List of East Stirlingshire F.C. seasons explained

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

Season	League^[1] ^[2]	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Challenge Cup	Top league goal scorer
scope=col	Division	scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col		scope=col	Name	scope=col	Goals
scope=row	1882–83										R1	<	--League Cup did not start until later-->	<	--Challenge Cup did not start until later-->
scope=row	1883–84										R3
scope=row	1884–85										R2
scope=row	1885–86										R3
scope=row	1886–87										R3
scope=row	1887–88										R3
scope=row	1888–89										QF
scope=row	1889–90										R4
scope=row	1890–91										QF
scope=row	1891–92										R1
scope=row	1893–94										R1
scope=row	1894–95										R1
scope=row	1895–96										R1
scope=row	1897–98										R2
scope=row	1898–99										R2
scope=row	1899–1900										R1
scope=row	1900–01	Div 2								7th	R1
scope=row	1901–02	Div 2	22	8	3	11	36	46	19	9th	<		--Scottish Cup N/A between 1901-02 and 1907-08-->
scope=row	1902–03	Div 2	22	9	3	10	46	41	21	8th
scope=row	1903–04	Div 2	22	8	5	9	35	40	21	5th
scope=row	1904–05	Div 2	22	7	5	10	37	38	19	9th
scope=row	1905–06	Div 2	22	1	10	11	26	47	12	12th
scope=row	1906–07	Div 2	22	6	4	12	36	48	16	11th
scope=row	1907–08	Div 2	22	9	5	8	30	32	23	4th
scope=row	1908–09	Div 2	22	9	3	10	27	33	21	7th	R1
scope=row	1909–10	Div 2	22	9	2	11	38	43	20	8th
scope=row	1910–11	Div 2	22	7	6	9	28	34	20	7th	R1
scope=row	1911–12	Div 2	22	7	3	12	21	31	17	9th	R2
scope=row	1912–13	Div 2	26	12	8	6	43	27	32	3rd	R2
scope=row	1913–14	Div 2	22	7	8	7	40	36	22	7th	R2
scope=row	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
scope=row	1919–20										R2	<	--League Cup did not start until later-->	<	--Challenge Cup did not start until later-->
scope=row	1920–21										R3
scope=row	1921–22	Div 2								15th	R3
scope=row	1922–23	Div 2	38	10	8	20	48	69	28	19th	R1
scope=row	1923–24	Div 3	30	17	8	5	63	36	42	bgcolor=silver	2nd		R3
scope=row	1924–25	Div 2	38	11	8	19	58	72	30	18th	R2
scope=row	1925–26	Div 2	38	10	7	21	59	89	27	18th	R1
scope=row	1926–27	Div 2	38	18	8	12	93	75	44	5th	R1
scope=row	1927–28	Div 2	38	14	10	14	84	76	38	9th	R1
scope=row	1928–29	Div 2	36	14	4	18	71	75	32	12th	R2
scope=row	1929–30	Div 2	38	16	4	18	83	75	36	12th	R1
scope=row	1930–31	Div 2	38	17	7	14	85	74	41	7th	R1
scope=row	1931–32	Div 2	38	26	3	9	111	55	55	bgcolor=gold	1st		R1
scope=row	1932–33	Div 1	38	7	3	28	55	115	17	20th	R1
scope=row	1933–34	Div 2	34	14	7	13	65	74	35	9th	R3
scope=row	1934–35	Div 2	34	11	7	16	57	76	29	14th	R1
scope=row	1935–36	Div 2	34	13	8	13	70	75	34	8th	R1
scope=row	1936–37	Div 2	34	18	2	14	81	78	38	7th	R1
scope=row	1937–38	Div 2	34	9	7	18	55	95	25	13th	R1
scope=row	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
scope=row	1946–47	Div C	18	10	2	6	54	40	22	4th	R2		<	--Challenge Cup did not start until 1990-->
scope=row	1947–48	Div C	22	18	3	1	72	26	39	bgcolor=gold	1st			R2
scope=row	1948–49	Div 2	30	6	6	18	38	67	18	16th	R2	PR
scope=row	1950–51										R2
scope=row	1951–52										R1
scope=row	1952–53										R2
scope=row	1953–54										R1
scope=row	1954–55										R3
scope=row	1955–56	Div 2								16th	R4	PR
scope=row	1956–57	Div 2	36	5	7	24	56	121	17	19th	R4	PR
scope=row	1957–58	Div 2	36	12	5	19	55	79	29	15th	R1	PR
scope=row	1958–59	Div 2	36	10	8	18	50	79	28	15th	R1	PR
scope=row	1959–60	Div 2	36	10	8	18	68	82	28	15th	R3	PR
scope=row	1960–61	Div 2	36	9	7	20	59	100	25	16th	R1	PR
scope=row	1961–62	Div 2	36	15	4	17	70	81	34	11th	R1	PR
scope=row	1962–63	Div 2	36	20	9	7	80	50	49	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R3		PR
scope=row	1963–64	Div 1	34	5	2	27	37	91	12	18th	R3	PR
scope=row	1964–65	Div 2	36	13	10	11	64	50	40	5th	R1	PR
scope=row	1965–66	Div 2	38	9	5	22	59	91	23	17th	R1	PR
scope=row	1966–67	Div 2	38	7	10	21	44	87	24	19th	R1	PR
scope=row	1967–68	Div 2	36	9	10	17	61	74	28	15th	R1	PR
scope=row	1968–69	Div 2	36	17	5	14	70	62	39	9th	R2	PR
scope=row	1969–70	Div 2	36	14	5	17	58	75	33	12th	PR1	PR
scope=row	1970–71	Div 2	36	9	9	18	57	86	27	17th	R1	PR
scope=row	1971–72	Div 2	36	17	7	12	60	58	41	8th	R1	PR
scope=row	1972–73	Div 2	36	12	8	16	52	69	32	13th	R2	PR
scope=row	1973–74	Div 2	36	9	5	22	47	73	23	16th	R1	SR
scope=row	1974–75	Div 2	38	16	8	14	56	52	40	10th	R3	PR
scope=row	1975–76	SFL 2								8th	R1	PR
scope=row	1976–77	SFL 2	39	12	8	19	47	63	32	10th	R3	PR
scope=row	1977–78	SFL 2	39	15	8	16	55	65	38	9th	R2	R2
scope=row	1978–79	SFL 2	39	12	8	19	61	87	32	12th	R2	R2
scope=row	1979–80	SFL 2	39	21	7	11	55	40	49	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1		R1
scope=row	1980–81	SFL 1	39	6	17	16	41	57	29	11th	QF	R1
scope=row	1981–82	SFL 1	39	7	10	22	38	77	24	13th	R1	PR
scope=row	1982–83	SFL 2	39	7	9	23	41	79	23	13th	R1	PR
scope=row	1983–84	SFL 2	39	10	11	18	51	66	31	11th	R3	R1
scope=row	1984–85	SFL 2	39	8	15	16	38	53	31	12th	R2	R2
scope=row	1985–86	SFL 2	39	11	6	22	49	69	28	11th	R1	R1
scope=row	1986–87	SFL 2	39	6	11	22	33	56	23	13th	R1	R2
scope=row	1987–88	SFL 2	39	15	13	11	51	47	43	6th	R4	R2
scope=row	1988–89	SFL 2	39	13	11	15	54	58	37	9th	R2	R1
scope=row	1989–90	SFL 2	39	8	10	21	34	66	26	14th	R3	R1
scope=row	1990–91	SFL 2	39	9	11	19	36	72	29	13th	R1	R2	R2
scope=row	1991–92	SFL 2	39	15	11	13	61	70	41	6th	R1	R2	R1
scope=row	1992–93	SFL 2	39	8	9	22	50	85	25	13th	R4	R1	R1
scope=row	1993–94	SFL 2	39	13	11	15	54	57	37	9th	R3	R3	R1
scope=row	1994–95	SFL 3	36	18	5	13	61	50	59	4th	R1	R1	R1
scope=row	1995–96	SFL 3								7th	R2	R2	R1
scope=row	1996–97	SFL 3	36	8	9	19	36	58	33	9th	R3	R1	R2
scope=row	1997–98	SFL 3	36	17	6	13	50	48	57	4th	R2	R2	R1	Davie Watt	12
scope=row	1998–99	SFL 3	36	9	13	14	50	48	40	8th	R3	R1	—	Hugh Ward	7
scope=row	1999–2000	SFL 3	36	11	7	18	28	50	40	7th	R2	R2	R1	Gary Higgins Stevie Laidlaw	9
scope=row	2000–01	SFL 3	36	10	7	19	37	69	37	8th	R1	R2	SF	Steve Hislop	15
scope=row	2001–02	SFL 3	36	12	4	20	51	58	40	7th	R2	R1	R1
scope=row	2002–03	SFL 3	36	2	7	27	32	105	13	10th	R1	R1	R1	Jordan Leishman	5
scope=row	2003–04	SFL 3	36	2	2	32	30	118	8	10th	R2	R1	R1
scope=row	2004–05	SFL 3	36	5	7	24	32	88	22	10th	R1	R1	R1	Derek Ure	6
scope=row	2005–06	SFL 3	36	6	5	25	28	89	23	10th	R1	R1	R1	Iain Diack	9
scope=row	2006–07	SFL 3	36	6	3	27	27	78	21	10th	R1	R1	R1	Marc McKenzie	5
scope=row	2007–08	SFL 3	36	10	4	22	48	71	34	9th	R4	R1	QF	Andrew Brand	11
scope=row	2008–09	SFL 3	36	19	4	13	57	50	61	3rd	R4	R1	R2	Brian Graham	15
scope=row	2009–10	SFL 3	36	19	4	13	50	46	61	3rd	R2	R1	R2	Simon Lynch	13
scope=row	2010–11	SFL 3	36	10	4	22	33	62	34	9th	R4	R1	R2	Kevin Cawley	8
scope=row	2011–12	SFL 3	36	6	6	24	38	88	24	10th	R3	R1	R1	Kevin Turner	6
scope=row	2012–13	SFL 3	36	8	5	23	49	97	29	10th	R3	R1	QF	Paul Quinn	11
scope=row	2013–14	SL 2	36	12	8	16	45	59	44	8th	R3	R1	R1	Paul Quinn	7
scope=row	2014–15	SL 2	36	13	4	19	40	66	43	9th	R3	R1	R1	David McKenna	12
scope=row	2015–16	SL 2	36	9	5	22	41	79	32	10th	R2	R1	R1	David McKenna	10
scope=row	2016–17	Lowland	30	21	5	4	107	43	68	2nd	R2	Group	R1
scope=row	2017–18	Lowland	30	19	7	4	67	31	64	4th	R2	—	R1
scope=row	2018–19	Lowland	28	11	6	11	57	47	39	6th	R2	—	R1
scope=row	2019–20	Lowland	26	17	2	7	77	29	46	4th	R1	—	—	Jamie Dishington	16
scope=row	2020–21	Lowland	12	8	2	2	30	12	26	5th	R1	—	—	Andy Rodgers	8
scope=row	2021–22	Lowland	34	15	11	8	61	36	56	6th	R2	—	—	TBC	TBC
scope=row	2022–23	Lowland	36	8	9	19	41	74	33	16th	R1	—	R2	TBC	TBC

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

• P = Played
• W = Wins
• D = Draws
• L = Losses
• F = Goals for
• A = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position

• PR = Preliminary round
• PR1 = Preliminary round 1
• SR = Supplementary round
• Group = Group stage
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3
• R4 = Round 4
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals

• Div 1 = Scottish Division One
• Div 2 = Scottish Division Two
• SFL 1 = Scottish First Division
• SFL 2 = Scottish Second Division
• SFL 3 = Scottish Football League Third Division
• SL 2 = Scottish League Two
• Lowland = Lowland Football League

Notes and References

1. http://www.eaststirlingshire-mad.co.uk/league_history/east_stirlingshire/index.shtml East Stirlingshire's complete league history
2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/east-stirlingshire/history/pre-ww1 East Stirlingshire : History 1871 to 1918