2017–18 Falkirk F.C. season
{{short description|Falkirk F.C's 2017–2018 football season}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Falkirk
| season = 2017–18
| manager = Peter Houston
(until 24 September)
Paul Hartley
(from 4 October)
| chairman = Margaret Lang
| stadium = Falkirk Stadium
| league = Championship
| league result = Eighth Place
| cup1 = League Cup
| cup1 result = Second round
| cup2 = Challenge Cup
| cup2 result = Quarter-final
| cup3 = Scottish Cup
| cup3 result = Quarter-final
| league topscorer = Louis Longridge (7)
| season topscorer = Longridge, Muirhead,
McKee & Jakubiak (7)
| highest attendance = 6,094 vs. Dumbarton, Championship, 24 February 2018
| lowest attendance = 2,044 vs. Stirling Albion, League Cup, 15 July 2017
| average attendance = 4,676
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| nextseason = 2018–19
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The 2017–18 season was Falkirk’s fifth season in the Scottish Championship and their seventh consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football following their relegation from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2009–10 season. Falkirk also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
=Management=
Falkirk began the 2017–18 season under the management of Peter Houston who had guided the club to a Premiership play-off place in his previous two seasons. On 24 September, Houston left his position as manager following a poor start to the season.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41382049 | title=Falkirk: Peter Houston exits as manager after poor start to season | publisher=BBC | work=BBC Sport | date=24 September 2017 | access-date=22 May 2020}} Paul Hartley was appointed as his replacement on 4 October and guided the club to safety with an eighth place finish at the end of the season.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41502589 | title=Paul Hartley: New Falkirk manager aims for top four and promotion | publisher=BBC | work=BBC Sport | date=4 October 2017 | access-date=22 May 2020}}
Results and fixtures
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=Scottish Championship=
{{Main|2017–18 Scottish Championship}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 1
|date = 5 August 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = St Mirren
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40761454 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Reilly {{goal|9}}
Demetriou {{goal|33}}
Smith {{goal|46}}
|goals2 = Austin {{goal|2}}
Muirhead {{sent off|0|77}}
|stadium = St Mirren Park, Paisley
|attendance = 4,639
|referee = Don Robertson
|result = L
}}
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|round = 2
|date = 12 August 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40835557 Report]
|team2 = Dumbarton
|goals1 = Hippolyte {{goal|24 pen.}}
|goals2 = Roy {{goal|13}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 3,864
|referee = Alan Muir
|result = D
}}
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|round = 3
|date = 19 August 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Dunfermline Athletic
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40908473 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = McManus {{goal|5}}
Cardle {{goal|11||90+2}}
|goals2 = Sibbald {{sent off|0|52}}
Miller {{sent off|0|62}}
Taiwo {{goal|83}}
|stadium = East End Park, Dunfermline
|attendance = 5,751
|referee = John Beaton
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 4
|date = 26 August 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 4
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40984252 Report]
|team2 = Queen of the South
|goals1 = Gasparotto {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = Kerr {{goal|2}}
Dobbie {{goal|41||46||49 pen.}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,108
|referee = Colin Steven
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 5
|date = 9 September 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Brechin City
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41133570 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Graham {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = Harris {{goal|15}}
|stadium = Glebe Park, Brechin
|attendance = 748
|referee = Barry Cook
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 6
|date = 16 September 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41210183 Report]
|team2 = Dundee United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,874
|referee = John Beaton
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 7
|date = 23 September 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41290767 Report]
|team2 = Livingston
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Mullen {{goal|47}}
Mullin {{goal|53}}
Gallagher {{sent off|0|90+1}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,091
|referee = Greg Aitken
|result = L
}}
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|round = 8
|date = 30 September 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Greenock Morton
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41370566 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Mckee {{goal|62}}
|stadium = Cappielow, Greenock
|attendance = 1,992
|referee = John McKendrick
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 9
|date = 14 October 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41534456 Report]
|team2 = Inverness CT
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,107
|referee = Nick Walsh
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 10
|date = 21 October 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41619176 Report]
|team2 = St Mirren
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 5,080
|referee = Don Robertson
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 11
|date = 28 October 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Queen of the South
|score = 4 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41704084 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Dobbie {{goal|16}}
Dykes {{goal|19}}
Brownlie {{goal|75}}
Lyle {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = Mckee {{goal|85}}
McGhee {{goal|89}}
|stadium = Palmerston Park, Dumfries
|attendance = 1,716
|referee = Steven Kirkland
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 12
|date = 4 November 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41785822 Report]
|team2 = Dunfermline Athletic
|goals1 = McGhee {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = Higginbotham {{goal|28 pen.}} {{sent off|0|56}}
McManus {{sent off|0|90+2}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 5,465
|referee = Craig Thomson
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 13
|date = 19 November 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Dundee United
|score = 3 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41895442 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = McDonald {{goal|21}}
Robson {{goal|41}}
Flood {{goal|45}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tannadice Park, Dundee
|attendance = 5,915
|referee = Alan Muir
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 14
|date = 25 November 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 0 – 3
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42035540 Report]
|team2 = Greenock Morton
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Harkins {{goal|9}}
Thomson {{goal|43||61}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,361
|referee = Greg Aitken
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 15
|date = 19 December 2017
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Livingston
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42120065 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
|attendance = 1,287
|referee = Gavin Duncan
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 16
|date = 23 December 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Dumbarton
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42376113 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
|attendance = 874
|referee = John McKendrick
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 17
|date = 30 December 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 3 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42463844 Report]
|team2 = Queen of the South
|goals1 = Grant {{goal|20}}
Hippolyte {{goal|42}}
Longridge {{goal|44}}
|goals2 = Dobbie {{goal|45+2}}
Kerr {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,285
|referee = Alan Newlands
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 18
|date = 2 January 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Dunfermline Athletic
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42481455 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Clark {{goal|16}}
McManus {{goal|51}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = East End Park, Dunfermline
|attendance = 7,140
|referee = Willie Collum
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 19
|date = 6 January 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 6 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42520168 Report]
|team2 = Dundee United
|goals1 = Grant {{goal|21}}
Tumilty {{goal|41}}
Longridge {{goal|57||73}}
Robson {{goal|65}}
Kidd {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = King {{goal|6}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 5,326
|referee = Nick Walsh
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 20
|date = 9 January 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle
|score = 4 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42205964 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Oakley {{goal|10}}
Bell {{goal|28}}
Mulraney {{goal|30}}
Baird {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = Longridge {{goal|88}}
|stadium = Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
|attendance = 2,014
|referee = John Beaton
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 21
|date = 13 January 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Greenock Morton
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42588067 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Sibbald {{goal|20}}
|stadium = Cappielow, Greenock
|attendance = 2,084
|referee = Andrew Dallas
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 22
|date = 27 January 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42756925 Report]
|team2 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle
|goals1 = Muirhead {{goal|48 pen.||66 pen.}}
Nelson {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = Mulraney {{sent off|0|45}}
MacKay {{goal|84}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,251
|referee = Euan Anderson
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 23
|date = 3 February 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 3
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42842516 Report]
|team2 = Livingston
|goals1 = Jakubiak {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = Lithgow {{goal|39}}
Hardie {{goal|59}}
De Vita {{goal|62}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,123
|referee = John McKendrick
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 24
|date = 6 February 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42290640 Report]
|team2 = Brechin City
|goals1 = Jakubiak {{goal|13}}
Loy {{goal|28}}
Longridge {{goal|71}}
|goals2 = Mackin {{goal|67}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,214
|referee = Matt Northcroft
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 25
|date = 17 February 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Brechin City
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43013312 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Lynas {{sent off|0|68}}
|goals2 = Jakubiak {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium = Glebe Park, Brechin
|attendance = 805
|referee = Greg Aitken
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 26
|date = 24 February 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43094531 Report]
|team2 = Dumbarton
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 6,094
|referee = Colin Steven
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 27
|date = 10 March 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 3 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43267368 Report]
|team2 = Greenock Morton
|goals1 = Muirhead {{goal|4 pen.}}
Nelson {{goal|18}}
Jakubiak {{goal|30}}
|goals2 = Harkins {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,218
|referee = Euan Anderson
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 28
|date = 17 March 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Livingston
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43354325 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Almondvale, Livingston
|attendance = 1,319
|referee = Gavin Duncan
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 29
|date = 31 March 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 3 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43524359 Report]
|team2 = Brechin City
|goals1 = Muirhead {{goal|17}}
Sibbald {{goal|29}}
Nelson {{goal|60}}
|goals2 = Crighton {{sent off|0|41}}
McLean {{sent off|0|44}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,422
|referee = Stephen Finnie
|result = W
}}
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|round = 30
|date = 3 April 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Queen of the South
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43550890 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Thomson {{goal|51}}
Brownlie {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = Nelson {{goal|5}}
Longridge {{goal|87}}
|stadium = Palmerston Park, Dumfries
|attendance = 1,062
|referee = Steven Kirkland
|result = D
}}
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|round = 31
|date = 7 April 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43602727 Report]
|team2 = Dunfermline Athletic
|goals1 = Muirhead {{goal|79 pen.}}
|goals2 = Higginbotham {{goal|24}}
Aird {{goal|48}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 5,784
|referee = Don Robertson
|result = L
}}
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|round = 32
|date = 10 April 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Inverness CT
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43624184 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Mulraney {{goal|81}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
|attendance = 2,053
|referee = Nick Walsh
|result = L
}}
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|round = 33
|date = 14 April 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Dundee United
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43678695 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Mikkelsen {{goal|7}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tannadice Stadium, Dundee
|attendance = 5,170
|referee = Craig Thomson
|result = L
}}
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|round = 34
|date = 17 April 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = St Mirren
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43122615 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Hippolyte {{goal|55 pen.}}
|goals2 = McKee {{goal|83}}
Sibbald {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = St Mirren Park, Paisley
|attendance = 3,761
|referee = Alan Muir
|result = W
}}
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|round = 35
|date = 21 April 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Dumbarton
|score = 2 – 5
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43763118 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Gallagher {{goal|34}}
Burt {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = Jakubiak {{goal|19}}
Longridge {{goal|47}}
Robson {{goal|59}}
Sibbald {{goal|70}}
McKee {{goal|86}}
|stadium = Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
|attendance = 942
|referee = Mike Roncone
|result = W
}}
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|round = 36
|date = 28 April 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43847123 Report]
|team2 = St Mirren
|goals1 = Blair {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 5,508
|referee = Stephen Finnie
|result = W
}}
=Scottish League Cup=
{{Main|2017–18 Scottish League Cup #Group A}}
==Group stage==
Results
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group stage
|date = 15 July 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 4 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40619950 Report]
|team2 = Stirling Albion
|goals1 = Austin {{goal|24}}
McKee {{goal|26}}
Harris {{goal|39}}
Muirhead {{goal|57 pen.}}
|goals2 = Smith {{goal|87}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 2,044
|referee = David Lowe
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group stage
|date = 22 July 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Inverness CT
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40691386 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = McKee {{goal|21}}
Austin {{goal|43}}
|stadium = Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
|attendance = 1,859
|referee = John Beaton
|result = W
}}
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|round = Group stage
|date = 25 July 2017
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 4 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40699560 Report]
|team2 = Forfar Athletic
|goals1 = Hippolyte {{goal|8||38||50}}
Austin {{goal|29}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 2,187
|referee = Kevin Graham
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Group stage
|date = 29 July 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Brechin City
|score = 0 – 3
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40760179 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Miller {{goal|20}}
McKee {{goal|52}}
Harris {{goal|72}}
|stadium = Glebe Park, Brechin
|attendance = 712
|referee = Euan Anderson
|result = W
}}
{{2017–18 Scottish League Cup Group A table}}
==Knockout stage==
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second round
|date = 8 August 2017
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 1 – 2
|aet = yes
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40829937 Report]
|team2 = Livingston
|goals1 = Craigen {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = Robinson {{goal|32}}
De Vita {{goal|101}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 2,667
|referee = Andrew Dallas
|result = L
}}
=Scottish Challenge Cup=
{{Main|2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second round
|date = 2 September 2017
|time = 19:45
|team1 = {{flagicon|IRL}} Sligo Rovers
|score = 1 – 2
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41122121 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Sharkey {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = Austin {{goal|9}}
Craigen {{goal|28}}
|stadium = The Showgrounds, Sligo
|attendance = 520
|referee = Keith Kennedy
|result = W
}}
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|round = Third round
|date = 7 October 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Falkirk
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://spfl.co.uk/challenge-cup/fixture/3640386/ Report]
|team2 = Dunfermline Athletic
|goals1 = Balatoni {{goal|19}}
Hippolyte {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = Shiels {{sent off|0|90+6}}
|stadium = Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
|attendance = 4,082
|referee = Steven McLean
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final
|date = 11 November 2017
|time = 17:15
|team1 = Inverness CT
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41906026 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Bell {{goal|57}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
|attendance = 1,078
|referee = Euan Anderson
|result = L
}}
=Scottish Cup=
{{Main|2017–18 Scottish Cup}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Fourth round
|date = 20 January 2018
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Livingston
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42672294 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Tumilty {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium = Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
|attendance = 1,237
|referee = Alan Newlands
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Fifth round
|date = 10 February 2018
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Cove Rangers
|score = 1 – 3
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42927892 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Megginson {{goal|3}}
|goals2 = Jakubiak {{goal|2||48}}
Sibbald {{goal|46}}
|stadium = Harlaw Park, Inverurie
|attendance = 1,687
|referee = Alan Muir
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Quarter-final
|date = 4 March 2018
|time = 16:15
|team1 = Rangers
|score = 4 – 1
|report = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43186420 Report]
|team2 = Falkirk
|goals1 = Cummings {{goal|16||21||75}}
Muirhead {{goal|44 o.g.}}
|goals2 = Muirhead {{goal|20}}
|stadium = Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
|attendance = 33,968
|referee = Craig Thomson
|result = L
}}
Player statistics
{{updated|28 April 2018 (UTC)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=955&comp_id=14&teamTabs=stats&season_id=151|title=Falkirk 2017/2018 player appearances|work=Soccerbase|access-date=1 June 2020}}
{{Efs start|Championship|League Cup|Scottish Cup|Other}}
{{Efs player|no=1|name=Robbie Thomson|pos=GK |nat=SCO |20+0|0|4+0|0|2+0|0|2+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=2|name=Lewis Kidd|pos=DF |nat=SCO |10+6|1|0+0|0|2+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=3|name=Jordan McGhee|pos=DF |nat=SCO |32+0|2|0+0|0|3+0|1|3+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=4|name=Aaron Muirhead|pos=DF |nat=SCO |33+0|5|4+0|1|3+0|1|3+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=5|name=Peter Grant|pos=DF |nat=SCO |24+3|1|4+0|0|2+0|0|1+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=6|name=Joe McKee|pos=MF |nat=SCO |16+5|4|4+1|3|0+3|0|2+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=7|name=Tom Taiwo|pos=MF |nat=ENG |21+1|1|3+0|0|2+1|0|2+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=10|name=Craig Sibbald|pos=MF |nat=SCO |25+1|4|0+0|0|3+0|1|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=12|name=David Mitchell|pos=GK |nat=SCO |1+0|0|1+0|0|0+0|0|1+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=14|name=Louis Longridge|pos=MF |nat=SCO |24+1|7|0+0|0|3+0|0|1+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=16|name=Reghan Tumilty|pos=DF |nat=SCO |17+0|1|0+0|0|3+0|1|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=18|name=Conor Hazard|pos=GK |nat=NIR |10+1|0|0+0|0|1+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=20|name=Kevin O'Hara|pos=FW |nat=SCO |5+13|0|0+3|0|0+0|0|1+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=21|name=Ryan Blair|pos=MF |nat=SCO |4+3|1|0+0|0|0+1|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=22|name=Alex Jakubiak|pos=FW |nat=SCO |13+2|5|0+0|0|2+1|2|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=23|name=Tony Gallacher|pos=DF |nat=SCO |11+0|0|5+0|0|0+0|0|1+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=26|name=Reis Peggie|pos=MF |nat=SCO |0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=27|name=Jonathan Mitchell|pos=DF |nat=SCO |0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=29|name=Mark Stowe|pos=FW |nat=SCO |0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=33|name=Rory Loy|pos=FW |nat=SCO |9+9|1|4+1|0|1+0|0|1+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=35|name=Cieran Dunne|pos=MF |nat=SCO |3+2|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=42|name=Thomas Robson|pos=DF |nat=SCO |18+0|2|0+0|0|3+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=43|name=Andrew Nelson|pos=FW |nat=ENG |12+0|4|0+0|0|2+1|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=44|name=Paul Watson|pos=DF |nat=SCO |14+4|0|4+0|0|1+0|0|1+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=45|name=Sean Welsh|pos=MF |nat=SCO |7+4|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}
|-
|colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
|-
{{Efs player|no=8|name=Mark Kerr|pos=MF |nat=SCO |15+0|0|3+2|0|0+0|0|1+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=9|name=Nathan Austin|pos=FW |nat=ENG |8+6|1|4+0|3|0+0|0|2+1|1}}
{{Efs player|no=11|name=Myles Hippolyte|pos=FW |nat=ENG |8+2|2|4+0|3|0+0|0|2+0|1}}
{{Efs player|no=15|name=Luca Gasparotto|pos=DF |nat=Canada |3+2|1|3+0|0|0+0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=18|name=Lee Miller|pos=FW |nat=SCO |3+10|0|1+4|1|0+0|0|0+0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=19|name=Scott Shepherd|pos=FW |nat=SCO |0+2|0|0+4|0|0+0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=21|name=Conrad Balatoni|pos=DF |nat=ENG |8+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|3+0|1}}
{{Efs player|no=24|name=Cameron Blues|pos=MF |nat=SCO |2+4|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|1+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=28|name=James Craigen|pos=MF |nat=ENG |5+5|0|3+1|1|0+0|0|2+1|1}}
{{Efs player|no=31|name=Robbie Mutch|pos=GK |nat=SCO |5+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0|0+0|0}}
|}
Club statistics
=League table=
{{2017–18 Scottish Championship table|showteam=FAL}}
=Division summary=
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b|header=Round
|label1= Ground
|res1=A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/A/H
|label2= Result
|res2=L/D/L/L/D/D/L/W/D/D/L/D/L/L/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/D/W/D/W/D/L/L/L/W/W/W
|label3= Position
|res3=9/8/9/9/9/9/9/8/8/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/8/8/8/8/8/7/7/7/7/7/8/8/8/8/8
|text_H=Home|text_A=Away
|color_W=green2|text_W=Win
|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw
|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss
|color_1=1st|color_2=yellow1|color_3=yellow2|color_4=yellow2|color_9-=red2|color_10-=red1
|updated=28 April 2018
|date=June 2020}}
Transfers
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=Players in=
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=Players out=
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See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Falkirk F.C.}}
{{2017–18 in Scottish football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Falkirk F.C. season}}