Shire have been drawn to face newly-promoted IRN-BRU Scottish League First Division Alloa Athletic in the first round of the 2013/14 Stirlingshire Cup. The game is scheduled to take place at The Recs on a date still to be arranged but before the end of July. The draw was made at the Stirlingshire FA’s Annual [...]
Everyone at East Stirlingshire Football Club is showing Parkinson’s Disease the red card. The club has joined up with the Charity Parkinson’s UK in a new partnership and is to hold a series of fundraising and awareness raising events throughout the 2013/14 season. The most visible sign of this exciting new venture will be seen when the [...]
The funeral of lifelong Shire fan and honorary club member, Bert Johnston, will take place on Friday 24th May. There will be a service in the Salvation Army Hall in Stenhousemuir at 1:30pm on Friday. This will be followed by internment at Camelon Cemetery. The club will be represented by Shire chairman, Tony Ford. Bert [...]
More of last season’s squad have agreed to put pen to paper on new deals for the 2013/14 season. Keeper Craig Gordon has already signed a new agreement which will keep him at the club until May 2014. He joins David Greenhill, Michael Herd, Scott Maxwell and Ricky Miller who signed contract extensions last week. [...]
The club is deeply saddened to learn of the death of one of its longest-serving supporters, Bert Johnston. Bert was a regular fixture at Shire matches for many decades and was awarded Life Membership of the club in 2010 in recognition of the more than 50 years he had been supporting the team. Even in [...]
Coach John Coughlin has concluded deals with four of last season’s squad who will now return to the club for another season. David Greenhill, Michael Herd, Scott Maxwell and Ricky Miller will all be back in Shire colours for the 2013/14 campaign and the coach is hoping others will follow. Goalkeepers Craig Gordon and Grant [...]
The draw for the raffle for the sponsorship space on Shire’s new blue third choice strip will take place on Friday 28th June. The entry deadline has been set for Thursday 27th June. For an investment of just £240 (including VAT) companies, organisations and even individuals can enter the draw with the first name pulled [...]
Shire’s young supporters will pay their age in pounds to watch the team’s IRN-BRU Scottish League Third Division matches at Ochilview in 2013/14 season. As part of a re-structuring of season ticket prices no under-16 will pay any more than £16 for their ticket. The scheme is simple – an 8 year-old pays £8, an [...]
Everyone at East Stirlingshire Football Club would like to wish Sir Alex Ferguson a happy retirement following today’s announcement that he is to step down as manager of Manchester United. The news brings to an end a career in the dug out that began in 1974 when the rookie boss was given the keys to [...]
A last-minute Elgin City goal denied Shire what would have been a deserved share of the points in their final IRN-BRU Scottish League Third Division match of the season at Borough Briggs. The game was anything but the typical end-of-season affair with neither defence enjoying the best of days. Both teams created a barrowload of chances with [...]
