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Apr 14, 12 at 11:26am ^
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Log in to remove this sponsored message  East Stirlingshire Football Club Introduction East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881. The club's name is often abbreviated East Stirling, giving the impression the club is based in Stirling, fans therefore refer to the club by its nickname, The Shire. In 2007–08 the club left Firs Park, their home since 1921, and currently ground share with local rivals Stenhousemuir F.C. at Ochilview Park. The club is currently a member of the Scottish Football League and competes in the Scottish Third Division. The club has predominately played in the lower tiers of Scottish football. However, winning the Scottish League Division Two in 1931-32 brought top tier football to Firs Park, albeit for one season. The last 10 years has seen the club suffer financially, and frequently finishing bottom of Scottish football. Although, in 2000–01 the club reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup only to lose 2–1 to Livingston. Club History Early History Although East Stirlingshire's official date of formation is 1881, their origins can be traced to the previous year, when Bainsford Bluebonnets Cricket Club formed a football section under the name Bainsford Britannia. In November the following year the footballers broke away to form a separate club under the name of East Stirlingshire. The first match was against Falkirk's second eleven, with the latter winning 7–0. The Shire reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup in season 1888–89, a run that included victories of 10–1 against local rivals Stenhousemuir and 11–2 against Vale of Bannock. The cup run was finally ended by a closely fought 2–1 defeat at the hands of Celtic. Two years later the Shire once more reached the last eight of the Scottish Cup and again recorded some high-scoring wins, beating Grangemouth 8–2 and Camelon 10–6 in a replay, after an initial 3–3 draw. Eventual cup winners Heart of Midlothian ended the run with a 3–1 victory in what was to be the club's last appearance at that stage of the competition for ninety years. Welsh international Humphrey Jones was a notable Shire player of the era. He won fourteen caps between 1885 and 1891, five of which were while he was an East Stirlingshire player; as of 2009, this remains a club record. Early 20th Century A record home crowd of 12,000 attended a third round Scottish Cup tie against Partick Thistle on 19 February 1921, which the visitors won 2–1 before going on to lift the trophy. In 1931–32 East Stirlingshire won their biggest senior honour, the Division Two Championship. Although St. Johnstone matched their total of 55 points from 38 games, Shire's superior goal average secured them the title. However, the club were relegated the following year after finishing bottom of Division One with just seventeen points. East Stirlingshire's heaviest defeat was recorded on 13 April 1936 , losing 12–1 to Dundee United in a Division Two match at Tannadice Park. However, a more positive record was set by Malcolm Morrison in the 1938–39 season when he became the club’s highest league scorer in one season with 36 goals. 1940-1970 In 1947–48, East Stirlingshire won the Scottish League Division ‘C’ (a division mainly composed of the reserve sides of top division teams), recording 18 victories in only 22 league games. Later, the Shire won promotion as Division Two runners-up to St. Johnstone in 1962–63, but as in the 1930s the club’s tenure in the top flight was brief and relegation followed in 1963–64. This disappointment caused the club's owners, the Steedman brothers, to formulate a radical plan for the club's future that ultimately saw the Shire temporarily disappear for season 1964–65. Against the fans’ wishes, the Steedmans merged the club with Clydebank Juniors to create East Stirlingshire Clydebank (or E.S. Clydebank for short), a new club playing at Kilbowie Park in Clydebank. A year later East Stirlingshire regained its identity and independence after a successful court case brought by shareholders. The clubs were de–merged the following season and the Shire returned to their Firs Park home. Clydebank were reconstituted as a senior club and later secured a place in Division Two in 1966–67. 1966 saw the appointment of the Shire's first manager, Lawrence Binnie. Prior to this, the board of directors had been responsible for team selection. Alex Ferguson's Shortlived Era The club is perhaps best known in the wider football world for the appointment of 32-year-old Alex Ferguson to his first managerial post in 1974, on a part-time wage of £40 a week. Ferguson lasted only 117 days at Firs Park before accepting an offer to manage St. Mirren. Later he would go on to achieve huge success at Aberdeen and Manchester United. Late 20th Century In 1980, a Scottish League Cup match against Albion Rovers was goalless after ninety minutes. East Stirlingshire won the penalty shoot-out to progress to the second round; however, the referee had forgotten to play extra time. A replay was held, despite East Stirling's objections, which Albion Rovers won 4–1. 21st Century East Stirlingshire's form in the early part of the 21st century was not good. In the 2003–04 season they gained a mere eight points, only reaching that total on the last day of the season and narrowly avoiding setting a new record lowest points total. Prompted by this performance, football journalist Jeff Connor spent the 2004–05 season following the Shire, an experience chronicled in his book Pointless (subtitled "A Season with Britain's Worst Football Team"). They again finished bottom of the division but gained 22 points. After a feature on the Norwegian channel TV2 programme Golden Goal, an East Stirlingshire fan club was established in Norway, growing to more than 6,000 members. As a result of East Stirlingshire's continued failures, in 2005 the Scottish League ruled that from the start of the 2005–06 season any club finishing bottom of the Third Division twice in succession would be reduced to the status of 'Associate Member', losing their voting rights. They would be allowed to play in the League for two further seasons, after which the members would vote on whether to allow the club to remain in the League. The club duly finished bottom again in 2005–06 and 2006–07, for a run of five consecutive last place finishes. The League voted against reducing the club to Associate Member status immediately, instead suspending the punishment for a year. This meant that so long as the club did not finish bottom in the 2007–08 season, they would carry on as full members. Otherwise, they would automatically be reduced to Associate Members without a vote. Just after the start of the 2007–08 season, the Shire won six games in a row for the first time since 1968–69. The club sat third in the table after six matches, their highest league position for over a decade. Shire's winning run saw them reach the quarter finals of the Challenge Cup for the first time since 2000, and in the Scottish Cup the club reached the fourth round for the first time in over thirty years, being drawn away to Rangers and losing 6–0. Former Morton manager Jim McInally took charge in March 2008 and victory over Montrose on the final day of the season was enough to lift the team into ninth place, and secure their status as full League members, the first time they hadn't finished bottom in six years. With the Firs Park pitch deemed too small to meet new ground criteria and the club unable to afford the necessary improvements, from the 2008–09 season Shire have played home games at nearby Stenhousemuir's Ochilview Park, whilst continuing to train at Firs Park until development of the site. The club is aiming to build a new stadium in Falkirk. In their first season playing at Ochilview, the club finished third in the league and played in the Second Division play-off, being eliminated in the semifinals by Cowdenbeath. In January 2011, they beat Buckie Thistle FC 1-0 in the 4th round of the Scottish Cup, but were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in goalkeeper Michael Andrews as his loan extension from Falkirk FC had not been registered with the SFA. After two strong performance in the previous seasons, the 2010–11 season saw Shire's problems with league form return, and they spent the whole season near the bottom of the table. Only a last day win saw them avoid the humiliation of another bottom-place finish, but this did not save Jim McInally's job, and he was sacked on May 16 2011. On the Sat, 15th Oct 2011 the Shire got destroyed in an 7-1 away match at Broadwood by a strong Clyde team all scored by 7 different players. League History East Stirlingshire F.C. have played in the Scottish League system since 1900.     Between seasons 1915-16 and 1921-21 Scottish League Division Two was abandoned due to World War I After season 1938-39 due to World War II the league was not officially competed for until season 1946-47. Season 1964-64 as E.S. Clydebank. Season 1974-1975 was the final season of the old, two-division set up. At the end of the season, the top ten teams in Division One formed the new Premier Division. The remaining eight teams, together with the top six from Division Two went on to make up the new Division One. The remaining 14 teams became the new Division Two. From season 1900-01 till season 1993-94 2 points per win. From season 1994-95 till now 3 points per win. Honours  Club Records  Edit: Apr 19, 12 12:01pm | |
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| Saul |
Apr 14, 12 at 11:26am ^
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Apr 14, 12 at 11:39am ^
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| Saul |
Apr 20, 12 at 7:57am ^
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Apr 20, 12 at 8:02am ^
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| Saul |
Apr 20, 12 at 8:17am ^
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It depends; Top Goalscorer with 17 Goals:  Most Assists with 18 Assists:  Most Man of the Match Awards with 6 Awards:  Highest Average Rating with 7.18 Rating:  | |
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Apr 20, 12 at 8:27am ^
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| Saul |
Apr 20, 12 at 8:35am ^
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morecambe_jamie
It would be great for someone else to join  I really hope you do!I have every league loaded, it really depends on your computer and what it can handle. I would suggest Scotland, England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany down to lowest. At the very minimum Scotland and England. | |
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Apr 20, 12 at 8:37am ^
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ive loaded up, england, scotland, spain, argentina, italy and i think france, can you suggest any 1st season transfers? will keep you posted on my progress
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Apr 25, 12 at 12:56pm ^
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Try and find all of my 1st and 2nd season signings minus Alan Friez and Petr Tulis. As Alan Friez was not consistent enough for my liking and Petr Tulis was my back-up youth keeper and hasn't actually played a game or my main goalkeeper has been beyond amazing and sadly we do not have the luxury of testing out a youth keeper at the level of football we are currently playing. I don't know if they will be in your game, but you can try Yeah keep me updated and I urge everyone to try this game. They are the worst team in the Scottish Third Division and one of the worst in the game, a massive challenge and so fun. I would say harder than a BSN/S as they are worse than them and Scotland and it's leagues have a well lower rep at the beginning than England. ---------------------- Consecutive promotions!  | |
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| FootballManagerBoy |
Apr 28, 12 at 10:37pm ^
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| Saul |
Apr 29, 12 at 6:18am ^
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FootballManagerBoy still pre-season. Have been busy buying players. Are you going to start this career?
Jake good too see someone else starting it, hopefully this becomes a proper discussion now instead of me posting results  Keep me updated Edit: Your post is gone  | |
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| Jake |
Apr 29, 12 at 6:24am ^
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| Jamie 1 |
Jun 15, 12 at 8:38am ^
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Yes, East Stirling is certainly a fun team to play with. Probably my most successful team ive had playing football manager
I've played quite a few seasons so ill just sum it up 1st season - Bought a lot of young players but struggled to get near the play offs. Finished in bottom half. Best player signed was James Cronesberry 2nd season - Was only a couple of points away from play offs. Lost it in the last game. 3rd Season - pipped Clyde to the title on the last day. Relief to finally get out of division 3 4th season - Easiest season. Had won the title by about January, much easier than the 3rd division 5th season - Came 2nd in the first division. Was quite gutted, but at the same time finished several points behind dundee. Got to the final of the challenge Cup before losing 6th season - Won the challenge cup! Looked as if this could be a great season. 2 points ahead going into the final game. Lost it unbelievably and Partick won to clinch promotion just ahead of me. 7th season - Got to the challenge cup final for the 3rd year in a row. However ended in defeat. Was no big loss, as it looked like this was going to be the year i finally made it to the SPL. Despite a wobbly end i managed to hold on to 1st place 8th season - Had a real shake up of the first team. Turned Professional. The only player remaining from my first season was Croneberry and he was still good enough for the starting team. Despite losing my first 3 games the team was good enough to easily avoid relegation in 8th place. End of the season the board decided to build a 14 000 all seater stadium which would take a year to build. Big loan taken out CURRENT SEASON- Sold most of my first team again (took in over 5.5 million pounds from transfers). This finally included Cronesberry who left for 27k. Again a bad start. 1 point from opening 3 games. However, from then not looked back, in the top half, maybe a push for Europe later on. Beat Hearts 6-1 after being up 5-0 within 20 minutes. Won first match (after many attempts) against an old firm side (Celtic) 2-1. Overall, it's been pretty terrific. The last 8 seasons i really struggled to find goalscorers but this season 2 have come along at once Keep us updated with your league, they seem to follow similar paths Side note. I realized my East Stirling team have now beaten every Scottish league side in the country. Well except one. Rangers.... which is appropriate, keeping the best for last. Although i'm sure it's only a matter of time | |
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| Jamie 1 |
Jun 15, 12 at 9:08am ^
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