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2009–10 Falkirk F.C. season

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.

Falkirk
2009–10 season
ChairmanMartin Ritchie
ManagerEddie May
(until 11 February)
Steven Pressley
Scottish Premier LeagueTwelfth place (relegated)
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Carl Finnigan, Ryan Flynn
& Pedro Moutinho (5)
All: Ryan Flynn (6)
Highest home attendance7,049 vs. Kilmarnock,
10 February 2010
Lowest home attendance4,321 vs. Motherwell,
27 January 2010
Average home league attendance5,635

Summary edit

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 edit

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.[1] 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.[2]

Results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Premier League edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
1 15 August 2009 Rangers Ibrox Stadium 1–4 50,239 Finnigan 24' Match Report
2 22 August 2009 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium 1–3 6,059 Flynn 25' Match Report
3 29 August 2009 Dundee United Tannadice Park 1–2 6,979 Finnbogason 75' Match Report
4 14 September 2009 Aberdeen Falkirk Stadium 0–0 4,724 Match Report
5 19 September 2009 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 0–0 2,640 Match Report
6 26 September 2009 Kilmarnock Falkirk Stadium 0–0 5,394 Match Report
7 3 October 2009 Motherwell Fir Park 0–1 4,337 Match Report
8 17 October 2009 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium 1–3 5,084 McLean 55' Match Report
9 24 October 2009 Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Stadium 0–0 14,127 Match Report
10 31 October 2009 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 1–3 4,423 Finnigan 49' Match Report
11 8 November 2009 Celtic Falkirk Stadium 3–3 6,795 Arfield 61' (Pen), Moutinho 64', Stewart 83' Match Report
12 21 November 2009 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium 2–0 5,628 Mitchell 64', Bullen 79' Match Report
13 28 November 2009 Hibernian Easter Road 0–2 13,305 Match Report
14 5 December 2009 Rangers Falkirk Stadium 1–3 6,903 Moutinho 41' Match Report
15 12 December 2009 St Mirren New St Mirren Park 1–1 4,033 Finnigan 88' Match Report
16 19 December 2009 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 2–1 4,472 Finnigan 3', Flynn 58' Match Report
17 26 December 2009 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk Stadium 0–1 6,082 Match Report
18 16 January 2010 Celtic Celtic Park 1–1 50,000 Finnigan 19' Match Report
19 24 January 2010 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium 1–4 4,378 Moutinho 90+1' Match Report
20 27 January 2010 Motherwell Falkirk Stadium 0–0 4,321 Match Report
21 30 January 2010 Rangers Ibrox Stadium 0–3 45,907 Match Report
22 2 February 2010 Aberdeen Pittodrie 1–0 7,741 Healy 31' Match Report
23 10 February 2010 Kilmarnock Falkirk Stadium 0–1 7,049 Match Report
24 13 February 2010 Heart of Midlothian Tynecastle Stadium 2–3 14,078 Kucharski 45+2' (o.g.), Moutinho 83' Match Report
25 20 February 2010 Aberdeen Falkirk Stadium 3–1 4,643 Moutinho 13', Barr 42', Showunmi 70' Match Report
26 27 February 2010 Dundee United Tannadice Park 0–3 6,352 Match Report
27 7 March 2010 Celtic Falkirk Stadium 0–2 6,792 Match Report
28 13 March 2010 St Johnstone Falkirk Stadium 1–2 5,895 Twaddle 27' Match Report
29 20 March 2010 Hamilton Academical New Douglas Park 2–2 2,461 Arfield 26', Flynn 59' Match Report
30 23 March 2010 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 1–1 3,107 Flynn 19' Match Report
31 27 March 2010 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium 1–3 5,460 Stewart 19' Match Report
32 3 April 2010 Motherwell Fir Park 1–0 4,628 Flynn 27' Match Report
33 10 April 2010 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium 2–1 5,671 Moutinho 45+2', Higdon (o.g.) 67' Match Report
34 17 April 2010 Aberdeen Pittodrie 0–1 10,461 Match Report
35 24 April 2010 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium 0–1 5,118 Match Report
36 1 May 2010 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium 1–1 5,919 Arfield 45' (Pen) Match Report
37 5 May 2010 St Johnstone Falkirk Stadium 0–0 5,502 Match Report
38 8 May 2010 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 0–0 10,662 Match Report

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
Third round 23 September 2009 Celtic Falkirk Stadium 0–4 5,669 Match Report

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
Fourth round 18 January 2010 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 0–1 3,378 Match Report

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Match Report
Second qualifying round 16 July 2009   Vaduz Falkirk Stadium 1–0 5,763 Flynn 50' Match Report
Second qualifying round 23 July 2009   Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 2–0 (a.e.t) 1,842 Match Report

Squad statistics edit

Player statistics edit

As of 8 May 2010(UTC)[3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   AUT Bobby Olejnik 42 0 38+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SCO Darren Barr 39 1 35+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 23 0 19+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   SCO Marc Twaddle 37 1 30+3 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF   NIR Brian McLean 40 1 36+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF   POR Pedro Moutinho 26 5 20+5 5 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   SCO Burton O'Brien 30 0 23+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
9 FW   ENG Carl Finnigan 30 5 20+7 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
10 MF   CAN Scott Arfield 40 3 35+1 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF   SCO Ryan Flynn 40 6 36+0 5 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 1
12 FW   SCO Mark Stewart 20 2 7+12 2 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW   NGA Enoch Showunmi 21 1 15+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Dayne Robertson 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 DF   SCO Brian Allison 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF   SCO Sean Lynch 9 0 3+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   SVN Danijel Marčeta 17 0 8+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 MF   POR Vítor Lima 27 0 22+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 FW   IRL Colin Healy 19 1 17+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF   SCO Lee Bullen 10 1 0+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   CPV Pelé 10 1 7+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF   FRA Toufik Zerara 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   WAL Jack Compton 14 0 3+10 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
29 GK   CAN Josh Wagenaar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF   SCO Kieran Duffie 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF   SCO Michael Andrews 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF   SCO Stewart Murdoch 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2009–10 season
4 CM   SCO Jordyn Felling 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
5 DF   SCO Jackie McNamara 17 0 13+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
13 GK   SCO Jamie Barclay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   SCO Chris Mitchell 11 1 5+3 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
15 FW   SCO Kevin Moffat 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   SCO Alex MacDonald 13 0 4+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
24 FW   ISL Kjartan Finnbogason 7 1 7+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 −4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 −16 41
10 St Mirren 38 7 13 18 36 49 −13 34
11 Kilmarnock 38 8 9 21 29 51 −22 33
12 Falkirk (R) 38 6 13 19 31 57 −26 31 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Transfers edit

References edit

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