# 2020–21 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Falkirk's second season in League One following their relegation from the Championship at the end of the 2018–19 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. On 2 October 2020, the SPFL confirmed that the Scottish Challenge Cup had been cancelled for the upcoming season.

## Summary

Falkirk began their season on 6 October in the League Cup group stage with the League One season beginning on 17 October.
On 11 January 2021, all football below the Scottish Championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 29 January 2021, the suspension was extended until at least 14 February.
In March 2021, the Scottish Government gave permission for the league to resume. On 16 March, clubs from League 1 and 2 voted to implement for a reduced 22-game season with a league split after 18 games.
On 21 April 2021, both of Falkirk's co-managers David McCracken & Lee Miller were sacked following their defeat to Peterhead with sporting director and former manager Gary Holt being appointed in interim charge until the end of the season.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

Results
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DNF | FAL | KIL | CLY | DUM |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | — |
| 2 | Falkirk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | | — | — | 0–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | — | — |

#### Knockout stage
### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

    As of 4 May 2021 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Robbie Mutch | 21 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Scott Mercer | 19 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Paul Dixon | 21 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NIR | Ben Hall | 21 | 2 | 16+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Mark Durnan | 15 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 24 | 3 | 20+1 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Aidan Keena | 14 | 2 | 7+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Anton Dowds | 23 | 3 | 10+7 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Aidan Connolly | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Morgaro Gomis | 23 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Lewis Neilson | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Akeel Francis | 22 | 2 | 4+13 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Robbie Leitch | 27 | 2 | 10+11 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRL | Conor Sammon | 25 | 4 | 14+5 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NIR | Euan Deveney | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Aidan Laverty | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Charlie Telfer | 17 | 5 | 7+6 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Blair Sneddon | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SCO | Kai Fotheringham | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | SCO | Jay Cantley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Sean Kelly | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Callumn Morrison | 25 | 10 | 19+2 | 7 | 4+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | NIR | Kyle McClelland | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 12 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SCO | Peter Morrison | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SCO | Matthew Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Cove Rangers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Montrose | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Falkirk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 32 | |
| 6 | East Fife | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 33 | |
| 7 | Peterhead | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 29 | |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |