List of East Stirlingshire F.C. records and statistics

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East Stirlingshire F.C. is a Scottish association football club from Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 joined the Scottish Football League in 1900.

Contents

This list encompasses the major honours won by East Stirlingshire, records set by the club, its managers and its players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by East Stirlingshire players in international tournaments, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Firs Park, the club's home ground between 1921 and 2008, are also included in the list.

Honours

League

Player records

Most appearances

Scottish Football League appearances from 1948 to 2013 only.
#NameNationalityPosition [note 1] East Stirlingshire
career
League
appearances
League goalsNotes
1 Gordon Russell Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1986–20024459 [1]
2 Derek Ure Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF2002-2011, 2016-201840033
3 Gordon Simpson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1967-198137623
4 Jim Meakin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1969–198527232 [2]
5 Ian Rennie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1978–198827224 [3]
6 Bobby McCulley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1972–199126830 [4]
7 Arthur Hammill Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1962–197126639
8 Tom Craig Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DF1960–19682590
9 Charlie Kelly Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland GK1978–19902221 [5]
10 Tom Donnelly Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland MF1971–197821626

Goalscorers

International caps

Transfers

Club records

Goals

Points

Matches

Firsts

  • First match as Britannia: Britannia 0–7 Falkirk 2nd XI , 4 December 1880.
  • First match as East Stirlingshire: Falkirk 5–0 East Stirlingshire, 27 August 1881.
  • First league match: East Stirlingshire 2–3 Airdrieonians , 18 August 1900.
  • First Lowland Football League match: East Stirlingshire 2-2 Vale of Leithen, 6 August 2016.
  • First Scottish Cup match: Milngavie Thistle 2–1 East Stirlingshire, September 1882.
  • First Scottish League Cup match: East Stirlingshire 2–1 Kilmarnock , 11 September 1948.
  • First Scottish Challenge Cup match: Queen of the South 5–0 East Stirlingshire, 16 October 1990.

Record wins

Record defeats

  • Record Scottish Football League defeat: 1–12 (against Dundee United, 13 April 1936).
  • Record Scottish Cup defeat: 2–10 (against Renton, 4 April 1884).
  • Record Scottish League Cup defeat: 2–9 (against Albion Rovers, 18 August 1956).
  • Record Scottish Challenge Cup defeat: 0–7 (against St Mirren, 6 August 2002).

Record consecutive results

Attendances

Notes

  1. For a full description of positions see: Association football positions.

References

  1. "GORDON RUSSELL". Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. "JIM MEAKIN". Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. "IAN RENNIE". Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. "BOB McCULLEY". Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  5. "CHARLIE KELLY". Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 September 2011.