2011–12 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2011–12 season
Chairman Scotland Martin Ritchie
Manager Scotland Steven Pressley
Stadium Falkirk Stadium
Scottish First Division Third place
Scottish Cup Fifth round, lost to Ayr United
League Cup Semi-Final, lost to Celtic
Challenge Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
El Alagui (18)
All:
El Alagui (28)
Highest home attendance 4,383 vs. Ross County, 25 December 2011
Lowest home attendance 2,461 vs. Hamilton Academical, 10 April 2012
Average home league attendance 3,188
Home colours
Away colours

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

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 & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Challenge Cup

Player statistics

Captains

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

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Northern Ireland GK Michael McGovern 0100000001
Scotland GKGraham Bowman 0000000000
Scotland DF Tam Scobbie 4000100050
Scotland DF Darren Dods 91001000101
Scotland DF Kieran Duffie 5100102081
Scotland DF Stephen Kingsley 0000000000
England DF Rhys Bennett 3000200050
Scotland DF Steven Brisbane 0000000000
Scotland DF Murray Wallace 2010000030
Scotland DF Liam Dick 0000000000
Scotland MF Blair Alston 1000000010
Scotland MF Jay Fulton 3000000030
Scotland MFMark Millar 80103000120
Scotland MF Stewart Murdoch 2100202061
Scotland MF Dale Fulton 1000100020
Scotland MF Willie Gibson 2000000020
Scotland MF Kristopher Faulds 0000000000
Scotland FW David Weatherston 0000000000
England FW Kallum Higginbotham 0100102031
Morocco FWFarid El Alagui 131001020161
Scotland FW Craig Sibbald 2000001030
Scotland FW Ally Graham 0000000000
Scotland FW Jordan White 2010000030

Awards

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 Statistics

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32+40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43+10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48+5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 561 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54+2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39+11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 493 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 5515 42
9 Ayr United (R) 36 9 11 16 44 6723 38 Qualification to Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 6426 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

Falkirk started the season by releasing Eighteen Players.[13]

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Darren Dods Scotland Dundee United Free[14]
Northern Ireland Michael McGovern Scotland Ross County Free[15]
England Rhys Bennett England Bolton Wanderers Loan[16]
Morocco Farid El Alagui France Romorantin Free[17]
Scotland David Weatherston Scotland Queen of the South Free[18]
Scotland Jordan White Scotland Clyde Free[19]
Scotland Murray Wallace England Huddersfield Town Loan[20]
Scotland Willie Gibson England Crawley Town Free[21]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Lewis Bonar Scotland Stirling Albion Free[22]
England Carl Finnigan Scotland St Johnstone Free[23]
Scotland Scott Davidson Scotland Stirling Albion Loan[24]
Scotland Mark Stewart England Bradford City Free[25]
Scotland Chris Mitchell England Bradford City Free[25]
Austria Bobby Olejnik England Torquay United Free[26]
Scotland Marc Twaddle England Rochdale Free[27]
Scotland Ryan Flynn England Sheffield United Undisclosed[28]
England Jack Compton England Bradford City Loan[29]
Scotland Michael Andrews Scotland Montrose Free[30]
Scotland Jamie Barclay England Berwick Rangers Free[31]
Scotland Craig McLeish Scotland Stirling Albion Free[32]
Morocco Mehdi Khalis France Drancy Free[33]
Northern Ireland Brian McLean England Preston North End Free[34]
Scotland Burton O'Brien Free Agent Free[13]
Portugal Pedro Moutinho Romania Brașov Free[35]
Scotland Tam McManus Scotland Ayr United Free[36]
Scotland Euen Grant Free Agent Free[13]
Wales James Bloom England Gloucester City Free[37]
Scotland Keiran Stallard Scotland Airdrie United Free[38]
Scotland Grant Santi Scotland Alloa Athletic[39] Free
Scotland Joseph McCafferty Scotland Stenhousemuir Free[40]
Scotland Gavin MacPherson Scotland Stirling Albion Free[41]
Scotland Aaron Sekhon Scotland Partick Thistle Free[42]
Scotland Ally Graham Scotland Dumbarton Loan[43]
Scotland Scott Davidson Scotland Stirling Albion Free[44]
Scotland Dale Fulton Scotland Clyde Loan[45]
Scotland Murray Wallace England Huddersfield Town Undisclosed[20]
England Kallum Higginbotham England Huddersfield Town Undisclosed[46]

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