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Falkirk F.C.
2007–08 season
Manager	John Hughes
Stadium	Falkirk Stadium
Scottish Premier League	Seventh Place
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Scottish League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Higdon (8); All: Michael Higdon &; Pedro Moutinho (8)
Highest home attendance	6,803
Lowest home attendance	4,490
Average home league attendance	5,567
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

During the 2007–08 Scottish football season, Falkirk competed in the Scottish Premier League.

Season summary

Falkirk repeated last season's 7th-placed finish.

Kit

Falkirk's kit was manufactured by Lotto, following the end of Falkirk's deal with TFG. The kit was sponsored by Central Demolition.

The home kit was designed to resemble Falkirk's kit from their 1957 Scottish Cup triumph, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the victory.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Tim Krul (on loan from Newcastle United)
3	DF	ENG	Dean Holden
4	MF	IRL	Patrick Cregg
5	DF	SCO	Jack Ross
6	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride
7	FW	POR	Pedro Moutinho
8	FW	IRL	Billy Clarke (on loan from Ipswich Town)
9	FW	IRL	Graham Barrett
10	MF	TRI	Russell Latapy
11	FW	ENG	Michael Higdon
12	MF	IRL	Stephen Bradley
14	DF	NED	Gerard Aafjes
15	DF	SCO	Kenny Milne
16	MF	SCO	Scott Arfield
17	GK	AUT	Bobby Olejnik
18	DF	SCO	Brian Allison
19	MF	ESP	Arnau Riera (on loan from Sunderland)
20	MF	SCO	Darren Barr
21	FW	ENG	Carl Finnigan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	SCO	Chris Mitchell
23	FW	SCO	Kevin Moffat
24	FW	SCO	Mark Stewart
27	MF	SCO	Dayne Robertson
30	GK	SCO	Jamie Barclay
31	DF	SCO	Scott Gibb
33	DF	SCO	Tam Scobbie
34	DF	SCO	Mark Staunton
35	MF	SCO	Stewart Murdoch
40	GK	IRL	Shane Supple (on loan from Ipswich Town)
41	GK	SCO	Michael Andrews
42	DF	SCO	Allan Galbraith
43	DF	SCO	Peter McMahon
44	DF	SCO	Kieran Stallard
45	DF	SCO	Calum McLean
47	MF	SCO	Lee Nichol
48	MF	SCO	Craig McLeish
49	FW	SCO	Paul Sludden

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	SCO	Steven Thomson (to Brighton & Hove Albion)
25	FW	AUT	Roman Wallner (to Apollon Kalamarias)
26	MF	SCO	Liam Craig (on loan to St Johnstone)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	SCO	Graeme Churchill (to Stirling Albion)
50	FW	SCO	Christopher Jeffrey (released)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
5	Dundee United	38	14	10	14	53	47	+6	52
6	Hibernian	38	14	10	14	49	45	+4	52	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round^[b]

7	Falkirk	38	13	10	15	45	49	−4	49
8	Heart of Midlothian	38	13	9	16	47	55	−8	48
9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	13	4	21	51	62	−11	43

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

^ 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.
^ Hibernian qualified for the Intertoto Cup as the highest ranked club to apply for a place in the competition.