# 2011–12 Falkirk F.C. season

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. Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

Falkirk finished third in the First Division. They reached the semi-final of the League Cup, the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, and won the Challenge Cup beating Hamilton 1–0 in the final.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | DF | Darren Dods | | 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 | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | NIR | Michael McGovern | 47 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Graham Bowman | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 41 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Darren Dods | 46 | 8 | 34+0 | 5 | 2+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 |
| | DF | SCO | Kieran Duffie | 41 | 1 | 30+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 17 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Rhys Bennett | 26 | 1 | 8+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Brisbane | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Murray Wallace | 42 | 2 | 32+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Liam Dick | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 33 | 6 | 14+10 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jay Fulton | 42 | 3 | 23+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Millar | 43 | 9 | 33+0 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Stewart Murdoch | 36 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dale Fulton | 13 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ryan Millar | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Willie Gibson | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kristopher Faulds | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Weatherston | 34 | 4 | 25+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Kallum Higginbotham | 29 | 8 | 20+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 |
| | FW | MAR | Farid El Alagui | 44 | 28 | 33+0 | 18 | 2+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 6 | 4+0 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 37 | 4 | 22+4 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Ally Graham | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | 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
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Michael McGovern | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GK | Graham Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Tam Scobbie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Dods | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| DF | Kieran Duffie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| DF | Stephen Kingsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Rhys Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Murray Wallace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Liam Dick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Blair Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Jay Fulton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Millar | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| MF | Stewart Murdoch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Dale Fulton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Willie Gibson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Kristopher Faulds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David Weatherston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kallum Higginbotham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Farid El Alagui | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| FW | Craig Sibbald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Ally Graham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan White | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Awards

    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Name | Award | Month |
| Craig Sibbald | Young Player of the Month | August |
| Steven Pressley | First Division Manager of the Month | September |
| Farid El Alagui | Player of the Month | September |
| Steven Pressley | First Division Manager of the Month (shared) | October |
| Darren Dods | Player of the Month (shared) | October |
| Farid El Alagui | Player of the Month | December |
| Steven Pressley | First Division Manager of the Month | January |
| Steven Pressley | First Division Manager of the Month | February |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ross County (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 79 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Dundee (P) | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 55 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 | |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 | |
| 5 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 48 | |
* ↑ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.

## Transfers

Falkirk started the season by releasing Eighteen Players.