Charlie Adam

County were ahead courtesy of David Winters 56th-minute goal.

Adam was substituted in the 60th minute as was teammate Sean Higgins six minutes later.

Neil Scally and Darryl Duffy then scored in 70 and 75 minutes respectively for Falkirk to come back to lift the trophy.

Charles Graham Adam (born 10 December 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He is currently the manager of Fleetwood Town.

Adam started his senior career with Rangers.

He spent much of his early senior career on loan to Ross County and St Mirren.

He won the Scottish Youth Cup with Rangers in 2001–02.

He made his senior debut for Rangers on 14 April 2004 against Livingston.

He played sporadically for Rangers thereafter, but did not become a first-team regular until the management of Paul Le Guen.

Adam made an appearance at the start of the 2004–05 season, and then joined First Division club Ross County on loan for the rest of that campaign.

While in Dingwall, Adam made fifteen appearances, scoring twice, against Raith Rovers and St Mirren.

He also played in the 2004 Scottish Challenge Cup Final against Falkirk.

While on loan to St Mirren during the 2005–06 season, Adam was part of the team that won both the Scottish Challenge Cup and First Division, playing in over thirty matches for the Saints.

Adam then joined First Division side St Mirren on loan for the 2005–06 season.

During his spell in Paisley, he again appeared in the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, however this time he was on the winning side as St Mirren defeated Hamilton Academical 2–1.

Upon returning to Rangers at the end of the 2006 season, he became a regular under managers Paul Le Guen and Walter Smith.

He was also part of the team that won the First Division title in May 2006.

In total he made 37 appearances and scored nine goals for the "Buddies" during a very successful stint in Paisley.

After playing for Rangers during a July 2006 pre-season trip to South Africa, including scoring a hat-trick against a Jomo Select side, Adam began the 2006–07 season with the club, and he started in their first league match against Motherwell.

He continued to be a regular for Rangers as the season progressed, and scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 UEFA Cup win over Livorno on 19 October.

This was one of fourteen goals Adam scored that season, including strikes against Israeli sides Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, as well as a goal in an end-of-season Old Firm match from a free-kick.

On 16 April 2007, at the end of his first season in the first team, Adam was voted by Rangers fans as the club's Young Player of the Year at an award ceremony.

On 28 June 2007, it was announced that Adam had signed a new five-year contract with Rangers.

Adam had scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 19 September against VfB Stuttgart, and his second in the return fixture.

That season Rangers also won the 2007–08 Scottish League Cup and the 2007–08 Scottish Cup, but Adam was suspended for the League Cup final against Dundee United and left out of the squad for the Scottish Cup final against Queen of the South.

Adam was also part of the Rangers team that reached the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.

After falling out of favour at Rangers during 2008–09, Adam was loaned out to English Championship side Blackpool.

Adam played against Panathinaikos and Werder Bremen in Rangers run to the 2008 UEFA Cup Final where he was an unused substitute as Rangers lost 2–0 to Zenit Saint Petersburg.

The loan was made permanent at the start of the 2009–10 season, and Adam became an integral part of the Blackpool side, captaining the team to a play-off victory over Cardiff City which resulted in their promotion to the Premier League.

On 2 February 2009, Adam signed on loan with English Championship club Blackpool until the end of the 2008–09 season, after caretaker manager Tony Parkes initially enquired about having Alan Gow loaned to the club again.

Five days later, after an altercation with Richie Wellens, he was sent off on his debut for the Seasiders during a 3–2 defeat by Doncaster Rovers at Bloomfield Road.

On 25 February, after serving a three-match suspension, Adam scored twice, including a goal from just inside the halfway line, for the club's reserve team as they beat Accrington Stanley 4–2.

Adam shone in his first season in the Premier League, his performances being recognised with a nomination for the PFA Players' Player of the Year in April 2011; however, Blackpool were relegated the following month, and he transferred to Liverpool in July.

After one season at Anfield, Adam joined Stoke City in August 2012 for a fee of £4 million.

He spent seven seasons with Stoke, making 179 appearances, before joining Reading in July 2019.

Adam returned to his boyhood club Dundee in September 2020.

He would captain them for two years and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership.

Adam played at under-21, B and full international levels for Scotland.

Adam was part of the Dundee and Rangers youth set-ups.