2015–16 Falkirk F.C. season

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Falkirk
2015–16 season
ChairmanDoug Henderson[1]
Head coachPeter Houston
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
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The 2015–16 season is Falkirk's sixth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[2] Falkirk will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Falkirk Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald 60' BBC Report Watson 19' Attendance: 2,782
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Kerr 80' BBC Report Benedictus Yellow card 71' Red card Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Finnie
22 August 2015 Championship Livingston 1 – 2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen 52' BBC Report Leahy 16'
Vaulks 62'		 Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
28 August 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 1 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Alston 5'
Sibbald 14'		 BBC Report Barr 27' Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Cook
12 September 2015 Championship St Mirren 2 – 3 Falkirk St Mirren Park
15:00 Agnew 3'
Mallan 38'		 BBC Report Leahy 55'
Baird 72' (Penalty), 90+2'		 Attendance: 3,412
Referee: Beaton
19 September 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 Falkirk Cappielow
15:00 Marr Red card 68'
Hamilton 90'		 BBC Report Baird 68' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,572
Referee: Robertson
26 September 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 0 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,757
Referee: Salmond
3 October 2015 Championship Rangers 3 – 1 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Shiels 3'
Tavernier 81'
Wallace 90+2'		 BBC Report Vaulks 17' Attendance: 45,135
Referee: McKendrick
17 October 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Lee Miller 90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 3,946
Referee: Anderson
20 October 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 1 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Cummings 40' (pen.) Attendance: 5,429
Referee: Muir
24 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 5 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Baird 5', 23', 48'
McHugh 43'
Alston 71'		 Attendance: 963
Referee: Collum
31 October 2015 Championship Falkirk 3 – 0 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald 18'
Baird 43'
Vaulks 76'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,239
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 November 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart 39' BBC Report Alston 42'
Baird 60'		 Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Nick Walsh
14 November 2015 Championship Falkirk 5 – 0 Alloa Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Baird 12', 31', 44'
McHugh 63'
Leahy 81'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,550
Referee: Clancy
21 November 2015 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 35' (pen.)
Russell 84'		 BBC Report Vaulks 17'
Miller 83'		 Attendance: 1,728
Referee: McLean
12 December 2015 Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Falkirk Easter Road
15:00 Boyle 90' BBC Report Miller 84' Attendance: 9,459
Referee: Clancy
19 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 1 Rangers Falkirk Stadium
12:30 Baird 3' (pen.)
Vaulks 55'		 BBC Report McKay 15' Attendance: 7,488
Referee: Collum
26 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 36' BBC Report Attendance: 4,013
Referee: Anderson
29 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Miller 56', 60' BBC Report Attendance: 4,245
Referee: Robertson
2 January 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Report Baird 15' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: McKendrick
17 January 2016 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 49' BBC Report Cummings 73' Attendance: 7,081
Referee: Beaton
23 January 2016 Championship Livingston 1 – 1 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 Buchanan 51' BBC Report Sibbald 44' Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Almondvale Stadium
30 January 2016 Championship Rangers 1 – 0 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
15:00 King 90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 46,980
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 February 2016 Championship Falkirk 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 14'
McCracken 20'		 BBC Report Craigen 16'
Stewart 68'
Benedictus Yellow card 83' Red card		 Attendance: 3956

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 Challenge Cup Round 1 Falkirk 3 – 1 East Fife Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Grant 2'
McHugh 90'
Baird 90'		 BBC Report Smith 14' Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Anderson
18 August 2015 Challenge Cup Round 2 Falkirk 3 – 5 Peterhead Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Smith 13'
Watson 20'
Cooper 76'		 BBC Report McAllister 22', 27', 43', 81', 87' (Penalty) Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
31 July 2015 League Cup Round 1 Falkirk 5 – 0 East Stirling Falkirk Stadium
Muirhead 17'
Baird 57'
Vidler 68' (Own goal)
McHugh 70'
Alston 78'		 BBC Report Attendance: 881
Referee: Salmond
25 August 2015 League Cup Round 2 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Grant 32' Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Thomson
22 September 2015 League Cup Round 3 Ross County 7 – 0 Falkirk Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce 30', 35', 40'
De Vita 46'
Franks 54'
Graham 58'
Holden 81'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Scottish Cup Round 3 Falkirk 4 – 1 Fraserburgh Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Miller 16', 74', 84'
Vaulks 70'		 BBC Report Lawrence 67' Attendance: 1,825
Referee: Newlands
9 January 2016 Scottish Cup Round 4 Dundee P – P Falkirk Dens Park
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Madden
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
12 January 2016 Scottish Cup Round 4 Dundee P – P Falkirk Dens Park
19:45 Dundee FC Report
Note: Postponed due to drainage problems.[3]
26 January 2016 Scottish Cup Round 4 Dundee 3 – 1 Falkirk Dens Park
19:45 Hemmings 39', 60'
Harkins 74'		 BBC Sport Watson 41' Attendance: 4,279
Referee: Collum

Player statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Falkirk have used twenty-five different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

As of 30 January 2016 (UTC)[4][5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Rogers 28 0 23+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Luke Leahy 30 3 23+0 3 2+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 27 1 18+2 0 2+0 0 1+2 1 2+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO David McCracken 11 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF England ENG Will Vaulks 30 6 23+0 5 2+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
7 MF England ENG Tom Taiwo 15 0 8+2 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 30 5 19+4 4 1+1 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 30 15 22+1 13 1+1 1 3+0 1 2+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 29 2 23+0 2 1+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 27 1 22+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Graham Bowman 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Peter Grant 28 2 23+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO David Smith 20 1 7+8 0 1+1 1 2+0 0 0+1 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Lee Miller 19 8 7+9 5 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 3
19 FW Scotland SCO Bob McHugh 16 4 7+4 2 2+0 1 1+1 1 0+1 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 2 1 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 GK England ENG Alex Tokarczyk 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Blair 9 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF England ENG Myles Hippolyte 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Scott Shepherd 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Ryan Sinnamon 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Conor McGrandles 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW Scotland SCO Kevin O'Hara 10 0 3+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Tony Gallacher 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
44 DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 23 3 15+2 1 2+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 1
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 England DF Luke Leahy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Scotland DF Aaron Muirhead 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 England DF Will Vaulks 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
7 England MF Tom Taiwo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Scotland MF Blair Alston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 Scotland FW John Baird 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Scotland MF Craig Sibbald 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Scotland MF Mark Kerr 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
14 Scotland DF Peter Grant 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
24 Scotland DF Ryan Sinnamon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
44 Scotland DF Paul Watson 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 29 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 37 0

Club statistics

League table

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Division summary

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Management statistics

Last updated on 30 January 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Peter Houston[6] 25 July 2015 Present 30 17 7 6 056.67

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

  1. ^ "Falkirk FC Appoint new chair". falkirkfc.co.uk/falkirk-fc-appoints-new-chair/. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Dundee v Falkirk postponed again". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Falkirk 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Falkirk Squad". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Peter Houston Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers joins Falkirk on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Bob McHugh wins deal after Motherwell exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Paul Watson joins Bairns after Raith Rovers exit". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk/sport. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Rangers' Ryan Sinnamon joins Falkirk on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Striker Lee Miller returns to Bairns after Botti Biabi sale". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  12. ^ "BAIRNS SIGN GOALKEEPER TOKARCZYK". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Falkirk sign former player on loan from Norwich". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  14. ^ a b "East Fife striker Nathan Austin joins Falkirk". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  15. ^ a b "Kevin McCann secures contract as Kieran Duffie exits". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Falkirk secure Myles Hippolyte and Deniz Dogan Mehmet". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  17. ^ "Signing News". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queens Park. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  18. ^ "RYAN MCGEEVER DEPARTS". Falkirk F.C. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  19. ^ "Falkirk's Rory Loy agrees summer move to Dundee". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Kilmarnock sign Jamie MacDonald as the goalkeeper exits Falkirk". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  21. ^ a b c d "Scottish Championship ins and outs". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  22. ^ "Edinburgh City sign keeper Gregor Amos". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  23. ^ "Swansea City sign Falkirk striker Botti Biabi". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  24. ^ "Falkirk midfielder joins Swansea City U21s". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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