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The 2016–17 season was Falkirk's fourth season in the Scottish Championship and their sixth 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 Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Falkirk finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship for the second consecutive season and qualified for the Premiership play-offs, losing to Dundee United in the semi-final.[1]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Championship
6 August 2016 1 Falkirk 1 – 2 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Sibbald 9' Report Cummings 2', 48' Attendance: 6,458
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 August 2016 2 Greenock Morton 1 – 1 Falkirk Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 Kilday 25' Report Leahy 90+2' Attendance: 2,079
Referee: John Beaton
20 August 2016 3 Queen of the South 2 – 0 Falkirk Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Dobbie 34', 50' Report Attendance: 1,841
Referee: Steven Kirkland
27 August 2016 4 Falkirk 1 – 0 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Miller 86' Report Attendance: 4,311
Referee: Don Robertson
10 September 2016 5 Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Report Baird 30'
Taiwo 72'		 Attendance: 2,320
Referee: Euan Anderson
17 September 2016 6 Falkirk 3 – 1 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Baird 18'
Hippolyte 87'
Miller 89'		 Report Obadeyi 33' Attendance: 5,488
Referee: Crawford Allan
24 September 2016 7 Falkirk 2 – 0 Ayr United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Meggatt 78 o.g.'
Miller 90+1'		 Report Attendance: 4,345
Referee: Willie Collum
1 October 2016 8 St Mirren 1 – 1 Falkirk St Mirren Park, Paisley
17:15 Walsh 87' Report Sibbald 9' Attendance: 2,334
Referee: John Beaton
15 October 2016 9 Falkirk 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Sibbald 27'
Hippolyte 52'		 Report El Alagui 75' Attendance: 6,377
Referee: Andrew Dallas
22 October 2016 10 Falkirk 2 – 4 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Baird 18'
Miller 75'		 Report Davidson 17'
Stewart 37', 79'
McManus 72'		 Attendance: 4,773
Referee: Barry Cook
29 October 2016 11 Dundee United 1 – 0 Falkirk Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Durnan 82' Report Attendance: 7,046
Referee: Euan Anderson
5 November 2016 12 Falkirk 1 – 1 Greenock Morton Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Miller 90+3' Report Kilday 87' Attendance: 4,432
Referee: Greg Aitken
12 November 2016 13 Hibernian 1 – 1 Falkirk Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Hanlon 83' Report Taiwo Red card 25'
Baird 78'		 Attendance: 14,551
Referee: John Beaton
19 November 2016 14 Ayr United 0 – 1 Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Report Craigen 15' Attendance: 1,414
Referee: Gavin Duncan
3 December 2016 15 Falkirk 3 – 1 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Miller 47'
McHugh 78'
Hippolyte 83'		 Report Morgan 17' Attendance: 4,486
Referee: Craig Thomson
10 December 2016 16 Falkirk 2 – 2 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Hippolyte 45+2', 54' Report Dobbie 34'
Lyle 60'		 Attendance: 4,170
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 December 2016 17 Dumbarton 2 – 1 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00 Muirhead 44 o.g.'
Fleming 68'		 Report Sibbald 66' Attendance: 832
Referee: Matt Northcroft
26 December 2016 18 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Falkirk East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 McCabe 59 pen.' Report Hippolyte 10' Attendance: 6,134
Referee: Euan Anderson
31 December 2016 19 Falkirk 1 – 2 Hibernian Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
12:30 Sibbald 15' Report Cummings 17'
Commons 87'		 Attendance: 6,747
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 January 2017 20 Raith Rovers 1 – 4 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00 Johnston 9' Report Hippolyte 16'
McHugh 25'
Sibbald 38', 48'		 Attendance: 2,202
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 January 2017 21 Falkirk 1 – 1 Ayr United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Grant 45+2' Report Harkins 24' Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Bobby Madden
28 January 2017 22 St Mirren 1 – 2 Falkirk St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 Loy 77' Report Baird 11', 63' Attendance: 2,202
Referee: Alan Muir
4 February 2017 23 Falkirk 2 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Baird 34'
Miller 77'		 Report Attendance: 5,953
Referee: Willie Collum
11 February 2017 24 Falkirk 3 – 0 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Baird 5'
Muirhead 53 pen.'
Craigen 60'		 Report Attendance: 5,028
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 February 2017 25 Greenock Morton 2 – 2 Falkirk Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 O'Ware 13'
Forbes 68'		 Report Craigen 43'
Muirhead 50 pen.'		 Attendance: 2,397
Referee: Greg Aitken
25 February 2017 26 Falkirk 2 – 2 Dumbarton Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Leahy 37'
Austin 59'		 Report Vaughan 38'
Stirling 51'		 Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Matt Northcroft
4 March 2017 27 Queen of the South 0 – 2 Falkirk Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Report Kidd 45'
Sibbald 79 pen.'		 Attendance: 1,995
Referee: Gavin Duncan
11 March 2017 28 Ayr United 1 – 4 Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
15:00 Harkins 64' Report Austin 8', 63'
Sibbald 90'
Aird 90+2'		 Attendance: 1,614
Referee: Steven McLean
18 March 2017 29 Falkirk 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
17:15 Report Oyenuga 79' Attendance: 4,584
Referee: Alan Muir
25 March 2017 30 Hibernian 2 – 1 Falkirk Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Ambrose 75'
Keatings 90+2'		 Report Sibbald 77' Attendance: 16,140
Referee: Kevin Clancy
1 April 2017 31 Falkirk 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Miller 71' Report Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Alan Muir
8 April 2017 32 Dundee United 1 – 1 Falkirk Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Murray 50' Report Leahy 83' Attendance: 6,313
Referee: Euan Anderson
15 April 2017 33 Falkirk 2 – 2 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Miller 20'
McHugh 77'		 Report Loy 5'
McGinn 59'		 Attendance: 4,734
Referee: Craig Thomson
22 April 2017 34 Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 2 Falkirk East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00 Clark 35'
Martin Red card 58'		 Report Muirhead 53'
Austin 70'		 Attendance: 5,076
Referee: Gavin Duncan
29 April 2017 35 Falkirk 2 – 2 Queen of the South Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Austin 31'
Muirhead 71 pen.'		 Report Dobbie 9', 78' Attendance: 4,673
Referee: Crawford Allan
6 May 2017 36 Dumbarton 0 – 1 Falkirk Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00 Report Austin 85' Attendance: 1,660
Referee: Don Robertson

Premiership play-off

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
16 May 2017 Semi-final 1st Leg Dundee United 2 – 2 Falkirk Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45 Murray 16'
Spittal 53'		 Report Craigen 27'
McKee 59'		 Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Bobby Madden
19 May 2017 Semi-final 2nd Leg Falkirk 1 – 2
(3 – 4 agg.)		 Dundee United Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45 Craigen 11' Report Murray 76'
Spittal 87'		 Attendance: 7,926
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup § Group B

Group stage

Results

16 July 2016 Group stage Stirling Albion 1 – 0 Falkirk Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
15:00 Smith 41' Report Attendance: 1,315
Referee: Colin Steven
19 July 2016 Group stage Falkirk 3 – 0 Elgin City Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Vaulks 28'
Miller 36'
McHugh 88'		 Report Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Kevin Graham
23 July 2016 Group stage St Johnstone 3 – 0 Falkirk McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Swanson 25 pen.', 38 pen.'
MacLean 68'		 Report Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 July 2016 Group stage Falkirk 2 – 0 Brechin City Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 Gasparotto 50'
Austin 53'		 Report Attendance: 1,073
Referee: Kevin Graham

Group G Table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ FAL STI BRE ELG
1 St Johnstone (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 11 2 +9 10 Qualification for the Second round — 3–0 4–0 — —
2 Falkirk 4 2 0 0 2 5 4 +1 6 — — — 2–0 3–0
3 Stirling Albion 4 2 0 0 2 6 7 −1 6 — 1–0 — — 4–1
4 Brechin City 4 1 1 0 2 5 8 −3 5 p1–1 — 2–1 — —
5 Elgin City 4 1 0 0 3 6 12 −6 3 1–3 — — 4–2 —
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup
3 September 2016 Third round Falkirk 6 – 1 Elgin City Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00 McHugh 5', 55'
Hippolyte 32'
Baird 43', 71'
McCracken 48'		 Report Nicolson 38' Attendance: 1,591
Referee: Colin Steven
7 October 2016 Fourth round Ayr United 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Falkirk Somerset Park, Ayr
19:45 Harkins 114' Report Attendance: 1,247
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Fourth round Greenock Morton 2 – 0 Falkirk Cappielow, Greenock
15:00 Lindsay 39'
Forbes 47'		 Report Attendance: 2,349
Referee: Greg Aitken

Player statistics

As of 19 May 2017[2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Rogers 32 0 28+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Kidd 18 1 12+2 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Luke Leahy 38 3 31+0 3 4+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Aaron Muirhead 31 4 24+2 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO David McCracken 18 1 16+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
6 MF Scotland SCO Joe McKee 5 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
7 MF England ENG Tom Taiwo 38 1 30+1 1 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Kerr 39 0 29+1 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO John Baird 43 10 32+2 8 2+2 0 0+1 0 2+2 2
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 45 10 35+1 10 4+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
11 FW England ENG Myles Hippolyte 35 8 22+8 7 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 1
14 DF Scotland SCO Peter Grant 22 1 20+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF Canada CAN Luca Gasparotto 36 1 27+2 0 4+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
16 FW England ENG Nathan Austin 23 7 7+10 6 2+2 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Lee Miller 37 10 16+14 9 1+2 1 1+0 0 2+1 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Bob McHugh 42 6 15+18 3 2+2 1 0+1 0 2+2 2
21 FW Scotland SCO Scott Shepherd 13 0 2+9 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Liam Henderson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Tony Gallacher 8 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
24 GK Scotland SCO Robbie Thomson 9 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Lewis McMinn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF England ENG James Craigen 34 5 13+14 3 4+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 2
30 FW Scotland SCO Kevin O'Hara 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Scotland SCO Cameron Blues 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
33 MF Canada CAN Fraser Aird 13 1 5+7 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
44 DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 19 0 10+1 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
6 MF Wales WAL Will Vaulks 1 1 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO John Rankin 17 0 7+6 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
58 GK Turkey TUR Deniz Mehmet 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hibernian (C, P) 36 19 14 3 59 25 +34 71 Promotion to Premiership
2 Falkirk 36 16 12 8 58 40 +18 60 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Dundee United 36 15 12 9 50 42 +8 57 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4 Greenock Morton 36 13 13 10 44 41 +3 52
5 Dunfermline Athletic 36 12 12 12 46 43 +3 48
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHAHHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDLWWWWDWLLDDWWDLDLWDWWWDDWWLLWDDWDW
Position978654333555553334444433322222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Falkirk 1-2 Dundee United (agg 3-4)". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Falkirk 2016/2017 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Scottish Championship 2016/17". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. ^ "James Craigen eager to go out on high at Raith Rovers ahead of summer Falkirk move". deadlinenews.co.uk. Deadline News. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Lewis Kidd signs for Falkirk". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Gasparotto pens Bairns deal". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Bairns Delight as Rogers Returns". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. ^ "John Rankin Signs for the Bairns". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Robbie Thomson signs for Falkirk". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Fraser Aird: Midfielder leaves Rangers to join Falkirk". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Joe McKee makes deadline day move". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Blair Alston: Midfielder moves to St Johnstone from Falkirk". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Winger confirms deal with gaffer". dumbartonfootballclub.com. Dumbarton FC. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Will Vaulks: Rotherham United sign Falkirk midfielder". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  15. ^ "O'Hara joins East Fife on loan". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 23 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  16. ^ "John Rankin leaves Falkirk to join Queen of the South". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Henderson set for Cowdenbeath loan". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Deniz Mehmet: Port Vale sign former Falkirk goalkeeper until end of season". bbc.co.uk/sport. Falkirk FC. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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