2009–10 season | |||
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Chairman | Martin Ritchie | ||
Manager |
Eddie May (until 11 February) Steven Pressley | ||
Scottish Premier League | Twelfth place (relegated) | ||
League Cup | Third round | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
Europa League | Second qualifying round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Carl Finnigan, Ryan Flynn & Pedro Moutinho (5) All: Ryan Flynn (6) | ||
Highest home attendance | 7,049 vs.
Kilmarnock, 10 February 2010 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 4,321 vs.
Motherwell, 27 January 2010 | ||
Average home league attendance | 5,635 | ||
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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 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.
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]
Win Draw Loss
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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Third round | 23 September 2009 | Celtic | Falkirk Stadium | 0–4 | 5,669 | Match Report |
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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Fourth round | 18 January 2010 | Kilmarnock | Rugby Park | 0–1 | 3,378 | Match Report |
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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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 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europa League | |||||
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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 |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |