Stirling opted for a 4-5-1 formation today after a slight groin strain relegated Colin Cramb to the bench as Ross Harris made up the five man midfield. The Binos did change the bench once again with Hogarth, Devine, Tomana, Cramb and Walker all making up the squad. It was the league leaders who took all three points back to Hamilton with Cramb and Aitken (Penalty) who were the Stirling scorers. Stirling will next take on promotion challengers Dundee at Dens Park and the Binos will be looking to pick something up before they start to get isolated at the bottom of the table. Match report below.

The draw for the fourth round of the cup was made today and Stirling were paired with Celtic at Parkhead. This game will give a massive cash windfall for the Binos, whilst the players will be able to play against one of the best side's in Scotland. The game is scheduled to take place on Saturday 12th January, however, it may take place on the Sunday as Rangers are also at home and their name came out the hat first. The website will update you with any further news. Here is a list of the full draw:

Hamilton v Brechin City or East Fife
St Mirren v Dumbarton
Partick Thistle v Dunfermline
Falkirk v Aberdeen
Hibernian v Inverness CT
Huntly v Dundee
Hearts v Motherwell
Rangers v East Stirlingshire
Queen of the South v Linlithgow Rose
Morton v Gretna
Airdrie Utd or Queen's Park v Kilmarnock
St Johnstone v Raith Rovers
Cove Rangers v Ross County
Clyde v Dundee United
Livingston v Cowdenbeath
Celtic v Stirling Albion

Please note that the Supporters Club will be running buses to this game and that names will be taken in advance and fares will have to be paid in advance. Names and fares will be taken after times,prices,etc have been announced. The website will keep you up to date with these details.

The Binos resisted the opportunity to field a more weakened team against third division Stranraer in their first Scottish cup tie of the season. The same team took the field as the one that lost 4-3 away to Livingston except that Chris Aitken replaced the suspended Ross Harris and David McKenna returned after his one match suspension for the injured Derek Lilley. Allan Moore did however, make changes to the bench with Paul Hay, Nicky Walker and under 19 defender Derek Currie joining Myles Hogarth and William Easton on the bench. The Binos dominated this game from start to finish as they showed the massive gulf in quality between the two teams as they ran out 6-0 winners which was their biggest away win since a 7-0 away win over Queen of the South in April 1996. Nicky Walker scored his first goals for the Binos after coming on as a sub at half time and bagging a brace, whilst Chris Aitken also got a brace and Colin Cramb and top scorer David McKenna also got on the score sheet. The Binos will be back on league business next Saturday against league leaders Hamilton Accies and hopefully Allan Moore will still be in charge after the recent rumors that he might be on his way to St Johnstone to replace the recently departed Owen Coyle. Match report below.

St Johnstone look likely to lose Owen Coyle tomorrow to English side Burnley after both teams agreed compensation for the young manager and this has lead to speculation that former fans favourite Alan Moore could be on his way to the Perth side. Moore took over Stirling in June 2002 after Ray Stewart had taken Stirling to the depths of the third division the previous season in which we were just a penalty kick away from finishing the worst team in Scotland. Moore has brought steady improvement to the Binos and after a decent mid table finish, he lead Stirling to promotion in his second season. After two mid table finishes in the second division in which saw full time teams like Morton, Gretna, Raith and Ayr struggle against the Binos, Stirling won promotion to the first division last season via the play off's on a pretty limited budget. The chairman was quick to sign him on a new contract at the end of last season to tie him up to the Binos till the end of next season (2008/09). Over this time, the Binos manager has been linked with moves to St Mirren, St Johnstone, Dunfermline and Ayr United, however, nothing came of them despite some concrete offers. If Coyle moves to Burnley then there is a high chance that Moore will move to St Johnstone as they will have the finances to take him there. Moore works full time for a college and a lot will depend on them being able to pay wages which will cover his job and wages from the Binos as well as a substantial compensation package for the Binos. The website will keep you updated if there is any official move for Moore.

Stirling Albion Youth Development Committee have arranged the following function to
help meet the costs of it's Pro-Youth programme. As you are aware we are self sufficient
and receive no funding from the club.


WHEN; Saturday 17th November 07, Stirling Rugby Club
COST; £35 per ticket or table for 10 at £300.

SPEAKERS; John Gahagen, Nicky Docherty and Bill Barclay.

Three course meal, raffle, auction including framed signed football tops,
golf packages and a limited edition Graeme Baxter golf print signed by Ernie Els.

Prior to the event and starting around 4.30pm the Scotland v Italy game
will be shown on large screen TV,s within the function hall at the rugby club.
The bar will be open.

Last years event was a great success with this years promising to be even better.
So please support this function if you can.


Ticket enquiries to Andy McMillan; andy@allscotfinance.co.uk, mob 07967 315126
Stewart Taylor; coachstaylor@aol.com or PM to PETER716 on the forum.

The Stirling Albion supporters club lottery tote has been temporarily suspended until further notice. Due to such a long run of away games in November the committee have taken the decision to suspend it temporarily. The tote will be making a return, however, anyone who is in front with cash at the moment will receive their money back, so please get in contact with Davie Dolby for this please. On other news, the supporters bus is running a bus to Stranraer with pick up times at ISLAMIC CENTRE at 10.40 and from the ANCHOR BAR 10.45 with a price of £12 for the return journey.

The Binos went into this game full of confidence after notching their first win in style the previous week against Dunfermline at home. Stirling lined up with the same team as last week with the notable exception of the injured Steven Bell in midfield. This seen a return to the team for Chris Aitken and the space left on the bench was filled by Stewart Devine who himself made his first appearance since his injury against Hearts in late August. The Binos found themselves 1-0 down early on in the first half, but the team battled away to get a well deserved point through a fantastic header from Laurie Ellis (his first goal of the season) despite going down to ten men after David McKenna received a very harsh second yellow card in the game. This means the Binos will go into a very important game against Livingston next week missing their top scorer. Match report below.