East Stirlingshire F.C. league record by opponent

A football match with players and a referee on the pitch. A small spectator stand full of people is in the background.
East Stirlingshire players prior to kick-off in a league match against Montrose in April 2008.

East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish association football club from Falkirk. The club was formed in 1881,[1] with its origins traced to the previous year when a local cricket club from Bainsford formed a footballing section under the name Britannia.[2] After spending their first ten seasons solely participating in cup tournaments and friendlies, East Stirlingshire competed in regional leagues between 1891 and 1899, including the Central Football Combination and the Midland Football League.[3][4] In 1900, the club was elected to the second-tier of Scotland's main national league competition – the Scottish Football League.[5] The club remained in the Scottish Football League Division Two until 1914–15, when the league was suspended due to the outbreak of World War I. The league was restarted in 1921–22 and after a solitary season in the third-tier in 1923–24, East Stirlingshire remained in the second-tier until 1932–33 when the club was promoted to the top-tier for the first time but were relegated after one season. Between 1939 and 1955, the club spent only three seasons in the Scottish Football League after being refused entry to its second-tier after the end of World War II and did not join again until the 1955–56 when the number of teams in the league was expanded. The club remained in the Scottish Football League until the 2012–13 season, when it merged with the Scottish Premier League to create a new governing body called the Scottish Professional Football League.

East Stirlingshire's first team record against each club it has faced in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Professional Football League is listed below. East Stirlingshire's first Scottish Football League match was against Airdrieonians in 1900, and they met their 72nd and most recent different league opponent, Annan Athletic, for the first time in the 2008–09 season. The team East Stirlingshire has played the most in league competitions is Albion Rovers from Coatbridge, whom they met for the first time in the 1903–04 season. As well as the most number of matches, East Stirlingshire has won, drawn and lost more league games against Albion Rovers than any other opponent with 65 wins, 40 draws and 95 losses from 200 encounters.

Key

All-time league record

Statistics correct up to match played on 8 March 2014 (East Stirlingshire 1–0 Stirling Albion).
East Stirlingshire F.C. league record by opponent
Club P W D L P W D L P W D L Win% First Last Notes
Home Away Total
Abercorn defunct 15 10 3 2 15 0 4 11 30 10 7 13 33.33 1900–01 1913–14
Aberdeen 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 6 3 0 3 50.00 1904–05 1963–64
Airdrieonians (1878) defunct 11 2 3 6 11 0 0 11 22 2 3 17 09.09 1900–01 1973–74
Albion Rovers divisional rivals 103 44 21 38 97 21 19 57 200 65 40 95 32.50 1903–04 2013–14
Alloa Athletic 64 24 14 26 61 18 15 28 125 42 29 54 33.60 1921–22 2011–12
Annan Athletic divisional rivals 11 4 3 4 12 4 1 7 23 8 4 11 34.78 2008–09 2013–14
Arbroath 61 27 8 26 61 9 14 38 122 36 22 64 29.51 1921–22 2010–11
Armadale defunct 10 5 3 2 10 1 4 5 20 6 7 7 30.00 1921–22 1931–32
Arthurlie defunct 20 11 6 3 20 6 6 8 40 17 12 11 42.50 1901–02 1928–29
Ayr defunct 10 4 3 3 10 2 1 7 20 6 4 10 30.00 1900–01 1908–09
Ayr Parkhouse defunct 5 5 0 0 5 1 0 4 10 6 0 4 60.00 1903–04 1909–10
Ayr United 24 12 2 10 24 1 6 17 48 13 8 27 27.08 1910–11 1987–88
Bathgate defunct 6 4 1 1 6 1 3 2 12 5 4 3 41.67 1921–22 1927–28
Beith defunct 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 50.00 1923–24 1923–24
Berwick Rangers divisional rivals 66 25 15 26 65 16 17 32 131 41 32 58 31.30 1955–56 2013–14
Bo'ness defunct 9 3 2 4 9 5 0 4 18 8 2 8 44.44 1921–22 1931–32
Brechin City 54 27 15 12 56 12 16 28 110 39 31 40 35.45 1923–24 2001–02
Broxburn United defunct 4 1 0 3 4 0 1 3 8 1 1 6 12.50 1921–22 1925–26
Celtic 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 00.00 1932–33 1963–64
Clackmannan defunct 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 50.00 1921–22 1923–24
Clyde divisional rivals 25 8 6 11 26 4 5 17 51 12 11 28 23.53 1901–02 2013–14
Clydebank (1914) defunct 8 7 0 1 8 3 0 5 16 10 0 6 62.50 1914–15 1930–31
Clydebank (1965) defunct 13 5 2 6 13 4 3 6 26 9 5 12 34.62 1966–67 1981–82
Cowdenbeath 81 35 18 28 84 20 18 46 165 55 36 74 33.33 1905–06 2008–09
Dumbarton 64 40 10 14 64 10 12 42 128 50 22 56 39.06 1906–07 2008–09
Dumbarton Harp defunct 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 1923–24 1923–24
Dundee 5 1 0 4 4 1 0 3 9 2 0 7 22.22 1932–33 1980–81
Dundee United 23 11 7 5 23 4 4 15 46 15 11 20 32.61 1910–11 1963–64 [A]
Dunfermline Athletic 30 11 6 13 30 2 4 24 60 13 10 37 21.67 1912–13 1985–86
Dykehead defunct 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 50.00 1923–24 1923–24
East Fife 60 27 8 25 58 7 14 37 118 34 22 62 28.81 1921–22 2007–08
Edinburgh City (1928) defunct 7 4 1 2 7 6 1 0 14 10 2 2 71.43 1931–32 1938–39
Elgin City divisional rivals 28 13 5 10 27 9 3 15 55 22 8 25 40.00 2000–01 2013–14
Falkirk 18 4 5 9 17 4 3 10 35 8 8 19 22.86 1902–03 1981–82
Forfar Athletic 60 34 7 19 58 12 12 34 118 46 19 53 38.98 1921–22 2009–10
Galston defunct 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.000 1923–24 1923–24
Greenock Morton 19 7 5 7 19 1 3 15 38 8 8 22 21.05 1927–28 2002–03 [B]
Gretna defunct 6 0 0 6 6 0 1 5 12 0 1 11 00.00 2002–03 2004–05
Hamilton Academical 31 10 5 16 31 4 7 20 62 14 12 36 22.58 1900–01 2000–01
Heart of Midlothian 3 0 0 3 4 1 0 3 7 1 0 6 14.29 1932–33 1981–82
Helensburgh defunct 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 1923–24 1923–24
Hibernian 3 1 1 1 4 0 2 2 7 1 3 3 14.29 1931–32 1980–81
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 2 1 3 6 1 3 2 12 3 4 5 25.00 1994–95 1996–97 [C]
Johnstone defunct 6 3 2 1 6 1 1 4 12 4 3 5 33.33 1912–13 1924–25
Kilmarnock 7 3 0 4 7 0 0 7 14 3 0 11 21.43 1932–33 1989–90
King's Park defunct 16 7 6 3 16 6 4 6 32 13 10 9 40.63 1921–22 1938–39
Leith Athletic defunct 24 9 10 5 24 7 3 14 48 16 13 19 33.33 1900–01 1938–39
Livingston 17 7 1 9 19 7 4 8 36 14 5 17 38.89 1974–75 2009–10 [D]
Lochgelly United defunct 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 3 0 3 50.00 1914–15 1922–23
Mid-Annandale defunct 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.000 1923–24 1923–24
Montrose divisional rivals 81 41 15 25 81 20 14 47 162 61 29 72 37.65 1923–24 2013–14
Motherwell 9 2 2 5 9 2 2 5 18 4 4 10 22.22 1900–01 1981–82
Nithsdale Wanderers defunct 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 66.67 1923–24 1926–27
Partick Thistle 4 1 0 3 4 0 0 4 8 1 0 7 12.50 1901–02 1970–71
Peebles Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.000 1923–24 1923–24
Peterhead divisional rivals 16 5 1 10 16 2 1 13 32 7 2 23 21.88 2000–01 2013–14
Port Glasgow Athletic defunct 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 6 1 0 5 16.67 1900–01 1910–11
Queen of the South 39 15 10 14 40 12 8 20 79 27 18 34 34.18 1923–24 1993–94
Queen's Park divisional rivals 78 30 17 31 79 15 17 47 157 45 34 78 28.66 1922–23 2013–14
Raith Rovers 37 11 10 16 35 3 7 25 72 14 17 41 19.44 1902–03 1986–87
Rangers 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 8 0 0 8 00.00 1932–33 2012–13
Ross County 10 1 2 7 10 3 3 4 20 4 5 11 20.00 1994–95 1998–99
Royal Albert 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 1923–24 1923–24
Solway Star defunct 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 00.00 1923–24 1923–24
St Bernard's defunct 31 18 8 5 31 7 5 19 62 25 13 24 40.32 1900–01 1937–38
St Johnstone 24 6 9 9 25 2 4 19 49 8 13 28 16.33 1911–12 1987–88
St Mirren 8 7 1 0 8 2 0 6 16 9 1 6 56.25 1932–33 1974–75
Stenhousemuir 71 24 17 30 75 19 19 37 146 43 36 67 29.45 1921–22 2008–09
Stirling Albion divisional rivals 41 12 9 20 40 5 8 27 81 17 17 47 20.99 1948–49 2013–14
Stranraer 52 18 13 21 56 12 12 32 108 30 25 53 27.78 1955–56 2011–12
Third Lanark defunct 12 5 3 4 12 3 3 6 24 8 6 10 33.33 1925–26 1966–67
Vale of Leven defunct 12 9 2 1 12 0 4 8 24 9 6 9 37.50 1905–06 1922–23

Footnotes

A. ^ Includes record against Dundee Hibernian
B. ^ Includes record against Morton
C. ^ Includes record against Caledonian Thistle
D. ^ Includes record against Meadowbank Thistle

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ East Stirlingshire Football Club, spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Club History – 1880–1900, East Stirlingshire F.C. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Midland Football League, Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Central Football Combination, Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Scottish Football League – Elections 1893–2008, Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
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