2013–14 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk 2013–14 Gary Holt Martin Ritchie Falkirk Stadium Championship Third place Premiership play-off Semi-final Challenge Cup Quarter-final League Cup Third round Scottish Cup Fourth round Rory Loy (20) Rory Loy (22) 6,228 vs. Rangers, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013 1,154 vs. Clyde, League Cup, 3 August 2013 3,124 _falkirk1314h _blue stripes _color_2_stripes_blue 000066 000066 _falkirk1314a _whitesides _whitestripe 000066 000066 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 season was Falkirk's first season in the newly formed Scottish Championship and their fourth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8666163.stm Falkirk relegated to Division One BBC BBC Sport 8 May 2010 25 August 2014 Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Summary Season Falkirk finished third in the Scottish Championship with 66 points and qualified for the Scottish Premiership play-offs, losing to Hamilton Academical in the semi-final.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27361996 Hamilton 1–0 Falkirk (agg 2–1) BBC BBC Sport 18 May 2014 Falkirk also reached the quarter-final of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. Results & fixtures #BBF3BB Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFBB Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #BBBBBB Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Championship 2013–14 Scottish Championship 1 10 August 2013 15:00 Dumbarton 1–1 Report Falkirk Prunty 84 McGrandles 61 Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton 1,224 Calum Murray D 2 17 August 2013 15:00 Falkirk 3–1 Report Greenock Morton Loy 40 45Roberts 48 Hands 90 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,058 Craig Thomson W 3 24 August 2013 15:00 Livingston 0–3 Report Falkirk Roberts 30 41 54 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,416 George Salmond W 4 31 August 2013 15:00 Falkirk 1–2 Report Hamilton Academical Fulton 50 Antoine-Curier 72Crawford 75 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,266 Bobby Madden L 5 14 September 2013 15:00 Cowdenbeath 1–0 Report Falkirk Stewart 89 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 644 L 6 21 September 2013 15:00 Falkirk 3–1 Report Dundee Loy 12 65Fulton 55 Conroy 74 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,349 Willie Collum W 7 28 September 2013 15:00 Raith Rovers 1–1 Report Falkirk Anderson 3 Faulds 90+1 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,715 John McKendrick D 8 5 October 2013 15:00 Falkirk 2–1 Report Queen of the South Loy 33 pen. 85 Russell 57 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,189 John Beaton W 9 12 October 2013 15:00 Alloa Athletic 0–0 Report Falkirk Recreation Park, Alloa 1,625 Willie Collum D 10 19 October 2013 15:00 Falkirk 1–2 Report Dumbarton Roberts 39 0 90+3 Fleming 7Megginson 24 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,704 George Salmond L 11 26 October 2013 15:00 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Report Falkirk Andreu 21Longridge 89 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 1,340 Alan Muir L 12 9 November 2013 15:00 Falkirk 4–1 Report Livingston Vaulks 37Loy 52 69Sibbald 60 Vaulks 72 o.g. Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,878 Euan Anderson W 13 16 November 2013 15:00 Dundee 1–1 Report Falkirk Conroy 24 pen. Leahy 90+3 Dens Park, Dundee 4,661 Stevie O’Reilly D 14 23 November 2013 15:00 Falkirk 4–0 Report Cowdenbeath Millar 51 84Loy 75Shepherd 87 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,550 Barry Cook W 15 7 December 2013 15:00 Falkirk 3–1 Report Raith Rovers Sibbald 4McGrandles 25Kingsley 51 Spence 73 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,934 Alan Muir W 16 21 December 2013 15:00 Greenock Morton 0–2 Report Falkirk Duffie 51Loy 69 pen. Cappielow, Greenock 1,873 Stephen Finnie W 17 28 December 2013 15:00 Falkirk 0–0 Report Alloa Athletic Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,417 Andrew Dallas D 18 4 January 2014 15:00 Livingston 0–1 Report Falkirk Donaldson 0 25 Loy 26 pen. Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,585 Kevin Graham W 19 11 January 2014 15:00 Falkirk 0–0 Report Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,099 Crawford Allan D 20 18 January 2014 15:00 Cowdenbeath 0–2 Report Falkirk Millar 54Loy 56 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 566 Calum Murray W 21 25 January 2014 15:00 Falkirk 2–0 Report Dundee McGrandles 16Loy 73 Letheren 0 45+1 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 4,183 Bobby Madden W 22 1 February 2014 15:00 Falkirk 1–1 Report Greenock Morton Millar 63 pen. Imrie 45+1 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,120 John McKendrick D 23 8 February 2014 15:00 Queen of the South 2–0 Report Falkirk Reilly 81 86 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,818 Iain Brines L 24 15 February 2014 15:00 Dumbarton 2–1 Report Falkirk Megginson 63Kirkpatrick 73 Loy 29 Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton 1,003 Greg Aitken L 25 22 February 2014 15:00 Falkirk 1–0 Report Queen of the South Millar 90+1 pen. Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,862 Brian Colvin W 26 1 March 2014 15:00 Raith Rovers 2–4 Report Falkirk Baird 23Booth 28 pen. Hill 18 o.g.McCracken 47Loy 71Millar 87 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,729 Euan Anderson W 27 8 March 2014 15:00 Falkirk 1–1 Report Livingston Alston 82Roberts 0 86 McNulty 35 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,924 D 28 15 March 2014 15:00 Hamilton Academical 3–1 BBC Falkirk Scotland 4MacKinnon 74Longridge 90 Beck 71 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 1,706 Alan Muir L 29 22 March 2014 15:00 Alloa Athletic 3–0 BBC Falkirk Ferns 71Cawley 78McCord 87 Roberts 0 63 Recreation Park, Alloa 1,025 Alan Muir L 30 25 March 2014 19:45 Falkirk 2–0 Report Dumbarton McCracken 25Loy 73 Murray 0 89 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,489 Stephen Finnie W 31 29 March 2014 15:00 Dundee 0–1 BBC Falkirk Beck 19 Dens Park, Dundee 4,919 John McKendrick W 32 5 April 2014 19:45 Falkirk 5–0 Report Cowdenbeath Loy 16 28 54Alston 40Sibbald 48 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,830 Don Robertson W 33 12 April 2014 15:00 Queen of the South 1–2 BBC Falkirk Reilly 67 Alston 59Beck 61Flynn 0 68 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 4,919 John McKendrick W 34 19 April 2014 15:00 Falkirk 2–1 Report Raith Rovers Loy 19McGrandles 23 Vaulks 32 o.g. Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,200 Euan Anderson W 35 26 April 2014 15:00 Greenock Morton 1–1 BBC Falkirk Vine 60 McGrandles 41 Cappielow, Greenock 1,921 Craig Thomson D 36 3 May 2014 15:00 Falkirk 3–1 Report Alloa Athletic Beck 23 90+1Sibbald 61 Cawley 29 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,998 Willie Collum W Premiership play-off 2013–14 Scottish Premiership Quarter-final 1st leg 6 May 2014 19:45 Queen of the South 2–1 Report Falkirk McHugh 56 90 Alston 8 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,996 John McKendrick L Quarter-final 2nd leg 10 May 2014 15:00 Falkirk 3–1 y 4–3 Report Queen of the South Loy 53Sibbald 70Alston 118 McHugh 36 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 4,427 Calum Murray W D 13 May 2014 19:45 Semi–final 1st Leg 1–1 Report Falkirk Hamilton Academical Beck 80 MacKinnon 61 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 4,194 John Beaton L 18 May 2014 19:45 Semi–final 2nd Leg 1–0 2–1 Report Hamilton Academical Falkirk Andreu 16 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 4,678 Kevin Clancy Scottish Challenge Cup 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup First Round 27 July 2013 15:00 Clyde 1–2 Report Falkirk McCluskey 51 Alston 49McGrandles 64 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 935 Ian Brines W Second Round 20 August 2013 19:45 Ayr United 1–2 y Report Falkirk Malcolm 41 Loy 62Shepherd 111 Somerset Park, Ayr 921 Craig Charleston W Quarter-Final 7 September 2013 15:00 Raith Rovers 1–0 Report Falkirk Spence 86 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,565 Crawford Allan L Scottish League Cup 2013–14 Scottish League Cup First Round 3 August 2013 15:00 Falkirk 3–0 Report Clyde Alston 73Roberts 79Grant 81 Recreation Park, Alloa 1,154 Brian Colvin W Second Round 27 August 2013 19:45 Falkirk 2–1 Report Dunfermline Athletic Morris 20 o.g.Fulton 33 Moore 28 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,663 Steven McLean W Third Round 25 September 2013 19:45 Falkirk 0–5 Report Aberdeen Shaughnessy 23Smith 36Vernon 54 55 75 pen. Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 2,838 Steven McLean L Scottish Cup 2013–14 Scottish Cup Fourth Round 30 November 2013 12:15 Falkirk 0–2 Report Rangers McCracken 0 57 Law 89Templeton 90+4 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 6,228 Brian Colvin L Player statistics 18 May 2014 (UTC)https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=955&comp_id=14&teamTabs=stats Falkirk 2013/2014 player appearances Soccerbase 20 May 2020 Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Other 1 NIR GK Michael McGovern 34+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 2 SCO DF Kieran Duffie 26+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3 SCO DF Stephen Kingsley 35+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 4 NGA MF Olumide Durojaiye 7+10 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 5 NIR DF Johnny Flynn 14+8 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 4+0 0 6 Wales MF Will Vaulks 33+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 7 ENG MF Mark Beck 13+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1 8 SCO MF Blair Alston 23+6 3 2+1 1 0+1 0 5+0 3 9 IRL FW Philip Roberts 24+2 5 3+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 10 SCO MF Craig Sibbald 29+5 4 3+0 0 1+0 0 4+1 1 11 SCO MF Conor McGrandles 36+0 5 2+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 1 12 SCO GK Graham Bowman 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 15 SCO DF Liam Dick 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 16 SCO MF Thomas Grant 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+1 0 17 SCO MF Kris Faulds 0+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 18 SCO FW Lewis Small 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 19 ENG DF Luke Leahy 1+18 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 20 SCO MF Steven Brisbane 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 21 SCO DF Liam Rowan 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 22 SCO DF Kyle Turnbull 4+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 26 SCO GK Gregor Amos 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 27 SCO MF Ryan Blair 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 28 SCO MF Michael Martin 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 29 SCO MF Connor Hogg 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 30 SCO FW Botti Biabi 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 31 SCO FW Scott Shepherd 1+13 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+3 0 32 SCO MF Robbie McNab 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 33 SCO FW Rory Loy 34+0 20 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 2 34 SCO DF David McCracken 24+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 35 SCO MF Mark Millar 24+0 6 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 36 SCO DF Joe Chalmers 10+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season |- 7 SCO MF Jay Fulton 19+2 2 2+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 13 ENG FW Rakish Bingham 2+9 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} League table FAL Division summary table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/W/W/L/L/W/D/W/D/L/L/W/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/L/L/W/W/D/L/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/W Position 7/2/2/2/4/3/3/3/4/4/4/4/5/4/3/4/4/3/3/3/3/2/2/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st yellow1 yellow2 yellow2 red2 red1 complete https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/ro41007/md36/results-and-standings/ Scottish Championship 2013/2014 worldfootball.net 20 May 2020 May 2020 Transfers Players in PlayerFromFeeIRE Philip RobertsENG ArsenalFreeFalkirk sign Arsenal striker Roberts http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/falkirk-fc/falkirk-sign-arsenal-striker-roberts-1-3017669 The Falikirk Herald 26 July 2013 20 May 2020SCO David McCrackenSCO St. JohnstoneFreeMcCracken joins Bairns http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/mccracken-joins-bairns/ Official Website of Falkirk 16 August 2013 20 May 2020 7 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207123841/http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/mccracken-joins-bairns/ deadSCO Rory LoyENG Carlisle UnitedFreeEx-Carlisle Utd man Rory Loy signs for Falkirk http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/ex-carlisle-utd-man-rory-loy-signs-for-falkirk-1.1074429 31 July 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040258/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/ex-carlisle-utd-man-rory-loy-signs-for-falkirk-1.1074429 6 January 2014 dmy-allENG Rakish BinghamENG Wigan AthleticLoanhttp://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11682/8892413/wigan-duo-mike-pollitt-and-striker-rakish-bingham-allowed-to-leave-club-on-loan-deals Sky Sports Wigan duo Mike Pollitt and striker Rakish Bingham allowed to leave club on loan deals 27 August 2013 12 April 2014SCO Mark MillarSCO Dundee UnitedLoanMILLAR BACK AT FALKIRK http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/blog/millar-back-at-falkirk/#more-969 Falkirk F.C.August 2026 InternetArchiveBot SCO Joe ChalmersSCO CelticLoanBairns net Chalmers before deadline http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/blog/bairns-net-chalmers-before-deadline/ falkirkfc.co.uk 31 January 2014 31 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140204010143/http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/blog/bairns-net-chalmers-before-deadline/ 4 February 2014 liveENG Mark BeckENG Carlisle UnitedLoanhttp://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/blog/beck-a-bairn/ Beck a Bairn Falkirk F.C. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221121558/http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/blog/beck-a-bairn/ 21 February 2014 Players out PlayerToFee SCO Stewart Murdoch ENG Fleetwood TownFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22904399 Stewart Murdoch: Fleetwood Town sign Falkirk midfielder BBC BBC Sport 14 June 2013 20 May 2020 SCO Iain Flannigan SCO Alloa AthleticFreehttps://www.alloaathletic.co.uk/BlogView.aspx?pageid=2&ItemID=893%E2%88%A3=2 Iain Flannign signs Alloa Athletic F.C. alloaathleticfc.co.uk 5 July 2013 20 May 2020 December 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes SCO Darren Dods SCO Forfar AthleticFreehttp://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=1061%3Amarvin-andrews-a-darren-dods-signings-confirmed&Itemid=27 Marvin Andrews & Darren Dods signings confirmed 7 July 2013 Forfar Athletic FC website 2013-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150909023616/http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=1061%3Amarvin-andrews-a-darren-dods-signings-confirmed&Itemid=27 9 September 2015 dead SCO Sean Higgins ENG StenhousemuirFreehttps://www.stenhousemuirfc.com/2013/07/13/player-signing-8/amp/ Player Signing Stenhousemuir F.C. stenhousemuirfc.com 13 July 2013 20 May 2020 Montserrat Lyle Taylor ENG Sheffield UnitedUndisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23346380 Sheffield United sign Lyle Taylor from Falkirk BBC BBC Sport 17 July 2013 20 May 2020 SCO Ryan McGeever SCO PeterheadLoanhttp://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/falkirk-fc/bairns-defender-heads-out-on-loan-1-3058263 Bairns defender heads out on loan The Falkirk Herald 22 August 2013 11 February 2014 David Oliver SCO Jay Fulton Wales Swansea CityUndisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25986237 Transfer Deadline Day: Swansea sign Falkirk's Jay Fulton BBC BBC Sport 31 January 2014 20 May 2020 References Falkirk