2015–16 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2015–16 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 2009–10.[2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Falkirk
2015–16 season
ChairmanDoug Henderson[1]
Head coachPeter Houston
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
ChampionshipSecond place
Premiership play-offRunners–Up
Challenge CupSecond round
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Baird (17)
All: John Baird (19)
Highest home attendance7,804 v Hibernian, Play-off, 13 May 2016
Lowest home attendance881 v East Stirling, League Cup, 31 July 2015
Average home league attendance4,498

Summary

Season

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 4–1 by Kilmarnock on aggregate and remained in the Championship for another season.[3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Falkirk Cappielow
15:00 MacDonald 60' BBC Report Watson 19' Attendance: 2,782
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Kerr 80' BBC Report Benedictus Yellow card 71' Red card Attendance: 3,753
Referee: Finnie
22 August 2015 Championship Livingston 1 – 2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen 52' BBC Report Leahy 16'
Vaulks 62'		 Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
28 August 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 1 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Alston 5'
Sibbald 14'		 BBC Report Barr 27' Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Cook
12 September 2015 Championship St Mirren 2 – 3 Falkirk St Mirren Park
15:00 Agnew 3'
Mallan 38'		 BBC Report Leahy 55'
Baird 72' (pen.), 90+2'		 Attendance: 3,412
Referee: Beaton
19 September 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 1 Falkirk Cappielow
15:00 Marr Red card 68'
Hamilton 90'		 BBC Report Baird 68' (pen.) Attendance: 1,572
Referee: Robertson
26 September 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 0 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,757
Referee: Salmond
3 October 2015 Championship Rangers 3 – 1 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Shiels 3'
Tavernier 81'
Wallace 90+2'		 BBC Report Vaulks 17' Attendance: 45,135
Referee: McKendrick
17 October 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Lee Miller 90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 3,946
Referee: Anderson
20 October 2015 Championship Falkirk 0 – 1 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Cummings 40' (pen.) Attendance: 5,429
Referee: Muir
24 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 0 – 5 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Baird 5', 23', 48'
McHugh 43'
Alston 71'		 Attendance: 963
Referee: Collum
31 October 2015 Championship Falkirk 3 – 0 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald 18'
Baird 43'
Vaulks 76'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,239
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 November 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart 39' BBC Report Alston 42'
Baird 60'		 Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Nick Walsh
14 November 2015 Championship Falkirk 5 – 0 Alloa Athletic Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Baird 12', 31', 44'
McHugh 63'
Leahy 81'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,550
Referee: Clancy
21 November 2015 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 35' (pen.)
Russell 84'		 BBC Report Vaulks 17'
Miller 83'		 Attendance: 1,728
Referee: McLean
12 December 2015 Championship Hibernian 1 – 1 Falkirk Easter Road
15:00 Boyle 90' BBC Report Miller 84' Attendance: 9,459
Referee: Clancy
19 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 1 Rangers Falkirk Stadium
12:30 Baird 3' (pen.)
Vaulks 55'		 BBC Report McKay 15' Attendance: 7,488
Referee: Collum
26 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 36' BBC Report Attendance: 4,013
Referee: Anderson
29 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Miller 56', 60' BBC Report Attendance: 4,245
Referee: Robertson
2 January 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 0 – 1 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Report Baird 15' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: McKendrick
17 January 2016 Championship Falkirk 1 – 1 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 49' BBC Report Cummings 73' Attendance: 7,081
Referee: Beaton
23 January 2016 Championship Livingston 1 – 1 Falkirk Recreation Park
15:00 Buchanan 51' BBC Report Sibbald 44' Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Almondvale Stadium
30 January 2016 Championship Rangers 1 – 0 Falkirk Ibrox Stadium
15:00 King 90+1' BBC Report Attendance: 46,980
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 February 2016 Championship Falkirk 2 – 2 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alston 14'
McCracken 20'		 BBC Report Craigen 16'
Stewart 68'
Benedictus Yellow card 83' Red card		 Attendance: 3,956
20 February 2016 Championship Greenock Morton 0 – 1 Falkirk Greenock
Report Baird 27' Stadium: Cappielow Park
Attendance: 1,991
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 February 2016 Championship Falkirk 3 – 1 Queen of the South Falkirk
Baird 53'
Dowie 65' (o.g.)
Alston 85'		 Report Higgins 43' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 3,918
Referee: William Collum
1 March 2016 Championship St Mirren 0 – 0 Falkirk Paisley
Report Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Euan Anderson
5 March 2016 Championship Falkirk 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic Falkirk
Watson 26'
Kerr 36'		 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 3,774
Referee: Steven McLean
12 March 2016 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 1 Falkirk Dumbarton
Fleming 90+3' (pen.) Report Baird 65' (pen.) Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 734
Referee: Andrew Dallas
18 March 2016 Championship Falkirk 3 – 2 Rangers Falkirk
Alston 72'
Hippolyte 77'
McHugh 90+2'		 Report Miller 7'
McKay 9'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,804
Referee: Kevin Clancy
26 March 2016 Championship Falkirk 1 – 2 Livingston Falkirk
Vaulks 90+1' Report White 76'
Stanton 90'
Longridge Red card 90+3'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 3,897
Referee: Nick Walsh
2 April 2016 Championship Queen of the South 2 – 2 Falkirk Dumfries
Lyle 73'
Russell 90+2'		 Report Alston 45+1'
Baird 52'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Barry Cook
9 April 2016 Championship Falkirk 3 – 2 St Mirren Falkirk
Miller 9'
McHugh 70'
Alston 90'		 Report Mallan 56', 82' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 4,331
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 April 2016 Championship Hibernian 2 – 2 Falkirk Edinburgh
Cummings 10', 81 pen.' Report McCracken 87'
McHugh 90'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 10,277
Referee: Crawford Allan
23 April 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Kirkcaldy
Thomas 7'
Hardie 70'		 Report Sibbald 56'
McHugh 88'		 Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 10,277
Referee: Bobby Madden
1 May 2016 Championship Falkirk 1 – 0 Greenock Morton Falkirk
Watson 48' Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Premiership play-off
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
10 May 2016 Semi-final 1st Leg Hibernian 2 – 2 Falkirk Edinburgh
Henderson 57'
McGregor 66'		 Report Miller 34'
McHugh 80'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 11,830
Referee: Allan Muir
13 May 2016 Semi-final 2nd Leg Falkirk 3 – 2
(5 – 4 agg.)		 Hibernian Falkirk
Alston 13'
Leahy 79'
McHugh 90+2'		 Report Keatings 31 pen.', 34' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,851
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 May 2016 Final 1st Leg Falkirk 1 – 0 Kilmarnock Falkirk
Vaulks 90+1' Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,636
Referee: John Beaton
22 May 2016 Final 2nd Leg Kilmarnock 4 – 0
(4 – 1 agg.)		 Falkirk Kilmarnock
Kiltie 3', 62'
Addison 8'
Boyd 65'		 Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 11,013
Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 Challenge Cup round 1 Falkirk 3 – 1 East Fife Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Grant 2'
McHugh 90'
Baird 90'		 BBC Report Smith 14' Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Anderson
18 August 2015 Challenge Cup round 2 Falkirk 3 – 5 Peterhead Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Smith 13'
Watson 20'
Cooper 76'		 BBC Report McAllister 22', 27', 43', 81', 87' (pen.) Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Colvin

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
31 July 2015 League Cup round 1 Falkirk 5 – 0 East Stirling Falkirk Stadium
Muirhead 17'
Baird 57'
Vidler 68' (Own goal)
McHugh 70'
Alston 78'		 BBC Report Attendance: 881
Referee: Salmond
25 August 2015 League Cup round 2 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Falkirk Firhill Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Grant 32' Attendance: 2,221
Referee: Thomson
22 September 2015 League Cup round 3 Ross County 7 – 0 Falkirk Victoria Park
19:45 Boyce 30', 35', 40'
De Vita 46'
Franks 54'
Graham 58'
Holden 81'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Scottish Cup round 3 Falkirk 4 – 1 Fraserburgh Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Miller 16', 74', 84'
Vaulks 70'		 BBC Report Lawrence 67' Attendance: 1,825
Referee: Newlands
9 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 Dundee P – 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 – 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 – 1 Falkirk Dens Park
19:45 Hemmings 39', 60'
Harkins 74'		 BBC Sport Watson 41' Attendance: 4,279
Referee: Collum

Player statistics

During the 2015–16 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.

As of 22 May 2016 (UTC)[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipOther[a]League CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Rogers 43035+001+003+004+00
3 DF England ENG Luke Leahy 46436+035+013+002+00
4 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 41129+205+001+212+00
5 DF Scotland SCO David McCracken 26220+124+000+001+00
6 DF England ENG Will Vaulks 45735+065+003+002+01
7 MF England ENG Tom Taiwo 27015+504+002+001+00
8 MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 461232+4103+213+012+00
9 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 461935+1174+113+012+00
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 45234+224+003+002+00
11 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 42234+124+002+001+00
12 GK Scotland SCO Graham Bowman 100+001+000+000+00
14 DF Scotland SCO Peter Grant 28223+001+013+011+00
17 FW Scotland SCO David Smith 2017+801+112+000+10
18 FW Scotland SCO Lee Miller 351016+1362+210+101+03
19 FW Scotland SCO Bob McHugh 30109+1364+131+110+10
20 MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 210+000+110+100+00
21 GK England ENG Alex Tokarczyk 100+000+000+001+00
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Blair 900+700+001+001+00
22 MF England ENG Myles Hippolyte 1514+810+300+000+00
23 FW Scotland SCO Scott Shepherd 600+400+100+100+00
24 DF Scotland SCO Ryan Sinnamon 400+300+000+001+00
24 MF Scotland SCO Conor McGrandles 502+300+000+000+00
26 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McCann 201+100+000+000+00
28 GK Turkey TUR Deniz Mehmet 101+000+000+000+00
30 FW Scotland SCO Kevin O'Hara 1603+1100+100+000+10
33 DF Scotland SCO Tony Gallacher 100+000+000+000+10
44 DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 35525+234+013+001+01
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record
As of 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1Republic of IrelandGKDanny Rogers1000000010
3EnglandDFLuke Leahy6000000060
4ScotlandDFAaron Muirhead7110000081
5ScotlandDFDavid McCracken2010000030
6EnglandDFWill Vaulks5020200090
7EnglandMFTom Taiwo3020000050
8ScotlandMFBlair Alston3000000030
9ScotlandFWJohn Baird4000000040
10ScotlandMFCraig Sibbald2000000020
11ScotlandMFMark Kerr70201000100
14ScotlandDFPeter Grant2000100030
18ScotlandFWLee Miller2000000020
19ScotlandFWBob McHugh1000000010
22EnglandMFMyles Hippolyte1010000020
24ScotlandDFRyan Sinnamon0000001010
44ScotlandDFPaul Watson1010001030
Total 4711004020631

Club statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Division summary
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHHAHAAAAHAHAHHAHAAH
ResultDWWWWDDLWLWWWWDDWWWWDDLDWWDWDWLDWDDW
Position532122244433333333222333333332332222
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics
Last updated on 22 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Peter Houston[7] 25 July 2015 Present 36 19 13 4 052.78

Transfers

See also

Notes
  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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