steven Pressley
Stadium	Falkirk Stadium
Scottish First Division	Third place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to Stirling
League Cup	Quarter-final, lost to Aberdeen
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Stewart (14) All: Mark Stewart (16)
Highest home attendance	6,947
Lowest home attendance	3,376
Average home league attendance	4,224[1]
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was Falkirk's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.^[2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results

^[3][4][5][6]      Win       Draw       Loss

First Division

First Division	Falkirk		0 – 1		Dunfermline	Falkirk Stadium	7 August 2010
Millar					Clarke  16'	Attendance: 6,947 Referee: Murray Report: BBC Report

First Division	Ross County		0 – 1		Falkirk	Victoria Park	14 August 2010
					Flynn  36'	Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Brines Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		3 – 0		Stirling	Falkirk Stadium	21 August 2010
Twaddle  60' Stewart  70' Compton  79'						Attendance: 4,196 Referee: McDonald Report: BBC Report

First Division	Dundee		2 – 0		Falkirk	Dens Park	28 August 2010
O'Donnell  43' Riley  45+3' Douglas						Attendance: 4,557 Referee: Collum Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		3 – 1		Queen Of The South	Falkirk Stadium	11 September 2010
McManus  15' (71) Deuchar  84'					Burns  66' Harris	Attendance: 4,064 Referee: McKendrick Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		2 – 1		Morton	Falkirk Stadium	18 September 2010
Smyth  45+2' Ryan Flynn  84'					Kean  79'	Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Tumilty Report: BBC Report

First Division	Raith Rovers		2 – 1		Falkirk	Stark's Park	25 September 2010
Tadé  37' Dyer  78'					Ryan Flynn  7'	Attendance: 3,438 Referee: Conroy Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		5 – 1		Cowdenbeath	Falkirk Stadium	2 October 2010
Compton  11' Stewart  22' Millar  34' (79), pen.' Finnigan  69'					Ramsay  83' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Nicholls Report: BBC Report

First Division	Partick Thistle		1 – 0		Falkirk	Firhill Stadium	16 October 2010
Paton  17'						Attendance: 2,783 Referee: Somers Report: BBC Report

First Division	Queen Of The South		1 – 5		Falkirk	Palmerston Park	23 October 2010
Burns  49'					Finnigan  4' (74) Marr  52' Deuchar  84' Twaddle  89'	Attendance: 2,254 Referee: Richmond Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		3 – 3		Dundee	Falkirk Stadium	30 October 2010
Stewart  72' (75) Millar  88' (pen.)					Griffiths  2' Sean Higgins  7' Witteveen  84'	Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Winter Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		0 – 1		Ross County	Falkirk Stadium	6 November 2010
					Barrowman  27'	Attendance: 4,512 Referee: McDonald Report: BBC Report

First Division	Stirling		0 – 5		Falkirk	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium	13 November 2010
Buist					Flynn  6' Stewart  15' (57) Deuchar  71' Finnigan  79'	Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Robertson Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		0 – 0		Raith Rovers	Falkirk Stadium	29 December 2010
						Attendance: 4,037 Referee: O'Reilly Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		4 – 2		Stirling	Falkirk Stadium	2 January 2011
Higginbotham  5' (32) Allison  20' (Og.) McLean  60'					Witteveen  25' Paul McHale  88'	Attendance: 3,722 Referee: Madden Report: BBC Report

First Division	Falkirk		0 – 3		Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium	15 January 2011
					Johnston  27' (44) McMenamin  39'	Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Salmond Report: BBC Report

First Division	Dundee		1 – 0		Falkirk	Dens Park	22 January 2011
Forsyth  8'					Finnigan	Attendance: 4,763 Referee: Allan Report: BBC Report

First Division	Raith Rovers		1 – 2		Falkirk	Stark's Park	29 January 2011
Ellis  10'					Compton  38' Stewart  42' McLean	Referee: Madden

First Division	Falkirk		1 – 0		Morton	Falkirk Stadium	12 February 2011
Mark Stewart  81' Millar					Monti Tidser	Attendance: 2,829 Referee: Somers Report: BBC Report

First Division	Dunfermline		1 – 1		Falkirk	East End Park	15 February 2011
Kirk  85'					Scobbie  79'	Attendance: 5,082 Referee: Law Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Falkirk		2 – 0		Cowdenbeath	Falkirk Stadium	26 February 2011
Murdoch  20' Flynn  55'						Attendance: 3,581 Referee: Nicholls Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Morton		0 – 0		Falkirk	Cappielow Park	1 March 2011
						Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Winter Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Ross County		2 – 1		Falkirk	Victoria Park	5 March 2011
Brittain  24' Barrowman  87'					Stewart  37'	Attendance: 2,676 Referee: Salmond Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Falkirk		1 – 2		Dunfermline	Falkirk Stadium	12 March 2011
Millar  58' (pen.)					Woods  28' Hardie  44'	Attendance: 5,121 Referee: Smith Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Falkirk		2 – 2		Dundee	Falkirk Stadium	19 March 2011
McManus  27' Stewart  64'					Irvine  65' Forsyth  81'	Attendance: 4,099 Referee: Collum Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Queen Of The South		0 – 1		Falkirk	Palmerston Park	22 March 2011
					McManus  25'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Nicholls Report: BBC Sport

First Division	Falkirk		2 – 1		Raith Rovers	Falkirk Stadium	26 March 2011
Stewart  38' (79)					Baird  74'	Attendance: 5,008 Referee: Conroy Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Cowdenbeath		0–0		Falkirk	Central Park	29 March 2011
						Attendance: 803 Referee: McKendrick Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Morton		2– 2		Falkirk	Cappielow Park	2 April 2011
O'Brien  9' Graham  78'					Stewart  61' Duffie  87'	Attendance: 1,965 Referee: Madden Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Falkirk		2– 3		Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium	9 April 2011
McManus  66' Finnigan  85'					Erskine  8', 24' Doolan  62'	Attendance: 3,735 Referee: Brines Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Partick Thistle		1– 2		Falkirk	Firhill Stadium	12 April 2011
Kinniburgh  90'					Alston  64' Finnigan  67'	Attendance: 1,142 Referee: Richmond Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Cowdenbeath		1– 2		Falkirk	Central Park	16 April 2011
Stewart  32'					Stewart  65' McLean  69'	Attendance: 636 Referee: Robertson Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Falkirk		2– 0		Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium	19 April 2011
McManus  45' Stewart  90'						Attendance: 3,439 Referee: Northcroft Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Stirling		1– 2		Falkirk	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium	23 April 2011
Smith  53'					Millar  37' McManus  41'	Attendance: 1,288 Referee: O'Reilly Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Falkirk		0– 1		Ross County	Falkirk Stadium	30 April 2011
					Flynn  90'	Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Richmond Report: BBC SPORT

First Division	Dunfermline		3– 0		Falkirk	East End Park	7 May 2011
Phinn  21', 53' Clarke  87'						Attendance: 7,826 Referee: Conroy Report: BBC SPORT

Scottish Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup Round 1	Stirling		0 – 0 Stirling win 3-1 on Penalties		Falkirk	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium	24 July 2010
						Attendance: 1,542 Referee: McKendrick Report: SFL Report

Scottish League Cup

League Cup Round 2	Partick Thistle		0 – 1		Falkirk	Firhill Stadium	24 August 2010
					flynn  58'	Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Richmond Report: BBC Sport

League Cup Round 3	Falkirk		4 – 3		Hearts	Falkirk Stadium	21 September 2010
Stewart  13',  90' Finnigan  41' Flynn  80'					Thomson  26' Kyle  67' (pen.),  78' Suso  74'	Attendance: 4,216 Referee: B Winter Report: BBC Sport

League Cup QF	Aberdeen		2 – 1		Falkirk	Pittodrie Stadium	26 October 2010
Hartley  64' (90+5), pen.'					Khalis  33'	Attendance: 6,710 Referee: O'Reilly Report: BBC Sport

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup Round 4	Falkirk		2 – 2		Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium	11 January 2011
Millar  37' Compton  72'					Buchanan  8' Doolan  86'	Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Winter Report: BBC Sport

Scottish Cup Round 4 Replay	Partick Thistle		1 – 0		Falkirk	Firhill Stadium	18 January 2011
Erskine  6'						Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Winter Report: BBC Sport

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Bobby Olejnik GK Jamie Barclay GK Michael Andrews DF Tam Scobbie DF Marc Twaddle DF Brian McLean DF Chris Mitchell DF Mehdi Khalis DF Kieran Duffie DF James Bloom (on loan to Alloa Athletic) DF Ross Perry (on loan from Rangers) DF Keiran Stallard (on loan to Airdrie United)

No. Position Player MF Burton O'Brien MF Ryan Flynn MF Mark Millar MF Jack Compton MF Stewart Murdoch MF Craig McLeish (on loan to Dumbarton) MF Scott Davidson FW Carl Finnigan FW Kallum Higginbotham FW Mark Stewart FW Tam McManus FW Pedro Moutinho

Team statistics

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunfermline Athletic (C) (P)	36	20	10	6	66	31	+35	70	Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish Premier League
2	Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	47	35	+12	60
3	Falkirk	36	17	7	12	57	41	+16	58
4	Queen of the South	36	14	7	15	54	53	+1	49
5	Partick Thistle	36	12	11	13	44	39	+5	47
6	Dundee	36	19	12	5	54	34	+20	044^*
7	Greenock Morton	36	11	10	15	39	43	−4	43
8	Ross County	36	9	14	13	30	34	−4	41
9	Cowdenbeath (R)	36	9	8	19	41	72	−31	35	Qualification to Scottish First Division Playoffs
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	4	8	24	32	82	−50	20	Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 7 May.
Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.^[8]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. "2010–11 First Division". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
2. "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport (BBC). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
3. "Falkirk's results from season 2010/2011". Falkirk Mad. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
4. "IRN BRU First Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
5. "Ramsdens Cup Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
6. "The Scottish Communities League Cup Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
7. "2010/11 Scottish Division One Table / Table". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
8. "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 17 December 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.