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Falkirk 2008–09 football season

Falkirk

2008–09 season

Chairman

Campbell Christie

Manager

John Hughes

Stadium

Falkirk Stadium

Scottish Premier League

Tenth Place

League Cup

Semi-final

Scottish Cup

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

League:Steve Lovell (8)
All:Scott Arfield & Steve Lovell (10)

Highest home attendance

6,853 vs.Rangers,
5 April 2009

Lowest home attendance

4,385 vs.Dundee United,
3 March 2009

Average home league attendance

5,640

Home colours

Away colours

← 2007–08

2009–10 →

The2008–09 season wasFalkirk's fourth consecutive season in theScottish Premier League. Falkirk also competed in theLeague Cup and theScottish Cup.

Summary

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In their fourth season in the SPL, Falkirk finished in tenth place. The club reached the semi-final of theLeague Cup, and ended as runners in theScottish Cup, losing toRangers in both matches.

Results

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Win Draw Loss

Pre-season

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Date	Venue	Opponents	Result F–A	Falkirk scorer(s)	Ref.
22 July 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Ross County	2–2	Higdon,Finnigan	^[1]
23 July 2008	Shielfield Park	Berwick Rangers	1–2	J.Stewart	^[2]
26 July 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Own goal,J.Stewart	^[3]
28 July 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Alloa Athletic	0–0		^[4]
30 July 2008	Cambuur Stadion	SC Cambuur	0–1		^[5]
1 August 2008	De Langeleegte	BV Veendam	2–0	Finnigan,J.Stewart	^[6]
2 August 2008	Abe Lenstra Stadion	SC Heerenveen	0–4		^[7]

Scottish Premier League

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Main article:2008–09 Scottish Premier League

Date	Venue	Opponents	Result F–A	Attendance	Falkirk scorer(s)	Ref.
9 August 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Rangers	0–1	6,669		^[8]
16 August 2008	Easter Road	Hibernian	2–3	12,445	Higdon 30', 53'	^[9]
23 August 2008	Celtic Park	Celtic	0–3	56,031		^[10]
30 August 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Inverness CT	1–2	4,730	M.Stewart 60'	^[11]
13 September 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	5,960	McCann 3',Arfield 90'	^[12]
20 September 2008	Love Street	St Mirren	1–1	4,134	Barrett 47'	^[13]
27 September 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Hamilton Academical	4–1	4,734	Lovell 44', Arfield 69', 87' pen.,O'Brien 79'	^[14]
5 October 2008	Fir Park	Motherwell	2–3	4,509	Lovell 22', Barrett 48'	^[15]
18 October 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Aberdeen	0–1	5,662		^[16]
25 October 2008	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	2–1	4,267	Lovell 28', Arfield 66' pen.	^[17]
1 November 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Dundee United	0–0	5,608		^[18]
8 November 2008	New Douglas Park	Hamilton Academical	1–1	2,600	Higdon 49'	^[19]
12 November 2008	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	1–1	3,111	Higdon 19'	^[20]
15 November 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Motherwell	1–0	5,279	Higdon 37'	^[21]
22 November 2008	Tynecastle Stadium	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	13,009	Lovell 16'	^[22]
29 November 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Hibernian	1–1	6,260	Barr 69'	^[23]
6 December 2008	Falkirk Stadium	St Mirren	1–2	4,828	Lovell 62'	^[24]
13 December 2008	Pittodrie Stadium	Aberdeen	1–2	8,909	Lovell 89'	^[25]
21 December 2008	Falkirk Stadium	Celtic	0–3	6,543		^[26]
27 December 2008	Tannadice Park	Dundee United	0–1	7,972		^[27]
3 January 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Kilmarnock	1–1	5,375	Lovell 41'	^[28]
17 January 2009	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	1–3	48,811	Lovell 12'	^[29]
24 January 2009	Fir Park	Motherwell	1–1	5,018	Holden 53'	^[30]
31 January 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Aberdeen	1–0	5,605	Higdon 55'	^[31]
14 February 2009	St Mirren Park	St Mirren	2–2	5,504	Finnigan 35', Arfield 85' pen.	^[32]
21 February 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Hamilton Academical	1–2	5,307	Swailes 6' o.g.	^[33]
28 February 2009	Easter Road	Hibernian	0–0	10,682		^[34]
3 March 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Dundee United	0–1	4,385		^[35]
21 March 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Inverness CT	4–0	5,523	Finnigan 37', 90' M.Stewart 65', Arfield 82' pen.	^[36]
5 April 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Rangers	0–1	6,853		^[37]
8 April 2009	Celtic Park	Celtic	0–4	57,669		^[38]
11 April 2009	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	0–3	5,835		^[39]
18 April 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	6,156		^[40]
2 May 2009	Falkirk Stadium	Motherwell	2–1	4,937	Finnigan 9',Scobbie 56'	^[41]
9 May 2009	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	1–1	5,955	Barr 56'	^[42]
13 May 2009	New Douglas Park	Hamilton Academical	1–0	3,710	Arfield 60'	^[43]
16 May 2009	Falkirk Stadium	St Mirren	0–2	6,744		^[44]
23 May 2009	Caledonian Stadium	Inverness CT	1–0	6,489	Higdon 68'	^[45]

Scottish League Cup

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Main article:2008–09 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Match Report
Second round	26 August 2008	Raith Rovers	Stark's Park	3–1	2,090	Higdon 16',J.Stewart 35' pen.,M.Stewart 84'	^[46]
Third round	23 September 2008	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium	2–1	2,058	McCann 29',Lovell 73'	^[47]
Quarter-final	28 October 2008	Inverness CT	Falkirk Stadium	1–0	3,007	McCann 36'	^[48]
Semi-final	27 January 2009	Rangers	Hampden Park	0–3	24,507		^[49]

Scottish Cup

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Main article:2008–09 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Ref.
Fourth Round	10 January 2009	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium	4–2	3,423	Arfield 37' pen., 48'Barrett 68', 81'	^[50]
Fifth Round	7 February 2009	Heart of Midlothian	Tynecastle Stadium	1–0	14,569	Lovell 59'	^[51]
Quarter-final	7 March 2009	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium	1–0	3,024	Finnigan 31' pen.	^[52]
Semi-final	26 April 2009	Dunfermline Athletic	Hampden Park	2–0	17,124	Scobbie 54', Arfield 89' pen.	^[53]
Final	30 May 2009	Rangers	Hampden Park	0–1	50,956		^[54]

Squad statistics

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Player statistics

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As of 30 May 2009(UTC)^[55]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Dani Mallo	20	0	15+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Lee Bullen	37	0	29+3	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	NIR	Dean Holden	22	1	16+3	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
4	MF	IRL	Patrick Cregg	31	0	16+7	0	2+2	0	2+2	0
5	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara	37	0	29+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0
6	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride	35	0	25+3	0	4+0	0	2+1	0
7	MF	SCO	Neil McCann	31	3	22+2	1	3+0	2	4+0	0
8	MF	ESP	Arnau Riera	20	0	14+3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
10	DF	SCO	Steven Pressley	19	0	15+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Michael Higdon	42	8	27+7	7	3+1	1	3+1	0
12	MF	IRL	Stephen Bradley	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	NED	Gerard Aafjes	23	0	10+7	0	3+0	0	2+1	0
15	FW	ENG	Steve Lovell	33	10	25+3	8	2+0	1	3+0	1
16	MF	CAN	Scott Arfield	45	10	35+2	7	4+0	0	4+0	3
17	GK	AUT	Bobby Olejnik	18	0	15+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
18	DF	SCO	Brian Allison	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SCO	Sean Lynch	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF	SCO	Darren Barr	44	2	35+0	2	4+0	0	5+0	0
21	FW	ENG	Carl Finnigan	19	5	10+4	4	0+0	0	2+3	1
22	DF	SCO	Chris Mitchell	10	0	3+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	FW	SCO	Kevin Moffat	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	SCO	Mark Stewart	27	3	5+15	2	1+2	1	1+3	0
29	MF	SCO	Sean Lynch	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	SCO	Jamie Barclay	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	NIR	Dermot McCaffrey	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	SCO	Tam Scobbie	27	2	18+2	1	2+1	0	4+0	1
34	FW	SCO	Dayne Robertson	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	DF	SCO	Mark Staunton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
47	MF	SCO	Burton O'Brien	39	1	30+2	1	1+1	0	4+1	0
56	DF	SWE	Erik Schultz-Eklund	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2008–09 season
9	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett	19	4	9+6	2	2+1	0	1+0	2
10	MF	TRI	Russell Latapy	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Scott Flinders	9	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	SCO	John Stewart	5	1	4+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	38	48	−10	44
9	Hamilton Academical	38	12	5	21	30	53	−23	41
10	Falkirk	38	9	11	18	37	52	−15	38	Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round^[b]
11	St Mirren	38	9	10	19	33	52	−19	37
12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle(R)	38	10	7	21	37	58	−21	37	Relegation to theFirst Division

Source:Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^SinceRangers, the winners of theScottish Cup, already qualified for theChampions League via their league position,Falkirk, the losing finalist, earned a spot in theEuropa League.

Transfers

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Players in

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Player	From	Fee
Dermot McCaffrey	Hibernian	Free^[56]
Jackie McNamara	Aberdeen	Free^[57]
Lee Bullen	Sheffield Wednesday	Free^[58]
Neil McCann	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[58]
Erik Schultz-Eklund	Gretna	Free^[59]
Burton O'Brien	Sheffield Wednesday	Free^[60]
Ashley Young	Bury	Free^[61]
Arnau Riera	Sunderland	Loan^[62]
Steve Lovell	Aberdeen	Free^[63]
Scott Flinders	Crystal Palace	Loan^[64]
Sean Lynch	Hibernian	Free^[65]
Steven Pressley	Randers	Free^[66]
Dani Mallo	Braga	Free^[67]

Players out

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Player	To	Fee
Pedro Moutinho	Marítimo	Free^[68]
Liam Craig	St Johnstone	£25,000^[69]
Jack Ross	St Mirren	Free^[70]
Kenny Milne	Scunthorpe United	Free^[71]
Peter McMahon	Berwick Rangers	Free^[72]
Jamie Barclay	East Stirlingshire	Loan^[73]
Scott Gibb	Stirling Albion	Loan^[74]
John Stewart	Ross County	Undisclosed^[75]
Russell Latapy	Caledonia AIA	Free^[76]^[77]
Graham Barrett	St Johnstone	Undisclosed^[78]

References

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^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/honours-even-in-friendly-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/berwick-r.-2-falkirk-xi-1-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/slick-bairns-on-top-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/no-goals-at-the-stadium-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/ht-sc-cambuur-0-0-falkirk-fc-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/score-update-bv-veendam-0-1-falkirk-fc-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^http://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/club-news/latest-score-update-2.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^"Falkirk 0-1 Rangers".BBC Sport. 9 August 2008.
^"Hibernian 3-2 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 16 August 2008.
^"Celtic 3-0 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 23 August 2008.
^"Falkirk 1-2 Inverness CT".BBC Sport. 30 August 2008.
^"Falkirk 2-1 Hearts".BBC Sport. 13 September 2008.
^"St Mirren 1-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 20 September 2008.
^"Falkirk 4-1 Hamilton Academical".BBC Sport. 27 September 2008.
^"Motherwell 3-2 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 5 October 2008.
^"Falkirk 0-1 Aberdeen".BBC Sport. 19 October 2008.
^"Kilmarnock 1-2 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 25 October 2008.
^"Falkirk 0-0 Dundee United".BBC Sport. 1 November 2008.
^"Hamilton Accies 1-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 8 November 2008.
^"Inverness CT 1-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 12 November 2008.
^"Falkirk 1-0 Motherwell".BBC Sport. 15 November 2008.
^"Hearts 2-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 22 November 2008.
^"Falkirk 1-1 Hibernian".BBC Sport. 29 November 2008.
^"Falkirk 1-2 St Mirren".BBC Sport. 6 December 2008.
^"Aberdeen 2-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 13 December 2008.
^"Falkirk 0-3 Celtic".BBC Sport. 21 December 2008.
^"Dundee Utd 1-0 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 27 December 2008.
^"Falkirk 1-1 Kilmarnock".BBC Sport. 3 January 2009.
^"Rangers 3-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 17 January 2009.
^"Motherwell 1-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 24 January 2009.
^"Falkirk 1-0 Aberdeen".BBC Sport. 31 January 2009.
^"St Mirren 2-2 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 14 February 2009.
^"Falkirk 1-2 Hamilton".BBC Sport. 21 February 2009.
^"Hibernian 0-0 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 28 February 2009.
^"Falkirk 0-1 Dundee United".BBC Sport. 3 March 2009.
^"Falkirk 4-0 Inverness CT".BBC Sport. 21 March 2009.
^"Falkirk 0-1 Rangers".BBC Sport. 5 April 2009.
^"Celtic 4-0 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 8 April 2009.
^"Kilmarnock 3-0 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 11 April 2009.
^"Falkirk 0-0 Hearts".BBC Sport. 18 April 2009.
^"Falkirk 2-1 Motherwell".BBC Sport. 2 May 2009.
^"Kilmarnock 1-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 9 May 2009.
^"Hamilton 0-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 13 May 2009.
^"Falkirk 0-2 St Mirren".BBC Sport. 16 May 2009.
^"Inverness CT 0-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 23 May 2009.
^"Raith Rovers 1-3 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 26 August 2008.
^"Falkirk 2-1 Queen of the South".BBC Sport. 23 September 2008.
^"Falkirk 1-0 Inverness CT".BBC Sport. 28 October 2008.
^"Rangers 3-0 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 27 January 2009.
^"Falkirk 4-2 Queen of the South".BBC Sport. 10 January 2009.
^"Hearts 0-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 7 February 2009.
^"Inverness CT 0-1 Falkirk".BBC Sport. 7 March 2009.
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^^a ^b"Falkirk complete Bullen transfer".BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Transfer deadline day".BBC Sport. 1 September 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"O'Brien back up north with Bairns".BBC Sport. 30 June 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Ashley Young Signs for Falkirk".lincolnshireonline.net. 4 July 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.{{cite web}}:|archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Riera passed fit to rejoin Bairns".BBC Sport. 19 July 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Falkirk secure signing of Lovell".BBC Sport. 6 August 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Falkirk bring in keeper Flinders".BBC Sport. 14 August 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Falkirk sign up midfielder Lynch".BBC Sport. 18 September 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Falkirk swoop to sign Pressley".BBC Sport. 13 January 2009. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Bairns complete keeper Mallo deal".BBC Sport. 22 January 2009. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Moutinho makes Maritimo switch".BBC Sport. 21 May 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Falkirk's Craig to stay a Saint".BBC Sport. 1 July 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"St Mirren snap up Bairns player".BBC Sport. 1 July 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Milne completes Scunthorpe switch".BBC Sport. 4 July 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Berwick boss makes signing spree".BBC Sport. 26 July 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Barclay joins East Stirlingshire".BBC Sport. 12 September 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^"Stirling Albion take Gibb on loan".BBC Sport. 15 November 2008. Retrieved22 February 2022.
^John Stewart Joins County TheJailEnder.com, 28 December 2008
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^BARRETT ARRIVES TO INCREASE STRIKING OPTIONS Archived 28 February 2009 at theWayback Machine St Johnstone FC Official Website, 24 February 2009

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