2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk 2014–15 Peter Houston Martin Ritchie Falkirk Stadium Championship Fifth Place Challenge Cup Quarter-final League Cup Third round Scottish Cup Runners-Up Rory Loy (12) Rory Loy (9) 7,735 vs. Hearts, Championship, 21 March 2015 1,128 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 26 August 2014 4,745 _falkirk1415h _redsides 000040 000040 000040 _falkirk1415a _falkirk1415a 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 season was Falkirk's second consecutive season in the Scottish Championship and their 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.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 In their first season under the management of Peter Houston, Falkirk finished fifth in the Scottish Championship and reached the Scottish Cup Final, losing to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32728510 Scottish Cup final: Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Falkirk BBC BBC Sport 30 May 2015 21 May 2020 Results & fixtures #BBF3BB Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFBB Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #BBBBBB Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Scottish Championship 2014–15 Scottish Championship D 9 August 2014 15:00 2–2 SPFL Report Cowdenbeath Falkirk Milne 34Higgins 57 Loy 46Bia Bi 77 Central Park 1,074 McKendrick L 15 August 2014 19:45 0–2 SPFL Report Falkirk Rangers MacLeod 78Clark 84 Falkirk Stadium 6,927 Murray W 23 August 2014 15:00 0–1 BBC Report Hibernian Falkirk Loy 13 Easter Road 9,153 Allan L 30 August 2014 15:00 4–1 BBC Report Heart of Midlothian Falkirk McGhee 17King 25 37Sow 78 pen.Buaben 0 72 Bia-Bi 86 Tynecastle Stadium 16,369 Clancy D 13 September 2014 15:00 1–1 BBC Report Falkirk Queen of the South Durnan 83 o.g. Reilly 70 Falkirk Stadium 3,793 Thomson D 20 September 2014 15:00 1–1 BBC Report Falkirk Dumbarton Sibbald 5 Kane 90+2 Falkirk Stadium 3,503 Graham D 27 September 2014 15:00 0–0 BBC Report Raith Rovers Falkirk Stark's Park 1,871 Roache W 4 October 2014 15:00 2–1 BBC Report Falkirk Alloa Athletic Grant 16Leahy 70 Buchanan 42 pen. Falkirk Stadium 3,037 Clancy L 18 October 2014 15:00 3–0 Report Queen of the South Falkirk Dowie 38 76Reilly 42Kerr 72 Shaughnessy 74 Palmerston Park 2,038 Beaton D 21 October 2014 19:45 0–0 Report Falkirk Livingston Vaulks 65 Fordyce 44Sives 45O'Brien 51Michael McKenna 54Jamieson 76David Robertson 82 Falkirk Stadium 3,021 Dallas W 25 October 2014 15:00 6–0 Report Falkirk Cowdenbeath Loy 4Smith 19Cooper 35Grant 38McCracken 52Vaulks 90+1 Iain Campbell 40 Falkirk Stadium 3,466 McLean L 8 November 2014 15:00 4–0 Report Rangers Falkirk Law 25Macleod 69Miller 75Black 78Clark 82Foster 89 Vaulks 30Taiwo 36Shaughnessy 59 Ibrox Stadium 33,359 McKendrick L 15 November 2014 17:30 1–2 BBC Report Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Leahy 42Alston 59Shaughnessy 66Botti Bia-Bi 71Vaulks 78 McHattie 27El Hassnaoui 37Öztürk 42Gomis 62McKay 89 Falkirk Stadium 7,003 Murray W 22 November 2014 15:00 2–3 BBC Report Alloa Athletic Falkirk Docherty 31 36Gordon 68Buchanan 86 pen. Cooper 10Loy 43Alston 56Leahy 90+3 Recreation Park 1,026 Anderson W 6 December 2014 1–0 BBC Report Falkirk Hibernian McCracken 90+1 Falkirk Stadium 4,983 Finnie W 13 December 2014 0–1 BBC Report Livingston Falkirk Alston 28 Almondvale Stadium 1,176 Cook W 20 December 2014 0–3 BBC Report Dumbarton Falkirk Loy 11Alston 80Sibbald 83 Dumbarton Football Stadium 663 Roache L 27 December 2014 17:30 0–1 BBC Report Falkirk Raith Rovers Conroy 79 Falkirk Stadium 3,358 Dallas W 3 January 2015 1–0 BBC Report Falkirk Alloa Athletic Loy 23 Falkirk Stadium 3,690 Salmond D 10 January 2015 15:00 3–3 BBC Report Hibernian Falkirk Cummings 12 42Leahy 39 Own goalhttp://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/hibernians-jason-cummings-denied-first-4968143 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 13 January 2015 Baird 18Craig 59 Own goalGrant 65 Easter Road 9,498 Collum D 17 January 2015 15:00 1–1 BBC Report Falkirk Queen of the South Loy 16 pen. Reilly 56 Durnan 0 64 Falkirk Stadium 3,478 Allan W 24 January 2015 15:00 2–3 BBC Report Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Zeefuik 2Keatings 73 Baird 33 pen.Loy 52Sibbald 80 Tynecastle Stadium 16,206 Robertson D 31 January 2015 15:00 3–3 BBC Report Falkirk Dumbarton Sibbald 21Leahy 35Smith 80 Taggart 19Petrie 63Campbell 71 Falkirk Stadium 3,703 GSalmond D 14 February 2015 15:00 2–2 BBC Report Raith Rovers Falkirk Vaulks 60 o.g.Callachan 90 Baird 23 pen.McCracken 68 Stark's Park 2,092 Cook W 21 February 2015 15:00 2–0 BBC Report Falkirk Livingston Duffie 8Vaulks 16 Falkirk Stadium 3,780 Murray D 27 February 2015 19:45 1–1 BBC Report Falkirk Rangers Loy 22 McGregor 20 Falkirk Stadium Falkirk 7,492 Collum W 14 March 2015 15:00 1–3 BBC Report Alloa Athletic Falkirk Cawley 57 Leahy 17Baird 79Cooper 87 Recreation Park 855 Northcroft L 21 March 2015 15:00 0–3 BBC Report Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Walker 28Zeefuik 47Keatings 82 Falkirk Stadium 7,735 Allan W 24 March 2015 0–1 BBC Report Cowdenbeath Falkirk Adamson 0 83 Baird 50 Central Park 565 Graham L 28 March 2015 1–0 BBC Report Dumbarton Falkirk Campbell 81 Dumbarton Football Stadium 1,016 Aitken W 31 March 2015 1–0 BBC Report Falkirk Cowdenbeath McCracken 45 Falkirk Stadium 3,220 Dallas W 4 April 2015 1–0 BBC Report Falkirk Raith Rovers Vaulks 62 Fox 0 45+1 Falkirk Stadium 4,032 Robertson L 8 April 2015 2–1 BBC Report Livingston Falkirk Mullen 9 54 Baird 44 pen. Almondvale Stadium 1,047 Anderson L 12 April 2015 15:00 1–0 BBC Report Queen of the South Falkirk Lyle 22 Palmerston Park 2,057 Muir D 25 April 2015 15:00 2–2 BBC Report Rangers Falkirk Vučkić 83Law 90+3 Baird 57Taiwo 61 Ibrox Stadium Glasgow 35,566 Anderson L 2 May 2015 12:15 0–3 BBC Report Falkirk Hibernian Boyle 5Cummings 40Malonga 77 Falkirk Stadium 7,672 Robertson Scottish Challenge Cup 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup W 26 July 2014 15:00 First round 1–7 SPFL Report East Stirlingshire Falkirk McKenna 71 Vaulks 29Cooper 62Loy 67 pen. 73Bia Bi 81Alston 85 87 Ochilview Park 933 Dallas W 19 August 2014 19:45 Second round 1–2 SPFL Report Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Geggan 68 Taiwo 55 60Bia Bi 0 76 East End Park 2,810 Salmond L 6 September 2014 15:00 Quarter-final 1–0 SPFL Report Stranraer Falkirk Marenghi 41 Stair Park 551 Anderson Scottish League Cup 2014–15 Scottish League Cup D 26 August 2014 19:45 Second round 0–0 4–3 yes BBC Report Falkirk Cowdenbeath Boulding Vaulks Loy Shepherd Rowan Sibbald Higgins Milne Brett Campbell Wedderburn Johnston Falkirk Stadium 1,128 Aitken L 23 September 2014 19:45 Third round 1–3 BBC Report Falkirk Rangers Loy 5 Tudur Jones 7 o.g.Shiels 65Black 90+2 Falkirk Stadium 5,259 Muir Scottish Cup 2014–15 Scottish Cup W 29 November 2014 15:00 Fourth round 1–0 BBC Report Falkirk Cowdenbeath Sibbald 73 Falkirk Stadium 1,237 Muir W 7 February 2015 15:00 Fifth round 2–1 BBC Report Falkirk Brechin City McCracken 11Smith 79 Trouten 55 pen. Falkirk Stadium 2,083 McKendrick W 6 March 2015 19:35 Quarter-final 0–1 BBC Report Queen of the South Falkirk Sibbald 34 Palmerston Park 2,833 Clancy W 18 April 2015 12:15 Semi-final 0–1 BBC Report Hibernian Falkirk Sibbald 75 Hampden Park 21,227 Beaton L 30 May 2015 15.00 Final 2–1 BBC Report Inverness Caledonian Thistle Falkirk Watkins 38Tremarco 0 75Vincent 86 Grant 80 Hampden Park 37,149 Collum Player statistics 30 May 2015http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=955 Falkirk 2014/2015 player appearances Soccerbase 24 August 2014 Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup 1 Jamie MacDonald GK Scotland 36+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0 2 Kieran Duffie DF Scotland 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 3 Aaron Muirhead MF SCO 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 4 Olumide Durojaiye MF Nigeria 4+1 0 2+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 5 David McCracken DF Scotland 32+0 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1 6 Will Vaulks DF Wales 33+1 3 3+0 1 3+0 0 5+0 0 7 Tom Taiwo MF England 28+3 1 3+0 2 3+0 0 5+0 0 8 Blair Alston MF Scotland 29+7 3 2+1 2 3+0 0 5+0 0 9 David Smith FW Scotland 10+16 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+2 1 10 Craig Sibbald MF Scotland 34+2 4 1+1 0 2+1 0 5+0 3 11 Mark Kerr MF SCO 16+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 12 Graham Bowman GK Scotland 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 14 Peter Grant DF Scotland 30+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1 15 Liam Dick DF SCO 5+2 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 16 Thomas Grant MF SCO 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 17 Alan Maybury DF IRL 5+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 18 Lewis Small FW SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 19 Luke Leahy MF England 31+2 3 1+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 20 Alex Cooper MF Scotland 10+14 3 3+0 1 2+1 0 1+0 0 21 Liam Rowan DF Scotland 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 22 Ryan Blair MF Scotland 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 23 Scott Shepherd FW Scotland 0+12 0 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+1 0 28 Botti Biabi FW Scotland 9+13 3 0+2 1 2+1 0 1+3 0 30 Kevin O'Hara FW Scotland 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 33 Rory Loy FW Scotland 26+0 9 4+0 2 1+1 1 4+0 0 34 Owain Tudur Jones MF Wales 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 35 John Baird FW SCO 17+0 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 36 Taylor Morgan FW England 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season |- 3 Joe Shaughnessy DF IRL 9+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 11 Conor McGrandles MF Scotland 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 35 Rory Boulding FW England 1+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 |} Team statistics League table FAL Division summary table b Round Ground A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H 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/L/W/L/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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st yellow1 yellow2 yellow2 red2 red1 2 May 2015 http://www.statto.com/football/teams/falkirk/2014-2015/results Falkirk 2014/15 Results Statto 15 August 2014 July 2014 Transfers Players in PlayerFromFeeSCO Jamie MacDonaldSCO Heart of MidlothianFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28147322 Jamie MacDonald one of five new arrivals BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 3 July 2014 25 August 2014SCO Peter GrantENG Peterborough UnitedFreehttp://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/ex-hearts-keeper-jamie-macdonald-among-3806994 Ex Hearts keeper Jamie MacDonald among five new signings at Falkirk Daily Record dailyrecord.co.uk 4 July 2014 25 August 2014ENG Tom TaiwoSCO HibernianFreeIRE Alan MayburySCO HibernianFreeSCO Alex CooperSCO Ross CountyFreeIRE Joe ShaughnessySCO AberdeenLoanhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29020211 Joe Shaughnessy joins Falkirk on loan until January BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 1 September 2014 1 September 2014WAL Owain Tudur JonesSCO HibernianFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29074790 Falkirk snap up former Hibernian midfielder Owain Tudur Jones BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 5 September 2014 7 September 2014SCO David SmithSCO Heart of MidlothianFreehttp://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/sport/falkirk-fc/new-falkirk-signing-david-smith-eager-to-impress-his-neighbours-1-3530319 New Falkirk signing David Smith eager to impress his neighbours Falkirk Herald falkirkherald.co.uk 4 September 2014 28 September 2014SCO Aaron MuirheadSCO Partick ThistleFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30665730 Mark Kerr and Aaron Muirhead sign for the Bairns BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 3 January 2015 22 March 2015SCO Mark KerrSCO Queen of the SouthFreeSCO John BairdSCO Queen of the SouthFreehttp://spfl.co.uk/news/article/baird-makes-falkirk-move/ Baird makes Falkirk move Scottish Professional Football League spfl.co.uk 7 January 2015 22 March 2015ENG Taylor MorganSWE ÖstersundLoanhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30736626 Falkirk recruit striker Taylor Morgan on loan BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 8 January 2015 22 March 2015 Players out PlayerToFeeNIR Michael McGovernSCO Hamilton AcademicalFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27761755 Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 9 June 2014 21 May 2020NIR Johnny FlynnNIR CliftonvilleFreehttp://cliftonvillefc.net/news_signing_100314.html Flynncoming Cliftonville F.C. cliftonvillefc.net 10 March 2014 21 May 2020SCO Stephen KingsleyWAL Swansea CityUndisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28099316 Swansea City sign Falkirk defender Stephen Kingsley BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 30 June 2014 25 August 2014SCO Conor McGrandlesENG Norwich CityUndisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28966896 Norwich City sign Falkirk's Conor McGrandles BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 28 August 2014 8 September 2014SCO Kyle TurnbullSCO StenhousemuirFreehttp://stv.tv/sport/football/277995-league-2-transfer-window-whos-in-and-whos-out-in-scotlands-fourth-tier/ League 2 transfer window: Who's in and who's out in Scotland's fourth tier STV STV 1 September 2014 29 September 2017 30 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035951/https://stv.tv/sport/football/277995-league-2-transfer-window-whos-in-and-whos-out-in-scotlands-fourth-tier/ dead SCO Lewis SmallSCO Stirling AlbionLoanhttp://www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk/2014/12/05/small-joins-on-loan/ Small joins on loan Stirling Albion F.C. stirlingalbionfc.co.uk 5 December 2014 22 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141211011758/http://www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk/2014/12/05/small-joins-on-loan/ 11 December 2014 dead SCO Gregor AmosSCO Lothian Thistle Hutchison ValeLoanhttp://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/gregor-amos/ Gregor Amos Falkirk F.C. falkirkfc.co.uk 27 January 2015 22 March 2015SCO Liam RowanSCO ArbroathLoanhttp://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/rowan-grant-head-out-on-loan/ Liam Rowan and Grant Heads Out On Loan Falkirk F.C. falkirkfc.co.uk 23 January 2015 22 March 2015SCO Thomas GrantSCO ArbroathLoanNigeria Olumide DurojaiyeSCO Brechin CityLoanhttp://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/league-1/brechin-boost-squad-with-loan-signing-1.841776 Brechin boost squad with loan signing The Courier (Dundee) thecourier.co.uk 21 February 2015 22 March 2015Wales Owain Tudur JonesRetiredFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31766064 Wales and Falkirk midfielder retires BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 6 March 2015 22 March 2015ENG Rory BouldingSCO LivingstonFreehttp://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/news/news_20150320_2.php Bouldings Back! Livingston F.C. livingstonfc.co.uk 20 March 2015 21 May 2020 References Falkirk Category:Falkirk F.C. seasons