Fixtures and Results 2008

Scottish Disability Sport 5-a-side tournament at Glasgow Green

Wed 30th April

The Stirling City F.C. ‘All Stars’ scrapped together two teams for the tournament after a couple of late call offs. The A team were entered in Band C and consisted of Cheesy, Kyle, Ricky, John and Steven. They really gelled and played some good football topping there mini league with a hard fought 2-0 win and a slick 6-0 win. This meant they qualified for the final against a young Angus side. After being 2-0 and 3-2 up the All Stars were pegged back in the last minute and the game went to penalties. Luck was against them as they went down 3-2 on pens. A silver medal for the guys, some great excitment and good experience!

The B team were entered into Band D and consisted of Gordon, Colin, Eddie, Alisdair and Dave. This team suffered from late call offs and was thrown together. No recognised keeper meant each player took a turn in goal for the 4 games. Although the results werent there the performances improved with each game with the final game finishing with a 4-4 draw. The hard work and spirited performances were highly commendable! Roll on the next tournament!!!

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Friendly game
West of Scotland S.O.F.C v Stirling City F.C. ‘All Stars’
Firhill Complex, Glasgow

Tuesday 3rd June

A squad of 10 players went through for a friendly game, unfortunely the expected hour long game was reduced to a 15 minute game which finished 0-0 due to poor navigation from the driver and co-driver. Both teams had chances but good goalkeeping and some bad finishing meant the game ended goalless. A rearranged fixture will be sorted for later in the summer.

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Alloa Football Festival
Alloa Rugby Club

Friday 6th June

Stirling City All Stars ran out comfortable winners of the Umbro Cup. There was only one other senior team entered but they were dispatched with ease with some classy football from the All Stars. The rest of the day the teams were mixed and good day was had in the sun. A gold medal and a small trophy for the big (soon to be filled) cabinet!

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Stirling Mini Tournament
Kings Park

Friday 18th July

The three team mini tournament included a mixed squad from Stirling City F.C. and a team from both Livingston and Edinburgh. Stirling were drawn against Edinburgh in the first game and after a slow start and going behind Stirling slid through the gears and finished comfortable 5-1 winners. The two invited teams matched up next and produced a thrilling 3-3 draw. Livingston provided the opposition for the final game which turned into quite a heated affair. Stirling City again came through with a comfortable win. A good run out at Stirling’s first home game of the season.

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Friendly v Glasgow SO
Firhill Complex

Tuesday 12th August

Stirling City brought through 2 teams for this friendly game. The first squad was a strong team and we requested to play against Glasgow’s A band team. Stirling didn’t gel early on and lost 4-0 in the first game. After a break the teams restarted at 0-0 and the ‘All Stars’ put in a much better performance. After racing into a 4-2 lead Glasgow turned it around and finished 6-4 winners. The All Stars other squad played 3 short games losing the first two and winning the final game. A good test against strong and well established teams.

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SDS 7-a-side Tournament
Little Kerse, Grangemouth

Tuesday 23rd September

Due to a change in banding Stirling City F.C. ‘All Stars’ decided to enter two teams at C and B band. The players knew they would be up against strong opposition but were looking forward to it none the less. Unfortunately both teams started with only 6 players however a signing on fee tempted a Lothian player over into the red side for the B band team who also had Cheesy, Ricky, David, John, Peter and Garry. The first game finished 4-1 to a highland A. A fine free kick from John Connelly one of few efforts in the game. The second game finished 6-0 against eventual winners Lothian. Clinical finishing made the score line seem a bit flattering. The performance was improved and improved further with a win against Highland B 2-1 with Connelly and Craig Gibson (our loan signing) getting on the scoresheet. This meant the team finished 3rd in the mini league. Further friendlies were played with better performances but still a couple of defeats.

The C band team had a similar day improving throughout the day. The team consisted of Luke, Colin, Callum, Stuart, Dave and Duncan. The results gradually came down from 7-0 to 5-2 to 4-2 over the three games. Duncan and Dave both chipped in with 2 goals each. As expected it was a tough day for the players but enjoyable and again they did themselves proud - celebrated with a glass of champagne thanks to Colin!

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