Apologies for the lack of detail in this report. Thanks to the decision to house the Albion fans in the temporary stand, I couldn't make out the tannoy announcer, therefore, some of the Falkirk players will only be referred to as their number.

Stirling Albion retained the Stirlingshire Cup in a dramatic penalty shoot out with Falkirk. The Binos twice came from 2 goals behind in normal time to take the match to penalties. Young Sean Roycroft was the goalscoring hero, scoring the winning penalty, whilst Myles Hogarth played his part in saving Falkirk's 6th attempt.

Both teams played a mixture of first team players and "fringe" players. the Albion line up was:-

Hogarth

Neville
Roycroft
McNally
Devine

Wilson
Galloway
Hay
Allan

Cummings
Gethins

Falkirk took the lead in 7 minutes when Marshall danced past several defenders to slot the ball past Hogarth.
In 15 minutes, Gethins headed just wide. after a good run from Wilson.
In 22 minutes, a Neville cross flashed across the goals but there were no takers.
In 25 minutes, McBreen rattled the crossbar with a header.
In 35 minutes, Allan forced his way in from the left but Hill managed to smother his shot.
5 minutes before half time, Falkirk increased their lead when Allan was adjudged to have brought down Rahim inside the box. McAnespie sent Hogarth the wrong way.
Wilson should have pulled one back but he delayed his shot allowing Hill to come out and block his effort.
Half time 2-0 to Falkirk.
The Binos made a change at half time with Hutchison replacing McNally in the centre of defence.
The first 15 minutes of the second half were fairly uneventful.
Then, in 63 minutes, the Binos achieved the breakthrough they needed when a Devine scissor kick beat Hill after the keeper had saved Wilson's effort.
In 74 minutes, Falkirk restored their 2 goal advantage with a close range shot from their number 10.
2 minutes later, Gethins was brought down in the box and he stepped up to send a right foot shot past Hill. 2-3
Before the match re-started, McDonald came on for Wilson.
Allan was then replaced by Lochead.
With 5 minutes to go, Gethins scored the equaliser witha shot which went in off the underside of the bar despite Hill managing to get his fingertips to it.
With 3 minutes to go, Paul hay was unfortunate to see his shot come back off the crossbar.
The match finished 3-3 and went staright to penalties which were taken at the end of the ground housing the Albion fans.
Gethins was first to step up and scored to make it 1-0 to the Albion.
McAnespie equalised for Falkirk. 1-1
Neville scored. 2-1
McBreen equalised. 2-2
Cummings scored. 3-2
Rahim equalised. 3-3
Devine scored 4-3
Scally equalised 4-4
McDonald scored 5-4
Marshall equalised 5-5
Hutchison's shot was saved 5-5
Hogarth saved, still 5-5
Lochead scored 6-5
Barr equalised 6-6
Hay scored 7-6
Hill equalised 7-7
Galloway scored 8-7
Falkirk Number 14 equalised 8-8
A nervous looking Roycroft scored 9-8
Falkirk player, I didn't notice who it was such was the excitement hit the bar.
Final score 9-8 and the cup was heading back to Forthbank.

The match had started with Falkirk looking to overrun the Albion but an overall gritty performance saw the Albion just about deserve to win. With an unfamiliar team, I looked to see individual performances and the man of the match, for me, was Gethins who, despite his lack of physical presence, worked tirelessly throughout.