Stirlingalbion.com- Archived News- September 2005

Dumbarton 2v0 Stirling	24/09/05
Stirling slumped to their sixth league defeat in a row today with a 2-0 defeat away to Dumbarton. Stirling have now only taken one point from a possible twenty one this season and are now starting look adrift at the bottom of the table. Stirling gave starts to Chris Scotland, Andy Graham and debut's to on-loan Rangers keeper Robert Giacomo and Steven Bell who played well in the Stirlingshire cup win against Alloa on Tuesday night. Dumbarton took full points with a double from ex-Falkirk striker Andy Rogers. To make matters worse, Steven Bell was sent off for his second yellow card of the game after he dived in the box half way through the second half. Stirling did create a couple of chances, however, a glaring miss from Paddy Connelly didn't help matters in the first half. Stirling really need to start picking up points before the likes of Gretna, Morton and Raith Rovers are back on the fixture list. Next week Stirling play host to surprise package Ayr United and now is the time to end this terrible run of games and get three much needed points and start thinking about moving up the table.
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Young Reds Update	23/09/05
Once again Stirlingalbion.com brings you all the latest Young Reds news that will feature in this weeks programme. Click on the link below to be taken directly to the update or alternatively click on the Young Reds button on the left hand side to get access all the Young Reds news and how to join. Once again we would like to take this opportunity to thank Ian Jones and the Young Reds committee for giving this information to us.
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Alloa 1v2 Stirling	20/09/05
Stirling cruised into the final of the Stirlingshire cup after an early scare from the Wasps. The Binos started the game with under 19's Andy Bell and David Forbes in defence as well as Chris Scotland and Andy Graham. David O'Brien, Stewart Devine, Steven Boyack and under 19 player Nathan Taggart made up the midfield with David Turnbull and Chris Hay up front. The Binos went 1-0 behind after a substantial bit of pressure from the Binos, however, Chris Hay equalised after a clever piece of play by Nathan Taggart. Stirling fielded Steven Bell early in the second half for Stewart Devine and the midfielder came close on a couple of occasions on his debut after being out injured for four months. Stirling then took the lead when big Andy Graham rose above everyone else for a corner and headed the Binos into the lead. There was only ever going to be one winner after that and Stirling's final change saw under 19 striker Chris Brophy replace Chris Hay. The Binos will now meet East Stirling in the final in a bid to win the cup for a third successive time.
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Alloa game re-arranged again	19/09/05
Some Stirling fans where un-happy when Stirling moved their New year derby game against Alloa at home to clash with the vital Scotland qualifying game on Saturday 8th October. The board then made the kick-off time 12 noon, still to the dismay of some fans. The board has therefor moved the game to Friday 7th October with a 7-30pm kick off time so those Binos who follow Scotland can go to both matches. Hopefully this will lead to a bigger crowd with the appeal of a one off Friday night game as well as fans being able to make both matches. Many thanks to all that where involved in getting the date changed.
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Stirling 1v3 Peterhead	17/09/05
Six games into the season and things are looking pretty bleak for the Binos as they continued their bad start to the season by losing 3-1 at home to Peterhead. Scott Christie came in for the injured Myles Hogarth in goals and Douglas Wilson replaced Steven Boyack from Wednesday night's game. Stirling dominated this game for the first sixty minutes, but it was Peterhead who took the lead. Paddy Connelly equalised for the Binos before half time with a superb curling shot from 20 yards out. However, it was the Blue Toon who took all three points thanks to two second half goals. Stirling are slowly starting to fall adrift at the bottom of the table and next week's game away to second bottom Dumbarton is already shaping up for a six pointer! In the mean time,the Binos will face Alloa away in the Shire cup on Tuesday night for a place in the final against East Stirling.
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Stirling 1v2 Morton	14/09/05
Stirling where put out of the Challenge cup tonight by second division rivals Morton. In front a healthy Morton support, the Ton went 1-0 in front after some slack Stirling defending only for the Bino's to equalise a few minutes later through a John Fraser wonder strike. Fraser had missed the last few games through injury, but he put in a spirited performance that earned him the sponsors man of the match award. Morton took the lead in the second half and held onto the final whistle. This wasn't without a scare though as Binos substitute Douglas Wilson had the ball in the net only for the linesman to rule offside. Match report below.
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Trust make programme break-through	13/09/05
Stirling Albion supporters trust is proud to announce that the club has accepted it's proposal to produce and edit the official programme. The first programme will be on sale tomorrow night at the same price as before. Please support the club and us by buying one tomorrow night. Stirling Albion Supporters Trust have this week sent out membership renewal form's to all it's members and previous members in a bid to get numbers up. The focus in recent years has been to get recognised by the Stirling Albion board so that the trust could help the club. This has now been put on the back burner after all attempts have been ignored by the current board. The emphasis this year is to make the people of Stirling more aware of the trust, gain new members and to help the club as much as we can indirectly. Over the last few years the trust has done a lot of work that the people of Stirling may have not reliased and it's hoped that the efforts of this years board committee will have more press coverage. We are therefor appealing to anyone out there who cares for SAFC to join the trust in a bid to eventually be recognised by the club. It only costs £10 per adult per annum to join and £5 per under 16 year per annum to join. Please take a second to look at the supporters trust website (link is available below or by clicking on the supporters trust badge below on the left) to see exactly what it is the trust are trying to achieve. For example, did you know that Stirling Albion was more than £1.3 million pounds in debt? We want to help the club get rid of this, but we need your help to do this. There is still a limited amount of places available on the trust committee and all members can come along to the meetings to ask questions or give us advice. We need you to stand up and be counted and help take the club forward. We are therefor appealing to all the clubs fans to join together and help the club out of it's current predicament. To become a member, simply e-mail james@stirlingalbion.com for further details or approach one of the trust committee at one of the games. A printable form is available below and it should be sent back to James Smith,50 Main Street,Cowie,Stirling.FK7-7BN.
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Young Reds Update	13/09/05
Once again Stirlingalbion.com brings you all the latest Young Reds news that will feature in this weeks programme. Click on the link below to be taken directly to the update or alternatively click on the Young Reds button on the left hand side to get access all the Young Reds news and how to join. Once again we would like to take this opportunity to thank Ian Jones and the Young Reds committee for giving this information to us.
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Colin Hamilton's cartoons	12/09/05
Colin brings us his latest funny cartoon that is about last Saturdays game against Raith Rovers. This will again be a regular feature this season and you can access the cartoon 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 website.
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Raith Rovers 5v2 Stirling	10/09/05
Stirling's dismal start to the season continued yesterday when the Binos threw away a 2-1 lead to eventually go down 5-2 to their second division counterparts. Things got off to a bad start when Rovers went into a early lead, but Paddy Connelly headed the Binos equaliser before half time with both teams hitting the wood-work as well. Stirling again started the second half brightly with Chris Hay notching his first goal for the club in front of the healthy Albion support on his first league start for the Binos. Both strikers both put in great shifts on the day and are the only ones to come out of this game with their heads held high. Stirling then threw the three points away with some terrible defending in which our midfield was guilty as well. Stirling gave a debut to young eighteen year old John Miller who has been doing well in the under 19's, but the young striker had little time to impress with only a few minutes left. Stirling now turn their attention to the Bells Challenge Cup quarter final game with Morton on Wednesday night, but more importantly they must pick up three points at home to Peterhead next Saturday to end this terrible start to the season.
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Game re-scheduled for Scotland date	09/09/05
Stirling's New Year's derby game (Saturday 2nd January 2006) has now been re-scheduled to coincide with Scotland's vital home World qualifying game against Belarus at Hampden (Saturday 8th October). The original kick-off time was set for 12-30pm,but in hindsight has now been moved back to 12 noon by both sets of clubs. This has sparked a bit of reaction from both sets of supporters on the forum. If you would like to join in,then click on the link below.
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Binos draw Morton in cup	01/09/05
The binos where drawn against Morton in the quarter-final draw of the Bells Challenge cup. Stirling have beaten Ayr United and Berwick Rangers to reach this round whilst Morton have beaten big spending Gretna and first division Brechin City. The Binos have also played Morton once this season in the league in which we got beat 2-0 at home in which was a pretty one sided game in Morton's favour.
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