List of East Stirlingshire F.C. seasons

This is a list of East Stirlingshire Football Club seasons from 1882–83 to the present day. The list details East Stirlingshire's record in major league and cup competitions, and the club's top league goal scorer of each season where available. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in East Stirlingshire's division that season. Records of minor competitions such as the Stirlingshire Cup are not included.

The club was founded in 1880 as Bainsford Britannia, a year later changing to its present name of East Stirlingshire. The club first competed in the Scottish Cup in 1882, two years after the club was established. The club was then admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1900.

Seasons

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Season League[1][2] Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Top league goal scorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1882–83 R1
1883–84 R3
1884–85 R2
1885–86 R3
1886–87 R3
1887–88 R3
1888–89 QF
1889–90 R4
1890–91 QF
1891–92 R1
1893–94 R1
1894–95 R1
1895–96 R1
1897–98 R2
1898–99 R2
1899–1900 R1
1900–01 Div 2 18 7 3 8 34 39 17 7th R1
1901–02 Div 2 22 8 3 11 36 46 19 9th
1902–03 Div 2 22 9 3 10 46 41 21 8th
1903–04 Div 2 22 8 5 9 35 40 21 5th
1904–05 Div 2 22 7 5 10 37 38 19 9th
1905–06 Div 2 22 1 10 11 26 47 12 12th
1906–07 Div 2 22 6 4 12 36 48 16 11th[a]
1907–08 Div 2 22 9 5 8 30 32 23 4th
1908–09 Div 2 22 9 3 10 27 33 21 7th R1
1909–10 Div 2 22 9 2 11 38 43 20 8th
1910–11 Div 2 22 7 6 9 28 34 20 7th R1
1911–12 Div 2 22 7 3 12 21 31 17 9th R2
1912–13 Div 2 26 12 8 6 43 27 32 3rd R2
1913–14 Div 2 22 7 8 7 40 36 22 7th R2
1914–15 Div 2 26 13 5 8 53 44 31 4th
Division 2 and the Scottish Cup were postponed due to World War I
1919–20 R2
1920–21 R3
1921–22 Div 2 38 12 10 16 43 60 34 15th R3
1922–23 Div 2 38 10 8 20 48 69 28 19th R1
1923–24 Div 3 30 17 8 5 63 36 42 2nd R3
1924–25 Div 2 38 11 8 19 58 72 30 18th R2
1925–26 Div 2 38 10 7 21 59 89 27 18th R1
1926–27 Div 2 38 18 8 12 93 75 44 5th R1
1927–28 Div 2 38 14 10 14 84 76 38 9th R1
1928–29 Div 2 36 14 4 18 71 75 32 12th R2
1929–30 Div 2 38 16 4 18 83 75 36 12th R1
1930–31 Div 2 38 17 7 14 85 74 41 7th R1
1931–32 Div 2 38 26 3 9 111 55 55 1st R1
1932–33 Div 1 38 7 3 28 55 115 17 20th R1
1933–34 Div 2 34 14 7 13 65 74 35 9th R3
1934–35 Div 2 34 11 7 16 57 76 29 14th R1
1935–36 Div 2 34 13 8 13 70 75 34 8th R1
1936–37 Div 2 34 18 2 14 81 78 38 7th R1
1937–38 Div 2 34 9 7 18 55 95 25 13th R1
1938–39 Div 2 34 9 4 21 89 130 22 17th R1
Division 2 and the Scottish Cup were postponed due to World War II
1946–47 Div C[b] 18 10 2 6 54 40 22 4th R2
1947–48 Div C 22 18 3 1 72 26 39 1st R2
1948–49 Div 2 30 6 6 18 38 67 18 16th[c] R2 PR
1950–51 R2
1951–52 R1
1952–53 R2
1953–54 R1
1954–55 R3
1955–56 Div 2 36 9 10 17 66 94 28 16th R4 PR
1956–57 Div 2 36 5 7 24 56 121 17 19th R4 PR
1957–58 Div 2 36 12 5 19 55 79 29 15th R1 PR
1958–59 Div 2 36 10 8 18 50 79 28 15th R1 PR
1959–60 Div 2 36 10 8 18 68 82 28 15th R3 PR
1960–61 Div 2 36 9 7 20 59 100 25 16th R1 PR
1961–62 Div 2 36 15 4 17 70 81 34 11th R1 PR
1962–63 Div 2 36 20 9 7 80 50 49 2nd R3 PR
1963–64 Div 1 34 5 2 27 37 91 12 18th R3 PR
1964–65 Div 2[d] 36 13 10 11 64 50 40 5th R1 PR
1965–66 Div 2 38 9 5 22 59 91 23 17th R1 PR
1966–67 Div 2 38 7 10 21 44 87 24 19th R1 PR
1967–68 Div 2 36 9 10 17 61 74 28 15th R1 PR
1968–69 Div 2 36 17 5 14 70 62 39 9th R2 PR
1969–70 Div 2 36 14 5 17 58 75 33 12th PR1 PR
1970–71 Div 2 36 9 9 18 57 86 27 17th R1 PR
1971–72 Div 2 36 17 7 12 60 58 41 8th R1 PR
1972–73 Div 2 36 12 8 16 52 69 32 13th R2 PR
1973–74 Div 2 36 9 5 22 47 73 23 16th R1 SR
1974–75 Div 2[e] 38 16 8 14 56 52 40 10th R3 PR
1975–76 SFL 2 26 8 8 10 33 33 24 8th R1 PR
1976–77 SFL 2 39 12 8 19 47 63 32 10th R3 PR
1977–78 SFL 2 39 15 8 16 55 65 38 9th R2 R2
1978–79 SFL 2 39 12 8 19 61 87 32 12th R2 R2
1979–80 SFL 2 39 21 7 11 55 40 49 2nd R1 R1
1980–81 SFL 1 39 6 17 16 41 57 29 11th QF R1
1981–82 SFL 1 39 7 10 22 38 77 24 13th R1 PR
1982–83 SFL 2 39 7 9 23 41 79 23 13th R1 PR
1983–84 SFL 2 39 10 11 18 51 66 31 11th R3 R1
1984–85 SFL 2 39 8 15 16 38 53 31 12th R2 R2
1985–86 SFL 2 39 11 6 22 49 69 28 11th R1 R1
1986–87 SFL 2 39 6 11 22 33 56 23 13th R1 R2
1987–88 SFL 2 39 15 13 11 51 47 43 6th R4 R2
1988–89 SFL 2 39 13 11 15 54 58 37 9th R2 R1
1989–90 SFL 2 39 8 10 21 34 66 26 14th R3 R1
1990–91 SFL 2 39 9 11 19 36 72 29 13th R1 R2 R2
1991–92 SFL 2 39 15 11 13 61 70 41 6th R1 R2 R1
1992–93 SFL 2 39 8 9 22 50 85 25 13th R4 R1 R1
1993–94 SFL 2[f] 39 13 11 15 54 57 37 9th R3 R3 R1
1994–95 SFL 3 36 18 5 13 61 50 59 4th R1 R1 R1
1995–96 SFL 3 36 11 11 14 58 62 44 7th R2 R2 R1
1996–97 SFL 3 36 8 9 19 36 58 33 9th R3 R1 R2
1997–98 SFL 3 36 17 6 13 50 48 57 4th R2 R2 R1 Davie Watt 12
1998–99 SFL 3 36 9 13 14 50 48 40 8th R3 R1 —[g] Hugh Ward 7
1999–2000 SFL 3 36 11 7 18 28 50 40 7th R2 R2 R1 Gary Higgins
Stevie Laidlaw 		9
2000–01 SFL 3 36 10 7 19 37 69 37 8th R1 R2 SF Steve Hislop 15
2001–02 SFL 3 36 12 4 20 51 58 40 7th R2 R1 R1
2002–03 SFL 3 36 2 7 27 32 105 13 10th R1 R1 R1 Jordan Leishman 5
2003–04 SFL 3 36 2 2 32 30 118 8 10th R2 R1 R1
2004–05 SFL 3 36 5 7 24 32 88 22 10th R1 R1 R1 Derek Ure 6
2005–06 SFL 3 36 6 5 25 28 89 23 10th R1 R1 R1 Iain Diack 9
2006–07 SFL 3 36 6 3 27 27 78 21 10th R1 R1 R1 Marc McKenzie 5
2007–08 SFL 3 36 10 4 22 48 71 34 9th R4 R1 QF Andrew Brand 11
2008–09 SFL 3 36 19 4 13 57 50 61 3rd R4 R1 R2 Brian Graham 15
2009–10 SFL 3 36 19 4 13 50 46 61 3rd R2 R1 R2 Simon Lynch 13
2010–11 SFL 3 36 10 4 22 33 62 34 9th R4 R1 R2 Kevin Cawley 8
2011–12 SFL 3 36 6 6 24 38 88 24 10th R3 R1 R1 Kevin Turner 6
2012–13 SFL 3 36 8 5 23 49 97 29 10th R3 R1 QF Paul Quinn 11
2013–14 SL 2 36 12 8 16 45 59 44 8th R3 R1 R1 Paul Quinn 7
2014–15 SL 2 36 13 4 19 40 66 43 9th R3 R1 R1 David McKenna 12
2015–16 SL 2 36 9 5 22 41 79 32 10th R2 R1 R1 David McKenna 10
2016–17 Lowland 30 21 5 4 107 43 68 2nd R2 Group R1
2017–18 Lowland 30 19 7 4 67 31 64 4th R2 — R1
2018–19 Lowland 28 11 6 11 57 47 39 6th R2 — R1
2019–20 Lowland 26 17 2 7 77 29 46 4th[h] R1 — — Jamie Dishington 16
2020–21 Lowland 12 8 2 2 30 12 26 5th[h] R1 — — Andy Rodgers 8
2021–22 Lowland 34 15 11 8 61 36 56 6th R2 — — TBC TBC
2022–23 Lowland 36 8 9 19 41 74 33 16th R1 — R2 TBC TBC

Key

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Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Footnotes

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  1. ^ East Stirlingshire finished level on points with Raith Rovers and would have finished 10th but lost 3–2 in a play-off to determine the ranking order, so subsequently finished below the club.[3]
  2. ^ After World War II ended, East Stirlingshire were not re-elected to join Division Two. The club therefore joined the newly created, and short-lived, Division "C" along with reserve teams.
  3. ^ After being promoted back to Division Two in 1948–49 and finishing bottom, the club was not re-elected to compete next season. The club played in minor leagues until 1955–56 when the club re-joined Division Two.
  4. ^ East Stirlingshire competed under the name "East Stirlingshire Clydebank", or "E.S. Clydebank" for short, after merging with Clydebank Juniors. The merge lasted for only one season.
  5. ^ Due to league restructuring the teams ranked 7th to 20th of the 1974–75 Second Division were moved to a new "Division Two" to make room for a new Premier Division above Division One for the 1975–76 season. The new Second Division became the third tier of Scottish football behind the new First Division and Premier Division.
  6. ^ Due to league restructuring the teams ranked 7th to 14th of the 1993–94 Second Division were moved from the Second Division to create a new Third Division for the 1994–95 season. Points restructuring also saw three points awarded for a win and one for a draw in the seasons following. This was changed from two for a win and one for a draw.
  7. ^ The 1998–99 Scottish Challenge Cup tournament was suspended due to lack of sponsorship.
  8. ^ a b With the season not being fully completed, a points per game formula was subsequently used to determine the final standing.

References

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  1. ^ East Stirlingshire's complete league history, eaststirlingshire-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ East Stirlingshire : History 1871 to 1918, statto.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  3. ^ East Stirlingshire 1906-1907 : Results, statto.com. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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