# 2019–20 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Falkirk's first 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, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup. On 13 March 2020 all SPFL competitions were indefinitely suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Summary

Falkirk began the season on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020. On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019–20 season by utilising a points per game ratio to determine the final standings. The plan was approved on 15 April 2020, declaring that the season was over, with Raith Rovers being named as title winners and relegating Stranraer to League Two.

### Management

Falkirk began the 2019–20 season under the management of Ray McKinnon who had been appointed midway through the previous season. On 16 November, McKinnon left his position as manager with the club in fourth place. Former Falkirk player David McCracken and striker Lee Miller were appointed as replacement co-managers on 19 November on an interim basis before being installed permanently on 13 December.

## 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 | LIV | AYR | FAL | STR | BER |
| 1 | Livingston | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 2–1 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 7 | | — | — | 2–1 | 2–2p | — |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | 1–1p | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 6–0 |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | | — | 0–7 | 0–3 | — | — |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Michael Doyle | 37 | 3 | 28+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Paul Dixon | 37 | 2 | 28+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Gregor Buchanan | 35 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Mark Durnan | 30 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Morgaro Gomis | 30 | 2 | 20+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Aidan Connolly | 34 | 4 | 17+8 | 4 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ian McShane | 21 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Declan McManus | 34 | 24 | 26+0 | 19 | 3+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Denny Johnstone | 14 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Calum Ferrie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Louis Longridge | 28 | 6 | 18+6 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | NIR | Ben Hall | 6 | 2 | 6+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 21 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Robbie Leitch | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRL | Conor Sammon | 35 | 10 | 17+10 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Josh Todd | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Aidan Laverty | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Charlie Telfer | 29 | 4 | 15+5 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Raffaele De Vita | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | IRL | David McMillan | 22 | 4 | 12+7 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | SCO | Robbie Mutch | 26 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2019–20 season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Cammy Bell | 13 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ross MacLean | 11 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Michael Tidser | 14 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Lewis Toshney | 12 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Lewis Moore | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Raith Rovers (C) | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 53 | 1.89 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Falkirk | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 52 | 1.86 | |
| 3 | Airdrieonians | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 48 | 1.71 | |
| 4 | Montrose | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 47 | 1.68 | |
| 5 | East Fife | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 45 | 1.61 | |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |