# 2018–19 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Falkirk's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Championship and their eighth consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup. Falkirk finished the season in tenth place and were relegated to the third-tier of Scottish football for only the second time in their history.

## Summary
### Management

Falkirk began the 2018–19 season under the management of Paul Hartley who had guided the club to safety from relegation in his previous season. On 27 August, Hartley left his position as manager following a poor start to the season. Ray McKinnon was appointed as his replacement on 31 August but he could not prevent the club from being relegated. Falkirk's relegation was confirmed on the final day of the season despite winning their final match against league winners Ross County.

## 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 | STJ | FAL | MON | FOR | EFI |
| 1 | St Johnstone (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 11 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 1–0 | — | — | p0–0 |
| 2 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | — | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 5 | East Fife | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | | — | 1–2 | — | 1–1p | — |

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

    As of 4 May 2019 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Leo Fasan | 18 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Lewis Kidd | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jordan McGhee | 38 | 4 | 32+1 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | William Edjenguélé | 12 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NIR | Paul Paton | 35 | 2 | 27+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Deimantas Petravičius | 35 | 4 | 26+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BUL | Nikolay Todorov | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Aaron Jarvis | 12 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Davis Keillor-Dunn | 11 | 3 | 7+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ross MacLean | 15 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | David Mitchell | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Thomas Robson | 26 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 16 | 3 | 16+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Patrick Brough | 21 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Zak Rudden | 31 | 12 | 29+2 | 12 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Kevin O'Hara | 22 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Abdul Osman | 15 | 2 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Paul Dixon | 16 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NIR | Shayne Lavery | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Andy Irving | 21 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Mark Waddington | 14 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Ciaran McKenna | 17 | 2 | 17+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Robbie Mutch | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SCO | Marky Munro | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Cieran Dunne | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Jason Jarvis | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | SCO | Aidan Laverty | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | ENG | Harry Burgoyne | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | SCO | Aaron Muirhead | 23 | 2 | 16+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tom Dallison | 17 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ruben Sammut | 16 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dennon Lewis | 23 | 2 | 8+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | WAL | Tom Owen-Evans | 7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Froxylias | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Scott Harrison | 20 | 3 | 14+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Dan Turner | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SLE | Mustapha Dumbuya | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Prince Buaben | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Dylan Mackin | 8 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Joe McKee | 12 | 3 | 9+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Rees Greenwood | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 17 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Mark Russell | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 39 | |
| 9 | Queen of the South (O) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Falkirk (R) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 38 | Relegation to League One |

### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |