2010–11 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Falkirk's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10.[2] Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Falkirk

2010–11 season
Chairman	Martin Ritchie
Manager	Steven Pressley
Stadium	Falkirk Stadium
Scottish First Division	Third place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to Stirling
League Cup	Quarter-final, lost to Aberdeen
Scottish Cup	Fourth round, lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Stewart (14) All: Mark Stewart (16)
Highest home attendance	6,947
Lowest home attendance	3,376
Average home league attendance	4,224[1]

Results

[3][4][5][6]  Win   Draw   Loss

First Division

7 August 2010 First Division	Falkirk	0–1	Dunfermline	Falkirk Stadium
	Millar	BBC Report	Clarke  16'	Attendance: 6,947 Referee: Murray

14 August 2010 First Division	Ross County	0–1	Falkirk	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Flynn  36'	Attendance: 2,837 Referee: Brines

21 August 2010 First Division	Falkirk	3–0	Stirling	Falkirk Stadium
	Twaddle  60' Stewart  70' Compton  79'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,196 Referee: McDonald

28 August 2010 First Division	Dundee	2–0	Falkirk	Dens Park
	O'Donnell  43' Riley  45+3' Douglas	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,557 Referee: Collum

11 September 2010 First Division	Falkirk	3–1	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium
	McManus  15' (71) Deuchar  84'	BBC Report	Burns  66' Harris	Attendance: 4,064 Referee: McKendrick

18 September 2010 First Division	Falkirk	2–1	Morton	Falkirk Stadium
	Smyth  45+2' Ryan Flynn  84'	BBC Report	Kean  79'	Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Tumilty

25 September 2010 First Division	Raith Rovers	2–1	Falkirk	Stark's Park
	Tadé  37' Dyer  78'	BBC Report	Ryan Flynn  7'	Attendance: 3,438 Referee: Conroy

2 October 2010 First Division	Falkirk	5–1	Cowdenbeath	Falkirk Stadium
	Compton  11' Stewart  22' Millar  34' (79), pen.' Finnigan  69'	BBC Report	Ramsay  83' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Nicholls

16 October 2010 First Division	Partick Thistle	1–0	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium
	Paton  17'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,783 Referee: Somers

23 October 2010 First Division	Queen of the South	1–5	Falkirk	Palmerston Park
	Burns  49'	BBC Report	Finnigan  4' (74) Marr  52' Deuchar  84' Twaddle  89'	Attendance: 2,254 Referee: Richmond

30 October 2010 First Division	Falkirk	3–3	Dundee	Falkirk Stadium
	Stewart  72' (75) Millar  88' (pen.)	BBC Report	Griffiths  2' Sean Higgins  7' Witteveen  84'	Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Winter

6 November 2010 First Division	Falkirk	0–1	Ross County	Falkirk Stadium
		BBC Report	Barrowman  27'	Attendance: 4,512 Referee: McDonald

13 November 2010 First Division	Stirling	0–5	Falkirk	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
	Buist	BBC Report	Flynn  6' Stewart  15' (57) Deuchar  71' Finnigan  79'	Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Robertson

29 December 2010 First Division	Falkirk	0–0	Raith Rovers	Falkirk Stadium
		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,037 Referee: O'Reilly

2 January 2011 First Division	Falkirk	4–2	Stirling	Falkirk Stadium
	Higginbotham  5' (32) Allison  20' (Og.) McLean  60'	BBC Report	Witteveen  25' Paul McHale  88'	Attendance: 3,722 Referee: Madden

15 January 2011 First Division	Falkirk	0–3	Queen of the South	Falkirk Stadium
		BBC Report	Johnston  27' (44) McMenamin  39'	Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Salmond

22 January 2011 First Division	Dundee	1–0	Falkirk	Dens Park
	Forsyth  8'	BBC Report	Finnigan	Attendance: 4,763 Referee: Allan

29 January 2011 First Division	Raith Rovers	1–2	Falkirk	Stark's Park
	Ellis  10'		Compton  38' Stewart  42' McLean	Referee: Madden

12 February 2011 First Division	Falkirk	1–0	Morton	Falkirk Stadium
	Mark Stewart  81' Millar	BBC Report	Monti Tidser	Attendance: 2,829 Referee: Somers

15 February 2011 First Division	Dunfermline	1–1	Falkirk	East End Park
	Kirk  85'	BBC SPORT	Scobbie  79'	Attendance: 5,082 Referee: Law

26 February 2011 First Division	Falkirk	2–0	Cowdenbeath	Falkirk Stadium
	Murdoch  20' Flynn  55'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 3,581 Referee: Nicholls

1 March 2011 First Division	Morton	0–0	Falkirk	Cappielow Park
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Winter

5 March 2011 First Division	Ross County	2–1	Falkirk	Victoria Park
	Brittain  24' Barrowman  87'	BBC Sport	Stewart  37'	Attendance: 2,676 Referee: Salmond

12 March 2011 First Division	Falkirk	1–2	Dunfermline	Falkirk Stadium
	Millar  58' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Woods  28' Hardie  44'	Attendance: 5,121 Referee: Smith

19 March 2011 First Division	Falkirk	2–2	Dundee	Falkirk Stadium
	McManus  27' Stewart  64'	BBC SPORT	Irvine  65' Forsyth  81'	Attendance: 4,099 Referee: Collum

22 March 2011 First Division	Queen of the South	0–1	Falkirk	Palmerston Park
		BBC Sport	McManus  25'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Nicholls

26 March 2011 First Division	Falkirk	2–1	Raith Rovers	Falkirk Stadium
	Stewart  38' (79)	BBC SPORT	Baird  74'	Attendance: 5,008 Referee: Conroy

29 March 2011 First Division	Cowdenbeath	0–0	Falkirk	Central Park
		BBC SPORT		Attendance: 803 Referee: McKendrick

2 April 2011 First Division	Morton	2– 2	Falkirk	Cappielow Park
	O'Brien  9' Graham  78'	BBC SPORT	Stewart  61' Duffie  87'	Attendance: 1,965 Referee: Madden

9 April 2011 First Division	Falkirk	2– 3	Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium
	McManus  66' Finnigan  85'	BBC SPORT	Erskine  8', 24' Doolan  62'	Attendance: 3,735 Referee: Brines

12 April 2011 First Division	Partick Thistle	1– 2	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium
	Kinniburgh  90'	BBC SPORT	Alston  64' Finnigan  67'	Attendance: 1,142 Referee: Richmond

16 April 2011 First Division	Cowdenbeath	1– 2	Falkirk	Central Park
	Stewart  32'	BBC SPORT	Stewart  65' McLean  69'	Attendance: 636 Referee: Robertson

19 April 2011 First Division	Falkirk	2– 0	Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium
	McManus  45' Stewart  90'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 3,439 Referee: Northcroft

23 April 2011 First Division	Stirling	1– 2	Falkirk	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
	Smith  53'	BBC SPORT	Millar  37' McManus  41'	Attendance: 1,288 Referee: O'Reilly

30 April 2011 First Division	Falkirk	0– 1	Ross County	Falkirk Stadium
		BBC SPORT	Flynn  90'	Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Richmond

7 May 2011 First Division	Dunfermline	3– 0	Falkirk	East End Park
	Phinn  21', 53' Clarke  87'	BBC SPORT		Attendance: 7,826 Referee: Conroy

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Challenge Cup Round 1	Stirling	0–0 (3–1 p)	Falkirk	Doubletree Dunblane Stadium
		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,542 Referee: McKendrick
	Penalties
	Devine Colquhoun Gibson Buist Forsyth		Millar Finnigan O'Brien Stewart

Scottish League Cup

24 August 2010 League Cup Round 2	Partick Thistle	0–1	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium
		BBC Sport	flynn  58'	Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Richmond

21 September 2010 League Cup Round 3	Falkirk	4–3	Hearts	Falkirk Stadium
	Stewart  13',  90' Finnigan  41' Flynn  80'	BBC Sport	Thomson  26' Kyle  67' (pen.),  78' Suso  74'	Attendance: 4,216 Referee: B Winter

26 October 2010 League Cup QF	Aberdeen	2–1	Falkirk	Pittodrie Stadium
	Hartley  64' (90+5), pen.'	BBC Sport	Khalis  33'	Attendance: 6,710 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

11 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4	Falkirk	2–2	Partick Thistle	Falkirk Stadium
	Millar  37' Compton  72'	BBC Sport	Buchanan  8' Doolan  86'	Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Winter

18 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4 Replay	Partick Thistle	1–0	Falkirk	Firhill Stadium
	Erskine  6'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Winter

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  AUT Bobby Olejnik — GK  SCO Jamie Barclay — GK  SCO Michael Andrews — DF  SCO Tam Scobbie — DF  SCO Marc Twaddle — DF  NIR Brian McLean — DF  SCO Chris Mitchell — DF  MAR Mehdi Khalis — DF  SCO Kieran Duffie — DF  WAL James Bloom (on loan to Alloa Athletic) — DF  SCO Ross Perry (on loan from Rangers) — DF  SCO Keiran Stallard (on loan to Airdrie United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Burton O'Brien — MF  SCO Ryan Flynn — MF  SCO Mark Millar — MF  ENG Jack Compton — MF  SCO Stewart Murdoch — MF  SCO Craig McLeish (on loan to Dumbarton) — MF  SCO Scott Davidson — FW  ENG Carl Finnigan — FW  ENG Kallum Higginbotham — FW  SCO Mark Stewart — FW  SCO Tam McManus — FW  POR Pedro Moutinho

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dunfermline Athletic (C, P)	36	20	10	6	66	31	+35	70	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	47	35	+12	60
3	Falkirk	36	17	7	12	57	41	+16	58
4	Queen of the South	36	14	7	15	54	53	+1	49
5	Partick Thistle	36	12	11	13	44	39	+5	47

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

References

1. "2010–11 First Division". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
2. "Falkirk relegated to Division One". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
3. "Falkirk's results from season 2010/2011". Falkirk Mad. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
4. "IRN BRU First Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
5. "Ramsdens Cup Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
6. "The Scottish Communities League Cup Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.