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Falkirk 2016–17 football season

Falkirk

2016–17 season

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

Runners-up

Semi-final

Group stage

Fourth round

Fourth round

Top goalscorer

League:Craig Sibbald (10)
All: Sibbald, Baird & Miller (10)

Highest home attendance

7,926 vs.Dundee United, Play-offs, 19 May 2017

Lowest home attendance

1,073 vs.Brechin City, League Cup, 30 July 2016

Average home league attendance

5,032

Home colours

Away colours

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The2016–17 season wasFalkirk's fourth season in theScottish Championship and their sixth consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football following their relegation from theScottish Premier League at the end of the2009–10 season . Falkirk also competed in theChallenge Cup,League Cup and theScottish Cup.

Summary

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Season

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Falkirk finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season and qualified for thePremiership play-offs, losing toDundee United in the semi-final.^[1]

Results and fixtures

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Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Championship

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Main article:2016–17 Scottish Championship

Falkirk vHibernian

6 August 20161	Falkirk	1–2	Hibernian	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Sibbald 9'	Report	Cummings 2',48'	Attendance: 6,458 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Greenock Morton v Falkirk

13 August 20162	Greenock Morton	1–1	Falkirk	Cappielow,Greenock
15:00	Kilday 25'	Report	Leahy 90+2'	Attendance: 2,079 Referee: John Beaton

Queen of the South v Falkirk

20 August 20163	Queen of the South	2–0	Falkirk	Palmerston Park,Dumfries
15:00	Dobbie 34',50'	Report		Attendance: 1,841 Referee: Steven Kirkland

Falkirk vDumbarton

27 August 20164	Falkirk	1–0	Dumbarton	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Miller 86'	Report		Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Don Robertson

Raith Rovers v Falkirk

10 September 20165	Raith Rovers	0–2	Falkirk	Stark's Park,Kirkcaldy
15:00		Report	Baird 30' Taiwo 72'	Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Euan Anderson

Falkirk vDundee United

17 September 20166	Falkirk	3–1	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Baird 18' Hippolyte 87' Miller 89'	Report	Obadeyi 33'	Attendance: 5,488 Referee: Crawford Allan

Falkirk vAyr United

24 September 20167	Falkirk	2–0	Ayr United	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Meggatt 78' (o.g.) Miller 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 4,345 Referee: Willie Collum

St Mirren v Falkirk

1 October 20168	St Mirren	1–1	Falkirk	St Mirren Park,Paisley
17:15	Walsh 87'	Report	Sibbald 9'	Attendance: 2,334 Referee: John Beaton

Falkirk vDunfermline Athletic

15 October 20169	Falkirk	2–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Sibbald 27' Hippolyte 52'	Report	El Alagui 75'	Attendance: 6,377 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Falkirk vRaith Rovers

22 October 201610	Falkirk	2–4	Raith Rovers	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Baird 18' Miller 75'	Report	Davidson 17' Stewart 37',79' McManus 72'	Attendance: 4,773 Referee: Barry Cook

Dundee United v Falkirk

29 October 201611	Dundee United	1–0	Falkirk	Tannadice Park,Dundee
15:00	Durnan 82'	Report		Attendance: 7,046 Referee: Euan Anderson

Falkirk vGreenock Morton

5 November 201612	Falkirk	1–1	Greenock Morton	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Miller 90+3'	Report	Kilday 87'	Attendance: 4,432 Referee: Greg Aitken

Hibernian v Falkirk

12 November 201613	Hibernian	1–1	Falkirk	Easter Road,Edinburgh
15:00	Hanlon 83'	Report	Taiwo 25' Baird 78'	Attendance: 14,551 Referee: John Beaton

Ayr United v Falkirk

19 November 201614	Ayr United	0–1	Falkirk	Somerset Park,Ayr
15:00		Report	Craigen 15'	Attendance: 1,414 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Falkirk vSt Mirren

3 December 201615	Falkirk	3–1	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Miller 47' McHugh 78' Hippolyte 83'	Report	Morgan 17'	Attendance: 4,486 Referee: Craig Thomson

Falkirk vQueen of the South

10 December 201616	Falkirk	2–2	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Hippolyte 45+2',54'	Report	Dobbie 34' Lyle 60'	Attendance: 4,170 Referee: Nick Walsh

Dumbarton v Falkirk

17 December 201617	Dumbarton	2–1	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium,Dumbarton
15:00	Muirhead 44' (o.g.) Fleming 68'	Report	Sibbald 66'	Attendance: 832 Referee: Matt Northcroft

Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk

26 December 201618	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1	Falkirk	East End Park,Dunfermline
15:00	McCabe 59' (pen.)	Report	Hippolyte 10'	Attendance: 6,134 Referee: Euan Anderson

Falkirk vHibernian

31 December 201619	Falkirk	1–2	Hibernian	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
12:30	Sibbald 15'	Report	Cummings 17' Commons 87'	Attendance: 6,747 Referee: Crawford Allan

Raith Rovers v Falkirk

7 January 201720	Raith Rovers	1–4	Falkirk	Stark's Park,Kirkcaldy
15:00	Johnston 9'	Report	Hippolyte 16' McHugh 25' Sibbald 38',48'	Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Falkirk vAyr United

14 January 201721	Falkirk	1–1	Ayr United	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Grant 45+2'	Report	Harkins 24'	Attendance: 5,038 Referee: Bobby Madden

St Mirren v Falkirk

28 January 201722	St Mirren	1–2	Falkirk	St Mirren Park,Paisley
15:00	Loy 77'	Report	Baird 11',63'	Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Alan Muir

Falkirk vDunfermline Athletic

4 February 201723	Falkirk	2–0	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Baird 34' Miller 77'	Report		Attendance: 5,953 Referee: Willie Collum

Falkirk vDundee United

11 February 201724	Falkirk	3–0	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Baird 5' Muirhead 53' (pen.) Craigen 60'	Report		Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Euan Anderson

Greenock Morton v Falkirk

18 February 201725	Greenock Morton	2–2	Falkirk	Cappielow,Greenock
15:00	O'Ware 13' Forbes 68'	Report	Craigen 43' Muirhead 50' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,397 Referee: Greg Aitken

Falkirk vDumbarton

25 February 201726	Falkirk	2–2	Dumbarton	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Leahy 37' Austin 59'	Report	Vaughan 38' Stirling 51'	Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Matt Northcroft

Queen of the South v Falkirk

4 March 201727	Queen of the South	0–2	Falkirk	Palmerston Park,Dumfries
15:00		Report	Kidd 45' Sibbald 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Ayr United v Falkirk

11 March 201728	Ayr United	1–4	Falkirk	Somerset Park,Ayr
15:00	Harkins 64'	Report	Austin 8',63' Sibbald 90' Aird 90+2'	Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Steven McLean

Falkirk vGreenock Morton

18 March 201729	Falkirk	0–1	Greenock Morton	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
17:15		Report	Oyenuga 79'	Attendance: 4,584 Referee: Alan Muir

Hibernian v Falkirk

25 March 201730	Hibernian	2–1	Falkirk	Easter Road,Edinburgh
15:00	Ambrose 75' Keatings 90+2'	Report	Sibbald 77'	Attendance: 16,140 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Falkirk vRaith Rovers

1 April 201731	Falkirk	1–0	Raith Rovers	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Miller 71'	Report		Attendance: 4,823 Referee: Alan Muir

Dundee United v Falkirk

8 April 201732	Dundee United	1–1	Falkirk	Tannadice Park,Dundee
15:00	Murray 50'	Report	Leahy 83'	Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Euan Anderson

Falkirk vSt Mirren

15 April 201733	Falkirk	2–2	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Miller 20' McHugh 77'	Report	Loy 5' McGinn 59'	Attendance: 4,734 Referee: Craig Thomson

Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk

22 April 201734	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	Falkirk	East End Park,Dunfermline
15:00	Clark 35' Martin 58'	Report	Muirhead 53' Austin 70'	Attendance: 5,076 Referee: Gavin Duncan

Falkirk vQueen of the South

29 April 201735	Falkirk	2–2	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Austin 31' Muirhead 71' (pen.)	Report	Dobbie 9',78'	Attendance: 4,673 Referee: Crawford Allan

Dumbarton v Falkirk

6 May 201736	Dumbarton	0–1	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium,Dumbarton
15:00		Report	Austin 85'	Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Don Robertson

Premiership play-off

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Main article:2016–17 Scottish Premiership

Dundee United v Falkirk

16 May 2017Semi-final 1st Leg	Dundee United	2–2	Falkirk	Tannadice Park,Dundee
19:45	Murray 16' Spittal 53'	Report	Craigen 27' McKee 59'	Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Bobby Madden

Falkirk vDundee United

19 May 2017Semi-final 2nd Leg	Falkirk	1–2 (3–4agg.)	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
19:45	Craigen 11'	Report	Murray 76' Spittal 87'	Attendance: 7,926 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup

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Main article:2016–17 Scottish League Cup § Group B

Group stage

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Results

Stirling Albion v Falkirk

16 July 2016Group stage	Stirling Albion	1–0	Falkirk	Forthbank Stadium,Stirling
15:00	Smith 41'	Report		Attendance: 1,315 Referee: Colin Steven

Falkirk vElgin City

19 July 2016Group stage	Falkirk	3–0	Elgin City	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Vaulks 28' Miller 36' McHugh 88'	Report		Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Kevin Graham

St Johnstone v Falkirk

23 July 2016Group stage	St Johnstone	3–0	Falkirk	McDiarmid Park,Perth
15:00	Swanson 25' (pen.),38' (pen.) MacLean 68'	Report		Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Bobby Madden

Falkirk vBrechin City

30 July 2016Group stage	Falkirk	2–0	Brechin City	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	Gasparotto 50' Austin 53'	Report		Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Kevin Graham

Group G Table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STJ	FAL	STI	BRE	ELG
1	St Johnstone(Q)	4	3	0	1	0	11	2	+9	10	Qualification for theSecond round	—	3–0	4–0	—	—
2	Falkirk	4	2	0	0	2	5	4	+1	6		—	—	—	2–0	3–0
3	Stirling Albion	4	2	0	0	2	6	7	−1	6		—	1–0	—	—	4–1
4	Brechin City	4	1	1	0	2	5	8	−3	5		p1–1	—	2–1	—	—
5	Elgin City	4	1	0	0	3	6	12	−6	3		1–3	—	—	4–2	—

Source:SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Main article:2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup

Falkirk vElgin City

3 September 2016Third round	Falkirk	6–1	Elgin City	Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk
15:00	McHugh 5',55' Hippolyte 32' Baird 43',71' McCracken 48'	Report	Nicolson 38'	Attendance: 1,591 Referee: Colin Steven

Ayr United v Falkirk

7 October 2016Fourth round	Ayr United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Falkirk	Somerset Park,Ayr
19:45	Harkins 114'	Report		Attendance: 1,247 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

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Main article:2016–17 Scottish Cup

Greenock Morton v Falkirk

21 January 2017Fourth round	Greenock Morton	2–0	Falkirk	Cappielow,Greenock
15:00	Lindsay 39' Forbes 47'	Report		Attendance: 2,349 Referee: Greg Aitken

Player statistics

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As of 19 May 2017 (UTC)^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Danny Rogers	32	0	28+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Lewis Kidd	18	1	12+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Luke Leahy	38	3	31+0	3	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Aaron Muirhead	31	4	24+2	4	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	SCO	David McCracken	18	1	16+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
6	MF	SCO	Joe McKee	5	1	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
7	MF	ENG	Tom Taiwo	38	1	30+1	1	1+3	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
8	MF	SCO	Mark Kerr	39	0	29+1	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
9	FW	SCO	John Baird	43	10	32+2	8	2+2	0	0+1	0	2+2	2
10	MF	SCO	Craig Sibbald	45	10	35+1	10	4+0	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Myles Hippolyte	35	8	22+8	7	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	1
14	DF	SCO	Peter Grant	22	1	20+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	CAN	Luca Gasparotto	36	1	27+2	0	4+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
16	FW	ENG	Nathan Austin	23	7	7+10	6	2+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
18	FW	SCO	Lee Miller	37	10	16+14	9	1+2	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
19	FW	SCO	Bob McHugh	42	6	15+18	3	2+2	1	0+1	0	2+2	2
21	FW	SCO	Scott Shepherd	13	0	2+9	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
22	DF	SCO	Liam Henderson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	SCO	Tony Gallacher	8	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
24	GK	SCO	Robbie Thomson	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
26	GK	SCO	Lewis McMinn	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	James Craigen	34	5	13+14	3	4+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	2
30	FW	SCO	Kevin O'Hara	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	SCO	Cameron Blues	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
33	MF	CAN	Fraser Aird	13	1	5+7	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
44	DF	SCO	Paul Watson	19	0	10+1	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
6	MF	WAL	Will Vaulks	1	1	0+0	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	SCO	John Rankin	17	0	7+6	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
58	GK	TUR	Deniz Mehmet	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hibernian(C, P)	36	19	14	3	59	25	+34	71	Promotion toPremiership
2	Falkirk	36	16	12	8	58	40	+18	60	Qualification for thePremiership play-off semi-finals
3	Dundee United	36	15	12	9	50	42	+8	57	Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-finals
4	Greenock Morton	36	13	13	10	44	41	+3	52	Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-finals
5	Dunfermline Athletic	36	12	12	12	46	43	+3	48

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

Division summary

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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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W
Position	9	7	8	6	5	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source:^[3]
A = Away;H = Home;W = Win;D = Draw;L = Loss

Transfers

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Players in

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Player	From	Fee
James Craigen	Raith Rovers	Free^[4]
Lewis Kidd	Queen of the South	Free^[5]
Luca Gasparotto	Rangers	Free^[6]
Danny Rogers	Aberdeen	Loan^[7]
John Rankin	Dundee United	Free^[8]
Robbie Thomson	Hamilton Academical	Free^[9]
Fraser Aird	Rangers	Free^[10]
Joe McKee	Carlisle United	Free^[11]

Players out

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Player	To	Fee
Blair Alston	St Johnstone	Free^[12]
David Smith	Dumbarton	Free^[13]
Will Vaulks	Rotherham United	Undisclosed^[14]
Kevin O'Hara	East Fife	Loan^[15]
Kevin McCann	Albion Rovers	Free
John Rankin	Queen of the South	Free^[16]
Liam Henderson	Cowdenbeath	Loan^[17]
Deniz Mehmet	Port Vale	Free^[18]

References

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^"Gasparotto pens Bairns deal".falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Bairns Delight as Rogers Returns".falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 8 July 2016. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"John Rankin Signs for the Bairns".falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Robbie Thomson signs for Falkirk".falkirkherald.co.uk.Falkirk Herald. 3 January 2017. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Fraser Aird: Midfielder leaves Rangers to join Falkirk".bbc.co.uk/sport.BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Joe McKee makes deadline day move".falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Blair Alston: Midfielder moves to St Johnstone from Falkirk".bbc.co.uk/sport.BBC Sport. 26 May 2016. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Winger confirms deal with gaffer".dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton FC. 27 June 2016. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Will Vaulks: Rotherham United sign Falkirk midfielder".bbc.co.uk/sport.BBC Sport. 22 July 2016. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"O'Hara joins East Fife on loan".spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 23 July 2016. Archived fromthe original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved27 May 2020.
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^"Henderson set for Cowdenbeath loan".falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved27 May 2020.
^"Deniz Mehmet: Port Vale sign former Falkirk goalkeeper until end of season".bbc.co.uk/sport. Falkirk FC. 1 March 2017. Retrieved27 May 2020.

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