Stirling where beaten by the second division league champions today by two goals to one. Stirling gave a debut to 16 year old goalkeeper Scott Christie and both Craig Ferguson and Chris Scotland where given a rare start. Robert Dunn scored the Binos goal in a game which was mainly dominated by the Binos, but was spoiled by an inept referee.

Colin Hamilton has been bringing funny Binos related cartoons all season and has just added one that incorporates the fans who done the sponsored walk from Stirling to Alloa in aid of the Trust. As ever they are extremely funny and well worth a look for all football fans. Clicking on the link below will take you to his own website where the cartoons are on display. Colin also has framed cartoons available to buy from the club shop that would make great gifts for all Stirling supporters. Colin also does private work and all these details are available on his website as well.

Stirling have won there last 2 games by three goals to zero, but it was Stirling's turn to be on the wrong side of that score at local rivals Alloa today. On hindsight a defeat always looked on the cards as Alloa where hovering near the wrong side of the table and needed the 3 points to secure there second division status and Stirling have already secured there fourth position in the league. However, the manner of this lackluster performance against there local rivals disappointed the Binos faithful. The website would just like to thank all the people who did the sponsored walk in aid of the Trust yesterday.

Stirling cruised to yet another win over the Sons and put Dumbarton deeper into relegation problems. This is the second match this season that the website has sponsored a game and many thanks to all that made the effort to represent the website. Goals by Wilson, Nugent and MacDonald his first goal of the season and of his career put Stirling into cruise control in this match. Apologies to our usual readers for the delay in putting this report on.

BELL'S, sponsors of the Scottish Football League, is running a fantastic initiative this month, supported by our local radio station Clyde 2. Called 'Second Chance Saturday', the initiative offers all our grown-up fans the unique, 'once in a lifetime' opportunity to be our team mascot at the match on the 30th April. To nominate either yourself or someone you think deserves to win this great chance, simply click on the link www.clyde2.com and fill in the nomination form. The winner will have the honour of escorting our team out into the pitch as well as receive two tickets for the match.

As some of you may or may not know, the Stirling Albion supporters club is running two buses to the final game of the season and a cheaper price of £5 per person has been set for this game. At the moment, almost eighty tickets have been sold and it's unknown at this time if they are willing to sell more than the two buses capacity of 100 seats. The website will keep you up to date with this, but we urge you to purchase your ticket this Saturday if possible. This bus will leave from the usual designated stops starting at 9-50am in the morning and should be up in the pub in Arbroath for 11-30am. This means plenty of time for a drink and so it should be a great game to attend. There will be a beach party theme to this game and it's hoped most of the Bino's faithful will turn out with Hawian shirts,shorts,etc and Lilo/beach ball in hand. The last twenty tickets are available from John Buchan and more details can be found on the forum under the Arbroath thread. The supporters club are also selling the Player of the Year tickets for Friday 13th May at a price of £13 per person which includes a meal. Again,these tickets are selling pretty fast and they are available to the general public from Stef Torrence or Jimmy Watson. Again, further details can be found on the forum.

Stirling went into this game knowing that a win would secure there second division status for another year and almost gift wrap fourth place in the league. The only change from last season was Wilson for Glancy and it was Glancy himself who gave Stirling the lead on his return just after half time. Further goals from Devine and Dunn let the Binos faithful return home feeling happy.

Stirlingalbion.com is committed to bringing you the latest Young Reds updates as soon as we hear about them. If you click on the link below, you will find the up and coming details for the Young Reds. All these details will also feature in the home programme for the game against Dumbarton. Many thanks again to Ian Jones and all the Young Reds committee.

As you will already have read, the club is currently over £1.2 million in debt and that debt is increasing every week. Over the past two years the Trust has been focusing on getting recognized by the club and efforts to get new members have been put on the back burner. However, it looks like the Trust will be trying raise awareness of itself more this year and try and get more members to join. If there is ever a time to join to the trust,then it's now. Total cost per year ranges from £5-10 per person depending on your circumstances. Please follow the link below to read more about the trust and if you decide to join, then details are available there as well.

Stranraer's surge to seek two consecutive promotions took a massive dent when Stirling drew 1-1 with them at Forthbank today. A 20 yard stormer from Chris Aitken seen Stirling pull level with Stranraer who had taken an earlier lead. It could have been a lot worse for Stranraer had Martin Glancy's effort went in instead of hitting the cross bar. This result also maintained Stirling's long unbeaten run against them and it's seems the Stranraer team can't buy a win off the Bino's these days. Match report available below.

As I was at the AGM last night,I thought I would list some of the things that was said.
With around 20 people at the AGM last night,this was the smallest group of people at a AGM to date.Most of the meeting was filled with the speeches from the Acting chairman,secretary,treasurer and 2 East Stirling Trust members.
At the moment the trust has a total of 75 members,although the past year seen very little action to increase this as they where concentrating on getting recognisition from the club.
The trust has sent several letters to the club and most of which have had little response and also made contact with the club numerous other ways without reply.The last letter to date actually led to the part resignation of the Chairman and also his discussion on this forum.The letter was sent by the Supporters club,supporters trust and young reds in a joint bid to celebrate the clubs 60th anniversary .Having had no official celebration for the 50th anniversary,then it was felt something could be done to mark this occassion.John Buchan came up with the idea of having a "Hall of fame night" in which players from the past would be recognized at a set venue and all the profits for this would go to the Stirling Albion youth set up.In the letter it asked for the club to get someone to help organize this,but no reply has been received to date.The supporters trust part was only to help set up and organize the event so that a significant amount of money could be raised for our clubs youth set up.This event would have taken months to set up and it now looks like it will not go ahead as no one from the club has responded to the letter the club is not only turning it's back on the help from the Trust,but also from the supporters club and young reds as well.
One of the main aims for the trust is to get recognisition from the board and after a discussion between the chairman and a local journalist,it seemed that the trust would get somewhere.The supporters trust made it known that they would be looking through representation on the board by getting some shares through the trust,but the trust would need to earn this through raising money and help in other ways and so this wouldn't happen for a couple of years.When the same journalist asked for the chairman to comment on this,he denied making any statement.
One of our club directors(John Smith) has been in the newspaper of late saying that the SFL might sue Miles Brookeson(Gretna's millionaire backer) for putting a £10,000 donation into the Berwick trust coffer's.It is thought that Mr Brookeson may sue them as this was all above board and regardless of his donation to a trust of a separate club,this in no way breaks any rules.This was a indication that one of the directors on our board having very little knowledge of a trust's set up and undermine's some of the work the trust has been doing over the last 3 years.
It is thought that the rent between the club and the council has still not been agreed.
Lasy year the Trust put a team into the Scibblers quiz night and won £300 for a set cause.It was originally thought that a system could be installed at Forthbank that could link to the radio royal's commentary and received through a head set to any partially blind or blind spectators that go to Forthbank.The cost was a bit more than expected and it is believed the club would not be interested in this.The donation is therefore going to Riverside Primary school to get new equipment.This school was picked as it's believed to be the nearest school to Forthbank.It is hoped that the link between the trust and the school could be maintained with an idea of giving them a few coaching lessons(from a member who is a qualified coach) and trying to get some of them to join the young reds.This is to be discussed in the future with them.
With regards to the club stadium being used by one of the large professional rugby clubs from Glasgow,the secretary phoned up the council,etc.It seems the talks at an early stage,but the council will be given it serious consideration.It's unknown if the pitch is actually owned by the club so this could be the rugby clubs biggest stumbling block.As highlighted above,it's thought that the rent between the council and SAFC has still not been agreed.
According to the official accounts released by the club,the club is currently in debt by £1,244,750 of which £284,663 is owed to the bank.Also on the accounts a debt owed to a creditor for £19,831 which is suspected to be the tax man. Therefor the club has went from a small profit in season 1989/90 to the current debt of £1.2 million. A graph will be attached to this post in a while to highlight the current trend.The figures above are up to the end of last year and it is suspected that the club will be further in debt.
The trust accounts showed that they have a current profit of £3,375 with the proceeds from the quiz night not added to that.
The main income for this year was membership fees-£300,Supporters Walk-£847,Bingo night-£990,car boot sale-£106,competition winnings-£300
Main expenditure was £201 sponsorship for a SAFC player,player of the year trophy and sponsorship of the radio royal commentary and the audit fees of £350. The Supporters trust would like to thank all the people who where in attendance at the Quiz night and helped raise more money for the club. All information was noted by the website and isn't a Supporters Trust statement.