EDINBURGH — Falkirk produced one of the great away performances in recent Scottish Premiership history on Sunday, 8 November 2026, thrashing Heart of Midlothian 5-2 at Tynecastle Park to end the Edinburgh club's 18-month unbeaten home league run, climb above their hosts into third place, and extend their own winning streak to five consecutive top-flight matches for the first time in 31 years. The visitors led 4-0 at half-time and were 5-0 ahead within two minutes of the restart. Illustration: A packed Scottish football stadium under floodlights on a big match night, with the away end in full voice. What Happened Falkirk made a start that stunned Tynecastle into silence. According to match reports from Sky Sports and BBC Sport, the visitors needed only four minutes to open the scoring, Finley Barbrook finishing to give John McGlynn's side a lead they would never surrender. It was the perfect opening for a team arriving in the capital on a run of four straight Premiership ...