2024–25 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk 2024–25 football season
Falkirk
2024–25 season
ManagerJohn McGlynn
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The 2024–25 season will be Falkirk's first season in Championship following their promotion from League One at the end of the 2023–24 season. Falkirk will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

On 31 May 2024, Falkirk announced their particpation in the revived Stirlingshire Cup.[1]

Results and fixtures

Pre-season

Dumbarton v Falkirk
29 June 2024 Dumbarton 2–3 Falkirk Dumbarton
14:00 Hilton 6', 9' Miller 32'
Nesbitt 67'
Allan 70'		 Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Falkirk v Alloa Athletic
6 July 2024 Falkirk 2–2 Alloa Athletic Falkirk
14:00 Roberts 4'
Rankin 55'		 MacIver 23', 65' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

Scottish Championship

Falkirk v Queen’s Park
2 August 2024 1 Falkirk 2–1 Queen’s Park Falkirk
19:45 Miller 33'
Mackie 48'		 Report Thomas 46' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 5,505
Referee: Iain Snedden
Dunfermline Athletic v Falkirk
10 August 2024 2 Dunfermline Athletic 0–2 Falkirk Dunfermline
15:00 Report MacIver 6'
Morrison 87 pen.'		 Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 7,595
Falkirk v Partick Thistle
24 August 2024 3 Falkirk v Partick Thistle Falkirk
15:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Greenock Morton v Falkirk
31 August 2024 4 Greenock Morton v Falkirk Greenock
15:00 Stadium: Cappielow

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Falkirk v Dundee United
13 July 2024 Group Stage Falkirk 2–0 Dundee United Falkirk
15:00 Tait 62'
MacIver 71'		 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Iain Sneddon
Ayr United v Falkirk
16 July 2024 Group Stage Ayr United 1–0 Falkirk Ayr
19:45 Dowds 5' Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Calum Scott
Buckie Thistle v Falkirk
20 July 2024 Group Stage Buckie Thistle 1–5 Falkirk Buckie
15:00 MacAskill 28' Report Fyffe 21 o.g.'
Nesbitt 29', 84'
Mackie 31'
Shanley 90'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Greg Soutar
Falkirk v Stenhousemuir
27 July 2024 Group Stage Falkirk 4–0 Stenhousemuir Falkirk
15:00 Morrison 25 pen.'
MacIver 31', 56'
Henderson 68'		 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 2,964
Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Knockout phase

Falkirk v Heart of Midlothian
17 August 2024 Second round Falkirk 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk
15:00 Ross 53'
Tait 81'
Shanley Red card 90+5'		 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 6,653
Referee: David Dickinson
Celtic v Falkirk
September 2024 Quarter-finals Celtic v Falkirk Glasgow
Stadium: Celtic Park

Scottish Challenge Cup

Stenhousemuir v Falkirk
September 2024 Third round Stenhousemuir v Falkirk Stenhousemuir
Stadium: Ochilview Park

Squad statistics

As of 17 August 2024 (UTC)[2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Nicky Hogarth 6 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 MF Scotland SCO Finn Yeats 7 0 0+2 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Leon McCann 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Tom Lang 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Liam Henderson 7 1 2+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Coll Donaldson 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Callumn Morrison 5 2 2+0 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Brad Spencer 7 0 2+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Ross MacIver 7 4 2+0 1 5+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Nesbitt 4 2 0+1 0 3+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW Ghana GHA Alfredo Agyeman 6 0 0+1 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Sneddon 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Michael McKenna 5 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Gary Oliver 7 0 2+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Shanley 6 1 0+1 0 0+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Keelan Adams 6 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dylan Tait 7 2 2+0 0 5+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Ethan Ross 7 1 0+2 0 2+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Sean Mackie 7 2 2+0 1 5+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 GK Scotland SCO Owen Hayward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Calvin Miller 7 1 2+0 1 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Scott Honeyman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Logan Sinclair 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Flynn McCafferty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW Scotland SCO Calean McCrone 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season
32 MF Scotland SCO Rhys Walker 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
72 FW Scotland SCO Jordan Allan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ayr United 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Falkirk 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Livingston 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Raith Rovers 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
5 Airdrieonians 2 1 0 1 1 5 −4 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2024. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]

League cup table

Pos Team
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 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL DUN AYR STE BUC
1 Falkirk 4 3 0 0 1 11 2 +9 9 Qualification for the second round — 2–0 — 4–0 —
2 Dundee United 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 — — 2–1 3–0 —
3 Ayr United 4 3 0 0 1 9 5 +4 9 1–0 — — — 3–2
4 Stenhousemuir 4 1 0 0 3 5 11 −6 3 — — 1–4 — 4–0
5 Buckie Thistle 4 0 0 0 4 5 17 −12 0 1–5 2–5 — — —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Michael McKenna Scotland Arbroath Free[7]
Scotland Ethan Ross Scotland Raith Rovers Free[8]
Scotland Jamie Sneddon Scotland Partick Thistle Free[9]
Scotland Dylan Tait Scotland Hibernian Undisclosed[10]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Stephen McGinn Retired[11][12]
Scotland Brad McKay Scotland Brechin City Free[11][13]
Republic of Ireland Ola Lawal Free[11]

Loans in

Player To Fee

Loans out

Player To Fee
Scotland Jordan Allan Scotland Clyde Loan[14]
Scotland Rhys Walker Scotland Cowdenbeath Loan[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Stirlingshire Cup returns for the 2024/25 season!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Falkirk 2024/2025 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Michael McKenna joins Falkirk". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Ethan Ross Signs!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Jamie Sneddon joins the Bairns". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Dylan Tait returns!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Squad Update - May 2024". Falkirk FC. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ "McGinn announces retirement". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  13. ^ "City Land Experienced Defender". brechincity.com. Brechin City FC. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Loan Signing: Jordan Allan". Clyde FC. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Rhys Walker joins Cowdenbeath on loan". Falkirk FC. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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