2008–09 Falkirk F.C. season
Appearance
2008–09 season | |||
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Chairman | Campbell Christie | ||
Manager | John Hughes | ||
Scottish Premier League | Tenth Place | ||
League Cup | Semi-final | ||
Scottish Cup | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Steve Lovell (8) All: Scott Arfield & Steve Lovell (10) | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,853 vs. Rangers, 5 April 2009 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 4,385 vs. Dundee United, 3 March 2009 | ||
Average home league attendance | 5,640 | ||
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The 2008–09 season was Falkirk's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
[edit]In their fourth season in the SPL, Falkirk finished in tenth place. The club reached the semi-final of the League Cup, and ended as runners in the Scottish Cup, losing to Rangers in both matches.
Results
[edit]Win Draw Loss
Pre-season
[edit]Date | Venue | Opponents | Score[1] | Attendance | Falkirk scorer(s) | Match Report |
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22 July 2008 | Falkirk Stadium | Ross County | 2–2 | Higdon, Finnigan | Falkirk Official Site | |
23 July 2008 | Shielfield Park | Berwick Rangers | 1–2 | J.Stewart | Falkirk Official Site | |
26 July 2008 | Falkirk Stadium | Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | Own goal, J.Stewart | Falkirk Official Site | |
28 July 2008 | Falkirk Stadium | Alloa Athletic | 0–0 | Falkirk Official Site | ||
30 July 2008 | Cambuur Stadion | ![]() |
0–1 | Falkirk Official Site | ||
1 August 2008 | De Langeleegte | ![]() |
2–0 | Finnigan, J.Stewart | Falkirk Official Site | |
2 August 2008 | Abe Lenstra Stadion | ![]() |
0–4 | Falkirk Official Site |
Scottish Premier League
[edit]Scottish League Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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Second round | 26 August 2008 | Raith Rovers | Stark's Park | 3–1 | 2,090 | Higdon 16', J.Stewart 35 pen., M.Stewart 84' | BBC Sport Report |
Third round | 23 September 2008 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium | 2–1 | 2,058 | McCann 29', Lovell 73' | BBC Sport Report |
Quarter-final | 28 October 2008 | Inverness CT | Falkirk Stadium | 1–0 | 3,007 | McCann 36' | BBC Sport Report |
Semi-final | 27 January 2009 | Rangers | Hampden Park | 0–3 | 24,507 | BBC Sport Report |
Scottish Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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Fourth Round | 10 January 2009 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium | 4–2 | 3,423 | Arfield 37' pen., 48' Barrett 68', 81' | BBC Sport Report |
Fifth Round | 7 February 2009 | Heart of Midlothian | Tynecastle Stadium | 1–0 | 14,569 | Lovell 59' | BBC Sport Report |
Quarter-final | 7 March 2009 | Inverness CT | Caledonian Stadium | 1–0 | 3,024 | Finnigan 31' pen. | BBC Sport Report |
Semi-final | 26 April 2009 | Dunfermline Athletic | Hampden Park | 2–0 | 17,124 | Scobbie 54', Arfield 89' pen. | BBC Sport Report |
Final | 30 May 2009 | Rangers | Hampden Park | 0–1 | 50,956 | BBC Sport Report |
Squad statistics
[edit]Player statistics
[edit]- As of 30 May 2009(UTC)[2]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Dani Mallo | 20 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() |
Lee Bullen | 37 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Dean Holden | 22 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
Patrick Cregg | 31 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Jackie McNamara | 37 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Kevin McBride | 35 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Neil McCann | 31 | 3 | 22+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Arnau Riera | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
10 | DF | ![]() |
Steven Pressley | 19 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() |
Michael Higdon | 42 | 8 | 27+7 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() |
Stephen Bradley | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Gerard Aafjes | 23 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
15 | FW | ![]() |
Steve Lovell | 33 | 10 | 25+3 | 8 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
16 | MF | ![]() |
Scott Arfield | 45 | 10 | 35+2 | 7 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |
17 | GK | ![]() |
Bobby Olejnik | 18 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
18 | DF | ![]() |
Brian Allison | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() |
Sean Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | DF | ![]() |
Darren Barr | 44 | 2 | 35+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
21 | FW | ![]() |
Carl Finnigan | 19 | 5 | 10+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
22 | DF | ![]() |
Chris Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin Moffat | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | FW | ![]() |
Mark Stewart | 27 | 3 | 5+15 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
29 | MF | ![]() |
Sean Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | GK | ![]() |
Jamie Barclay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
31 | DF | ![]() |
Dermot McCaffrey | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | DF | ![]() |
Tam Scobbie | 27 | 2 | 18+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
34 | FW | ![]() |
Dayne Robertson | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | DF | ![]() |
Mark Staunton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
47 | MF | ![]() |
Burton O'Brien | 39 | 1 | 30+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
56 | DF | ![]() |
Erik Schultz-Eklund | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2008–09 season | |||||||||||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Graham Barrett | 19 | 4 | 9+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Russell Latapy | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
13 | GK | ![]() |
Scott Flinders | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | FW | ![]() |
John Stewart | 5 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 44 | |
9 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 41 | |
10 | Falkirk | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
11 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 37 | |
12 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 37 | Relegation to the First Division |
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 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.
- ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, already qualified for the Champions League via their league position, Falkirk, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the Europa League.
Transfers
[edit]
Players in[edit] |
Players out[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Falkirk's score is shown first.
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