[4] The second round draw saw Cowdenbeath travel to Brockville Park, in another home game for Falkirk with the team winning 3–0[4] to progress to the quarter-final.
The reward for reaching the quarter-final was a third home game of the tournament against rivals Dunfermline Athletic with The Bairns emerging 4–1 winners.
[4] The semi-final opposition was Livingston, and a fourth consecutive home game at Brockville with Falkirk winning 3–2[4] to book a place in the Scottish Challenge Cup final for the first time.
[4] Falkirk played all of their games preceding the final at their home of Brockville Park, in the process scoring twelve goals and conceding four.
Despite playing all of their games away from home, St Mirren scored eight goals and conceded only three, whilst keeping two clean sheets compared with Falkirk's one.