# 2013–14 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Falkirk's first season in the newly formed Scottish Championship and their fourth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, 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
### Season

Falkirk finished third in the Scottish Championship with 66 points and qualified for the Scottish Premiership play-offs, losing to Hamilton Academical in the semi-final. Falkirk also reached the quarter-final of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

    As of 18 May 2014 (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 | NIR | Michael McGovern | 43 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Kieran Duffie | 31 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Kingsley | 44 | 1 | 35+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | NGA | Olumide Durojaiye | 21 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Johnny Flynn | 29 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Will Vaulks | 42 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Mark Beck | 19 | 6 | 13+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 38 | 7 | 23+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Philip Roberts | 31 | 6 | 24+2 | 5 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 43 | 5 | 29+5 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Conor McGrandles | 45 | 6 | 36+0 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Graham Bowman | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Liam Dick | 8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Thomas Grant | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Kris Faulds | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Lewis Small | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Luke Leahy | 23 | 1 | 1+18 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Steven Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Liam Rowan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Kyle Turnbull | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO | Gregor Amos | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Ryan Blair | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | Michael Martin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Connor Hogg | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Botti Biabi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Scott Shepherd | 19 | 1 | 1+13 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Robbie McNab | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Rory Loy | 41 | 22 | 34+0 | 20 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 29 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Mark Millar | 29 | 6 | 24+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Joe Chalmers | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SCO | Jay Fulton | 26 | 3 | 19+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Rakish Bingham | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundee (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 69 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Hamilton Academical (O, P) | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 51 | |

### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |