EAST STIRLINGSHIRE


("The Shire")

Year formed1880
Previous names

None

 

Ochilview Park, Gladstone Road, Stenhousemuir FK5 4QL

(for pictures of the ground click here)

Pitch measurements110 x 72 yards (101 x 66 metres)
Ground capacity5,267
Record attendance12,000 v Partick Thistle, Scottish Cup 3rd round, 21 February 1921 at Firs Park (lost 1-2)
League career

Scottish Division Two: 1900 - 1915

Scottish Division Two: 1921 - 1923

Scottish Division Three: 1923 - 1924

Scottish Division Two / Division 'B': 1924 - 1932

Scottish Division 'A': 1932 - 1933

Scottish Division 'B': 1933 - 1939

Scottish Division 'C': 1946 - 1948

Scottish Division 'B' 1948 - 1949

Scottish Division 'C' North East: 1949 - 1950

Scottish Division 'C' South West: 1950 - 1954

Scottish Division 'C' North East: 1954 - 1955

Scottish Division Two: 1955 - 1975

Scottish Division Two: 1975 - 1980

Scottish Division One: 1980 - 1982

Scottish Division Two: 1982 - 1995

Scottish Division Three / League Two: 1995 - 2016

Scottish Lowland League: 2016 - .

First Scottish League game18 August 1900 v Airdrieonians, Scottish Division Two (lost 2-3)
Honours 
European

None

Domestic - League

Scottish Division 'B' champions: 1931-32

Scottish Division Two runners-up: 1962-63

Scottish Division 'C' champions: 1947-48

Scottish Division Three / Two runners-up: 1923-24, 1979-80

Scottish Second World War Eastern Football League 2nd series champions: 1945-46

Domestic - Cup

Scottish Qualifying Cup winners: 1898-99, 1910-11

Scottish Qualifying Cup runners-up: 1895-96, 1897-98, 1900-01

Scottish Qualifying Cup (Midlands) runners-up: 1946-47, 1947-48

Best League position

18th, Scottish Division One, 1963-64

18th, Scottish Division Two, 1900-01

Lowest League position

2nd, Scottish Division Three, 1923-24

10th, Scottish Division Three / League Two: 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2015-16

Furthest in Scottish CupQuarter-final, 1888-89, 1890-91, 1980-81
Furthest in League Cup2nd round, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000
Most League points 
2 for a win55, Scottish Division Two, 1931-32
3 for a win61, Scottish Division Three, 2008-09, 2009-10
Fewest League points 
2 for a win

12, Scottish Division One, 1963-64

12, Scottish Division Two, 1905-06

3 for a win8, Scottish Division Three, 2003-40
Most League goals scored111, Scottish Division Two, 1931-32
Most League goals conceded130, Scottish Division Two, 1938-39
Fewest League goals scored21, Scottish Division Two, 1911-12
Fewest League goals conceded26, Scottish Division 'C', 1947-48
Most wins in a League season26, Scottish Division 'B', 1931-32
Fewest wins in a League season1, Scottish Division Two, 1905-06
Most draws in a League season17, Scottish Division One, 1980-81
Fewest draws in a League season

2, Scottish Division One, 1963-64

2, Scottish Division Two / Division 'B', 1909-10, 1936-37, 1946-47

2, Scottish Division Three, 2003-04

Most losses in a League season

32, Scottish Division Three, 2003-04

Fewest losses in a League season

1, Scottish Division 'C', 1947-48

Record win11-2 v Vale of Bannock, Scottish Cup 2nd round, 22 September 1888
Record defeat1-12 v Dundee United, Scottish Division Two, 13 April 1936
  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a season

36, Malcolm Morrison, Scottish Division Two, 1938-39

in total 
  
Most League appearances445, Gordon Russell, 1986-2002

Most capped player

3, Humphrey Jones for Wales
Highest transfer fee received£35,000 for Jim Docherty to Chelsea, 1978
Highest transfer fee paid£6,000 for Colin McKinnon from Falkirk, March 1991