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Archived
News For March 2005 |
If
you've been away from the website for a while, this is the
place to check for any news you have missed. Here is the Archived news for March 2005 |
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Supporters
Trust AGM and Quiz Night info |
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The
quiz will now be on the Wednesday night only (30th) there
are still a few places for teams left and I will accept entries
right up to the Tuesday night if you want to e-mail me albinos@tiscali.co.uk
or phone on 01786 472256. To add to the AGM on the 31st. March
at 7-30pm (Albion bar, Barnton Street, Stirling)The thread
opened up Dick King our former Chairman brought a good response
and a good number of really good questions and comments. Thus
if anybody who is not a member is welcome to attend and ask
a question or put forward any ideas that they see as important.
We try and answer them if we can. Although they will not be
able to vote although if they join on the night they can.
As the Albion Bars function room is small, members will be
given priority to enter the room if quite a few non members
turn up. There is also a number of places available on the
board this year as a few of us are having to step down due
to other commitments.
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Supporters
Club news |
20/03/05 |
Stirling
Albion supporters club are now selling the player of the year
dance tickets. These are only on sale to the club members
at the moment, however, from the 9th April the remaining tickets
will go on sale to the general public. Price is set at £13
per person and the venue will still be McQues in Bannockburn.
Tickets are available form Stef Torrence or Jimmy Watson and
it is advisable to get them asap as they tend to sell out
really fast. On another note, the tickets for the bus for
the last game of the season are now on sale. The price for
this has been set at £5 for both members and non-members
and it is hoped there will be enough interest to run two buses.
It is advisable to buy your ticket asap in case they end up
only running one bus and people miss out. The leaving times
to Arbroath that day will be 9.50am at the Borestone (St Ninians),
9.55am at the Islamic Centre and 10am at the Halfway House.
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Morton
2v0 Stirling |
19/03/05 |
Stirling's
abysmal record at Cappielow continued when promotion chasing
Morton beat the Bino's 2-0 and end any slight hope's Stirling
had of two successive promotion's. In what was a pretty evenly
matched game, Morton took there chances and kept the pressure
on struggling Stranraer. It was pretty much the same Bino's
line-up as the one that drew at Berwick with Paul Di Giacomo
coming in for Martin Glancy. There is now a full match report
below from our regular reporter Ian Jones, just click on the
link below to view.
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| Related Link:Match
Report |
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Berwick
2v2 Stirling |
12/03/05 |
Apologies
to our regular readers for the lateness of this news. Stirling
went into this game with Paul Di Giacomo and Chris Aitken
suspended and in came Kevin MacDonald and Martin Glancy. Stirling
had a pretty slack start with Stewart Devine missing a header
and the Berwick player went through to score after only a
couple of minutes. The first half was pretty even and Stirling
won a penalty that Dunn converted. In the second half, the
third division bound Berwick was the better team, but with
very little shots on goal. Stirling took the lead with only
a couple of minutes to go when Dunn hit the cross bar from
outside the box and sub Dougie Wilson done superbly to hit
it on the half volley from outside the box and score his first
goal of the season. Stirling looked like they would be heading
up the motorway with all 3 points, but the referee gave a
very dodgy penalty in which it was alleged to have a Bino
players arm. If this wasn't bad enough, the penalty hit off
the crossbar and bounce a yard from the line, but the ref
gave a goal. In hindsight, the result was pretty fair, but
Stirling where still robbed of 2 precious points. A match
report will appear on here later tonight.
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Alloa
1v1 Stirling |
08/03/05 |
This
rearranged New Years day match eventually went ahead tonight
at the third time of asking. The referee did his very best
to spoil this game with his very picky decisions and the controversial
sending off of on loan striker Paul Di Giacomo. Stirling then
went on to ground out a well earned draw from there local
rivals and that means we're still 7 points ahead of them in
the league. Match report is available from the link below.
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Colin
Hamilton's Cartoon |
07/03/05 |
Colin
Hamilton has been bringing funny Binos related cartoons all
season and has just added another to his temporary website.
Colin's main website will be back up and running soon. 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 temporary 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.
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| Related Link:Latest
Cartoons |
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Many
Thanks |
06/03/05 |
Stirling
Albion Supporters club would like to thank everyone
who sponsored a race/horse and those that gave up there time
to attend the race night on Friday night. Although it wasn't
the biggest function, the supporters club still managed to
raise in excess of £500. On other news, the Supporters
club will be running a cheaper bus to Arbroath on the last
game of the season to try and get a bigger crowd to back the
Binos. Prices will be set at £5 and it's hoped there
will be enough interest for them to run 2 buses. Although
it's a while away, the supporters club will be taking names
for this in the next few weeks. Stirilingalbion.com will keep
you up to date with the info.The Stirling Albion supporters
Trust has also extended the closing date for the
quiz till next Saturday (12th March). It's hoped that a few
more teams will enter and anyone looking for a entry form
can e-mail Graham (albinos@tiscali.co.uk). |
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Stirling
3v2 Forfar |
05/03/05 |
The
fact this game produced 5 goals hid the fact that this was
a real lackluster performance from the Bino's who managed
to hold onto a 1 goal goal lead against 10 men Forfar. There
was a more familiar look to the team when they came out with
Stirling playing a 4-4-2 formation. Stewart Devine was back
at left back and McNally kept his central position, O'Brien
returned to the left wing, with Chris Aitken retaining his
midfield slot after his wonder goal last week.The only real
puzzling position this week was the fact that MacDonald was
on the right despite there being 2 players who have played
better on the right on the bench (Wilson and Glancy). Chris
Aitken scored another peach of a goal, with Devine and Di
Giacomo also finding the net. Match report is available below. |
| Related Link:Match
Report |
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Alloa
Game rearranged |
04/03/05 |
After
Tuesday night's rearranged derby game between Alloa and Stirling
was cancelled due a to a waterlogged park at the Recs, both
clubs where quick to rearrange the game for this Tuesday night
(8th March). This will be the third attempt to play this game
after it was originally rained off on New Years day. |
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Supporters
Club Race Night and Trust Info |
04/03/05 |
Stirling
Albion Supporters club fundraising race night will be held
at The Tarten Arms (McQues), Bannockburn tonight (Friday 4th
March) starting at 7-45pm. Don't worry if you don't already
have tickets as you will be able to pay at the door (£1
per person). A limited amount of races at £25 each are
still available to sponsor, as well as a limited amount of
horses at £2-50 each.
The Stirling Albion Trust is holding a
football quiz night on the 28th & 29th March at the Linden
Inn. Info has been posted on this event and extra info. is
available from the link below. The entry forms are due to
be handed in by tomorrow (5th March) as well as any money
(£16 per team/£4 per person). This can be handed
into Graham at the home game tomorrow at seat no.G54.. |
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Trust Quiz Night Info. |
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