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2011–12 Falkirk F.C. season

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Falkirk
2011–12 season
ChairmanMartin Ritchie
ManagerSteven Pressley
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
Scottish First DivisionThird place
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Ayr United
League CupSemi-final, lost to Celtic
Challenge CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Farid El Alagui (18)

All:
Farid El Alagui (28)
Highest home attendance4,383 vs. Ross County, 25 December 2011
Lowest home attendance2,461 vs. Hamilton Academical, 10 April 2012
Average home league attendance3,188

The 2011–12 season was Falkirk's second consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[1] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Falkirk finished third in the First Division.[2] They reached the semi-final of the League Cup,[3] the fifth round of the Scottish Cup,[4] and won the Challenge Cup beating Hamilton 1–0 in the final.[5]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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2 July 2011 Friendly Alloa Athletic 2 – 4 Falkirk Recreation Park, Alloa
Trialist 48'
Trialist 74'
Falkirk Report One 28' (o.g.)
Higginbotham 31'
Trialist 38'
McManus 51'
Referee: Hilland
19 July 2011 Friendly Falkirk 1 – 1 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Bennett 3' Falkirk FC Report Hanlon 79' Attendance: 1,611
Referee: Madden

Scottish First Division

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6 August 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Hamill 45' BBC Sport Dods Yellow card 89' Red card Attendance: 2,695
Referee: Richmond
20 August 2011 First Division Ayr United 2 – 2 Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
Wardlaw 29'
Malone 60'
Campbell Yellow card 73' Red card
BBC Sport Higginbotham 8'
El Alagui 44'
Attendance: 1,938
Referee: Finnie
27 August 2011 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 87' BBC Sport Craig 75' Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Tumilty
17 September 2011 First Division Falkirk 2 – 1 Dundee Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Weatherston 79'
El Alagui 86'
BBC Sport Milne 45' Attendance: 3,576
Referee: McLean
24 September 2011 First Division Greenock Morton 3 – 2 Falkirk Cappielow Park, Greenock
MacDonald 6', 54' (pen.)
Jackson 58'
BBC Sport Weatherston 17'
Alston 24'
Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Allan
29 October 2011 First Division Falkirk 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Alston 77'
Dods 82'
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,628
Referee: Conroy
5 November 2011 First Division Falkirk 4 – 3 Livingston Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 12'
Wallace 17'
Brown 39' (o.g.)
Weatherston 85'
BBC Sport Barr 56'
Kn. Jacobs 62'
Fotheringham 78'
Attendance: 3,691
Referee: Colvin
12 November 2011 First Division Ross County 3 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Kettlewell 4'
Gardyne 52'
Miller 83'
BBC Sport Wallace 10' Attendance: 4,108
Referee: Somers
26 November 2011 First Division Dundee 4 – 2 Falkirk Dens Park, Dundee
Rae 8'
Hyde 11', 67'
Milne 85'
SFL Report Weston 35' (o.g.)
Fulton 74'
Attendance: 4,507
Referee: Conroy
26 December 2011 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Ross County Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Duffie 77' SFL Report McMenamin 90' Attendance: 4,383
Referee: Richmond
14 January 2012 First Division Falkirk 0 – 0 Ayr United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,091
Referee: Collum
21 January 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Murray 27'
Baird 33'
BBC Sport El Alagui 36'
Dods 63'
Attendance: 2,026
Referee: Beaton
21 February 2012 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Dundee Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 27' SFL Report Finnigan 87' Attendance: 3,089
Referee: Richmond
3 March 2012 First Division Ayr United 1 – 0 Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
Geggan 78' BBC Sport Attendance: 1,621
Referee: McKendrick
10 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Millar 52' (pen.)
Duffie Red card 56'
SFL Report Cairney 45' Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Collum
17 March 2012 First Division Ross County 2 – 1 Falkirk Victoria Park, Dingwall
Brittain 19' (pen.)
Quinn 25'
SFL Report McGovern Red card 16'
Millar 62'
El Alagui Yellow card 82' Red card
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Brines
24 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 2 – 5 Livingston Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 29'
Weatherston 79'
BBC Sport Boulding 36', 41'
B. Barr 71', 84'
Russell 74' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,939
Referee: Somers
7 April 2012 First Division Dundee 3 – 1 Falkirk Dens Park, Dundee
O'Donnell 11'
Conroy 36' (pen.)
Milne 57'
SFL Report Millar 24' Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Thomson
21 April 2012 First Division Falkirk 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 9'
Alston 68'
SFL Report Graham 24' (pen.), 45', 69' Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Madden
5 May 2012 First Division Falkirk 3 – 2 Ayr United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Scobbie 7' (pen.)
El Alagui 56'
Alston 63'
BBC Sport Moffat 51', 81' Attendance: 3,445
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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21 September 2011 Scottish League Cup round 3 Falkirk 3 – 2 Rangers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 58', 73'
Millar 90+3'
BBC Sport Goian 83'
Jelavić 87'
Attendance: 6,493
Referee: Winter
29 January 2012 Scottish League Cup Semi-Final Falkirk 1 – 3 Celtic Hampden Park, Glasgow
Fulton 40' BBC Sport Brown 27' (pen.)
Stokes 56', 86'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Norris

Scottish Cup

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15 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 Ayr United 2 – 1 Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
Geggan 19'
Roberts 57' (pen.)
BBC Sport Alston 6' Attendance: 1,873
Referee: Allan

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Darren Dods[6] Scotland 46 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

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Last updated 5 May 2012
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Northern Ireland NIR Michael McGovern 47 0 35+0 0 2+0 0 5+0 0 5+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Graham Bowman 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Tam Scobbie 41 1 30+0 1 2+0 0 4+0 0 5+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Darren Dods 46 8 34+0 5 2+0 1 5+0 0 5+0 2
DF Scotland SCO Kieran Duffie 41 1 30+0 1 2+0 0 5+0 0 4+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Kingsley 17 0 8+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Rhys Bennett 26 1 8+10 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 3+1 1
DF Scotland SCO Steven Brisbane 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Murray Wallace 42 2 32+2 2 2+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Liam Dick 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Blair Alston 33 6 14+10 5 1+1 1 1+2 0 1+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Jay Fulton 42 3 23+9 1 0+1 0 5+0 2 3+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Millar 43 9 33+0 6 1+0 0 4+0 1 5+0 2
MF Scotland SCO Stewart Murdoch 36 0 25+1 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Dale Fulton 13 0 4+2 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 0+3 0
MF Scotland SCO Ryan Millar 6 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Willie Gibson 14 1 10+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kristopher Faulds 9 0 4+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Weatherston 34 4 25+2 4 1+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
FW England ENG Kallum Higginbotham 29 8 20+0 5 1+0 0 4+0 1 4+0 2
FW Morocco MAR Farid El Alagui 44 28 33+0 18 2+0 1 5+0 6 4+0 3
FW Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 37 4 22+4 2 2+0 0 3+1 1 4+1 1
FW Scotland SCO Ally Graham 5 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+2 1 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jordan White 12 0 4+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Northern Ireland GK Michael McGovern 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland GK Graham Bowman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Tam Scobbie 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Darren Dods 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1
Scotland DF Kieran Duffie 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 1
Scotland DF Stephen Kingsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England DF Rhys Bennett 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Steven Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Murray Wallace 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Liam Dick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Blair Alston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Jay Fulton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Mark Millar 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 12 0
Scotland MF Stewart Murdoch 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 1
Scotland MF Dale Fulton 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Willie Gibson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Kristopher Faulds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW David Weatherston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England FW Kallum Higginbotham 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1
Morocco FW Farid El Alagui 13 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 16 1
Scotland FW Craig Sibbald 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Scotland FW Ally Graham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Jordan White 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Awards

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Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Craig Sibbald[7] Young Player of the Month August
Scotland Steven Pressley[8] First Division Manager of the Month September
Morocco Farid El Alagui[8] Player of the Month September
Scotland Steven Pressley[9] First Division Manager of the Month (shared) October
Scotland Darren Dods[9] Player of the Month (shared) October
Morocco Farid El Alagui[10] Player of the Month December
Scotland Steven Pressley[11] First Division Manager of the Month January
Scotland Steven Pressley[12] First Division Manager of the Month February

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C, P) 36 22 13 1 72 32 +40 79 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[a]
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.[13]

Transfers

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Falkirk started the season by releasing Eighteen Players.[14]

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