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.[1] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
| 2013–14 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Martin Ritchie | ||
| Manager | Gary Holt | ||
| Stadium | Falkirk Stadium | ||
| Championship | Third place | ||
| Premiership play-off | Semi-final | ||
| Challenge Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Rory Loy (20) All: Rory Loy (22) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,228 vs. Rangers, Scottish Cup, 30 November 2013 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,154 vs. Clyde, League Cup, 3 August 2013 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,124 | ||
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Summary edit
Season edit
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.[2] 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 edit
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Scottish Championship edit
| 10 August 2013 1 | Dumbarton | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | Prunty  84' |
Report | McGrandles 61' |
Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 17 August 2013 2 | Falkirk | 3 – 1 | Greenock Morton | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Loy 40', 45' Roberts 48' |
Report | Hands 90' |
Attendance: 3,058 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 24 August 2013 3 | Livingston | 0 – 3 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
| 15:00 | Report | Roberts 30', 41', 54' |
Attendance: 1,416 Referee: George Salmond |
| 31 August 2013 4 | Falkirk | 1 – 2 | Hamilton Academical | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Fulton 50' |
Report | Antoine-Curier 72' Crawford 75' |
Attendance: 3,266 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 14 September 2013 5 | Cowdenbeath | 1 – 0 | Falkirk | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
| 15:00 | Stewart 89' |
Report | Attendance: 644 |
| 21 September 2013 6 | Falkirk | 3 – 1 | Dundee | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Loy 12', 65' Fulton 55' |
Report | Conroy 74' |
Attendance: 3,349 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 28 September 2013 7 | Raith Rovers | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
| 15:00 | Anderson 3' |
Report | Faulds 90+1' |
Attendance: 1,715 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 5 October 2013 8 | Falkirk | 2 – 1 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Loy 33 pen.', 85' |
Report | Russell 57' |
Attendance: 3,189 Referee: John Beaton |
| 12 October 2013 9 | Alloa Athletic | 0 – 0 | Falkirk | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 19 October 2013 10 | Falkirk | 1 – 2 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Roberts 39'  90+3' |
Report | Fleming 7' Megginson 24' |
Attendance: 2,704 Referee: George Salmond |
| 26 October 2013 11 | Hamilton Academical | 2 – 0 | Falkirk | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 15:00 | Andreu 21' Longridge 89' |
Report | Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 9 November 2013 12 | Falkirk | 4 – 1 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Vaulks 37' Loy 52', 69'Sibbald 60' |
Report | Vaulks 72 o.g.' |
Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 16 November 2013 13 | Dundee | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | Conroy 24 pen.' |
Report | Leahy 90+3' |
Attendance: 4,661 Referee: Stevie O’Reilly |
| 23 November 2013 14 | Falkirk | 4 – 0 | Cowdenbeath | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Millar 51', 84' Loy 75'Shepherd 87' |
Report | Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 7 December 2013 15 | Falkirk | 3 – 1 | Raith Rovers | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Sibbald 4' McGrandles 25'Kingsley 51' |
Report | Spence 73' |
Attendance: 2,934 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 21 December 2013 16 | Greenock Morton | 0 – 2 | Falkirk | Cappielow, Greenock |
| 15:00 | Report | Duffie 51' Loy 69 pen.' |
Attendance: 1,873 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 28 December 2013 17 | Falkirk | 0 – 0 | Alloa Athletic | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 3,417 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 4 January 2014 18 | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
| 15:00 | Donaldson 25' |
Report | Loy 26 pen.' |
Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Kevin Graham |
| 11 January 2014 19 | Falkirk | 0 – 0 | Hamilton Academical | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 18 January 2014 20 | Cowdenbeath | 0 – 2 | Falkirk | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
| 15:00 | Report | Millar 54' Loy 56' |
Attendance: 566 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 25 January 2014 21 | Falkirk | 2 – 0 | Dundee | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | McGrandles 16' Loy 73' |
Report | Letheren 45+1' |
Attendance: 4,183 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 1 February 2014 22 | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Greenock Morton | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Millar 63 pen.' |
Report | Imrie 45+1' |
Attendance: 3,120 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 8 February 2014 23 | Queen of the South | 2 – 0 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park, Dumfries |
| 15:00 | Reilly 81', 86' |
Report | Attendance: 1,818 Referee: Iain Brines |
| 15 February 2014 24 | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | Falkirk | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | Megginson 63' Kirkpatrick 73' |
Report | Loy 29' |
Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 22 February 2014 25 | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Millar 90+1 pen.' |
Report | Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 1 March 2014 26 | Raith Rovers | 2 – 4 | Falkirk | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
| 15:00 | Baird 23' Booth 28 pen.' |
Report | Hill 18 o.g.' McCracken 47'Loy 71'Millar 87' |
Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 8 March 2014 27 | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Alston 82' Roberts 86' |
Report | McNulty 35' |
Attendance: 2,924 |
| 15 March 2014 28 | Hamilton Academical | 3 – 1 | Falkirk | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 15:00 | Scotland 4' MacKinnon 74'Longridge 90' |
BBC | Beck 71' |
Attendance: 1,706 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 22 March 2014 29 | Alloa Athletic | 3 – 0 | Falkirk | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| 15:00 | Ferns 71' Cawley 78'McCord 87' |
BBC | Roberts 63' |
Attendance: 1,025 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 25 March 2014 30 | Falkirk | 2 – 0 | Dumbarton | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 19:45 | McCracken 25' Loy 73' |
Report | Murray 89' |
Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 29 March 2014 31 | Dundee | 0 – 1 | Falkirk | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | BBC | Beck 19' |
Attendance: 4,919 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 5 April 2014 32 | Falkirk | 5 – 0 | Cowdenbeath | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 19:45 | Loy 16', 28', 54' Alston 40'Sibbald 48' |
Report | Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 12 April 2014 33 | Queen of the South | 1 – 2 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park, Dumfries |
| 15:00 | Reilly 67' |
BBC | Alston 59' Beck 61'Flynn 68' |
Attendance: 4,919 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 19 April 2014 34 | Falkirk | 2 – 1 | Raith Rovers | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Loy 19' McGrandles 23' |
Report | Vaulks 32 o.g.' |
Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 26 April 2014 35 | Greenock Morton | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Cappielow, Greenock |
| 15:00 | Vine 60' |
BBC | McGrandles 41' |
Attendance: 1,921 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 3 May 2014 36 | Falkirk | 3 – 1 | Alloa Athletic | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Beck 23', 90+1' Sibbald 61' |
Report | Cawley 29' |
Attendance: 3,998 Referee: Willie Collum |
Premiership play-off edit
| 6 May 2014 Quarter-final 1st leg | Queen of the South | 2 – 1 | Falkirk | Palmerston Park, Dumfries |
| 19:45 | McHugh 56', 90' |
Report | Alston 8' |
Attendance: 1,996 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 10 May 2014 Quarter-final 2nd leg | Falkirk | 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 agg.) | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Loy 53' Sibbald 70'Alston 118' |
Report | McHugh 36' |
Attendance: 4,427 Referee: Calum Murray |
| 13 May 2014 Semi–final 1st Leg | Falkirk | 1 – 1 | Hamilton Academical | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 19:45 | Beck 80' |
Report | MacKinnon 61' |
Attendance: 4,194 Referee: John Beaton |
| 18 May 2014 Semi–final 2nd Leg | Hamilton Academical | 1 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.) | Falkirk | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 19:45 | Andreu 16' |
Report | Attendance: 4,678 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Scottish Challenge Cup edit
| 27 July 2013 First Round | Clyde | 1 – 2 | Falkirk | Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld |
| 15:00 | McCluskey 51' |
Report | Alston 49' McGrandles 64' |
Attendance: 935 Referee: Ian Brines |
| 20 August 2013 Second Round | Ayr United | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Falkirk | Somerset Park, Ayr |
| 19:45 | Malcolm 41' |
Report | Loy 62' Shepherd 111' |
Attendance: 921 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 7 September 2013 Quarter-Final | Raith Rovers | 1 – 0 | Falkirk | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
| 15:00 | Spence 86' |
Report | Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Crawford Allan |
Scottish League Cup edit
| 3 August 2013 First Round | Falkirk | 3 – 0 | Clyde | Recreation Park, Alloa |
| 15:00 | Alston 73' Roberts 79'Grant 81' |
Report | Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 27 August 2013 Second Round | Falkirk | 2 – 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 19:45 | Morris 20 o.g.' Fulton 33' |
Report | Moore 28' |
Attendance: 3,663 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 25 September 2013 Third Round | Falkirk | 0 – 5 | Aberdeen | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
| 19:45 | Report | Shaughnessy 23' Smith 36'Vernon 54', 55', 75 pen.' |
Attendance: 2,838 Referee: Steven McLean |
Scottish Cup edit
Player statistics edit
- As of 18 May 2014 (UTC)[3]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK |  NIR
|
Michael McGovern | 43 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF |  SCO
|
Kieran Duffie | 31 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO
|
Stephen Kingsley | 44 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF |  NGA
|
Olumide Durojaiye | 21 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR
|
Johnny Flynn | 29 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF |  WAL
|
Will Vaulks | 42 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF |  ENG
|
Mark Beck | 19 | 6 | 13+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO
|
Blair Alston | 38 | 7 | 23+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW |  IRL
|
Philip Roberts | 31 | 6 | 24+2 | 5 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO
|
Craig Sibbald | 43 | 5 | 29+5 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO
|
Conor McGrandles | 45 | 6 | 36+0 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | SCO
|
Graham Bowman | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO
|
Liam Dick | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO
|
Thomas Grant | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO
|
Kris Faulds | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO
|
Lewis Small | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG
|
Luke Leahy | 23 | 1 | 1+18 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO
|
Steven Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO
|
Liam Rowan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO
|
Kyle Turnbull | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO
|
Gregor Amos | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO
|
Ryan Blair | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO
|
Michael Martin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO
|
Connor Hogg | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO
|
Botti Biabi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO
|
Scott Shepherd | 19 | 1 | 1+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO
|
Robbie McNab | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO
|
Rory Loy | 41 | 22 | 34+0 | 20 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 34 | DF | SCO
|
David McCracken | 29 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO
|
Mark Millar | 29 | 6 | 24+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SCO
|
Joe Chalmers | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season | |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SCO
|
Jay Fulton | 26 | 3 | 19+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG
|
Rakish Bingham | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 69 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical (O, P) | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 55 | |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 51 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Division summary edit
Transfers edit
Players in edit |
Players out edit
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References edit
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