1962–63 East Stirlingshire F.C. season

East Stirlingshire

1962–63 season
Stadium	Firs Park
Division Two	2nd
Scottish Cup	Third round
Scottish League Cup	Group stage
Stirlingshire Cup	First round[1]
Highest home attendance	7,419 v. Morton (4 May 1963, Division Two)
Lowest home attendance	761 v. Arbroath (26 September 1962, Division Two)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was East Stirlingshire Football Club's eighth consecutive season in the Scottish Division Two, having been re-elected to Scottish Football League in 1955–56. The club also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and the minor Stirlingshire Cup.

Fixtures and results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Scottish Second Division

Division Two 8 September 1962	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Berwick Rangers	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 1,091

Division Two 15 September 1962	St. Johnstone	5 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Muirton Park, Perth
	, , , ,		,	Attendance: 5,914

Division Two 19 September 1962	Arbroath	5 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
	, , , ,		,	Attendance: 1,141

Division Two 22 September 1962	East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Forfar Athletic	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , ,			Attendance: 779

Division Two 26 September 1962	East Stirlingshire	3 – 0	Arbroath	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 761

Division Two 29 September 1962	Queen's Park	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Hampden Park, Glasgow
				Attendance: 1,752

Division Two 6 October 1962	East Stirlingshire	4 – 2	Albion Rovers	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , ,		,	Attendance: 1,196

Division Two 13 October 1962	Morton	2 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Cappielow, Greenock
	,		, ,	Attendance: 7,476

Division Two 20 October 1962	East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Firs Park, Falkirk
				Attendance: 1,324

Division Two 27 October 1962	Brechin City	1 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Glebe Park, Brechin
			, ,	Attendance: 357

Division Two 3 November 1962	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 1,284

Division Two 10 November 1962	East Fife	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Bayview Park, Methil
	,		,	Attendance: 2,056

Division Two 17 November 1962	East Stirlingshire	2 – 2	Stenhousemuir	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,		,	Attendance: 1,689

Division Two 24 November 1962	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Ayr United	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 1,731

Division Two 1 December 1962	Cowdenbeath	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
	,			Attendance: 1,908

Division Two 8 December 1962	Montrose	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Links Park, Montrose
	, ,			Attendance: 1,185

Division Two 15 December 1962	East Stirlingshire	6 – 0	Stranraer	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , , ,			Attendance: 1,058

Division Two 9 March 1963	Hamilton Academical	1 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Douglas Park, Hamilton
			, ,	Attendance: 3,113

Division Two 13 March 1963	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Dumbarton	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 1,422

Division Two 16 March 1963	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	East Fife	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 1,788

Division Two 23 March 1963	Stenhousemuir	1 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
			,	Attendance: 1,557

Division Two 27 March 1963	Dumbarton	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Boghead Park, Dumbarton
	,		,	Attendance: 1,021

Division Two 30 March 1963	Ayr United	1 – 4	East Stirlingshire	Somerset Park, Ayr
			, , ,	Attendance: 1,013

Division Two 3 April 1963	Berwick Rangers	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
				Attendance: 908

Division Two 6 April 1963	East Stirlingshire	3 – 0	Cowdenbeath	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, ,			Attendance: 1,434

Division Two 10 April 1963	Forfar Athletic	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Station Park, Forfar
	, ,			Attendance: 939

Division Two 13 April 1963	East Stirlingshire	2 – 2	Montrose	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,		,	Attendance: 1,389

Division Two 20 April 1963	Stranraer	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Stair Park, Stranraer
	,		,	Attendance: 774

Division Two 24 April 1963	East Stirlingshire	5 – 1	Queen's Park	Firs Park, Falkirk
	, , , ,			Attendance: 1,255

Division Two 27 April 1963	East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Stirling Albion	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 2,147

Division Two 29 April 1963	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Brechin City	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 1,270

Division Two 1 May 1963	Albion Rovers	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
	,			Attendance: 891

Division Two 4 May 1963	East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Morton	Firs Park, Falkirk
	,			Attendance: 7,419

Division Two 6 May 1963	East Stirlingshire	0 – 0	St. Johnstone	Firs Park, Falkirk
				Attendance: 5,941

Division Two 11 May 1963	Alloa Athletic	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Recreation Park, Alloa
				Attendance: 2,368

Division Two 13 May 1963	Stirling Albion	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Annfield, Stirling
				Attendance: 834

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St Johnstone (C) (P)	36	25	5	6	83	37	2.243	55	Promotion to 1963–64 Scottish First Division
2	East Stirlingshire (P)	36	20	9	7	80	50	1.6	49
3	Morton	36	23	2	11	100	49	2.041	48
4	Hamilton Academical	36	18	8	10	69	56	1.232	44
5	Stranraer	36	16	10	10	81	70	1.157	42

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L
Position	9	15	18	16	12	14	11	7	7	3	3	3	2	2	4	5	4	6	5	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Scottish Cup

Round 1 26 January 1963	East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Stirling Albion	Firs Park, Falkirk
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Round 2 6 March 1963	East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	Motherwell	Firs Park, Falkirk

Round 3 20 March 1963	Rangers	7 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Ibrox Park, Glasgow
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Scottish League Cup

Group 5 11 August 1962	East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Ayr United	Firs Park, Falkirk
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Group 5 15 August 1962	Hamilton Academical	4 – 4	East Stirlingshire	Douglas Park, Hamilton
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Group 5 18 August 1962	East Stirlingshire	3 – 2	Berwick Rangers	Firs Park, Falkirk
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Group 5 25 August 1962	Ayr United	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Somerset Park, Ayr
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Group 5 29 August 1962	East Stirlingshire	0 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Firs Park, Falkirk

Group 5 1 September 1962	Berwick Rangers	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Berwick Rangers (A)	6	3	2	1	12	8	1.5	8	Advances to supplementary round
2	Ayr United	6	2	3	1	13	14	0.929	7
3	East Stirlingshire	6	2	1	3	12	12	1	5
4	Hamilton Academical	6	1	2	3	13	16	0.813	4

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.

Other

Stirlingshire Cup

Round 1 16 October 1962	East Stirlingshire	2 – 2	Stirling Albion	Firs Park, Falkirk
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Round 1 replay 30 October 1962	Stirling Albion	3 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Annfield, Stirling
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Round 1 replay 2 20 November 1962	Stirling Albion	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire
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See also

• List of East Stirlingshire F.C. seasons

References

External links

• East Stirlingshire FC official site

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

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