2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season (original) (raw)

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Falkirk 2014–15 football season

Falkirk

2014–15 season
Chairman Martin Ritchie
Manager Peter Houston
Stadium Falkirk Stadium
Championship Fifth Place
Challenge Cup Quarter-final
League Cup Third round
Scottish Cup Runners-Up
Top goalscorer League: Rory Loy (12)All: Rory Loy (9)
Highest home attendance 7,735 vs. Hearts, Championship, 21 March 2015
Lowest home attendance 1,128 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 26 August 2014
Average home league attendance 4,745
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014–15 season was Falkirk's second consecutive season in the Scottish Championship and their fifth 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.

In their first season under the management of Peter Houston, Falkirk finished fifth in the Scottish Championship and reached the Scottish Cup Final, losing to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[2]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Championship

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Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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As of 30 May 2015[4]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Jamie MacDonald 47 0 36+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Kieran Duffie 23 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0
3 MF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 5 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
4 MF Nigeria NGA Olumide Durojaiye 11 0 4+1 0 2+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO David McCracken 41 5 32+0 4 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
6 DF Wales WAL Will Vaulks 45 4 33+1 3 3+0 1 3+0 0 5+0 0
7 MF England ENG Tom Taiwo 42 3 28+3 1 3+0 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 47 5 29+7 3 2+1 2 3+0 0 5+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO David Smith 31 3 10+16 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+2 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 46 7 34+2 4 1+1 0 2+1 0 5+0 3
11 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 18 0 16+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Graham Bowman 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Peter Grant 36 4 30+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1
15 DF Scotland SCO Liam Dick 13 0 5+2 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Thomas Grant 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF Ireland EIR Alan Maybury 9 0 5+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Small 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF England ENG Luke Leahy 41 3 31+2 3 1+1 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Alex Cooper 31 4 10+14 3 3+0 1 2+1 0 1+0 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Liam Rowan 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Blair 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Scott Shepherd 17 1 0+12 0 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+1 0
28 FW Scotland SCO Botti Biabi 31 4 9+13 3 0+2 1 2+1 0 1+3 0
30 FW Scotland SCO Kevin O'Hara 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland SCO Rory Loy 36 12 26+0 9 4+0 2 1+1 1 4+0 0
34 MF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 17 7 17+0 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 FW England ENG Taylor Morgan 14 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
3 DF Ireland EIR Joe Shaughnessy 11 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Conor McGrandles 6 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW England ENG Rory Boulding 6 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Rangers 36 19 10 7 69 39 +30 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 17 9 10 58 41 +17 60
5 Falkirk 36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
6 Raith Rovers 36 12 7 17 42 65 −23 43
7 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 36 79 −43 34

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Ground A H A A H H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H H A A A A H H A A A H
Result D L W L D D D W L D W L L W W W W L W D D W D D W D W L W L W W L L D L
Position 4 7 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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