The kick off for this game was delayed for 15 minutes due a bad accident on the motorway on the way down, but it still wasn't long enough to prevent some of the Stirling fans miss a large chunk of the game. Our match reporter, Ian Jones was one of these people and he only seen the last seven minutes of the game! Due to this, there won't be a match report, but lets hope Ian and the other fans have a better day today, than the nightmare that was yesterday. On to the game and there was a few changes from last Saturdays defeat by Morton. The team lined up in a 3-5-2 formation with the following players: Hogarth, Roycroft, McNally, Graham, Nugent, Forsyth, Boyack, Aitken, Hay, Turnbull and Connelly, whilst on the bench was Christie, Devine, O'Brien, Wilson and Dunn. Gretna got off to a flying start and almost scored within the first minute, but Hogarth was on fine form and pulled off a point blank save. It was Gretna who had most of the pressure and eventually went into the lead with a 25 yard wonder strike from new signing James Grady. Gretna had a couple of great chances to extend their lead, but they couldn't find a way past Hogarth. Stirling also had the odd chance with Connelly hitting the ball straight at the keeper from an acute angle and Hay almost scored near the end of the half when his sizzling shot was too hot to handle for the widely experienced Main, but the crossbar came to his rescue. The game was more even in the second half with the Binos having the best chance to score an equalizer. Andy Graham pushed forward and sent in an inch perfect cross to Turnbull, who hit the bar with his powerful header. Overall, I think Gretna are more than beatable and going on this performance, they will start to find the going harder in this division than they would like.

Stirling went into this game pretty confident after having a good start to the season in which they remain in both of the cups, however, Morton proved too hot to handle. The Ton, backed by a healthy away support, never really looked like losing this game and they had most of the pressure with the Binos never really getting close to goal. Stirling started the game with the same team that had disposed of Queen Of The South in the mid-week CIS cup, but this time they served up a lack-luster first 45 minutes. The Binos where better in the second half, but Morton deserved all three points. Match report below.

You’ve seen it in the Sun and the Daily Rangers, on the internet and it’s even been on the television. No its not Grangemouth’s new diddy stand, it’s something far better than that. Rave On brings you Second Division Fantasy Football. Stuff those foreign pre-madonas playing in their Self Preservation League. This includes proper Scottish players, players that run their hearts out each week to ply their trade for some great Scottish clubs, and players that lets face it, are usually mince! The Rave On Second Division Dream Team gives you the unique chance to choose the Second Division team to beat them all. Entries cost £1 or half a pint in most supporters’ language (Each person entering a team can enter a second free of charge!). All you need to do is choose your eleven players from the list then get the relevant information to us by, post or e-mail, or just hand it to one of the fanzine guys. Depending on how well your players do they will gain or lose points. This isn’t just a bit of a laugh, it’s a real competition with prizes. Top prize is a £50 cheque or a Binos top signed by the first team squad, with various other prizes for different categories. Regular updates will be placed in the Albion Bar, as well as in the Stirling Observer but the most up to date scores can be found on the internet
at www.stirlingalbion.com. The scoring will start from the first games played in September and will include every league game until the end of the Season. All entries must be in before the scoring starts so the deadline has been set at August 31st. Those connected with running the competition can not enter and the editor’s decision is final.

After hours of work to upgrade the website to be more user friendly, the website team has finally finished. The website looks almost identical, however, the main function of the upgrade was to add flash buttons that will make it easier for our website users to gain information. Some of you wouldn't have known the amount of information that is available on this website at a touch of a button and hopefully the new look will help you find what you need. Please take a moment to have a look at what features the website has and e-mail any comments (positive or negative) to myself. As with everything, you may find an error or two and if you do, please e-mail me at james@stirlingalbion.com and I'll do my very best to sort it out. New features that have been added is rave-online and dream team, which is a part of rave on-line. These features will mainly be run by Scott Johnstone and feel free to click on the buttons to find out what this is. Clicking on the rave-online button will only take you to the old website at the moment, but as soon as the first new issue of the season is available, you will be able to access it from this button.