2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season
# 2014–15 Falkirk F.C. season

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. Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

### Season

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.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Player statistics

    As of 30 May 2015

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie MacDonald | 47 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Kieran Duffie | 23 | 1 | 18+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | SCO | Aaron Muirhead | 5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Olumide Durojaiye | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 41 | 5 | 32+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | WAL | Will Vaulks | 45 | 4 | 33+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Tom Taiwo | 42 | 3 | 28+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 47 | 5 | 29+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | David Smith | 31 | 3 | 10+16 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 46 | 7 | 34+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Mark Kerr | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Graham Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Peter Grant | 36 | 4 | 30+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Liam Dick | 13 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Thomas Grant | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | EIR | Alan Maybury | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Lewis Small | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Leahy | 41 | 3 | 31+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Alex Cooper | 31 | 4 | 10+14 | 3 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Liam Rowan | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ryan Blair | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Scott Shepherd | 17 | 1 | 0+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Botti Biabi | 31 | 4 | 9+13 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Kevin O'Hara | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Rory Loy | 36 | 12 | 26+0 | 9 | 4+0 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | WAL | Owain Tudur Jones | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SCO | John Baird | 17 | 7 | 17+0 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | 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 | EIR | Joe Shaughnessy | 11 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Conor McGrandles | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Rory Boulding | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics

### League table

| 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 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 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 | |

### Division summary

| 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 |
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| 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 |
