Five goals at Tynecastle take Falkirk into third on a fifth straight league win
Wednesday 11 November 2026 · By Craig Lawson
What a day it was for Falkirk, and for everyone who travelled through to Edinburgh. They went to Tynecastle on Sunday and won 5–2, scoring five times before Hearts had even got on the scoresheet. The BBC, Sky Sports, Hearts' own report and the SPFL all confirm it.
Finley Barbrook opened the scoring after four minutes. Owen Eames made it two on 17 minutes, and Jacob Murrell scored on 33 and again on 47. Liam Henderson added the other just before half-time, in the second minute of added time. Sabri Guendouz pulled one back for Hearts on 50 minutes, and Cláudio Braga scored a penalty on 75, but by then Falkirk were out of sight. The BBC put the attendance at 18,760.
The SPFL says it was Hearts' first home league defeat since April 2025. For Falkirk, it is a fifth straight league win, after the victories that included the 2–0 success over Celtic on 1 November. John McGlynn's October manager of the month award, announced last week, was for October. Sunday was a November performance, and a very good one.
The table has changed accordingly. On the BBC Premiership table, taken at 12:12 GMT this afternoon, Falkirk are third on 21 points from 13 games. Hearts are fourth on 20 from 12, so they still have a game in hand, but Falkirk are above them for now. A month ago that would have sounded ambitious. It does not sound that way now, not after five league wins in a row and a result like this one.
Brad Spencer was substituted in the 57th minute, according to Hearts' match report. We've seen claims about why he went off, but they haven't been independently confirmed, so we'll leave it there and wait for the club.
The international break comes at a useful time, even after a result like this. Scott Bain is in the Scotland squad for the games against North Macedonia on Friday and Switzerland on Monday, which have not been played yet. When the league returns, St Johnstone come to Falkirk Stadium on Saturday 21 November at 15:00 GMT.
St Johnstone are seventh on 17 points from 13 games, level with Dundee and Dundee United but behind them on goal difference. They beat Dundee 2–1 on Saturday, so they'll arrive in decent spirits. Falkirk will want to show that this run can survive the fortnight off.
Five league wins in a row, a first spell in third, and a statement result at Tynecastle. Supporters have every right to enjoy this one. The challenge, as McGlynn will know better than anyone, is to keep it going when St Johnstone come to town.
A home win that day would put a bit more space between Falkirk and the sides behind them, whatever Hearts do at Dundee later in the afternoon.
It has been a remarkable few weeks for this club. Sunday, at a ground where Hearts had been so hard to beat in the league, was the high point so far.
Falkirk Stadium sits on Grangemouth Road in Westfield, a short ride east of Falkirk town centre, and it has been the home of Falkirk Football Club since 2004. The Bairns left Brockville, their town-centre ground since the nineteenth century, and spent a season sharing with Stenhousemuir before moving into this purpose-built ground. For a visiting supporter it is an easy modern ground to read: three covered, all-seater stands and one open side. Official capacity is 7,937. The pitch is an artificial 3G surface, about 109 by 79 yards, so the playing area is a little longer than it is wide, with the goals at the north and south ends.
If you are with the away support, you will almost always be in the North Stand, directly behind the north goal. The club houses visiting fans in sections E and F, and on bigger allocations part of section D as well. A typical league allocation is a few hundred seats, though the stand itself holds about 2,000 and can take a larger following when the tie demands it. The rest of the North Stand is used by home supporters, including a family area, so stay in the blocks on your ticket. Views are close to the pitch, legroom is decent for a ground of this size, and you are near enough to hear every clearance. Turnstiles are electronic, so have the barcode on your ticket ready. Stewards keep the away section separate from home fans in the same stand.
Look across the pitch from your seats and the far goal sits in front of the Kevin McAllister Stand, still often called the South Stand or KM7. It opened in 2009, holds about 2,000, and is home supporters only. It was renamed in 2022 after the former Falkirk winger, and it is where the loudest Bairns gather, including the Gate 20 group in section E, where safe-standing barriers have been fitted. You will get most of the noise from that end. Between the two goals, running the full length of the west touchline, is the Main Stand, sometimes called the West Stand. It is the original 2004 building, a two-tier cantilever holding roughly 4,200, with hospitality, the media area, dressing rooms and the tunnel. That is the stand you see first from the road.
The east side, facing the Main Stand, is still empty. Locals call the gap the Grangemouth Gap. A temporary stand has appeared for the odd big occasion, but on a normal matchday it is open ground, which is why the place can feel unfinished even when the three stands are full. The record crowd here is 7,926, for the Premiership play-off against Dundee United in May 2017.
Getting there is straightforward. Leave the M9 at junction 5 from the east or junction 6 from the west and follow signs for Falkirk; the floodlights show up beside Grangemouth Road, postcode FK2 9DX. The main stadium car park is largely for permit holders. Away coaches usually park in the east section of the North Stand car park, and there is a paid away supporters’ car park off Grangemouth Road. Falkirk Grahamston station is about a mile away, a fairly flat 20-minute walk down the A904, and Grangemouth buses from the town pass the ground. Falkirk High is the wrong station if you are on foot.
Food and drink are limited right on the doorstep. Behind the Goal, at the ground, has been open to both home and away supporters; check on the day, because matchday arrangements change. The Mill Inn on Thornhill Road is a short walk towards town. Otherwise drink in Falkirk beforehand — Behind the Wall and the Carron Works Wetherspoons on Bank Street are the usual recommendations — and allow 20 to 25 minutes to walk out. Tickets for the away end are sold by your own club, not on the gate. Prices in recent seasons have been about £20 for adults in the North Stand, with concessions and free entry for under-12s when they come with a paying adult. Disabled spaces exist in the west, north and south stands; ask your club’s disability officer to book them.
It is not a fierce away day in the old Brockville sense, but it is a proper football ground with a goal at each end, a noisy home end opposite you, and a clear view. Get into the North Stand, face the Kevin McAllister Stand, and you are set.