2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
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
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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

Challenge Cup

League Cup

Scottish Cup

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 TotalChampionship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Jamie MacDonald 10 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF Scotland Kieran Duffie 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Nigeria Olumide Durojaiye 5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
4 MF Scotland Aaron Muirhead 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
5 DF Scotland David McCracken 8 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
6 DF England Will Vaulks 10 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 5+0 0
7 MF England Tom Taiwo 10 2 0+0 0 3+0 2 2+0 0 5+0 0
8 MF Scotland Blair Alston 10 2 0+0 0 2+1 2 2+0 0 5+0 0
9 FW Scotland David Smith 5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
10 MF Scotland Craig Sibbald 9 3 0+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 5+0 3
11 MF Scotland Conor McGrandles 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland Peter Grant 6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1
15 DF Scotland Liam Dick 5 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
17 DF Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England Luke Leahy 8 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
20 MF Scotland Alex Cooper 6 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 1+1 0 1+0 0
21 DF Scotland Liam Rowan 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland Ryan Blair 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland Scott Shepherd 4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
28 FW Scotland Botti Bia-Bi 8 1 0+0 0 0+2 1 1+1 0 1+3 0
33 FW Scotland Rory Loy 9 3 0+0 0 3+0 2 1+1 1 4+0 0
34 MF Wales Owain Tudur Jones 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW England Rory Boulding 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
36 FW England Taylor Morgan 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0

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.

Division summary

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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

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Jamie MacDonald Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[5]
Scotland Peter Grant England Norwich City Free[6]
England Tom Taiwo Scotland Hibernian Free[6]
Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury Scotland Hibernian Free[6]
Scotland Alex Cooper Scotland Ross County Free[6]
Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy Scotland Aberdeen Loan[7]
Wales Owain Tudur Jones Scotland Hibernian Free[8]
Scotland David Smith Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[9]
Scotland Aaron Muirhead Scotland Partick Thistle Free[10]
Scotland Mark Kerr Scotland Queen of the South Free[10]
Scotland John Baird Scotland Queen of the South Free[11]
England Taylor Morgan Sweden Östersunds Loan[12]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Stephen Kingsley Wales Swansea City Undisclosed[13]
Scotland Conor McGrandles England Norwich City Undisclosed[14]
Scotland Lewis Small Scotland Stirling Albion Loan[15]
Scotland Gregor Amos Scotland Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Loan[16]
Scotland Liam Rowan Scotland Arbroath Loan[17]
Scotland Thomas Grant Scotland Arbroath Loan[17]
Nigeria Olumide Durojaiye Scotland Brechin City Loan[18]
Wales Owain Tudur Jones Retired[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport (BBC). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 "Falkirk 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Falkirk 2014/15 Results". Statto. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jamie MacDonald one of five new arrivals". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Joe Shaughnessy joins Falkirk on loan until January". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Falkirk snap up former Hibernian midfielder Owain Tudur Jones". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "New Falkirk signing David Smith eager to impress his neighbours". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Mark Kerr and Aaron Muirhead sign for the Bairns". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Baird makes Falkirk move". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Falkirk recruit striker Taylor Morgan on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Swansea City sign Falkirk defender Stephen Kingsley". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Norwich City sign Falkirk's Conor McGrandles". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Small joins on loan". stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. Stirling Albion F.C. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Gregor Amos". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Liam Rowan and Grant Heads Out On Loan". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Brechin boost squad with loan signing". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Wales and Falkirk midfielder retires". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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