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Falkirk 2008–09 football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2008–09 season was Falkirk's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
2008–09 season | |||
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Chairman | Campbell Christie | ||
Manager | John Hughes | ||
Scottish Premier League | Tenth Place | ||
League Cup | Semi-final | ||
Scottish Cup | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Steve Lovell (8) All: Scott Arfield & Steve Lovell (10) | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,853 vs. Rangers, 5 April 2009 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 4,385 vs. Dundee United, 3 March 2009 | ||
Average home league attendance | 5,640 | ||
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In their fourth season in the SPL, Falkirk finished in tenth place. The club reached the semi-final of the League Cup, and ended as runners in the Scottish Cup, losing to Rangers in both matches.
Win Draw Loss
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score[1] | Attendance | Falkirk scorer(s) | Match Report |
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22 July 2008 | Falkirk Stadium | Ross County | 2–2 | Higdon, Finnigan | Falkirk Official Site | |
23 July 2008 | Shielfield Park | Berwick Rangers | 1–2 | J.Stewart | Falkirk Official Site | |
26 July 2008 | Falkirk Stadium | Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | Own goal, J.Stewart | Falkirk Official Site | |
28 July 2008 | Falkirk Stadium | Alloa Athletic | 0–0 | Falkirk Official Site | ||
30 July 2008 | Cambuur Stadion | SC Cambuur | 0–1 | Falkirk Official Site | ||
1 August 2008 | De Langeleegte | BV Veendam | 2–0 | Finnigan, J.Stewart | Falkirk Official Site | |
2 August 2008 | Abe Lenstra Stadion | SC Heerenveen | 0–4 | Falkirk Official Site |
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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Second round | 26 August 2008 | Raith Rovers | Stark's Park | 3–1 | 2,090 | Higdon 16', J.Stewart 35 pen., M.Stewart 84' | BBC Sport Report |
Third round | 23 September 2008 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium | 2–1 | 2,058 | McCann 29', Lovell 73' | BBC Sport Report |
Quarter-final | 28 October 2008 | Inverness CT | Falkirk Stadium | 1–0 | 3,007 | McCann 36' | BBC Sport Report |
Semi-final | 27 January 2009 | Rangers | Hampden Park | 0–3 | 24,507 | BBC Sport Report |
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Match Report |
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Fourth Round | 10 January 2009 | Queen of the South | Falkirk Stadium | 4–2 | 3,423 | Arfield 37' pen., 48' Barrett 68', 81' | BBC Sport Report |
Fifth Round | 7 February 2009 | Heart of Midlothian | Tynecastle Stadium | 1–0 | 14,569 | Lovell 59' | BBC Sport Report |
Quarter-final | 7 March 2009 | Inverness CT | Caledonian Stadium | 1–0 | 3,024 | Finnigan 31' pen. | BBC Sport Report |
Semi-final | 26 April 2009 | Dunfermline Athletic | Hampden Park | 2–0 | 17,124 | Scobbie 54', Arfield 89' pen. | BBC Sport Report |
Final | 30 May 2009 | Rangers | Hampden Park | 0–1 | 50,956 | BBC Sport Report |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ESP | Dani Mallo | 20 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | SCO | Lee Bullen | 37 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | NIR | Dean Holden | 22 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
4 | MF | IRL | Patrick Cregg | 31 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
5 | DF | SCO | Jackie McNamara | 37 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | SCO | Kevin McBride | 35 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
7 | MF | SCO | Neil McCann | 31 | 3 | 22+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ESP | Arnau Riera | 20 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
10 | DF | SCO | Steven Pressley | 19 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
11 | FW | ENG | Michael Higdon | 42 | 8 | 27+7 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
12 | MF | IRL | Stephen Bradley | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | NED | Gerard Aafjes | 23 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
15 | FW | ENG | Steve Lovell | 33 | 10 | 25+3 | 8 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
16 | MF | CAN | Scott Arfield | 45 | 10 | 35+2 | 7 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 |
17 | GK | AUT | Bobby Olejnik | 18 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
18 | DF | SCO | Brian Allison | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | MF | SCO | Sean Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | DF | SCO | Darren Barr | 44 | 2 | 35+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
21 | FW | ENG | Carl Finnigan | 19 | 5 | 10+4 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
22 | DF | SCO | Chris Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | FW | SCO | Kevin Moffat | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | FW | SCO | Mark Stewart | 27 | 3 | 5+15 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
29 | MF | SCO | Sean Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | GK | SCO | Jamie Barclay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
31 | DF | NIR | Dermot McCaffrey | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 27 | 2 | 18+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
34 | FW | SCO | Dayne Robertson | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | DF | SCO | Mark Staunton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
47 | MF | SCO | Burton O'Brien | 39 | 1 | 30+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
56 | DF | SWE | Erik Schultz-Eklund | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2008–09 season | |||||||||||
9 | FW | IRL | Graham Barrett | 19 | 4 | 9+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 |
10 | MF | TRI | Russell Latapy | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
13 | GK | ENG | Scott Flinders | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | FW | SCO | John Stewart | 5 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 44 | |
9 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 41 | |
10 | Falkirk | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2] |
11 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 37 | |
12 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 37 | Relegation to the First Division |
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