Falkirk 4-1 Hamilton Academical: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Falkirk 4-1 Hamilton Academical
Premiership · Saturday 27 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Falkirk 4-1 Hamilton Academical: match report
Falkirk defeated Hamilton Academical 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Steve Lovell opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Falkirk's goals came from Steve Lovell (44'), Scott Arfield (69'), Burton O'Brien (72') and Scott Arfield (87', penalty). Hamilton Academical scored through an own goal by Robert Olejnik (90').
Discipline: Falkirk received no yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Falkirk were 12th on 4 points from 6 and Hamilton Academical 6th on 9 points from 6. Falkirk went on to finish that season 10th with 38 points, and Hamilton Academical 9th with 41.
Going into the match Falkirk's last five read D-W-L-L-L and Hamilton Academical's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 44'Goal · Steve Lovell
- 62'Yellow card · James McCarthy
- 69'Goal · Scott Arfield
- 72'Goal · Burton O'Brien
- 87'Penalty goal · Scott Arfield
- 90'Own goal · Robert Olejnik