1931–32 East Stirlingshire F.C. season

East Stirlingshire

1931–32 season
Stadium	Firs Park
Division Two	1st
Scottish Cup	First round (lost to Dunfermline Athletic)
Stirlingshire Cup	Winners[1]
Highest home attendance	c.5,000 v. St. Johnstone (12 March 1932, Division Two)[2]
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 season was East Stirlingshire Football Club's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Division Two, having been promoted from the inaugural Division Three in 1923–24. The club also competed in the Scottish Cup and the minor Stirlingshire Cup.^[1]

Fixtures and results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Scottish Second Division

Division Two 8 August 1931	Queen of the South	5 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
	, , , ,			Attendance: 3,000

Division Two 15 August 1931	East Stirlingshire	5 – 1	Albion Rovers	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 22 August 1931	Bo'ness	2 – 5	East Stirlingshire	Newtown Park, Bo'ness
	,		, , , ,	Attendance: 1,500

Division Two 26 August 1931	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Alloa Athletic	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 29 August 1931	East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Arbroath	Firs Park, Falkirk
				Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 5 September 1931	King's Park	2 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Forthbank Park, Stirling
	,		, ,	Attendance: 3,000

Division Two 8 September 1931	Stenhousemuir	1 – 4	East Stirlingshire	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
			, , ,	Attendance: 1,500

Division Two 12 September 1931	East Stirlingshire	3 – 0	Dumbarton	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 19 September 1931	East Fife	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Bayview Park, Methil
	,			Attendance: 3,500

Division Two 26 September 1931	East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , ,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 3 October 1931	Hibernian	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Easter Road, Edinburgh
				Attendance: 5,000

Division Two 10 October 1931	East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Brechin City	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 17 October 1931	Edinburgh City	0 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Powderhall, Edinburgh
			,	Attendance: 300

Division Two 24 October 1931	East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Montrose	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , ,			Attendance: 1,000

Division Two 31 October 1931	St. Johnstone	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Muirton Park, Perth
	,		,	Attendance: 5,000

Division Two 7 November 1931	East Stirlingshire	6 – 1	Armadale	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , , ,			Attendance: 1,000

Division Two 14 November 1931	East Stirlingshire	5 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 1,000

Division Two 21 November 1931	St Bernard's	0 – 4	East Stirlingshire	Royal Gymnasium, Edinburgh
			, , ,	Attendance: 1,500

Division Two 28 November 1931	Raith Rovers	4 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
	, , ,		,	Attendance: 4,000

Division Two 12 December 1931	Alloa Athletic	1 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Recreation Park, Alloa
			,	Attendance: 3,000

Division Two 19 December 1931	East Stirlingshire	5 – 0	Queen of the South	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 26 December 1931	Albion Rovers	3 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
	, ,		,	Attendance: 1,500

Division Two 1 January 1932	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	King's Park	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 4,000

Division Two 2 January 1932	Dumbarton	2 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
	,		, ,	Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 9 January 1932	East Stirlingshire	5 – 2	Bo'ness	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,		,	Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 23 January 1932	Arbroath	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
	, ,			Attendance: 1,500

Division Two 30 January 1932	East Stirlingshire	5 – 1	East Fife	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 6 February 1932	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	East End Park, Dunfermline
	,			Attendance: 3,000

Division Two 13 February 1932	East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Hibernian	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , ,			Attendance: 3,000

Division Two 20 February 1932	Brechin City	0 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Glebe Park, Brechin
				Attendance: 600

Division Two 27 February 1932	East Stirlingshire	6 – 4	Edinburgh City	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , , ,		, , ,	Attendance: 1,000

Division Two 5 March 1932	Montrose	0 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Links Park, Montrose
			, ,	Attendance: 1,000

Division Two 12 March 1932	East Stirlingshire	0 – 1	St. Johnstone	Firs Park, Falkirk
				Attendance: 5,000

Division Two 19 March 1932	Armadale	1 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Volunteer Park, Armadale
				Attendance: 400

Division Two 26 March 1932	Forfar Athletic	6 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Station Park, Forfar
	, , , , ,		, ,	Attendance: 1,000

Division Two 2 April 1932	East Stirlingshire	5 – 1	St Bernard's	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 2,000

Division Two 9 April 1932	East Stirlingshire	5 – 1	Raith Rovers	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 4,000

Division Two 16 April 1932	East Stirlingshire	1 – 1	Stenhousemuir	Firs Park, Falkirk
				Attendance: 4,000

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Stirlingshire (C) (P)	38	26	3	9	111	55	2.018	55	Promotion to 1932–33 Scottish First Division
2	St Johnstone (P)	38	24	7	7	102	52	1.962	55
3	Raith Rovers	38	20	6	12	83	65	1.277	46
4	Stenhousemuir	38	19	8	11	88	76	1.158	46
5	St Bernard's	38	19	7	12	81	62	1.306	45

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D
Position	16	8	8	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Scottish Cup

Round 1 16 January 1932	Dunfermline Athletic	5 – 2	East Stirlingshire	East End Park, Dunfermline
	, , , ,		,	Attendance: 4,056

Other

Stirlingshire Cup

Round 2 6 April 1932	King's Park	3 – 4	East Stirlingshire	Forthbank Park, Stirling
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Semi-final 23 April 1932	East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Falkirk	Firs Park, Falkirk
		Report

Final 30 April 1932	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir
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See also

• List of East Stirlingshire F.C. seasons

References

External links

• East Stirlingshire FC official site

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