2017–18 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2017–18 season
Chairman	Margaret Lang
Manager	Peter Houston; (until 24 September); Paul Hartley; (from 4 October)
Stadium	Falkirk Stadium
Championship	Eighth Place
League Cup	Second round
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Longridge (7); All: Longridge, Muirhead,; McKee & Jakubiak (7)
Highest home attendance	6,094 vs. Dumbarton, Championship, 24 February 2018
Lowest home attendance	2,044 vs. Stirling Albion, League Cup, 15 July 2017
Average home league attendance	4,676
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Falkirk’s fifth season in the Scottish Championship and their seventh consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2009–10 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

Falkirk began the 2017–18 season under the management of Peter Houston who had guided the club to a Premiership play-off place in his previous two seasons. On 24 September, Houston left his position as manager following a poor start to the season.^[1] Paul Hartley was appointed as his replacement on 4 October and guided the club to safety with an eighth place finish at the end of the season.^[2]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Championship

5 August 2017 1	St Mirren	3 – 1	Falkirk	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00	Reilly 9' Demetriou 33' Smith 46'	Report	Austin 2' Muirhead 77'	Attendance: 4,639 Referee: Don Robertson

12 August 2017 2	Falkirk	1 – 1	Dumbarton	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Hippolyte 24 pen.'	Report	Roy 13'	Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Alan Muir

19 August 2017 3	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Falkirk	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00	McManus 5' Cardle 11', 90+2'	Report	Sibbald 52' Miller 62' Taiwo 83'	Attendance: 5,751 Referee: John Beaton

26 August 2017 4	Falkirk	1 – 4	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Gasparotto 89'	Report	Kerr 2' Dobbie 41', 46', 49 pen.'	Attendance: 4,108 Referee: Colin Steven

9 September 2017 5	Brechin City	1 – 1	Falkirk	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00	Graham 72'	Report	Harris 15'	Attendance: 748 Referee: Barry Cook

16 September 2017 6	Falkirk	0 – 0	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,874 Referee: John Beaton

23 September 2017 7	Falkirk	0 – 2	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report	Mullen 47' Mullin 53' Gallagher 90+1'	Attendance: 4,091 Referee: Greg Aitken

30 September 2017 8	Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Falkirk	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00		Report	Mckee 62'	Attendance: 1,992 Referee: John McKendrick

14 October 2017 9	Falkirk	0 – 0	Inverness CT	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report		Attendance: 4,107 Referee: Nick Walsh

21 October 2017 10	Falkirk	0 – 0	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report		Attendance: 5,080 Referee: Don Robertson

28 October 2017 11	Queen of the South	4 – 2	Falkirk	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Dobbie 16' Dykes 19' Brownlie 75' Lyle 90+1'	Report	Mckee 85' McGhee 89'	Attendance: 1,716 Referee: Steven Kirkland

4 November 2017 12	Falkirk	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	McGhee 64'	Report	Higginbotham 28 pen.' 56' McManus 90+2'	Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Craig Thomson

19 November 2017 13	Dundee United	3 – 0	Falkirk	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	McDonald 21' Robson 41' Flood 45'	Report		Attendance: 5,915 Referee: Alan Muir

25 November 2017 14	Falkirk	0 – 3	Greenock Morton	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report	Harkins 9' Thomson 43', 61'	Attendance: 4,361 Referee: Greg Aitken

19 December 2017 15	Livingston	0 – 0	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45		Report		Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 December 2017 16	Dumbarton	0 – 0	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00		Report		Attendance: 874 Referee: John McKendrick

30 December 2017 17	Falkirk	3 – 2	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Grant 20' Hippolyte 42' Longridge 44'	Report	Dobbie 45+2' Kerr 90+1'	Attendance: 4,285 Referee: Alan Newlands

2 January 2018 18	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0	Falkirk	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00	Clark 16' McManus 51'	Report		Attendance: 7,140 Referee: Willie Collum

6 January 2017 19	Falkirk	6 – 1	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Grant 21' Tumilty 41' Longridge 57', 73' Robson 65' Kidd 90'	Report	King 6'	Attendance: 5,326 Referee: Nick Walsh

9 January 2018 20	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4 – 1	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45	Oakley 10' Bell 28' Mulraney 30' Baird 88'	Report	Longridge 88'	Attendance: 2,014 Referee: John Beaton

13 January 2018 21	Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Falkirk	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00		Report	Sibbald 20'	Attendance: 2,084 Referee: Andrew Dallas

27 January 2018 22	Falkirk	3 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Muirhead 48 pen.', 66 pen.' Nelson 87'	Report	Mulraney 45' MacKay 84'	Attendance: 4,251 Referee: Euan Anderson

3 February 2018 23	Falkirk	1 – 3	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Jakubiak 72'	Report	Lithgow 39' Hardie 59' De Vita 62'	Attendance: 4,123 Referee: John McKendrick

6 February 2018 24	Falkirk	3 – 1	Brechin City	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45	Jakubiak 13' Loy 28' Longridge 71'	Report	Mackin 67'	Attendance: 4,214 Referee: Matt Northcroft

17 February 2018 25	Brechin City	0 – 1	Falkirk	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00	Lynas 68'	Report	Jakubiak 90+3'	Attendance: 805 Referee: Greg Aitken

24 February 2018 26	Falkirk	0 – 0	Dumbarton	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,094 Referee: Colin Steven

10 March 2018 27	Falkirk	3 – 1	Greenock Morton	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Muirhead 4 pen.' Nelson 18' Jakubiak 30'	Report	Harkins 90+1'	Attendance: 4,218 Referee: Euan Anderson

17 March 2018 28	Livingston	0 – 0	Falkirk	Almondvale, Livingston
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Gavin Duncan

31 March 2018 29	Falkirk	3 – 0	Brechin City	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45	Muirhead 17' Sibbald 29' Nelson 60'	Report	Crighton 41' McLean 44'	Attendance: 4,422 Referee: Stephen Finnie

3 April 2018 30	Queen of the South	2 – 2	Falkirk	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
19:45	Thomson 51' Brownlie 73'	Report	Nelson 5' Longridge 87'	Attendance: 1,062 Referee: Steven Kirkland

7 April 2018 31	Falkirk	1 – 2	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Muirhead 79 pen.'	Report	Higginbotham 24' Aird 48'	Attendance: 5,784 Referee: Don Robertson

10 April 2018 32	Inverness CT	1 – 0	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45	Mulraney 81'	Report		Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Nick Walsh

14 April 2018 33	Dundee United	1 – 0	Falkirk	Tannadice Stadium, Dundee
15:00	Mikkelsen 7'	Report		Attendance: 5,170 Referee: Craig Thomson

17 April 2018 34	St Mirren	1 – 2	Falkirk	St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45	Hippolyte 55 pen.'	Report	McKee 83' Sibbald 90+1'	Attendance: 3,761 Referee: Alan Muir

21 April 2018 35	Dumbarton	2 – 5	Falkirk	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Gallagher 34' Burt 87'	Report	Jakubiak 19' Longridge 47' Robson 59' Sibbald 70' McKee 86'	Attendance: 942 Referee: Mike Roncone

28 April 2018 36	Falkirk	1 – 0	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Blair 85'	Report		Attendance: 5,508 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Results

15 July 2017 Group stage	Falkirk	4 – 1	Stirling Albion	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Austin 24' McKee 26' Harris 39' Muirhead 57 pen.'	Report	Smith 87'	Attendance: 2,044 Referee: David Lowe

22 July 2017 Group stage	Inverness CT	0 – 2	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00		Report	McKee 21' Austin 43'	Attendance: 1,859 Referee: John Beaton

25 July 2017 Group stage	Falkirk	4 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45	Hippolyte 8', 38', 50' Austin 29'	Report		Attendance: 2,187 Referee: Kevin Graham

29 July 2017 Group stage	Brechin City	0 – 3	Falkirk	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00		Report	Miller 20' McKee 52' Harris 72'	Attendance: 712 Referee: Euan Anderson

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FAL	INV	STI	BRE	FOR
1	Falkirk (Q)	4	4	0	0	0	13	1	+12	12	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	4–1	—	4–0
2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	8		0–2	—	—	3–0	—
3	Stirling Albion	4	2	0	1	1	6	5	+1	7		—	0–0p	—	2–0	—
4	Brechin City	4	0	1	0	3	1	9	−8	2		0–3	—	—	—	p1–1
5	Forfar Athletic	4	0	0	1	3	3	10	−7	1		—	1–2	1–3	—	—

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage

8 August 2017 Second round	Falkirk	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45	Craigen 40'	Report	Robinson 32' De Vita 101'	Attendance: 2,667 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Scottish Challenge Cup

2 September 2017 Second round	Sligo Rovers	1 – 2	Falkirk	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45	Sharkey 18'	Report	Austin 9' Craigen 28'	Attendance: 520 Referee: Keith Kennedy

7 October 2017 Third round	Falkirk	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Balatoni 19' Hippolyte 59'	Report	Shiels 90+6'	Attendance: 4,082 Referee: Steven McLean

11 November 2017 Quarter-final	Inverness CT	1 – 0	Falkirk	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
17:15	Bell 57'	Report		Attendance: 1,078 Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup

20 January 2018 Fourth round	Livingston	0 – 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45		Report	Tumilty 90+3'	Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Alan Newlands

10 February 2018 Fifth round	Cove Rangers	1 – 3	Falkirk	Harlaw Park, Inverurie
15:00	Megginson 3'	Report	Jakubiak 2', 48' Sibbald 46'	Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Alan Muir

4 March 2018 Quarter-final	Rangers	4 – 1	Falkirk	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
16:15	Cummings 16', 21', 75' Muirhead 44 o.g.'	Report	Muirhead 20'	Attendance: 33,968 Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics

As of 28 April 2018 (UTC)^[5]

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	SCO	Robbie Thomson	29	0	20+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
2	DF	SCO	Lewis Kidd	18	1	10+6	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Jordan McGhee	38	3	32+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	1	3+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Aaron Muirhead	43	7	33+0	5	4+0	1	3+0	1	3+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Peter Grant	34	1	24+3	1	4+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	SCO	Joe McKee	31	7	16+5	4	4+1	3	0+3	0	2+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Tom Taiwo	30	1	21+1	1	3+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Craig Sibbald	29	5	25+1	4	0+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
12	GK	SCO	David Mitchell	3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF	SCO	Louis Longridge	29	7	24+1	7	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF	SCO	Reghan Tumilty	20	2	17+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
18	GK	NIR	Conor Hazard	12	0	10+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	FW	SCO	Kevin O'Hara	22	0	5+13	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	SCO	Ryan Blair	8	1	4+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
22	FW	SCO	Alex Jakubiak	18	7	13+2	5	0+0	0	2+1	2	0+0	0
23	DF	SCO	Tony Gallacher	17	0	11+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF	SCO	Reis Peggie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	SCO	Jonathan Mitchell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	SCO	Mark Stowe	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	FW	SCO	Rory Loy	26	1	9+9	1	4+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
35	MF	SCO	Cieran Dunne	6	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
42	DF	SCO	Thomas Robson	21	2	18+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
43	FW	ENG	Andrew Nelson	15	4	12+0	4	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
44	DF	SCO	Paul Watson	24	0	14+4	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
45	MF	SCO	Sean Welsh	11	0	7+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
8	MF	SCO	Mark Kerr	22	0	15+0	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Nathan Austin	21	5	8+6	1	4+0	3	0+0	0	2+1	1
11	FW	ENG	Myles Hippolyte	16	6	8+2	2	4+0	3	0+0	0	2+0	1
15	DF	CAN	Luca Gasparotto	9	1	3+2	1	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
18	FW	SCO	Lee Miller	18	1	3+10	0	1+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	SCO	Scott Shepherd	7	0	0+2	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	DF	ENG	Conrad Balatoni	11	1	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
24	MF	SCO	Cameron Blues	8	0	2+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
28	MF	ENG	James Craigen	17	2	5+5	0	3+1	1	0+0	0	2+1	1
31	GK	SCO	Robbie Mutch	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Queen of the South	36	14	10	12	59	53	+6	52
7	Greenock Morton	36	13	11	12	47	40	+7	50
8	Falkirk	36	12	11	13	45	49	−4	47
9	Dumbarton (R)	36	7	9	20	27	63	−36	30	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Brechin City (R)	36	0	4	32	20	90	−70	4	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[6]
(R) Relegated

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: ^[7]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
David Mitchell	Dundee	Free^[8]
Alex Harris	Hibernian	Free^[9]
Rory Loy	Dundee	Free^[10]
Robbie Mutch	Aberdeen	Free^[11]
Conrad Balatoni	Ayr United	Free^[12]
Jordan McGhee	Hearts	Free^[13]
Louis Longridge	Hamilton Academical	Loan^[14]
Reghan Tumilty	Ross County	Loan^[15]
Thomas Robson	Sunderland	Free^[16]
Andrew Nelson	Sunderland	Loan^[17]
Sean Welsh	Partick Thistle	Free^[18]
Alex Jakubiak	Watford	Loan^[19]
Ryan Blair	Swansea City	Loan^[20]
Conor Hazard	Celtic	Loan^[21]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Bob McHugh	Greenock Morton	Free^[22]
David McCracken	Peterhead	Free^[23]
Luke Leahy	Walsall	Free^[24]
John Baird	Inverness CT	Free^[25]
Fraser Aird	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[26]
Robbie Mutch	Dumbarton	Loan^[27]
Scott Shepherd	Edinburgh City	Loan^[28]
Luca Gasparotto	Greenock Morton	Loan^[29]
Conrad Balatoni	Torquay United	Free^[30]
Nathan Austin	Inverness CT	Free^[31]
James Craigen	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[32]
Lee Miller	Livingston	Free^[33]
Tony Gallacher	Liverpool	£200,000^[34]
Mark Kerr	Ayr United	Free^[35]
Myles Hippolyte	St Mirren	Free^[36]

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[10] "Rory Returns!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[11] "Bairns Recruit Robbie Mutch". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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