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

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Season

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

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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   71'   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   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   83'  
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   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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Total Championship Other[a] League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRL Danny Rogers 43 0 35+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF   ENG Luke Leahy 46 4 36+0 3 5+0 1 3+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   SCO Aaron Muirhead 41 1 29+2 0 5+0 0 1+2 1 2+0 0
5 DF   SCO David McCracken 26 2 20+1 2 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   ENG Will Vaulks 45 7 35+0 6 5+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
7 MF   ENG Tom Taiwo 27 0 15+5 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   SCO Blair Alston 46 12 32+4 10 3+2 1 3+0 1 2+0 0
9 FW   SCO John Baird 46 19 35+1 17 4+1 1 3+0 1 2+0 0
10 MF   SCO Craig Sibbald 45 2 34+2 2 4+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF   SCO Mark Kerr 42 2 34+1 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK   SCO Graham Bowman 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   SCO Peter Grant 28 2 23+0 0 1+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0
17 FW   SCO David Smith 20 1 7+8 0 1+1 1 2+0 0 0+1 0
18 FW   SCO Lee Miller 35 10 16+13 6 2+2 1 0+1 0 1+0 3
19 FW   SCO Bob McHugh 30 10 9+13 6 4+1 3 1+1 1 0+1 0
20 MF   SCO Alex Cooper 2 1 0+0 0 0+1 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 GK   ENG Alex Tokarczyk 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF   SCO Ryan Blair 9 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF   ENG Myles Hippolyte 15 1 4+8 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   SCO Scott Shepherd 6 0 0+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Ryan Sinnamon 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF   SCO Conor McGrandles 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   SCO Kevin McCann 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK   TUR Deniz Mehmet 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW   SCO Kevin O'Hara 16 0 3+11 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 DF   SCO Tony Gallacher 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
44 DF   SCO Paul Watson 35 5 25+2 3 4+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 1
a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

Disciplinary record

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As of 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Championship Other League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
1   GK Danny Rogers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3   DF Luke Leahy 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
4   DF Aaron Muirhead 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
5   DF David McCracken 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6   DF Will Vaulks 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
7   MF Tom Taiwo 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8   MF Blair Alston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9   FW John Baird 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10   MF Craig Sibbald 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11   MF Mark Kerr 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
14   DF Peter Grant 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
18   FW Lee Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19   FW Bob McHugh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   MF Myles Hippolyte 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24   DF Ryan Sinnamon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
44   DF Paul Watson 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 47 1 10 0 4 0 2 0 63 1

Club statistics

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League table

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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 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
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Division summary

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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

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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

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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  2. ^ "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Scottish Premiership play-off final: Kilmarnock 4-0 Falkirk (4-1 agg)". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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  6. ^ "Scottish Championship 2015/16". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Peter Houston Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers joins Falkirk on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Bob McHugh wins deal after Motherwell exit". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Paul Watson joins Bairns after Raith Rovers exit". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk/sport. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Rangers' Ryan Sinnamon joins Falkirk on loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Striker Lee Miller returns to Bairns after Botti Biabi sale". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  13. ^ "BAIRNS SIGN GOALKEEPER TOKARCZYK". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk F.C. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Falkirk sign former player on loan from Norwich". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  15. ^ a b "East Fife striker Nathan Austin joins Falkirk". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Kevin McCann secures contract as Kieran Duffie exits". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  17. ^ a b "Falkirk secure Myles Hippolyte and Deniz Dogan Mehmet". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  18. ^ "Signing News". queensparkfc.co.uk. Queen's Park. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  19. ^ "RYAN MCGEEVER DEPARTS". Falkirk F.C. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Falkirk's Rory Loy agrees summer move to Dundee". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  21. ^ "Kilmarnock sign Jamie MacDonald as the goalkeeper exits Falkirk". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  22. ^ a b c d "Player Profile". enfieldtownfootballclub.co.uk. Enfield Town F.C. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Edinburgh City sign keeper Gregor Amos". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  24. ^ "Swansea City sign Falkirk striker Botti Biabi". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  25. ^ "Falkirk midfielder joins Swansea City U21s". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.