The club is deeply saddened to learn of the death of one of its longest-serving supporters, Bert Johnston. Bert was a regular fixture at Shire matches for many decades and was awarded Life Membership of the club in 2010 in recognition of the more than 50 years he had been supporting the team. Even in [...]
Coach John Coughlin has concluded deals with four of last season’s squad who will now return to the club for another season. David Greenhill, Michael Herd, Scott Maxwell and Ricky Miller will all be back in Shire colours for the 2013/14 campaign and the coach is hoping others will follow. Goalkeepers Craig Gordon and Grant [...]
The draw for the raffle for the sponsorship space on Shire’s new blue third choice strip will take place on Friday 28th June. The entry deadline has been set for Thursday 27th June. For an investment of just £240 (including VAT) companies, organisations and even individuals can enter the draw with the first name pulled [...]
Shire’s young supporters will pay their age in pounds to watch the team’s IRN-BRU Scottish League Third Division matches at Ochilview in 2013/14 season. As part of a re-structuring of season ticket prices no under-16 will pay any more than £16 for their ticket. The scheme is simple – an 8 year-old pays £8, an [...]
Everyone at East Stirlingshire Football Club would like to wish Sir Alex Ferguson a happy retirement following today’s announcement that he is to step down as manager of Manchester United. The news brings to an end a career in the dug out that began in 1974 when the rookie boss was given the keys to [...]
A last-minute Elgin City goal denied Shire what would have been a deserved share of the points in their final IRN-BRU Scottish League Third Division match of the season at Borough Briggs. The game was anything but the typical end-of-season affair with neither defence enjoying the best of days. Both teams created a barrowload of chances with [...]
Tickets for the club’s end-of-season Big Bash remain on sale at the Shire Shop. The event at the Leapark Hotel in Grangemouth on Saturday 11th May is a chance for players, coaches, officials and supporters to get together to say farewell to the 2012/13 season. The evening will also incorporate the annual Player of the [...]
We are entering the final few days of the IRN-BRU Cans For Youth Teams appeal and Shire need everyone to make one final push to keep the club at the top of the Third Division leader board. So far the club has collected almost 17,000 Barrs cans and leads the rest of the SFL in [...]
Shire chairman Tony Ford has thanked all the volunteers who helped with the organisation required in the organisation of the weekend game against Rangers at Ochilview. Accomodating an all-ticket match and around 3,000 spectators puts a lot of demands on the club that largely go unseen by the paying public, but the chairman says their [...]
Shire put up a great display against IRN-BRU Scottish League Third Division champions-elect Rangers before falling to a combination of fatigue and the effects of playing with ten men for an hour of the game. The sending-off of captain Kevin Turner made it more difficult for Shire after they had battled their way back into [...]
