Stirlingalbion.com- Archived News- March 2006

Alloa 0v0 Stirling	28/03/06
Stirling ground out a point in a goal less draw with derby rivals Alloa at Recreation Park tonight in front of a decent Albion support for a mid-week game. Both Steven Bell and Mark McNally came back into the squad after serving their suspensions and Stirling Gaffer, Alan Moore, opted for the 4-5-1 system that has served the Binos so well this season. John Miller dropped to the bench for Steven Bell whilst Ross Forsyth remained at centre half with Mark McNally only making the bench. Stirling moved to within six points of Peterhead with this point and we still have two games in hand. This Saturday Stirling take on Ayr United at Somerset Park whilst Peterhead take on Morton in Peterhead. Time is not on the Binos hands in the race for a play off spot and Stirling will be looking to get a good result down there and hope that Peterhead drop points against second placed Morton. Match report below.
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Stirling 3v1 Dumbarton	25/03/06
Stirling went into this game knowing that nothing but a win would do if they where to stay in the race for one of the play off spots. The Binos delivered the three points in the end thanks to goals from Paddy Connolly, Douglas Wilson and under 19 striker, Neil McVicars. Other results went in Stirling's favour as well with both Peterhead and Partick dropping vital points. It now means that if Stirling win their mid week game against derby rivals Alloa, then they will be only four points behind Peterhead and seven behind partick with two games in hand. Match report below.
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Peterhead 2v0 Stirling	18/03/06
Stirling's play off hopes took a dent as they went down 2-0 to play off rivals Peterhead today. The Binos fielded an almost identical team as last week except for Ross Forsyth coming in for the injured Chris Aitken who could only make the bench. Both teams had good chances, but it was the Blue Toon who capitlised on their's and in the end got the rewards. Stirling have now fallen nine points behind Peterhead, but where given good news that Partick had got beaten at home to Gretna. Although this has made things more difficult, there is still quite a few games to play till the end of the season and if the Binos can go on a winning run and win a few games in a row, especially their games in hand, there is no reason why they can't make the play-off's at the end of the season. Match report below.
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Your City Your Team Statement	14/03/06
Last Saturday was a cold wet day with little to encourage people to leave the house especially as there was international rugby on the box. However several hundred people gave up their warm living room for the afternoon and made their way to Forthbank to lend their support to their local team. Your City, Your Team campaign would like to thank various people for helping to make our day of action a success including all the organisations who have backed the campaign working together to make a difference. I would especially like to thank the Young Reds who managed to get 50 children to Forthbank for a soccer sevens tournament despite it being a freezing cold day. It was great to see that many of them stayed at Forthbank and attended the game. It was excellent to see companies of all sizes helping to make the day a success, including the vtech-smt , the Albion Bar, Prudential and the Stirling Observer. Most of all I would like to thank all those who attended the game especially the many new faces I saw in the stand, and I hope to see them again soon. Your City, Your Team attempted to get a 1000 people in the home stand, which we very nearly achieved. Our main aim though was to raise the clubs profile in the city and I hope that everyone agrees we have certainly done that. There is plenty more that needs to be done to help Stirling Albion become an essential part of Stirling's community life and I hope that everyone who backed our campaign will continue to lend support because, Your City, Your Team isn't over it's really only just begun.
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Stirling 2v2 Raith Rovers	11/03/06
The Binos could only draw with the men from Kirkcaldy in front of a larger than usual home crowd because of the Your City Your Team project. The Binos started with the same team that was beaten 5-0 at home in mid-week to Gretna, with only the injured Robert Dunn out of the squad with teenage striker John Miller coming in to replace him on the bench. The Binos got off to a great start, although they could only muster a point from the game after O'Brien and Connolly had given the Binos a half time lead. Another disappointing aspect of the day was the fact that Peterhead scored with only a few minutes to go to beat Dumbarton and are now six points in front of the Binos in the race for one of the play off places. The Binos now take on high flying Gretna on Tuesday night before making the long journey north next Saturday in a vital "six" point game against play off rivals Peterhead. On another note, the website would like to thank everyone who made the effort to help spread the word and bring some extra people to boost the home crowd on the YCYT day. The official attendance in the home end was 837 and although the YCYT team didn't achieve it's target of 1000 home fans in the home end, it still added on a good 250 home fans more that would normally have been there. The fact it was a freezing cold day and Scotland where doing so well at the rugby which was live on tv didn't really help as well though. Many thanks to everyone who attended, especially the match sponsors vtech-smt and hopefully some of you will come back down again this season and help cheer the Binos on to one of those elusive play off places.
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Your City Your Team	06/03/06
The Your City Your Team day is this Saturday (at home to Raith Rovers) and now all the hard work is done by the YCYT group, it's all over to you guys to help us achieve our goal of getting 1000 home fans for the day. By now you will have heard something about the YCYT day, but if not you can click on the link below and check out what all the fuss is about. Stirlingalbion.com is asking you to bring as many family members and friends down to this game so that there is finally a home support the city can be proud of. Please spread the word about this game and please, please, please get yourself down to the game on Saturday in what is sure to be a action packed vital league game for the Binos as they battle to get into the play-off's this season. Finally, I would just like to thank vtech-smt from Throsk for backing the YCYT day and sponsoring the game.
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60th Anniversary Polo Shirt for Sale	06/03/06
Stirling Albion supporters trust wanted to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the club and they now have polo shirts with a 60th anniversary badge on it for sale. They retail in both red (white badge) and white (red badge) and are available at £20 per shirt, plus p&p where required. The polo shirt is available in the following sizes: XS (34), S (36), M (38/40), L (42), XL (44/46), XXL (48) XXXL (50/52)- numbers in brackets refer to chest size. All profits from this will go straight into Stirling Albion's youth system so please back this venture and help raise some funds for the club. Please click on the link to see the pictures on the forum of the two types of polo shirt available (many thanks to Scott Craig for modeling the shirts). If you wish to purchase one, please e-mail Graham Hamilton on albinos@tiscali.co.uk or by approaching one of the supporters trust committee.
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Colin Hamilton's Cartoon's	06/03/06
Colin brings us his latest funny cartoons, one of which mentions the your city your team day. This will again be a regular feature this season and you can access the new cartoon's from the clicking on the "cartoons" button on the left hand side or clicking the link at the bottom of this story. Colin has his own website and is available for business. His contact details are available to view on his on his own website so why not take a minute to have a look.
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