The votes have now been counted and this year's Young Red's player of the year is Steven Bell. Steven's has been outstanding for the Binos this season, scoring nine goals from midfield. However, the voting was very close with Ross Forsyth and, previous winner, Myles Hogarth giving Steven a run for his money.
Steven was presented with the trophy following the Soccer School on Tuesday night which was attended by nearly 50 children.

Stirling went into this last "league" game of the season hoping to beat Stranraer for the first time this season. There was a number of changes from last week as Alan Moore rested some of the first team regulars. In goals came Scott Christie; Derek Currie made his first start of the season at left back after doing all well in the under 19's and reserves all season and he played alongside McNally, Nugent and Hay. In midfield were Fraser, Wilson, Tomana and O'Brien with Bingham and Cashmore up front. Ian Cashmore scored his fifth goal of the season to level things before half time, but it wasn't enough as Stranraer run out winners by three goals to one. Stirling will now take on Raith Rovers in mid week and next Saturday in the hope of getting to the play off final the following week. Stirling are now on the back of four straight defeats, but the real action starts on Wednesday as the Binos hope to gain promotion. Stirlingalbion.com is appealing to everyone to come along to these games and cheer the team on. On another note, the supporters club have confirmed that they will be running a bus to the mid week game against Raith Rovers. The stops and times will be BANNOCKBURN 5.45, BORESTONE 5.50, ISLAMIC CENTRE 5.55, HALFWAY HOUSE 6PM. Match report below.

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The Binos rested a couple of key player's in this 1-0 home defeat to fellow play off team Brechin City. The Binos went with Hogarth in goals, a back four of Hay, Nugent, McNally & Forsyth; in midfield was Bell, Devine, O'Brien and Tomana with Bingham and Snodgrass up front; Christie, Cashmore, Wilson, Taggart and Fraser all made the bench. In this pretty meaningless end of season game, Stirling missed the chance to pick up a point when Robert Snodgrass missed a penalty and as a result this was Stirling's third defeat in a row. The Binos take on Stranraer next week before the real games commence again with the Binos taking on either Brechin or Raith the following midweek. Match report below.

Road works on the motorway meant there was a smaller than usual Stirling support down at Ayr today as some of the fans decided to turn back after being stuck in the traffic for hours. Sadly we wont be bringing you a match report as Ian and myself were unable to make the match. Anyway, the Binos lined up for this game in an experimental 3-5-2 formation with Paul Hay being dropped from the squad and Mark McNally returned to the centre of defence; David Bingham replaced Nathan Taggart and Ian Cashmore returning to the bench for Douglas Wilson. The Binos found themselves 1-0 down in the first half, but a Chris Aitken penalty had them on level terms at half time. Ayr scored a further two goals in the second half and Stirling's misery was compounded as Andy Graham had to go off injured as he appeared to be stamped on the hand by an Ayr player. Colin Cramb notched his 15th goal of the season from the penalty spot with a couple of minutes to go to give the Binos some hope as Ayr went down to 10 men as their player was sent off for being the last man. The Binos had a shot cleared off the line in injury time, but apparently it was a good two yards over the line, but the linesman and ref failed to spot it. With this defeat the Binos handed Morton the title despite them going down 2-0 away to Raith Rovers (the team the Binos will play in the play off's). Congratulations to Morton on winning the title and hopefully the Binos can be in the same division next season. Next up is Brechin City at home and the Binos will be hoping to put in a better performance against another possible play off team.

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Stirling Albion supporter's club player of the year dance at only £13 per person. The dance will take place on Friday 18th May at Cowie Miners Welfare club. Thirteen pound is excellent value for money for this and this includes a disco and a meal as well as the usual awards. The club will be open for 7pm and it's being advised that you be there for 7-15pm for a 7-30pm start. Tickets are available from Jimmy Watson (01786 475573) or Stef Torrence (01259- 219570) who can easily be found on a match day. Members will have first pick of tickets, but all non-members are also welcome to attend.

The Binos lined up for this vital league game with Steven Bell coming in for Douglas Wilson and Nathan Taggart coming in for the injured David O'Brien. Goal scorer on the day was Robert Snodgrass, but it wasn't enough to take anything from the game and Morton's emphatic win over Forfar saw them go seven points clear with only three games left to play. It now look's highly likely that the Binos will be involved in the play off's so hopefully the Binos can get back on a winning run till then. Match report below.

As you will see from other news stories, www.stirlingalbion.com is trying to raise £1200 for a new pie oven and we have so far raised £930 thanks to some more donations and the last lot of programmes we sold. We have been kindly donated a second batch of programmes by Scott Addie and I have listed them all below. Some of the bidding ends on Sunday and throughout the week. All donations to this are very welcome, please e-mail the website if you would like to donate. The links below will take you direct to each lot-

8 Stirling Programmes 1996/97 ; 9 Stirling programmes from 1991/92; 5 Beano's fanzine's from the early nineties ; Issue Number 9 of the Beano's fanzine ; 9 Stirling programmes from 1992/93 ; 29 Stirling programmes from 1991/92; First Stirling Albion programme at Forthbank- 24/4/93 ; 3 Dunfermline v Stirling Programmes 1992-94 ; 5 Rangers Programmes from 1989-1995 ; Scottish Supporters League Handbook 1992/93 ; Signed Stenhousemuir v Stirling Programme 11-5-91 ; Signed Stirling v Meadowbank Thistle Programme 31-8-91 ; Last Game At Annfield v Clydebank Programme ; 27 Stirling Programmes 1994/95 ; 26 Stirling Programmes from 1992/93 ; 27 Stirling Programmes from the championship winning season in 1990/91 ; 20 Stirling Programmes from 1993/94 ; 14 Stirling Programmes ranging from 1990-2000 ; Motherwell v Celtic Programme 1988 ; Celtic v Montrose Scottish Cup programme 1992 ; 3 Raith Rovers v Stirling Programmes 1991-93 ; 4 Hamilton Accies v Stirling Programmes 1991-94 ; Signed Arbroath v Stirling Programme from 1990/91, 2 Kilmarnock v Stirling Programmes 1991/92 ; Everton v Derby County 15/3/97 ; St Mirren v Stirling Programme 1993 ; 6 Livingston/ Meadowbank Thislte v Stirling Programmes 1991-95 ; 3 Scotland home Programmes from the under 15,16 & 21's 1990-93 ; Scottish Cup Amateur Final 1994 Bannockburn A.F.C v Galston A.F.C ; Scottish Cup Amateur Final 1981 Bannock burn A.F.C v Knockentiber A.F.C ; 2 Portsmouth Home Programmes 1994; 3 Ayr United v Stirling Programmes 1991-95 ; 4 Morton v Stirling Programmes 1991-93 , 2 Dundee v Stirling Programmes 1991/92, Signed (by 13 players) Stirling v Alloa programme 1990/91, 5 Falkirk Home Programmes 1990-94, Signed Central Scotland Family Fun Day Programme 1991, 2 Alloa home programmes 1991/92, Signed Albion Rovers v Stirling Programme 1991, Hibs v Rangers 1987, Issue Number ten of the Stenhousemuir Fanzine Sept. 1995, Scottish Junior Cup Final 1991- Newtongrange Star v Auckinleck Talbot, Signed Stirling v Clyde- Reserve League West Programme 1992

The Binos lined up with the same team as Saturday, except Stewart Devine returned to the midfield after serving his two match ban in place of Marek Tomana and John Fraser replaced Mark McNally on the bench after he also returned from a two match ban. The Binos managed to scrape through this game thanks to a second half winner by Colin Cramb, but Cowdenbeath proved that they are a good side and they could have won this game if their finishing was a bit better. The bad news on the night was that Morton managed to win 1-0 away to Brechin and the four point gap remains at the top of the table with only four games of the season left. The Binos take on Peterhead up North on Saturday in what will be another difficult game and it's hoped that there will be a good traveling support to back them. The supporters bus bus leaves the Borestone bar at 8-50am, the Islamic centre at 8-55am and the Halfway House at 9am with a price of £12 for adults and £8 for concessions and all members and non members are welcome. A £2 surcharge maybe applied if you are a non-member and the bus will stop half way down the road for a chip stop for an hour, so please take this into account. Match report below.