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

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Premier League
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch Report
115 August 2009RangersIbrox Stadium1–450,239Finnigan 24'Match Report
222 August 2009HibernianFalkirk Stadium1–36,059Flynn 25'Match Report
329 August 2009Dundee UnitedTannadice Park1–26,979Finnbogason 75'Match Report
414 September 2009AberdeenFalkirk Stadium0–04,724Match Report
519 September 2009Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park0–02,640Match Report
626 September 2009KilmarnockFalkirk Stadium0–05,394Match Report
73 October 2009MotherwellFir Park0–14,337Match Report
817 October 2009St MirrenFalkirk Stadium1–35,084McLean 55'Match Report
924 October 2009Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Stadium0–014,127Match Report
1031 October 2009St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1–34,423Finnigan 49'Match Report
118 November 2009CelticFalkirk Stadium3–36,795Arfield 61' (Pen), Moutinho 64', Stewart 83'Match Report
1221 November 2009Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium2–05,628Mitchell 64', Bullen 79'Match Report
1328 November 2009HibernianEaster Road0–213,305Match Report
145 December 2009RangersFalkirk Stadium1–36,903Moutinho 41'Match Report
1512 December 2009St MirrenNew St Mirren Park1–14,033Finnigan 88'Match Report
1619 December 2009KilmarnockRugby Park2–14,472Finnigan 3', Flynn 58'Match Report
1726 December 2009Heart of MidlothianFalkirk Stadium0–16,082Match Report
1816 January 2010CelticCeltic Park1–150,000Finnigan 19'Match Report
1924 January 2010Dundee UnitedFalkirk Stadium1–44,378Moutinho 90+1'Match Report
2027 January 2010MotherwellFalkirk Stadium0–04,321Match Report
2130 January 2010RangersIbrox Stadium0–345,907Match Report
222 February 2010AberdeenPittodrie1–07,741Healy 31'Match Report
2310 February 2010KilmarnockFalkirk Stadium0–17,049Match Report
2413 February 2010Heart of MidlothianTynecastle Stadium2–314,078Kucharski 45+2' (o.g.), Moutinho 83'Match Report
2520 February 2010AberdeenFalkirk Stadium3–14,643Moutinho 13', Barr 42', Showunmi 70'Match Report
2627 February 2010Dundee UnitedTannadice Park0–36,352Match Report
277 March 2010CelticFalkirk Stadium0–26,792Match Report
2813 March 2010St JohnstoneFalkirk Stadium1–25,895Twaddle 27'Match Report
2920 March 2010Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park2–22,461Arfield 26', Flynn 59'Match Report
3023 March 2010St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park1–13,107Flynn 19'Match Report
3127 March 2010HibernianFalkirk Stadium1–35,460Stewart 19'Match Report
323 April 2010MotherwellFir Park1–04,628Flynn 27'Match Report
3310 April 2010St MirrenFalkirk Stadium2–15,671Moutinho 45+2', Higdon (o.g.) 67'Match Report
3417 April 2010AberdeenPittodrie0–110,461Match Report
3524 April 2010Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium0–15,118Match Report
361 May 2010St MirrenFalkirk Stadium1–15,919Arfield 45' (Pen)Match Report
375 May 2010St JohnstoneFalkirk Stadium0–05,502Match Report
388 May 2010KilmarnockRugby Park0–010,662Match Report

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch Report
Second qualifying round16 July 2009VaduzFalkirk Stadium1–05,763Flynn 50'Match Report
Second qualifying round23 July 2009VaduzRheinpark Stadion2–0 (a.e.t)1,842Match Report

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch Report
Third round23 September 2009CelticFalkirk Stadium0–45,669Match Report

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersMatch Report
Fourth round18 January 2010KilmarnockRugby Park0–13,378Match Report

Squad statistics

Player statistics
As of 8 May 2010(UTC)[3]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueLeague CupScottish CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Austria AUT Bobby Olejnik 42038+001+001+002+00
2 DF Scotland SCO Darren Barr 39135+111+000+002+00
3 DF Scotland SCO Tam Scobbie 23019+100+100+002+00
4 DF Scotland SCO Marc Twaddle 37130+311+001+002+00
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Brian McLean 40136+011+001+002+00
7 MF Portugal POR Pedro Moutinho 26520+550+001+000+00
8 MF Scotland SCO Burton O'Brien 30023+400+000+102+00
9 FW England ENG Carl Finnigan 30520+751+000+002+00
10 MF Canada CAN Scott Arfield 40335+131+001+002+00
11 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Flynn 40636+051+001+001+11
12 FW Scotland SCO Mark Stewart 2027+1220+100+000+00
15 FW Nigeria NGA Enoch Showunmi 21115+610+000+000+00
16 FW Scotland SCO Dayne Robertson 200+100+000+000+10
18 DF Scotland SCO Brian Allison 404+000+000+000+00
19 MF Scotland SCO Sean Lynch 903+501+000+000+00
22 MF Slovenia SVN Danijel Marčeta 1708+701+000+100+00
23 MF Portugal POR Vítor Lima 27022+400+001+000+00
24 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Colin Healy 19117+210+000+000+00
25 DF Scotland SCO Lee Bullen 1010+910+001+000+00
26 MF Cape Verde CPV Pelé 1017+210+001+000+00
27 MF France FRA Toufik Zerara 303+000+000+000+00
28 MF Wales WAL Jack Compton 1403+1000+001+000+00
29 GK Canada CAN Josh Wagenaar 000+000+000+000+00
30 DF Scotland SCO Kieran Duffie 605+100+000+000+00
31 DF Scotland SCO Michael Andrews 000+000+000+000+00
35 MF Scotland SCO Stewart Murdoch 300+300+000+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2009–10 season
4 CM Scotland SCO Jordyn Felling 200+000+000+000+20
5 DF Scotland SCO Jackie McNamara 17013+000+101+002+00
13 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Barclay 000+000+000+000+00
14 DF Scotland SCO Chris Mitchell 1115+311+000+001+10
15 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Moffat 000+000+000+000+00
21 MF Scotland SCO Alex MacDonald 1304+700+000+002+00
24 FW Iceland ISL Kjartan Finnbogason 717+010+000+000+00

Team statistics

League table
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

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