2009–10 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2009–10 Scottish Premier League was Falkirk F.C.'s 5th consecutive season in the SPL. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club has played during the season.

Falkirk

2009–10 season
Chairman	Martin Ritchie
Manager	Eddie May Steven Pressley
League One	12th (Relegation)
Scottish Cup	4th Round
League Cup	3rd Round

Match results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Match Report
1	15 August 2009	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium	1 – 4	50,239	Finnigan 24'	Match Report
2	22 August 2009	Hibernian	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 3	6,059	Flynn 25'	Match Report
3	29 August 2009	Dundee United	Tannadice Park	1 – 2	6,979	Finnbogason 75'	Match Report
4	14 September 2009	Aberdeen	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 0	4,724		Match Report
5	19 September 2009	Hamilton Academical	New Douglas Park	0 – 0	2,640		Match Report
6	26 September 2009	Kilmarnock	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 0	5,394		Match Report
7	3 October 2009	Motherwell	Fir Park	0 – 1	4,337		Match Report
8	17 October 2009	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 3	5,084	McLean 55'	Match Report
9	24 October 2009	Heart of Midlothian	Tynecastle Stadium	0 – 0	14,127		Match Report
10	31 October 2009	St Johnstone	McDiarmid Park	1 – 3	4,423	Finnigan 49'	Match Report
11	8 November 2009	Celtic	Falkirk Stadium	3 – 3	6,795	Arfield 61' (Pen), Moutinho 64', Stewart 83'	Match Report
12	21 November 2009	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium	2 – 0	5,628	Mitchell 64', Bullen 79'	Match Report
13	28 November 2009	Hibernian	Easter Road	0 – 2	13,305		Match Report
14	5 December 2009	Rangers	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 3	6,903	Moutinho 41'	Match Report
15	12 December 2009	St Mirren	New St Mirren Park	1 – 1	4,033	Finnigan 88'	Match Report
16	19 December 2009	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	2 – 1	4,472	Finnigan 3', Flynn 58'	Match Report
17	26 December 2009	Heart of Midlothian	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 1	6,082		Match Report
18	16 January 2010	Celtic	Celtic Park	1 – 1	50,000	Finnigan 19'	Match Report
19	24 January 2010	Dundee United	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 4	4,378	Moutinho 90+1'	Match Report
20	27 January 2010	Motherwell	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 0	4,321		Match Report
21	30 January 2010	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium	0 – 3	45,907		Match Report
22	2 February 2010	Aberdeen	Pittodrie	1 – 0	7,741	Healy 31'	Match Report
23	10 February 2010	Kilmarnock	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 1	7,049		Match Report
24	13 February 2010	Heart of Midlothian	Tynecastle Stadium	2 – 3	14,078	Kucharski 45+2' (o.g.), Moutinho 83'	Match Report
25	20 February 2010	Aberdeen	Falkirk Stadium	3 – 1	4,643	Moutinho 13', Barr 42', Showunmi 70'	Match Report
26	27 February 2010	Dundee United	Tannadice Park	0 – 3	6,352		Match Report
27	7 March 2010	Celtic	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 2	6,792		Match Report
28	13 March 2010	St Johnstone	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 2	5,895	Twaddle 27'	Match Report
29	20 March 2010	Hamilton Academical	New Douglas Park	2 – 2	2,461	Arfield 26', Flynn 59'	Match Report
30	23 March 2010	St Johnstone	McDiarmid Park	1 – 1	3,107	Flynn 19'	Match Report
31	27 March 2010	Hibernian	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 3	5,460	Stewart 19'	Match Report
32	3 April 2010	Motherwell	Fir Park	1 – 0	4,628	Flynn 27'	Match Report
33	10 April 2010	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium	2 – 1	5,671	Moutinho 45+2', Higdon (o.g.) 67'	Match Report
34	17 April 2010	Aberdeen	Pittodrie	0 – 1	10,461		Match Report
35	24 April 2010	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 1	5,118		Match Report
36	1 May 2010	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium	1 – 1	5,919	Arfield 45' (Pen)	Match Report
37	5 May 2010	St Johnstone	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 0	5,502		Match Report
38	8 May 2010	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	0 – 0	10,662		Match Report

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Match Report
3	23 September 2009	Celtic	Falkirk Stadium	0 – 4	5,669		Match Report

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Match Report
4	18 January 2010	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	0 – 1	3,378		Match Report

Squad statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Bobby Olejnik	38	0	1	0	1	0	40	0	2	0
2	DF	Darren Barr	38	1	0	0	1	0	39	1	4	0
3	DF	Tam Scobbie	19 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	19 (2)	0	3	0
4	DF	Marc Twaddle	31 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	33 (3)	1	5	0
5	DF	Jackie McNamara	13	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	14 (1)	0	3	0
6	DF	Brian McLean	36	0	1	0	1	0	38	0	6	0
7	FW	Pedro Moutinho	19 (6)	5	1	0	0	0	20 (6)	5	3	0
8	MF	Burton O'Brien	22 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	22 (5)	0	1	0
9	FW	Carl Finnigan	20 (7)	5	0	0	1	0	21 (7)	5	4	0
10	MF	Scott Arfield	35 (1)	3	1	0	1	0	35 (1)	3	8	0
11	FW	Ryan Flynn	36	5	1	0	1	0	37	5	0	0
12	FW	Mark Stewart	7 (12)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	7 (13)	1	1	0
14	DF	Chris Mitchell	5 (3)	1	0	0	1	0	6 (3)	1	2	0
15	FW	Enoch Showunmi	15 (6)	1	0	0	0	0	15 (6)	1	0	0
16	FW	Dayne Robertson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
18	DF	Brian Allison	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
19	MF	Sean Lynch	3 (5)	0	0	0	1	0	4 (5)	0	1	0
21	MF	Alex MacDonald	4 (7)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (7)	0	1	0
22	MF	Danijel Marčeta	8 (7)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	9 (8)	0	1	0
23	MF	Vítor Lima	22 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	23 (4)	0	3	0
24	FW	Kjartan Finnbogason	7	1	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0
24	FW	Colin Healy	16 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	16 (2)	1	3	0
25	DF	Lee Bullen	0 (9)	1	1	0	0	0	1 (9)	1	1	0
26	MF	Pelé	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	7 (1)	0	0	0
27	MF	Toufik Zerara	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF	Jack Compton	3 (10)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (10)	0	2	0
29	GK	Josh Wagenaar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Kieran Duffy	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	2	0
31	GK	Michael Andrews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Stewart Murdoch	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	1	0

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	St Johnstone	38	12	11	15	57	61	−4	47
9	Aberdeen	38	10	11	17	36	52	−16	41
10	St Mirren	38	7	13	18	36	49	−13	34
11	Kilmarnock	38	8	9	21	29	51	−22	33
12	Falkirk (R)	38	6	13	19	31	57	−26	31	Relegation to the First Division

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

See also

• 2009–10 in Scottish football
• Falkirk F.C.

External links

• Falkirk FC official website
• Falkirk 2009-10 season players stats at Soccerbase