2025–26 Falkirk F.C. season

Falkirk
2025–26 season
CEOJamie Swinney
ManagerJohn McGlynn
StadiumFalkirk Stadium
Premiership7th
League CupSecond round
Stirlingshire CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (4)
All: Brian Graham (6)

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

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
31 August 2025 3 Aberdeen 0–1 Falkirk Aberdeen
15:00 Devlin  43' Report Wilson 75' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 18,380
Referee: Ross Hardie
13 September 2025 4 Falkirk 1–2 St Mirren Falkirk
15:00 Graham 88' Report John 64'
Mandron 81'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,460
Referee: Duncan Nicolson
23 September 2025 5 Falkirk 2–2 Hibernian Falkirk
19:45 MacIver 45+1'
Henderson 64'		 Report Boyle 30 pen.'
McGrath 42'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,491
Referee: Calum Scott
Note: Match postponed due to Hibernian's european fixture.
27 September 2025 6 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Falkirk Edinburgh
15:00 Kyziridis 22'
Shankland 41'
Halkett 48'		 Report Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 18,919
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
5 October 2025 7 Falkirk 1–1 Rangers Falkirk
15:00 Cartwright 73' Report Miovski 41' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,652
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
18 October 2025 8 Motherwell 1–2 Falkirk Motherwell
15:00 Maswanhise 22' Report Miller 57'
Arfield 79'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,473
Referee: Steven McLean
25 October 2025 9 Falkirk 2–1 Dundee Falkirk
15:00 Robertson 55 o.g.'
Allan 89'		 Report Robertson 26' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,652
Referee: Ross Hardie
29 October 2025 10 Celtic 4–0 Falkirk Glasgow
19:45 Kenny 30', 40'
Nygren 58'
Tounekti 73'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Ryan Lee
1 November 2025 11 Falkirk 3–1 Kilmarnock Falkirk
15:00 Williams 7'
MacIver 22'
Miller 38'		 Report John-Jules 69' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,461
Referee: David Dickinson
8 November 2025 12 Falkirk 1–1 Livingston Falkirk
15:00 Graham 16 pen.' Report Wilson 89' Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,176
Referee: Grant Irvine
22 November 2025 13 Dundee United 0–3 Falkirk Dundee
15:00 Report Miller 3'
Kucherenko 22 o.g.'
Graham 63'		 Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 9,736
Referee: Nick Walsh
30 November 2025 14 Rangers 0–0 Falkirk Glasgow
14:00 Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 50,288
Referee: Steven McLean
3 December 2025 15 Falkirk 0–0 Motherwell Falkirk
15:00 Report Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,490
Referee: Chris Graham
6 December 2025 16 Hibernian 3–0 Falkirk Edinburgh
15:00 Boyle 36 pen.'
Bowie 41', 80'		 Report Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 18,951
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
13 December 2025 17 Falkirk 0–2 Heart of Midlothian Falkirk
20:00 Report Braga 2'
Kingsley 77'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Calum Scott
20 December 2025 18 Kilmarnock 0–1 Falkirk Kilmarnock
15:00 Report Graham 54' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 5,708
Referee: Ryan Lee
27 December 2025 18 Dundee v Falkirk Dundee
15:00 Stadium: Dens Park

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
Attendance: 46,063
Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Stirlingshire Cup

Main article: Stirlingshire Cup
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

Squad statistics

As of 20 December 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  SCO Nicky Hogarth 6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF  SCO Keelan Adams 20 1 14+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1 2+0 0
3 DF  SCO Leon McCann 16 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF  SCO Tom Lang 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF  SCO Liam Henderson 24 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF  SCO Coll Donaldson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW  SCO Brian Graham 23 6 6+9 4 0+0 0 3+2 1 3+0 1
8 MF  SCO Brad Spencer 24 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW  SCO Ross MacIver 18 5 9+1 3 0+0 0 2+3 1 3+0 1
10 MF  SCO Aidan Nesbitt 9 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+4 0 2+0 0
11 FW  GHA Alfredo Agyeman 25 2 2+16 0 0+0 0 3+2 1 2+0 1
12 GK  SCO Jamie Sneddon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF  SCO Finn Yeats 5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
15 DF  SCO Lewis Neilson 12 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF  ENG Henry Cartwright 22 1 8+9 1 0+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
18 FW  SCO Gary Oliver 8 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+3 0 2+0 0
19 GK  SCO Scott Bain 22 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF  SCO Connor Allan 16 1 9+1 1 0+0 0 1+3 0 2+0 0
21 MF  SCO Dylan Tait 26 5 16+2 1 0+0 0 4+1 4 2+1 0
22 FW  ENG Kyrell Wilson 12 1 9+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF  SCO Ethan Ross 16 3 5+5 1 0+0 0 2+2 2 2+0 0
24 FW  ENG Ethan Williams 15 1 10+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF  ENG Ryan Edwards 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF  ENG Filip Lissah 12 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF  SCO Calvin Miller 26 5 17+1 3 0+0 0 5+0 2 2+1 0
37 MF  CAN Scott Arfield 20 4 3+11 1 0+0 0 3+2 3 0+1 0
42 DF  ENG Sam Hart 6 0 2+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
47 FW  BEL Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi 8 0 2+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2025–26 season
16 FW  ENG Barney Stewart 2 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 2
26 DF  SCO Sean Mackie 5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
32 MF  SCO Rhys Walker 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
27 GK  SCO Owen Hayward 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF  SCO Flynn McCafferty 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW  SCO Caelan McCrone 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 Hibernian 18 6 7 5 28 20 +8 25
6 Aberdeen 17 7 3 7 19 20 −1 24
7 Falkirk 18 6 6 6 20 26 −6 24
8 Dundee United 18 4 9 5 24 27 −3 21
9 St Mirren 16 4 5 7 15 22 −7 17
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 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

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  13. ^ "Jordan Allan Signs". Queen of the South FC. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Honeyman adds a buzz to the rock". Dumbarton FC. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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  18. ^ "Henry Cartwright joins on loan". Falkirk FC. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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  20. ^ "Falkirk FC sign Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi on loan". Falkirk FC. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Ethan Williams joins on loan from Manchester United". Falkirk FC. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  22. ^ "Falkirk sign Swansea winger Wilson on loan". BBC Sport. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Sam Hart joins on loan from Port Vale". Falkirk FC. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  24. ^ "Hayward Is Here". Falkirk FC. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  25. ^ "Flynn McCafferty deaprts on loan". Falkirk FC. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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  27. ^ "Flynn McCafferty deaprts on loan". Falkirk FC. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
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  29. ^ "Sean Mackie joins Ross County on loan". Falkirk FC. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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