Stirling Albion:- Hogarth, Hay, Aitken, Roycroft, Graham, Bell, Gibson, Tomano, Cramb, Cashmore and O’Brien.
Subs:- Donnelly for Aitken, Wilson for Gibson, Taggart for Tomano and Shields for Cashmore. Kassim and Christie (unused)

St Johnstone:- Cuthbert, Lawrie, Stanic, McManus, Weir, James, Mensing, Sheridan, Milne, Scotland and Sheerin.
Subs:- MacDonald for Milne, Stevenson for Sheerin and Hardie for Weir. Anderson, McCallum, Dyer and O’Brien (unused)

Stirling Albion entertained a St Johnstone team tipped by many to be among the front runners for promotion to the SPL come next May. However, with only a week to go to the big kickoff, Allan Moore might wish to arrange another friendly, as the Binos didn’t fire on all cylinders and only some poor finishing by the Perth Saints meant the match finished 0-0.
The Binos starting lineup gave the fans who bothered to turn up a taste of next week’s formation as both Forsyth and Devine are suspended for the match against Ayr. Moore opted for a 3-4-1-2 formation with Hay playing in the middle of the back three flanked by Roycroft and Graham. Tomano played just behind the strike pair of Cramb and Cashmore, playing as a trialist.
The first half did little to excite the fans with the better of the chances falling to the Saints. Milne had a golden opportunity to open the scoring after only 10 minutes but his attempted lob went well wide. Shortly after that, a good move involving Gibson, Tomano and Cramb ended with Cashmore attempting to flick the ball past the keeper but his effort didn’t carry enough weight.
The Saints had more opportunities to break the first half deadlock but Scotland and Mensing shot wide whilst James had a header cleared off the line by Gibson.
The second half was a more entertaining affair, even though both teams made several substitutions.
Saints did have the ball in the net in 68 minutes but Hardie was adjudged to be offside. The Binos best chance came a few minutes later when Aitken’s long range effort was turned round the post by Cuthbert for a corner, from which, the ball fell to Bell who seemed to be taken by surprise and couldn’t get in a proper shot.
The final chance of the game fell to Cramb but, having controlled the ball, Cuthbert was quickly out to block the shot.