2025–26 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2025–26 season
CEOJamie Swinney
ManagerJohn McGlynn
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
Premiership112th
League CupSecond round
Stirlingshire CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ethan Ross
Dylan Tait
(1 each)
All:
Dylan Tait
(5 goals)

The 2025–26 season is Falkirk's first season back in the top flight of Scottish Football, the Scottish Premiership, following their promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2024–25 season. Falkirk will also compete in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Stirlingshire Cup.

Summary

On 2 May 2025, Falkirk defeated Hamilton Academical 3–1 to win the Scottish Championship title and secure their return to the top flight of Scottish football for the first time since 2010.[1][2]

Results and fixtures

Pre-season

21 June 2025 Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Alloa Athletic Falkirk
10:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
21 June 2025 Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 2–0 East Stirlingshire Falkirk
14:00 Stewart 4', 32' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
24 June 2025 Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 3–1 Stenhousemuir Falkirk
19:45 Agyeman 3'
MacIver 39'
Graham 67'		 Trialist 63' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
28 June 2025 Friendly Falkirk 2–3 Edinburgh City Falkirk
14:00 Arfield 51'
Mackie 55'		 Daramola 17', 25'
Trialist 31'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
1 July 2025 Friendly East Fife 2–4 Falkirk Methil
19:30 Trouten 29'
Nicol 70'		 Report Miller 39 pen.'
Spencer 40'
Nesbitt 60'
Arfield 77 pen.'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
5 July 2025 Friendly Falkirk 4–2 Raith Rovers Falkirk
14:00 Ross 41'
Graham 59'
Spencer 80'
MacIver 83'		 Raith Report Vaughan 36'
Doherty 69'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 1,204
Referee: Ross Hardie
8 July 2025 Friendly St Johnstone 0–1 Falkirk Perth
19:30 Report Arfield 9' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Greg Soutar

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2025 1 Falkirk 2–2 Dundee United Falkirk
14:00 Tait 50'
Ross 73'		 Report Watters 40'
Dolček 71'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,624
Referee: John Beaton
9 August 2025 2 Livingston 3–1 Falkirk Livingston
15:00 Pittman 18'
Smith 45+3'
Bokila 88'		 Report MacIver 74' Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 3,316
Referee: Chris Graham
23 August 2025 3 Falkirk v Hibernian Falkirk
15:00 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
30 August 2025 4 Aberdeen v Falkirk Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium


Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

12 July 2025 1 Brechin City 0–7 Falkirk Brechin
15:00 Report Arfield 18', 34 pen.'
Tait 27', 77', 83'
Agyeman 30'
MacIver 90+1'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Dan McFarlane
19 July 2025 2 Cove Rangers 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Falkirk Cove Bay
15:00 Report Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Attendance: 811
Referee: Grant Irvine
22 July 2025 3 Falkirk 3–1 Queen's Park Falkirk
19:45 Ross 42', 51'
Graham 86'		 Report Fowler 14' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 2,387
Referee: Nick Walsh
26 July 2025 4 Falkirk 4–0 The Spartans Falkirk
15:00 Tait 23'
Arfield 52'
Miller 55', 76'		 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 2,312
Referee: David Dickinson

Knockout phase

15 August 2025 Second round Celtic 4–1 Falkirk Glasgow
19:45 Maeda 26'
Johnston 54'
Murray 61'
Henderson 64 o.g.'		 Report Adams 67' Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Lloyd Wilson


Squad statistics

As of 15 August 2025[3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Stirlingshire Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Nicky Hogarth 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Keelan Adams 8 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Leon McCann 8 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Tom Lang 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Liam Henderson 9 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Coll Donaldson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 10 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 3+2 1 3+0 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Brad Spencer 9 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Ross MacIver 10 3 1+1 1 0+0 0 2+3 1 3+0 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Aidan Nesbitt 9 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+4 0 2+0 0
11 FW Ghana GHA Alfredo Agyeman 9 2 0+2 0 0+0 0 3+2 1 2+0 1
12 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Sneddon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Finn Yeats 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Neilson 7 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW England ENG Barney Stewart 2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 2
17 DF England ENG Henry Cartwright 7 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Gary Oliver 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 2+0 0
19 GK Scotland SCO Scott Bain 6 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Connor Allan 6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+3 0 2+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dylan Tait 10 5 2+0 1 0+0 0 4+1 4 2+1 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Ethan Ross 8 3 2+0 1 0+0 0 2+2 2 2+0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Sean Mackie 5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Calvin Miller 10 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 2 2+1 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Rhys Walker 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Caelan McCrone 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
37 MF Canada CAN Scott Arfield 7 3 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+2 3 0+1 0
Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season
27 GK Scotland SCO Owen Hayward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Flynn McCafferty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Dundee United 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
9 Dundee 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
10 St Mirren 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
11 Falkirk 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Aberdeen 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Relegation to Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: [4][5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competition qualification, second stage group allocation, or relegation).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAL COV QPA SPA BRE
1 Falkirk 4 3 1 0 0 14 1 +13 11 Qualification for the second round — — 3–1 4–0 —
2 Cove Rangers 4 2 0 1 1 5 2 +3 7 0–0p — — 1–0 —
3 Queen's Park 4 2 0 0 2 9 6 +3 6 — 2–1 — — 5–0
4 The Spartans 4 2 0 0 2 4 6 −2 6 — — 2–1 — 2–0
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 0 4 0 17 −17 0 0–7 0–3 — — —
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]

Transfers

See also

References

  1. ^ "Falkirk win promotion". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  2. ^ "In pics: Falkirk's Scottish Championship trophy lift and celebrations after final night win". falkirkherald.co.uk. Falkirk Herald. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Falkirk 2024/2025 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Summary - League Cup". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Scott Bain is a Bairn!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Brian Graham joins Falkirk!". falkirkfc.co.uk. Falkirk FC. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d "Squad Update May 2025". Falkirk FC. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Jordan Allan Signs". Queen of the South FC. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Honeyman adds a buzz to the rock". Dumbarton FC. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Ross Munro Signs for ICTFC". Inverness CT. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Lewis Neilson joins Falkirk on season-long loan". Falkirk FC. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Henry Cartwright joins on loan". Falkirk FC. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Hayward Is Here". Falkirk FC. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Flynn McCafferty deaprts on loan". Falkirk FC. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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