2009–10 Falkirk F.C. season

February 2022 Falkirk 2009–10 Eddie May(until 11 February)Steven Pressley Martin Ritchie Falkirk Stadium Scottish Premier League Twelfth place (relegated) League Cup Third round Scottish Cup Fourth round Europa League Second qualifying round Carl Finnigan, Ryan Flynn& Pedro Moutinho (5) Ryan Flynn (6) 7,049 vs. Kilmarnock, 10 February 2010 4,321 vs. Motherwell, 27 January 2010 5,635 000066 _redborder _whitesides _redborder _navybottom 99CCFF 99CCFF 99CCFF 99CCFF 99CCFF _blue_reebok_spikes _bluetop 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 season was Falkirk's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Europa League. Falkirk finished the season in twelfth place and were relegated to the Scottish First Division after five years in the SPL. Summary Falkirk finished as runners-up in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final and qualified for the UEFA Europa League. They entered the second qualifying round of the competition, losing 2–1 on aggregate, after extra-time, to Vaduz, becoming the first British club to lose a European tie to a club from Liechtenstein. Falkirk were relegated to the Scottish First Division for the first time since 2005 after a 0–0 draw with Kilmarnock on the final day of the season. Kilmarnock were also at threat of being relegated and the winner of the match at Rugby Park would have remained in the SPL. Falkirk also reached the third round of the League Cup, the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. Management Falkirk began the season under the management of Eddie May who had been appointed in June 2009 after several years of coaching in the youth set-up at the club.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8090098.stm Falkirk name May as new manager BBC Sport 23 June 2009 15 February 2022 On 11 February 2010, May stepped down from his position, with the club sitting bottom of the SPL. He was succeeded by Steven Pressley, player-coach at the club and was appointed until the end of the season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8510106.stm Steven Pressley succeeds Eddie May as Falkirk manager BBC Sport 11 February 2010 15 February 2022 Results #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Premier League RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch Report115 August 2009RangersIbrox Stadium1–450,239Finnigan 24'Match Report222 August 2009HibernianFalkirk Stadium1–36,059Flynn 25'Match Report329 August 2009Dundee UnitedTannadice Park1–26,979Finnbogason 75'Match Report414 September 2009AberdeenFalkirk Stadium0–04,724Match Report519 September 2009Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0–02,640Match Report626 September 2009KilmarnockFalkirk Stadium0–05,394Match Report73 October 2009MotherwellFir Park0–14,337Match Report817 October 2009St MirrenFalkirk Stadium1–35,084McLean 55'Match Report924 October 2009Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Stadium0–014,127Match Report1031 October 2009St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1–34,423Finnigan 49'Match Report118 November 2009CelticFalkirk Stadium3–36,795Arfield 61' (Pen), Moutinho 64', Stewart 83'Match Report1221 November 2009Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium2–05,628Mitchell 64', Bullen 79' Match Report1328 November 2009HibernianEaster Road0–213,305Match Report145 December 2009RangersFalkirk Stadium1–36,903Moutinho 41'Match Report1512 December 2009St MirrenNew St Mirren Park1–14,033Finnigan 88'Match Report1619 December 2009KilmarnockRugby Park2–14,472Finnigan 3', Flynn 58'Match Report1726 December 2009Heart of MidlothianFalkirk Stadium0–16,082Match Report1816 January 2010CelticCeltic Park1–150,000Finnigan 19'Match Report1924 January 2010Dundee UnitedFalkirk Stadium1–44,378Moutinho 90+1'Match Report2027 January 2010MotherwellFalkirk Stadium0–04,321Match Report2130 January 2010RangersIbrox Stadium0–345,907Match Report222 February 2010AberdeenPittodrie1–07,741Healy 31'Match Report2310 February 2010KilmarnockFalkirk Stadium0–17,049Match Report2413 February 2010Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Stadium2–314,078Kucharski 45+2' (o.g.), Moutinho 83'Match Report2520 February 2010AberdeenFalkirk Stadium3–14,643Moutinho 13', Barr 42', Showunmi 70'Match Report2627 February 2010Dundee UnitedTannadice Park0–36,352Match Report277 March 2010CelticFalkirk Stadium0–26,792Match Report2813 March 2010St JohnstoneFalkirk Stadium1–25,895Twaddle 27'Match Report2920 March 2010Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park2–22,461Arfield 26', Flynn 59'Match Report3023 March 2010St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1–13,107Flynn 19'Match Report3127 March 2010HibernianFalkirk Stadium1–35,460Stewart 19'Match Report323 April 2010MotherwellFir Park1–04,628Flynn 27'Match Report3310 April 2010St MirrenFalkirk Stadium2–15,671Moutinho 45+2', Higdon (o.g.) 67'Match Report3417 April 2010AberdeenPittodrie0–110,461Match Report3524 April 2010Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium0–15,118Match Report361 May 2010St MirrenFalkirk Stadium1–15,919Arfield 45' (Pen)Match Report375 May 2010St JohnstoneFalkirk Stadium0–05,502Match Report388 May 2010KilmarnockRugby Park0–010,662Match Report Scottish League Cup 2009–10 Scottish League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch ReportThird round23 September 2009CelticFalkirk Stadium0–45,669Match Report Scottish Cup 2009–10 Scottish Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch ReportFourth round18 January 2010KilmarnockRugby Park0–13,378 Match Report UEFA Europa League 2009–10 UEFA Europa League +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch ReportSecond qualifying round16 July 2009Liechtenstein VaduzFalkirk Stadium1–05,763Flynn 50'Match ReportSecond qualifying round23 July 2009Liechtenstein VaduzRheinpark Stadion2–0 (a.e.t)1,842Match Report Squad statistics Player statistics 8 May 2010(UTC)https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=955&comp_id=14&teamTabs=stats Falkirk FC 2009/2010 player appearances Soccerbase 22 March 2020 Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League 1 Bobby Olejnik GK Austria 38+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2 Darren Barr DF SCO 35+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3 Tam Scobbie DF SCO 19+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 4 Marc Twaddle DF SCO 30+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 6 Brian McLean MF NIR 36+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 7 Pedro Moutinho MF POR 20+5 5 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 8 Burton O'Brien MF SCO 23+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 9 Carl Finnigan FW ENG 20+7 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 10 Scott Arfield MF CAN 35+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 11 Ryan Flynn MF SCO 36+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 1 12 Mark Stewart FW SCO 7+12 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 15 Enoch Showunmi FW NGA 15+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 16 Dayne Robertson FW SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 18 Brian Allison DF SCO 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 19 Sean Lynch MF SCO 3+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 22 Danijel Marčeta MF SLO 8+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 23 Vítor Lima MF POR 22+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 24 Colin Healy FW IRL 17+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 25 Lee Bullen DF SCO 0+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 26 Pelé MF CPV 7+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 27 Toufik Zerara MF FRA 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 28 Jack Compton MF WAL 3+10 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 29 Josh Wagenaar GK CAN 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 30 Kieran Duffie DF SCO 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 31 Michael Andrews DF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 35 Stewart Murdoch MF SCO 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2009–10 season |- 4 Jordyn Felling CM SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 |- 5 Jackie McNamara DF SCO 13+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 13 Jamie Barclay GK SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 14 Chris Mitchell DF SCO 5+3 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 15 Kevin Moffat FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 21 Alex MacDonald MF SCO 4+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 24 Kjartan Finnbogason FW ISL 7+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Team statistics League table FAL Transfers Players in PlayerFromFee NIR Brian McLean SCO MotherwellFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8129251.stm Defender McLean signs for Falkirk BBC Sport 1 July 2009 16 February 2021 SCO Marc Twaddle SCO Partick ThistleUndisclosedFalkirk bring in three new faces https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8139586.stm BBC Sport 1 July 2009 16 February 2021 SCO Ryan Flynn ENG LiverpoolLoanFalkirk bring in three new faces https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8139586.stm BBC Sport 1 July 2009 16 February 2021 SCO Alex MacDonald ENG BurnleyLoanFalkirk bring in three new faces https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8139586.stm BBC Sport 1 July 2009 16 February 2021 SLO Danijel Marčeta SRB Partizan BelgradeLoanBairns snap up Partizan's Marceta https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8162293.stm BBC Sport 22 July 2009 16 February 2021 POR Vítor Lima GRE Ethnikos PiraeusFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8175743.stm Lima completes return to Falkirk BBC Sport 30 July 2009 16 February 2021 CAN Josh Wagenaar ENG Yeovil TownFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8196133.stm Falkirk snap up keeper Wagenaar BBC Sport 11 August 2009 16 February 2021 ISL Kjartan Finnbogason NOR SandefjordLoanFalkirk sign forward Finnbogason https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8228086.stm BBC Sport 28 August 2009 16 February 2021 SCO Ryan Flynn ENG LiverpoolFreeBairns make Flynn move permanent https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8258461.stm BBC Sport 16 September 2009 16 February 2021 POR Pedro Moutinho POR MarítimoFreeMoutinho makes return to Falkirk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8339500.stm BBC Sport 4 November 2009 16 February 2021 CPV Pelé ENG West Bromwich AlbionFreePele signs contract with Falkirk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8355943.stm BBC Sport 12 November 2009 16 February 2021 FRA Toufik Zerara UAE Al DhafraFreeFalkirk recruit Zerara & Compton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8404409.stm BBC Sport 9 December 2009 16 February 2021 WAL Jack Compton ENG Weston-super-MareUndisclosedFalkirk recruit Zerara & Compton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8404409.stm BBC Sport 1 January 2010 16 February 2021 IRL Colin Healy ENG Ipswich TownLoanFalkirk sign Ipswich Town's Colin Healy https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8454021.stm BBC Sport 12 January 2010 16 February 2021 NGA Enoch Showunmi ENG Leeds UnitedFreeFalkirk sign striker Enoch Showunmi from Leeds https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8458310.stm BBC Sport 14 January 2010 16 February 2021 Players out PlayerToFee ENG Michael Higdon SCO St MirrenFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/8116975.stm St Mirren sign up striker Higdon BBC Sport 24 June 2009 16 February 2022 ENG Dean Holden ENG Shrewsbury TownFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/shrewsbury/8121335.stm Shrewsbury sign Falkirk's Holden BBC Sport 24 June 2009 16 February 2022 IRL Patrick Cregg SCO HibernianFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8125368.stm Cregg follows Hughes to Hibernian BBC Sport 29 June 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Kevin McBride SCO HibernianFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8130109.stm McBride joins Hughes at Hibernian BBC Sport 2 July 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Paul McLean SCO Brechin CityFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brechin_city/8162284.stm Brechin sign keeper and defender BBC Sport 21 July 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Mark Staunton SCO East FifeFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/east_fife/8166058.stm Fifers net Gourlay and Staunton BBC Sport 23 July 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Jay Lang SCO ClydeFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/clyde/8165940.stm Reidford among eight Clyde deals BBC Sport 24 July 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Jamie Barclay SCO East StirlingshireLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/east_stirlingshire/8194520.stm Call-off costs Shire and Barclay BBC Sport 10 August 2009 16 February 2022 NIR Dermot McCaffrey SCO ArbroathLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arbroath/8264151.stm Bairns' McCaffrey joins Arbroath BBC Sport 18 September 2009 16 February 2022 ENG Steve Lovell SCO Partick ThistleFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/8335076.stm Striker Lovell signs at Firhill BBC Sport 30 October 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Paul Sludden SCO East FifeLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/east_fife/8335088.stm Bairns' Sludden joins East Fife BBC Sport 30 October 2009 16 February 2022 SCO Kevin Moffat Free AgentFreehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/8419559.stm Falkirk offer Moutinho extension BBC Sport 22 December 2009 16 February 2022 WAL James Bloom SCO Alloa AthleticLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/alloa/8469073.stm Bryan Prunty in as Alloa look to release Brian Carrigan BBC Sport 19 January 2010 16 February 2022 SCO Chris Mitchell SCO Ayr UnitedLoan SCO Jackie McNamara SCO Partick ThistleLoanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/8524011.stm Falkirk's Jackie McNamara agrees Partick Thistle loan BBC Sport 19 February 2010 16 February 2022 References Falkirk Category:Falkirk F.C. seasons