St. Johnstone 3-1 Falkirk: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

St. Johnstone 3-1 Falkirk

Premiership · Saturday 31 October 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

St. Johnstone · Falkirk · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 3-1 Falkirk: match report

St. Johnstone beat Falkirk 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 31 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

C. Samuel opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from C. Samuel (2'), C. Millar (64') and Murray Davidson (66'). Falkirk scored through C. Finnigan (49').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received no yellow cards; Falkirk received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 11th on 4 points from 9 and Falkirk 12th on 4 points from 9. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 7th with 47 points, and Falkirk 12th with 30.

Going into the match St. Johnstone's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Falkirk's D-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · C. SamuelSt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Vitor LimaFalkirk
  • 49'Goal · C. FinniganFalkirk · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · C. MillarSt. Johnstone · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone · 3-1

Team news

Falkirk line-up

Robert Olejnik, Marc Twaddle, Brian McLean, Scott Arfield, Ryan Flynn, Chris Mitchell, A. MacDonald, Vitor Lima, Kjartan Finnbogason, Darren Barr, Jackie McNamara