List of East Stirlingshire F.C. seasons

This is a list of East Stirlingshire Football Club seasons from 1882–83 to the present day. The list details East Stirlingshire's record in major league and cup competitions, and the club's top league goal scorer of each season where available. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in East Stirlingshire's division that season. Records of minor competitions such as the Stirlingshire Cup are not included.

The club was founded in 1880 as Bainsford Britannia, a year later changing to its present name of East Stirlingshire. The club first competed in the Scottish Cup in 1882, two years after the club was established. The club was then admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1900.

Seasons

Season	League									Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Top league goal scorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Name	Goals
1882–83										R1
1883–84										R3
1884–85										R2
1885–86										R3
1886–87										R3
1887–88										R3
1888–89										QF
1889–90										R4
1890–91										QF
1891–92										R1
1893–94										R1
1894–95										R1
1895–96										R1
1897–98										R2
1898–99										R2
1899–1900										R1
1900–01	Div 2	18	7	3	8	34	39	17	7th	R1
1901–02	Div 2	22	8	3	11	36	46	19	9th
1902–03	Div 2	22	9	3	10	46	41	21	8th
1903–04	Div 2	22	8	5	9	35	40	21	5th
1904–05	Div 2	22	7	5	10	37	38	19	9th
1905–06	Div 2	22	1	10	11	26	47	12	12th
1906–07	Div 2	22	6	4	12	36	48	16	11th
1907–08	Div 2	22	9	5	8	30	32	23	4th
1908–09	Div 2	22	9	3	10	27	33	21	7th	R1
1909–10	Div 2	22	9	2	11	38	43	20	8th
1910–11	Div 2	22	7	6	9	28	34	20	7th	R1
1911–12	Div 2	22	7	3	12	21	31	17	9th	R2
1912–13	Div 2	26	12	8	6	43	27	32	3rd	R2
1913–14	Div 2	22	7	8	7	40	36	22	7th	R2
1914–15	Div 2	26	13	5	8	53	44	31	4th
Division 2 and the Scottish Cup were postponed due to World War I
1919–20										R2
1920–21										R3
1921–22	Div 2	38	12	10	16	43	60	34	15th	R3
1922–23	Div 2	38	10	8	20	48	69	28	19th	R1
1923–24	Div 3	30	17	8	5	63	36	42	2nd	R3
1924–25	Div 2	38	11	8	19	58	72	30	18th	R2
1925–26	Div 2	38	10	7	21	59	89	27	18th	R1
1926–27	Div 2	38	18	8	12	93	75	44	5th	R1
1927–28	Div 2	38	14	10	14	84	76	38	9th	R1
1928–29	Div 2	36	14	4	18	71	75	32	12th	R2
1929–30	Div 2	38	16	4	18	83	75	36	12th	R1
1930–31	Div 2	38	17	7	14	85	74	41	7th	R1
1931–32	Div 2	38	26	3	9	111	55	55	1st	R1
1932–33	Div 1	38	7	3	28	55	115	17	20th	R1
1933–34	Div 2	34	14	7	13	65	74	35	9th	R3
1934–35	Div 2	34	11	7	16	57	76	29	14th	R1
1935–36	Div 2	34	13	8	13	70	75	34	8th	R1
1936–37	Div 2	34	18	2	14	81	78	38	7th	R1
1937–38	Div 2	34	9	7	18	55	95	25	13th	R1
1938–39	Div 2	34	9	4	21	89	130	22	17th	R1
Division 2 and the Scottish Cup were postponed due to World War II
1946–47	Div C	18	10	2	6	54	40	22	4th	R2
1947–48	Div C	22	18	3	1	72	26	39	1st	R2
1948–49	Div 2	30	6	6	18	38	67	18	16th	R2	PR
1950–51										R2
1951–52										R1
1952–53										R2
1953–54										R1
1954–55										R3
1955–56	Div 2	36	9	10	17	66	94	28	16th	R4	PR
1956–57	Div 2	36	5	7	24	56	121	17	19th	R4	PR
1957–58	Div 2	36	12	5	19	55	79	29	15th	R1	PR
1958–59	Div 2	36	10	8	18	50	79	28	15th	R1	PR
1959–60	Div 2	36	10	8	18	68	82	28	15th	R3	PR
1960–61	Div 2	36	9	7	20	59	100	25	16th	R1	PR
1961–62	Div 2	36	15	4	17	70	81	34	11th	R1	PR
1962–63	Div 2	36	20	9	7	80	50	49	2nd	R3	PR
1963–64	Div 1	34	5	2	27	37	91	12	18th	R3	PR
1964–65	Div 2	36	13	10	11	64	50	40	5th	R1	PR
1965–66	Div 2	38	9	5	22	59	91	23	17th	R1	PR
1966–67	Div 2	38	7	10	21	44	87	24	19th	R1	PR
1967–68	Div 2	36	9	10	17	61	74	28	15th	R1	PR
1968–69	Div 2	36	17	5	14	70	62	39	9th	R2	PR
1969–70	Div 2	36	14	5	17	58	75	33	12th	PR1	PR
1970–71	Div 2	36	9	9	18	57	86	27	17th	R1	PR
1971–72	Div 2	36	17	7	12	60	58	41	8th	R1	PR
1972–73	Div 2	36	12	8	16	52	69	32	13th	R2	PR
1973–74	Div 2	36	9	5	22	47	73	23	16th	R1	SR
1974–75	Div 2	38	16	8	14	56	52	40	10th	R3	PR
1975–76	SFL 2	26	8	8	10	33	33	24	8th	R1	PR
1976–77	SFL 2	39	12	8	19	47	63	32	10th	R3	PR
1977–78	SFL 2	39	15	8	16	55	65	38	9th	R2	R2
1978–79	SFL 2	39	12	8	19	61	87	32	12th	R2	R2
1979–80	SFL 2	39	21	7	11	55	40	49	2nd	R1	R1
1980–81	SFL 1	39	6	17	16	41	57	29	11th	QF	R1
1981–82	SFL 1	39	7	10	22	38	77	24	13th	R1	PR
1982–83	SFL 2	39	7	9	23	41	79	23	13th	R1	PR
1983–84	SFL 2	39	10	11	18	51	66	31	11th	R3	R1
1984–85	SFL 2	39	8	15	16	38	53	31	12th	R2	R2
1985–86	SFL 2	39	11	6	22	49	69	28	11th	R1	R1
1986–87	SFL 2	39	6	11	22	33	56	23	13th	R1	R2
1987–88	SFL 2	39	15	13	11	51	47	43	6th	R4	R2
1988–89	SFL 2	39	13	11	15	54	58	37	9th	R2	R1
1989–90	SFL 2	39	8	10	21	34	66	26	14th	R3	R1
1990–91	SFL 2	39	9	11	19	36	72	29	13th	R1	R2	R2
1991–92	SFL 2	39	15	11	13	61	70	41	6th	R1	R2	R1
1992–93	SFL 2	39	8	9	22	50	85	25	13th	R4	R1	R1
1993–94	SFL 2	39	13	11	15	54	57	37	9th	R3	R3	R1
1994–95	SFL 3	36	18	5	13	61	50	59	4th	R1	R1	R1
1995–96	SFL 3	36	11	11	14	58	62	44	7th	R2	R2	R1
1996–97	SFL 3	36	8	9	19	36	58	33	9th	R3	R1	R2
1997–98	SFL 3	36	17	6	13	50	48	57	4th	R2	R2	R1	Davie Watt	12
1998–99	SFL 3	36	9	13	14	50	48	40	8th	R3	R1	—	Hugh Ward	7
1999–2000	SFL 3	36	11	7	18	28	50	40	7th	R2	R2	R1	Gary Higgins Stevie Laidlaw	9
2000–01	SFL 3	36	10	7	19	37	69	37	8th	R1	R2	SF	Steve Hislop	15
2001–02	SFL 3	36	12	4	20	51	58	40	7th	R2	R1	R1
2002–03	SFL 3	36	2	7	27	32	105	13	10th	R1	R1	R1	Jordan Leishman	5
2003–04	SFL 3	36	2	2	32	30	118	8	10th	R2	R1	R1
2004–05	SFL 3	36	5	7	24	32	88	22	10th	R1	R1	R1	Derek Ure	6
2005–06	SFL 3	36	6	5	25	28	89	23	10th	R1	R1	R1	Iain Diack	9
2006–07	SFL 3	36	6	3	27	27	78	21	10th	R1	R1	R1	Marc McKenzie	5
2007–08	SFL 3	36	10	4	22	48	71	34	9th	R4	R1	QF	Andrew Brand	11
2008–09	SFL 3	36	19	4	13	57	50	61	3rd	R4	R1	R2	Brian Graham	15
2009–10	SFL 3	36	19	4	13	50	46	61	3rd	R2	R1	R2	Simon Lynch	13
2010–11	SFL 3	36	10	4	22	33	62	34	9th	R4	R1	R2	Kevin Cawley	8
2011–12	SFL 3	36	6	6	24	38	88	24	10th	R3	R1	R1	Kevin Turner	6
2012–13	SFL 3	36	8	5	23	49	97	29	10th	R3	R1	QF	Paul Quinn	11
2013–14	SL 2	36	12	8	16	45	59	44	8th	R3	R1	R1	Paul Quinn	7
2014–15	SL 2	36	13	4	19	40	66	43	9th	R3	R1	R1	David McKenna	12
2015–16	SL 2	36	9	5	22	41	79	32	10th	R2	R1	R1	David McKenna	10
2016–17	Lowland	30	21	5	4	107	43	68	2nd	R2	Group	R1
2017–18	Lowland	30	19	7	4	67	31	64	4th	R2	—	R1
2018–19	Lowland	28	11	6	11	57	47	39	6th	R2	—	R1
2019–20	Lowland	26	17	2	7	77	29	46	4th	R1	—	—	Jamie Dishington	16
2020–21	Lowland	12	8	2	2	30	12	26	5th	R1	—	—	Andy Rodgers	8
2021–22	Lowland	34	15	11	8	61	36	56	6th	R2	—	—	TBC	TBC
2022–23	Lowland	36	8	9	19	41	74	33	16th	R1	—	R2	TBC	TBC

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

P = Played
W = Wins
D = Draws
L = Losses
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

PR = Preliminary round
PR1 = Preliminary round 1
SR = Supplementary round
Group = Group stage
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals

Div 1 = Scottish Division One
Div 2 = Scottish Division Two
SFL 1 = Scottish First Division
SFL 2 = Scottish Second Division
SFL 3 = Scottish Football League Third Division
SL 2 = Scottish League Two
Lowland = Lowland Football League

Footnotes

East Stirlingshire finished level on points with Raith Rovers and would have finished 10th but lost 3–2 in a play-off to determine the ranking order, so subsequently finished below the club.
After World War II ended, East Stirlingshire were not re-elected to join Division Two. The club therefore joined the newly created, and short-lived, Division "C" along with reserve teams.
After being promoted back to Division Two in 1948–49 and finishing bottom, the club was not re-elected to compete next season. The club played in minor leagues until 1955–56 when the club re-joined Division Two.
East Stirlingshire competed under the name "East Stirlingshire Clydebank", or "E.S. Clydebank" for short, after merging with Clydebank Juniors. The merge lasted for only one season.
Due to league restructuring the teams ranked 7th to 20th of the 1974–75 Second Division were moved to a new "Division Two" to make room for a new Premier Division above Division One for the 1975–76 season. The new Second Division became the third tier of Scottish football behind the new First Division and Premier Division.
Due to league restructuring the teams ranked 7th to 14th of the 1993–94 Second Division were moved from the Second Division to create a new Third Division for the 1994–95 season. Points restructuring also saw three points awarded for a win and one for a draw in the seasons following. This was changed from two for a win and one for a draw.
The 1998–99 Scottish Challenge Cup tournament was suspended due to lack of sponsorship.
^ With the season not being fully completed, a points per game formula was subsequently used to determine the final standing.

References

East Stirlingshire's complete league history, eaststirlingshire-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
East Stirlingshire : History 1871 to 1918, statto.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
East Stirlingshire 1906-1907 : Results, statto.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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East Stirlingshire F.C. seasons

1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21

v t e East Stirlingshire Football Club
Players Managers Seasons
Club	History Honours Records and statistics League record by opponent
Home stadium	Merchiston Park Firs Park Ochilview Park Falkirk Stadium
Rivalries	Falkirk rivalry

v t e Scottish football club seasons
2023–24 Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
2023–24 Championship	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers
2023–24 League One	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Cove Rangers Edinburgh City Falkirk Hamilton Academical Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South Stirling Albion
2023–24 League Two	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Clyde Dumbarton East Fife Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer The Spartans
Non-league	Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire
Defunct teams	Airdrieonians (1878) Clydebank (1965) Gretna Meadowbank Thistle Third Lanark

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