2015–16 East Stirlingshire F.C. season

4 July 2015 Friendly	East Stirlingshire	1 – 2	Partick Thistle U20s	Grangemouth Stadium
14:00	Trialist^{[lower-alpha 1]} 14'	Match report	Docherty 28' McLaren 66'

11 July 2015 Friendly	Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Station Park
14:00	Young 16'	Match report	Faulds 68' (pen)	Referee: Walsh

14 July 2015 Stirlingshire Cup final	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1 (4 – 3 p)	East Stirlingshire	Ochilview Park
19:30	Smith 85'	Match report	Kay 59'	Referee: Newlands
		Penalties
	Smith McMenamin Cook Malcolm Stirling		Donaldson Wright McKenna Greene Barnard

18 July 2015 Friendly	East Stirlingshire	1 – 3	Formartine United	University of Stirling
15:00	McKenna	Match report

22 July 2015 Friendly	Edinburgh City	1 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Meadowbank Stadium
19:45	Harrison	Match report

Scottish League Two

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Two

8 Aug 2015 Match 1	East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	East Fife	Ochilview Park
15:00	Kinnaird 73'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 382 Referee: Roncone

15 Aug 2015 Match 2	Elgin City	4 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Borough Briggs
15:00	Moore 23' Macleod 36' Gunn 52' McHardy 54'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 502 Referee: Millar

22 Aug 2015 Match 3	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Annan Athletic	Ochilview Park
15:00	Faulds 40' Shepherd 76', 84'	SPFL Report	Osadolor 34'	Attendance: 294 Referee: Northcroft

29 Aug 2015 Match 4	Clyde	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Higgins 53', 73' Greene 55' (o.g.)	SPFL Report	Shepherd 72'	Attendance: 502 Referee: Milne

5 Sept 2015 Match 5	East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Stirling Albion	Ochilview Park
15:00	Shepherd 14' Roy 89'	SPFL Report	Cunningham 4' Doris 7' McMillan 75'	Attendance: 511 Referee: Muir

12 Sept 2015 Match 6	Queen's Park	5 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Hampden Park
15:00	McGeever 21' Duggan 22' Woods 69' (pen.) Galt 83' Carter 86'	SPFL Report	Roy 64' Donaldson 80'	Attendance: 404 Referee: Walsh

19 Sept 2015 Match 7	Montrose	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Links Park
15:00	Webster 8' Fraser 21'	SPFL Report	Wright 86'	Attendance: 469 Referee: Napier

26 Sept 2015 Match 8	East Stirlingshire	0 – 4	Arbroath	Ochilview Park
15:00	Greene 51'	SPFL Report	Ryan 7', 56' Linn 53' (pen.) Grehan 78'	Attendance: 291 Referee: Newlands

3 Oct 2015 Match 9	Berwick Rangers	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park
15:00	Henderson 46' Lavery 51'	SPFL Report	Shepherd 15'	Attendance: 423 Referee: Allan

17 Oct 2015 Match 10	East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Elgin City	Ochilview Park
15:00	Court 19' Roy 87'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 241 Referee: Napier

31 Oct 2015 Match 11	Stirling Albion	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Forthbank Stadium
15:00	R. Smith 90+3'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 618 Referee: Irvine

7 Nov 2015 Match 12	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Queen's Park	Ochilview Park
15:00	McKenna 57' Wright 90+1'	SPFL Report	Burns 79'	Attendance: 316 Referee: Kirkland

14 Nov 2015 Match 13	East Fife	5 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Wilkie 11' Insall 54' 55' Austin 61', 90+4' Slattery 65'	SPFL Report	Gilmour 33' McKenna 40' Donaldson 63' 78' Lynas 86'	Attendance: 543 Referee: Walsh

21 Nov 2015 Match 14	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Montrose	Ochilview Park
15:00	Cairnie 11' Kay 45' McKenna 58'	SPFL Report	Fraser 66'	Attendance: 238 Referee: Steven

5 Dec 2015 Match 15	East Stirlingshire	P – P	Clyde	Ochilview Park
15:00		East Stirlingshire report Clyde Report
Note: _{Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch}

12 Dec 2015 Match 16	Annan Athletic	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Galabank
15:00	Flynn 6' Weatherson 36', 50'	SPFL Report	Roy 78'	Attendance: 357 Referee: Munro

19 Dec 2015 Match 17	East Stirlingshire	0 – 4	Berwick Rangers	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	F. Graham 26', 37' Coultress 71' Lavery 88'	Attendance: 241 Referee: Kirkland

26 Dec 2015 Match 18	Arbroath	P – P	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park
15:00		BBC Sport report
Note: _{Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch}

2 Jan 2016 Match 19	East Stirlingshire	3 – 2	Stirling Albion	Ochilview Park
15:00	McKenna 2', 68' Orr 20'	SPFL Report	McKinlay 49' Beattie 77'	Attendance: 523 Referee: Taylor

9 Jan 2016 Match 20	Montrose	3 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Links Park
15:00	Webster 54' Pascazio 76' Comrie 84'	SPFL Report	Faulds 21' Orr 36'	Attendance: 378 Referee: Kirkland

16 Jan 2016 Match 21	Clyde	P – P	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		SPFL Report		Referee: Roncone
Note: _{Match postponed due to frozen pitch}

23 Jan 2016 Match 22	East Stirlingshire	1 – 3	East Fife	Ochilview Park
15:00	Naysmith 8' (o.g.)	SPFL Report	Wilkie 17' Austin 24' Coote 87'	Attendance: 356 Referee: Ross

30 Jan 2016 Match 23	East Stirlingshire	0 – 3	Arbroath	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Skelly 11' Cecilia-Álvarez 64' Linn 68'	Attendance: 306 Referee: McKendrick

6 Feb 2016 Match 24	Berwick Rangers	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park
15:00	McGregor 3' Lavery 69'	SPFL Report	McCabe 16' Orr 70'	Attendance: 359 Referee: Napier

13 Feb 2016 Match 25	Queen's Park	0 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Hampden Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Orr 36' McKenna 42' Ferries 68'	Attendance: 461 Referee: Newlands

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup

25 July 2015 Challenge Cup Round 1	East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park
15:00	Donaldson 30' McKenna 77'	SPFL report	Stirling 35', 45+1' McMenamin 59'	Attendance: 304 Referee: Finnie

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

31 July 2015 League Cup Round 1	Falkirk	5 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
19:45	Muirhead 17' Baird 57' Vidler 68' (o.g.) McHugh 70' Alston 78'	SPFL report		Attendance: 881 Referee: Salmond

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

24 October 2015 Scottish Cup Round 2	Huntly	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Christie Park
15:00	Booth 21' Scoular 28'	East Stirlingshire report AOL report	McKenna 48' (pen.)	Referee: Smith

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
	GK	Richard Barnard		10	Club Captain
	MF	Neil McCabe		9

Last updated: 21 December 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 13 February 2016^[2]^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish League One		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Richard Barnard	16	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	GK		Darren Dolan	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Michael Fairbanks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jordan Cairnie	11	1	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Reece Donaldson	16	2	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
	DF		Ross Fisher	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Ross Gilmour	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Connor Greene	18	0	13+2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Lloyd Kinnaird	22	1	19+1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Michael McMullin	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Chris Townsley	14	0	12	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Jon Tully	11	0	7+2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
	MF		Kristopher Faulds	24	2	18+3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Scott Ferries	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Andy Kay	13	1	8+3	1	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF		Aron Lynas	12	0	10+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Neil McCabe	22	1	19	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Adam Murray	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paul Brennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kyle Carruthers	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		David McKenna	22	8	17+3	6	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW		Gavin McMillan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Thomas Orr	6	4	5+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy Russell	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Michael Wallace	12	0	0+9	0	0+1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Max Wright	20	2	11+6	2	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
	FW		Billy Vidler	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
	DF		Alan Deans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for East Stirlingshire but left during the season:
	DF		Nathan Shepherd	20	5	17	5	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Jonny Court	13	1	9+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alistair Roy	17	4	7+8	4	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Clean sheets

Pos	Name	Total	Scottish League One	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup
GK	Richard Barnard	2	2
GK	Darren Dolan	2	2
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0

Last updated: 13 February 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goal scorers

As of match played 13 February 2016^[4]

Place	Position	Name	Total	Scottish League One	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup
1	FW	David McKenna	8	6	1		1
2	DF	Nathan Shepherd	5	5
3	FW	Thomas Orr	4	4
3	FW	Alistair Roy	4	4
5	MF	Kristopher Faulds	2	2
	DF	Max Wright	2	2
	DF	Reece Donaldson	2	1			1
8	DF	Jordan Cairnie	1	1
	FW	Jonny Court	1	1
	MF	Scott Ferries	1	1
	DF	Ross Gilmour	1	1
	MF	Andy Kay	1	1
	DF	Lloyd Kinnaird	1	1
	MF	Neil McCabe	1	1
	—	Own goal	1	1
Total			35	32	1	0	2

Disciplinary record

As of match played 13 February 2016^[5]

Position	Nation	Name	Total		Scottish League One		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Challenge Cup
Position	Nation	Name
DF		Reece Donaldson	10	2	9	2					1
MF		Aron Lynas	5	1	5	1
DF		Connor Greene	2	1	2	1
MF		Neil McCabe	6		6
MF		Andy Kay	4		3		1
GK		Richard Barnard	2		2
DF		Ross Gilmour	2		2
FW		David McKenna	2		2
DF		Chris Townsley	2		2
DF		Jon Tully	2		2
FW		Kyle Carruthers	1		1
MF		Scott Ferries	1		1
DF		Ross Fisher	1		1
DF		Lloyd Kinnaird	1		1
FW		Alistair Roy	1		1
FW		Max Wright	1		1
FW		Billy Vidler	1		1
—		Trialist	1		1
Total			45	4	43	4	1	0	0	0	1	0

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Elgin City	24	13	4	7	42	31	+11	43	Promotion to the 2016–17 Scottish League One
2	East Fife	25	12	5	8	42	31	+11	41	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3	Stirling Albion	23	10	5	8	34	26	+8	35
4	Queen's Park	23	10	5	8	29	21	+8	35
5	Annan Athletic	22	10	5	7	40	34	+6	35
6	Arbroath	23	9	4	10	33	31	+2	31
7	Clyde	21	9	3	9	30	25	+5	30
8	Montrose	25	8	5	12	36	52	−16	29
9	East Stirlingshire	22	7	2	13	32	51	−19	23
10	Berwick Rangers	22	6	4	12	26	42	−16	22	Qualification to the relegation play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W
Position	5	7	5	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9

Last updated: 13 February 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	7	2	13	32	51	−19	23	6	0	5	17	22	−5	1	2	8	15	29	−14

Last updated: 13 February 2016.
Source: SPFL

Home attendances

Win Draw Loss

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
Challenge Cup	25 July 2015	2–3	Stenhousemuir	304^[6]
League Two	8 August 2015	1–0	East Fife	382^[7]
League Two	22 August 2015	3–1	Annan Athletic	294^[8]
League Two	5 September 2015	2–3	Stirling Albion	511^[9]
League Two	26 September 2015	0–4	Arbroath	291^[10]
League Two	17 October 2015	2–0	Elgin City	241^[11]
League Two	7 November 2015	2–1	Queen' Park	316^[12]
League Two	21 November 2015	3–1	Montrose	238^[13]
League Two	19 December 2015	0–4	Berwick Rangers	241^[14]
League Two	2 January 2016	3–2	Stirling Albion	523^[15]
League Two	23 January 2016	1–3	East Fife	356^[16]
League Two	30 January 2016	0–3	Arbroath	306^[17]
			Total attendance:	4,003
			Total league attendance:	3,699^[1]
			Average league attendance:	336^[1]

Last updated: 31 January 2016
Source: Match reports in Results

Transfers

Players in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
22 May 2015	DF	Reece Donaldson	Peterhead	Free	^[18]
23 June 2015	MF	Kristopher Faulds	Stenhousemuir	Free
23 July 2015	GK	Darren Dolan	Sauchie Juniors	Free
21 August 2015	GK	Michael Fairbanks	Forth Valley Football Academy	Free	^[19]
29 January 2016	FW	Andy Russell	Berwick Rangers	Free	^[20]
22 January 2016	FW	Gavin McMillam	Dunfermline Athletic	Free
5 February 2016	DF	Ross Fisher	Clyde	Free	^[21]

Players out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 May 2015	DF	Michael Bolochoweckyj	Clyde^[22]	Free	^[18]
13 May 2015	MF	Graeme MacGregor	East Fife^[23]	Free	^[24]
13 May 2015	MF	Martyn Shields	Petershill^[25]	Free
13 May 2015	FW	Jay Doyle	Free agent	Released
21 May 2015	MF	Steven Brisbane	Clyde^[26]	Free	^[18]
2 June 2015	MF	David Greenhill	Spartans^[27]	Free	^[18]
25 June 2015	MF	Jordan Tapping	Sauchie Juniors	Free	^[28]
25 June 2015	MF	Reece Boyle	Sauchie Juniors	Free	^[28]
2 January 2016	DF	Nathan Shepherd	Free agent	Released	^[29]
	GK	Sean Quinn	Free agent	Released	^[18]

Loan in

Date	Position	Name	From	Duration	Ref.
31 July 2015	FW	Jonny Court	Raith Rovers	6 months	^[30]
31 July 2015	FW	Alistair Roy	Hearts	6 months	^[31]
3 October 2015	MF	Aron Lynas	Alloa Athletic	3 months, extended until end of season	^[32]
16 October 2015	DF	Jordan Cairnie	Greenock Morton	1.5 months, extended until end of season	^[33]^[34]
1 January 2016	FW	Thomas Orr	Greenock Morton	End of season	^[35]
2 January 2016	DF	Michael McMullin	Partick Thistle	End of season	^[36]
29 January 2016	MF	Simon Ferries	Peterhead	1 month	^[20]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Duration	Ref.

Notes

↑ Trialist

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East Stirlingshire Football Club

Players Managers Current season

Club	History Honours Records and statistics League record by opponent

Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2015–16

Home stadium	Merchiston Park Firs Park Ochilview Park

Rivalries	Falkirk rivalry

2015–16 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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