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Falkirk clinched a top-six place in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday

Upstarts, in the nicest possible way, Falkirk have upset the Scottish Premiership applecart this season.

After the Bairns' successive promotions, onlookers may have banked on John McGlynn's brand of football being a breath of fresh air, but few would have expected them to be finish in the top six.

Victory over Motherwell on Saturday sealed that feat and they remain in contention for European qualification on two fronts.

But it has created somewhat of a dilemma for organisers, the Scottish Professional Football League. Here's why...

For the uninitiated, the Premiership splits after 33 rounds of fixtures, whereafter the top six sides play each other one more time and the bottom six teams do likewise.

The post-split fixtures are expected to be announced soon and all 12 teams have one round of regular season fixtures still to play this coming weekend.

Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Falkirk, Motherwell and Rangers will be the top half of the table for the season's final five...