Leigh Griffiths offered Falkirk chance to impress as striker makes League One debut hours after signing

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Leigh Griffiths has made his first appearance for Falkirk just hours after being unveiled by the League One side. The former Celtic striker was released by his parent club and Dundee opted not to extend his loan for the full season.

That saw him put pen to paper on deal to work under boss Martin Rennie and former Scotland team-mate Kenny Miller.Rennie had no doubts about throwing Griffiths into the clash with Alloa to help their push for the playoff spots.Barry Ferguson 's Wasps were thumped by the Bairns as they continued to hover dangerously close to the relegation zone.

An impressive second half showing from Falkirk saw Jaze Kabia and Craig McGuffie put the visitors in poll position.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.Griffiths came on for Kabia after 67 minutes, before Anton Dowds added a third of the night.

The 31-year-old had a chance to open his account for Falkirk, but fired over after 85 minutes from Ryan Williamson's cross from the right flank.He also tried his luck from a dead ball, but his free-kick from 25-yards drifted over David Hutton's bar.Griffiths has stated he hopes the move to the Scottish third tier will hope him rediscover his love of the game.He said following the transfer: “I’m really happy to be here.