2005–06 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2005–06 season saw Falkirk compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 10th position with 33 points.^[1]

Falkirk

Scottish Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Quarter Final
Scottish League Cup	Third round
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Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Motherwell	38	13	10	15	55	61	−6	49
9	Dundee United	38	7	12	19	41	66	−25	33
10	Falkirk	38	8	9	21	35	64	−29	33
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	9	21	33	68	−35	33
12	Livingston (R)	38	4	6	28	25	79	−54	18	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results

Falkirk's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	30 July 2005	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	0–2	4,561
2	6 August 2005	Livingston	A	2–0	4,052	Latapy 28', Duffy 72'
3	13 August 2005	Celtic	A	1–3	57,782	Duffy 39'
4	20 August 2005	Hibernian	H	0–2	6,268
5	27 August 2005	Aberdeen	A	0–3	12,249
6	10 September 2005	Rangers	H	1–1	6,500	McBreen 78'
7	17 September 2005	Motherwell	A	0–5	5,625
8	24 September 2005	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	5,507	Gow 11'
9	2 October 2005	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	6,342	Duffy 27', Pressley 68' (o.g.)
10	15 October 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–0	7,068	Duffy 40'
11	22 October 2005	Dundee United	H	1–3	5,316	Duffy 3'
12	26 October 2005	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	3–0	3,660	Thomson 22', Duffy 70', Moutinho 90'
13	29 October 2005	Livingston	H	1–1	4,786	Pinxten 20' (o.g.)
14	6 November 2005	Celtic	H	0–3	6,459
15	19 November 2005	Hibernian	A	3–2	13,092	Duffy (2) 48', 73', Gow 55'
16	26 November 2005	Aberdeen	H	1–2	5,826	McBreen 83'
17	3 December 2005	Rangers	A	2–2	48,042	Gow 69', Moutinho 71'
18	10 December 2005	Motherwell	H	0–1	4,972
19	17 December 2005	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	4,804	Milne 74'
20	26 December 2005	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–5	16,538
21	31 December 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–2	6,235	Duffy 68'
22	15 January 2006	Dundee United	A	1–2	7,948	McBreen 69'
23	21 January 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	1–4	4,772	Ireland 11'
24	28 January 2006	Livingston	A	1–0	4,577	O'Donnell 35'
25	8 February 2006	Celtic	A	1–2	56,672	Milne 83'
26	11 February 2006	Hibernian	H	0–0	5,937
27	18 February 2006	Aberdeen	A	0–1	11,538
28	4 March 2006	Rangers	H	1–2	6,348	Latapy 66'
29	11 March 2006	Motherwell	A	1–3	8,179	Cregg 55'
30	18 March 2006	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	5,443	McBreen 19'
31	25 March 2006	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	5,966	Gow 45'
32	1 April 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	6,836	Ross 21'
33	8 April 2006	Dundee United	H	1–0	4,473	Ross 23'
34	15 April 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–0	5,413
35	22 April 2006	Motherwell	H	1–1	4,467	Gow 16'
36	29 April 2006	Dundee United	A	2–0	5,798	Gow 18', McBreen 39'
37	3 May 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	0–2	3,121
38	6 May 2006	Livingston	H	1–0	5,355	McBreen 74'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	7 January 2006	Brechin City	H	2–1	2,624	Gow (2) 32', 64'
R4	4 February 2006	Ross County	H	1–1	3,649	McBreen 79'
R4 Replay	14 February 2006	Ross County	A	1–0	2,372	Gow 63'
QF	25 February 2006	Hibernian	H	1–5	6,259	McBreen 70'

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	23 August 2005	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	2,575	O'Donnell (2) 10', 24'
R3	21 September 2005	Celtic	A	1–2	24,953	Gow 54'

References

1. "Scotland 2005/06". RSSSF.

External links

• Falkirk 2005–06 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)