Sometimes players play above the norm, sometimes they play 'out of their skins'. Every club has their own incidences, Falkirk FC has many. Of course these are rarely published as Falkirk are not bigots from Glasgow. Same as it ever was.
In 1934/35 Falkirk were relegated for the first time in their history, a sad time, but just before the end of the previous season Falkirk had signed a young Outside-Left from up North. Kenny Dawson was signed from Forres Mechanics [he had previously been with Forres Thistle [as a Junior], Nairn County & Sheffield United and had shown more than just promise in scoring twelve goals in just eight matches at the end of the season.
In a partnership with Bobby Keyes, Kenny tore through the old Second Division. It would be wrong to say Falkirk won the league at a canter, Falkirk was much more dominant than that. In this season [1935/36] Kenny Dawson scored the second most goals in a season after Evelyn Morrison in the twenties. Of course, it was a lower division, and he was the penalty taker, but statistics are statistics.
Below is a game by game run-through of Kenny's Season
Date | Pos | Opp | Ven | Comp | Res | Gls | Note |
Aug 10th | OL | Edinburgh City | A | Division II | 3-1 | 2 | 1 Penalty |
Aug 14th | OL | St Johnstone | H | Dewar Shield Semi-Final | 2-1 | 1 | |
Aug 17th | OL | Montrose | H | Division II | 8-0 | 2 | |
Aug 24th | OL | Forfar Athletic | A | Division II | 4-1 | 3 | First League Hat-Trick |
Aug 31st | OL | Cowdenbeath | H | Division II | 1-0 | 1 | Penalty |
Sep 7th | OL | Dundee United | A | Division II | 1-3 | 1 | Penalty |
Sep 10th | OL | King's Park | H | Stirlingshire Cup 2nd Rd | 7-4 | 2 | |
Sep 14th | OL | Leith Athletic | H | Division II | 3-0 | 1 | Penalty |
Sep 21st | OL | East Fife | A | Division II | 0-0 | - | |
Sep 28th | CF | East Stirlingshire | H | Division II | 3-1 | 2 | |
Oct 5th | CF | Stenhousemuir | A | Division II | 0-1 | - | |
Oct 9th | OL | Aberdeen | A | Dewar Shield Final | 0-3 | - | |
Oct 12th | OL | Brechin City | A | Division II | 4-0 | - | |
Oct 19th | OL | Edinburgh City | H | Division II | 3-0 | 1 | |
Oct 26th | OL | Alloa Athletic | H | Division II | 3-0 | 1 | |
Nov 2nd | OL | Morton | A | Division II | 2-2 | 1 | |
Nov 9th | OL | Dundee United | H | Division II | 4-2 | 2 | |
Nov 16th | OL | Raith Rovers | A | Division II | 3-2 | 2 | |
Nov 23rd | OL | St Bernards | A | Division II | 3-2 | - | |
Nov 30th | OL | St Mirren | H | Division II | 5-0 | 3 | 1 Penalty |
Dec 7th | OL | Leith Athletic | A | Division II | 5-2 | 2 | |
Dec 14th | OL | Dumbarton | A | Division II | 7-2 | - | |
Dec 21st | OL | Forfar Athletic | H | Division II | 1-2 | - | |
Dec 28th | OL | King's Park | A | Division II | 5-3 | 3 | |
Jan 1st | OL | Stenhousemuir | H | Division II | 5-1 | - | |
Jan 4th | OL | Alloa Athletic | A | Division II | 2-2 | - | |
Jan 11th | OL | East Stirlingshire | H | Division II | 5-0 | - | |
Jan 18th | OL | King's Park | H | Division II | 10-2 | 2 | |
Jan 25th | OL | Montrose | A | Scottish Cup 1st Rd | 2-0 | - | |
Feb 1st | OL | Cowdenbeath | A | Division II | 7-2 | 5 | |
Feb 8th | OL | Kilmarnock | H | Scottish Cup 2nd Rd | 1-1 | - | |
Feb 12th | OL | Kilmarnock | A | Scottish Cup 2nd Rd Replay | 3-1 | 1 | Fiftieth Goal for FFC |
Feb 15th | OL | Morton | H | Division II | 2-1 | - | |
Feb 29th | OL | St Bernards | H | Division II | 7-1 | - | |
Mar 7th | OL | Dunfermline Athletic | H | Scottish Cup 4th Rd | 5-0 | 1 | |
Mar 14th | OL | Raith Rovers | H | Division II | 5-0 | 1 | |
Mar 21st | OL | East Fife | H | Division II | 8-0 | 3 | |
Mar 28th | OL | Third Lanark | N | Scottish Cup Semi-Final | 1-3 | 1 | At Tynecastle Pk |
Apr 4th | OL | Brechin City | H | Division II | 4-0 | 1 | |
Apr 11th | OL | St Mirren | A | Division II | 2-0 | - | |
Apr 18th | IL | Dumbarton | H | Division II | 3-0 | - | |
Apr 25th | OL | Montrose | A | Division II | 4-0 | - | |
May 2nd | OL | Stenhousemuir | H | Hospital Shield Semi-Final | 5-0 | 2 | |
May 9th | OL | East Stirlingshire | H | Hospital Shield Final | 3-0 | - |