2015β16 season | |||
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Chairman | Doug Henderson [1] | ||
Head coach | Peter Houston | ||
Stadium | Falkirk Stadium | ||
Championship | Second place | ||
Premiership play-off | RunnersβUp | ||
Challenge Cup | Second round | ||
League Cup | Third round | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
Top goalscorer | League:
John Baird (17) All: John Baird (19) | ||
Highest home attendance | 7,804 v Hibernian, Play-off, 13 May 2016 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 881 v East Stirling, League Cup, 31 July 2015 | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,498 | ||
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The 2015β16 season was 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 2009β10. [2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Falkirk finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship and qualified for the Premiership play-off. Despite taking the lead in the 1st leg, Falkirk were beaten 4β1 by Kilmarnock on aggregate and remained in the Championship for another season. [3]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
8 August 2015 Championship | Greenock Morton | 1 β 1 | Falkirk | Cappielow |
15:00 |
MacDonald ![]() |
BBC Report |
Watson ![]() |
Attendance: 2,782 Referee: Muir |
15 August 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 β 0 | Raith Rovers | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Kerr ![]() |
BBC Report |
Benedictus ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,753 Referee: Finnie |
22 August 2015 Championship | Livingston | 1 β 2 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 |
Mullen ![]() |
BBC Report |
Leahy ![]() Vaulks ![]() |
Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Dallas |
28 August 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 β 1 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
19:45 |
Alston ![]() Sibbald ![]() |
BBC Report |
Barr ![]() |
Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Cook |
12 September 2015 Championship | St Mirren | 2 β 3 | Falkirk | St Mirren Park |
15:00 |
Agnew ![]() Mallan ![]() |
BBC Report |
Leahy ![]() Baird ![]() |
Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Beaton |
19 September 2015 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 1 β 1 | Falkirk | Cappielow |
15:00 |
Marr ![]() Hamilton ![]() |
BBC Report |
Baird ![]() |
Attendance: 1,572 Referee: Robertson |
26 September 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 0 β 0 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 3,757 Referee: Salmond |
3 October 2015 Championship | Rangers | 3 β 1 | Falkirk | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 |
Shiels ![]() Tavernier ![]() Wallace ![]() |
BBC Report |
Vaulks ![]() |
Attendance: 45,135 Referee: McKendrick |
17 October 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 β 0 | Greenock Morton | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Lee Miller ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,946 Referee: Anderson |
20 October 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 0 β 1 | Hibernian | Falkirk Stadium |
19:45 | BBC Report |
Cummings ![]() |
Attendance: 5,429 Referee: Muir |
24 October 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 0 β 5 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report |
Baird ![]() McHugh ![]() Alston ![]() |
Attendance: 963 Referee: Collum |
31 October 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 3 β 0 | St Mirren | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Sibbald ![]() Baird ![]() Vaulks ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 4,239 Referee: Greg Aitken |
7 November 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 1 β 2 | Falkirk | Stark's Park |
15:00 |
Stewart ![]() |
BBC Report |
Alston ![]() Baird ![]() |
Attendance: 2,160 Referee: Nick Walsh |
14 November 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 5 β 0 | Alloa Athletic | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Baird ![]() McHugh ![]() Leahy ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,550 Referee: Clancy |
21 November 2015 Championship | Queen of the South | 2 β 2 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park |
15:00 |
Lyle ![]() Russell ![]() |
BBC Report |
Vaulks ![]() Miller ![]() |
Attendance: 1,728 Referee: McLean |
12 December 2015 Championship | Hibernian | 1 β 1 | Falkirk | Easter Road |
15:00 |
Boyle ![]() |
BBC Report |
Miller ![]() |
Attendance: 9,459 Referee: Clancy |
19 December 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 β 1 | Rangers | Falkirk Stadium |
12:30 |
Baird ![]() Vaulks ![]() |
BBC Report |
McKay ![]() |
Attendance: 7,488 Referee: Collum |
26 December 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 1 β 0 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Alston ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Anderson |
29 December 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 β 0 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
19:45 |
Miller ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 4,245 Referee: Robertson |
2 January 2016 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 0 β 1 | Falkirk | Recreation Park |
15:00 | BBC Report |
Baird ![]() |
Attendance: 1,176 Referee: McKendrick |
17 January 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 1 β 1 | Hibernian | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Alston ![]() |
BBC Report |
Cummings ![]() |
Attendance: 7,081 Referee: Beaton |
23 January 2016 Championship | Livingston | 1 β 1 | Falkirk | Recreation Park |
15:00 |
Buchanan ![]() |
BBC Report |
Sibbald ![]() |
Attendance: 1,536 Referee: Almondvale Stadium |
30 January 2016 Championship | Rangers | 1 β 0 | Falkirk | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 |
King ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 46,980 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
13 February 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 2 β 2 | Raith Rovers | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Alston ![]() McCracken ![]() |
BBC Report |
Craigen ![]() Stewart ![]() Benedictus ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,956 |
20 February 2016 Championship | Greenock Morton | 0 β 1 | Falkirk | Greenock |
Report |
Baird ![]() |
Stadium:
Cappielow Park Attendance: 1,991 Referee: Craig Thomson |
27 February 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 3 β 1 | Queen of the South | Falkirk |
Baird ![]() Dowie ![]() Alston ![]() |
Report |
Higgins ![]() |
Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 3,918 Referee: William Collum |
1 March 2016 Championship | St Mirren | 0 β 0 | Falkirk | Paisley |
Report | Stadium:
St Mirren Park Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Euan Anderson |
5 March 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 2 β 0 | Alloa Athletic | Falkirk |
Watson ![]() Kerr ![]() |
Report | Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 3,774 Referee: Steven McLean |
12 March 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 β 1 | Falkirk | Dumbarton |
Fleming ![]() |
Report |
Baird ![]() |
Stadium:
Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 734 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
18 March 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 3 β 2 | Rangers | Falkirk |
Alston ![]() Hippolyte ![]() McHugh ![]() |
Report |
Miller ![]() McKay ![]() |
Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 7,804 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
26 March 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 1 β 2 | Livingston | Falkirk |
Vaulks ![]() |
Report |
White ![]() Stanton ![]() Longridge ![]() |
Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 3,897 Referee: Nick Walsh |
2 April 2016 Championship | Queen of the South | 2 β 2 | Falkirk | Dumfries |
Lyle ![]() Russell ![]() |
Report |
Alston ![]() Baird ![]() |
Stadium:
Palmerston Park Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Barry Cook |
9 April 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 3 β 2 | St Mirren | Falkirk |
Miller ![]() McHugh ![]() Alston ![]() |
Report |
Mallan ![]() |
Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 4,331 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
12 April 2016 Championship | Hibernian | 2 β 2 | Falkirk | Edinburgh |
Cummings ![]() |
Report |
McCracken ![]() McHugh ![]() |
Stadium:
Easter Road Attendance: 10,277 Referee: Crawford Allan |
23 April 2016 Championship | Raith Rovers | 2 β 2 | Falkirk | Kirkcaldy |
Thomas ![]() Hardie ![]() |
Report |
Sibbald ![]() McHugh ![]() |
Stadium:
Stark's Park Attendance: 10,277 Referee: Bobby Madden |
1 May 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 1 β 0 | Greenock Morton | Falkirk |
Watson ![]() |
Report | Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
10 May 2016 Semi-final 1st Leg | Hibernian | 2 β 2 | Falkirk | Edinburgh |
Henderson ![]() McGregor ![]() |
Report |
Miller ![]() McHugh ![]() |
Stadium:
Easter Road Attendance: 11,830 Referee: Allan Muir |
13 May 2016 Semi-final 2nd Leg | Falkirk | 3 β 2 (5 β 4 agg.) | Hibernian | Falkirk |
Alston ![]() Leahy ![]() McHugh ![]() |
Report |
Keatings ![]() |
Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 7,851 Referee: Craig Thomson |
19 May 2016 Final 1st Leg | Falkirk | 1 β 0 | Kilmarnock | Falkirk |
Vaulks ![]() |
Report | Stadium:
Falkirk Stadium Attendance: 7,636 Referee: John Beaton |
22 May 2016 Final 2nd Leg | Kilmarnock | 4 β 0 (4 β 1 agg.) | Falkirk | Kilmarnock |
Kiltie ![]() Addison ![]() Boyd ![]() |
Report | Stadium:
Rugby Park Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Willie Collum |
25 July 2015 Challenge Cup round 1 | Falkirk | 3 β 1 | East Fife | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Grant ![]() McHugh ![]() Baird ![]() |
BBC Report |
Smith ![]() |
Attendance: 1,175 Referee: Anderson |
18 August 2015 Challenge Cup round 2 | Falkirk | 3 β 5 | Peterhead | Falkirk Stadium |
19:45 |
Smith ![]() Watson ![]() Cooper ![]() |
BBC Report |
McAllister ![]() |
Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Colvin |
31 July 2015 League Cup round 1 | Falkirk | 5 β 0 | East Stirling | Falkirk Stadium |
Muirhead ![]() Baird ![]() Vidler ![]() McHugh ![]() Alston ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 881 Referee: Salmond |
25 August 2015 League Cup round 2 | Partick Thistle | 0 β 1 | Falkirk | Firhill Stadium |
19:45 | BBC Report |
Grant ![]() |
Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Thomson |
22 September 2015 League Cup round 3 | Ross County | 7 β 0 | Falkirk | Victoria Park |
19:45 |
Boyce ![]() De Vita ![]() Franks ![]() Graham ![]() Holden ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,341 Referee: Finnie |
28 November 2015 Scottish Cup round 3 | Falkirk | 4 β 1 | Fraserburgh | Falkirk Stadium |
15:00 |
Miller ![]() Vaulks ![]() |
BBC Report |
Lawrence ![]() |
Attendance: 1,825 Referee: Newlands |
9 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 | Dundee | P β 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 β P | Falkirk | Dens Park |
19:45 | Dundee FC Report | |||
Note: Postponed due to drainage problems. [4] |
26 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 | Dundee | 3 β 1 | Falkirk | Dens Park |
19:45 |
Hemmings ![]() Harkins ![]() |
BBC Sport |
Watson ![]() |
Attendance: 4,279 Referee: Collum |
During the 2015β16 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.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | Other [a] | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Danny Rogers | 43 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Luke Leahy | 46 | 4 | 36+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Aaron Muirhead | 41 | 1 | 29+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
David McCracken | 26 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
Will Vaulks | 45 | 7 | 35+0 | 6 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Tom Taiwo | 27 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Blair Alston | 46 | 12 | 32+4 | 10 | 3+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
John Baird | 46 | 19 | 35+1 | 17 | 4+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
Craig Sibbald | 45 | 2 | 34+2 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
Mark Kerr | 42 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
Graham Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
Peter Grant | 28 | 2 | 23+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
David Smith | 20 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
18 | FW | ![]() |
Lee Miller | 35 | 10 | 16+13 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 3 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
Bob McHugh | 30 | 10 | 9+13 | 6 | 4+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Alex Cooper | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
21 | GK | ![]() |
Alex Tokarczyk | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Ryan Blair | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Myles Hippolyte | 15 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | FW | ![]() |
Scott Shepherd | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
Ryan Sinnamon | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
Conor McGrandles | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | DF | ![]() |
Kevin McCann | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
28 | GK | ![]() |
Deniz Mehmet | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin O'Hara | 16 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
33 | DF | ![]() |
Tony Gallacher | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
44 | DF | ![]() |
Paul Watson | 35 | 5 | 25+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | Other | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | |||||
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1 |
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GK | Danny Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 |
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DF | Luke Leahy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
4 |
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DF | Aaron Muirhead | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
5 |
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DF | David McCracken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
6 |
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DF | Will Vaulks | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
7 |
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MF | Tom Taiwo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
8 |
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MF | Blair Alston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
9 |
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FW | John Baird | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
10 |
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MF | Craig Sibbald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 |
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MF | Mark Kerr | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
14 |
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DF | Peter Grant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
18 |
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FW | Lee Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 |
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FW | Bob McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
22 |
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MF | Myles Hippolyte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
24 |
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DF | Ryan Sinnamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
44 |
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DF | Paul Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 47 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Rangers (C, P) | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 81 | Promotion to the Premiership |
2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
3 | Hibernian | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals [a] |
4 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals |
5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 |
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% [nb 1] |
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Peter Houston [7] | 25 July 2015 | Present | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 52.78 |
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