Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Falkirk, playing in the Scottish Premier League.
Falkirk finished 7th in seasons 2006–07 and 2007–08. Falkirk's 2008–09 season ended on a high when they defeated Inverness to perform an amazing escape act and avoid relegation from the SPL by finishing in 10th place. In the same season, Falkirk were beaten finalists in the 2009 Scottish Cup and reached the League Cup semi-finals.
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Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Falkirk, playing in the Scottish Premier League.
Falkirk finished 7th in seasons 2006–07 and 2007–08. Falkirk's 2008–09 season ended on a high when they defeated Inverness to perform an amazing escape act and avoid relegation from the SPL by finishing in 10th place. In the same season, Falkirk were beaten finalists in the 2009 Scottish Cup and reached the League Cup semi-finals.
The club's date of formation is a point of much contention, although most accounts point to the year 1876 as the probable starting point, and this is the date used by the club and its fans as the formation date. The club quickly developed the nickname "The Bairns", a Scots word meaning child, son or daughter. This was in homage to an ancient Falkirk Burgh motto, "Better meddle wi' the deil [devil] than the Bairns O' Falkirk". In the First World War, a tank adopted as a wartime mascot by the people of the town was also named "The Bairn" in honour of...
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