STIRLING CITY F.C. CLUB DEVELOPMENT.

Stirling City F.C., an SFA Quality Mark & ClubSport Stirling Charter Award Club, has plans as part of our 3yr strategy, to further develop the Club over the remainder of the current season with a view to forming a girls/ladies section and creating a larger boys youth section who would play in established leagues in season 2008-9.

If you would be keen to become involved in this exciting development either as a volunteer coach or parental helper, or would like your child to become a part of Stirling City F.C., or would simply like to find out more, please contact the Club in the first instance by email using one of the addresses below:

Barry - barry@stirlingcityfootballclub.co.uk
Gavin - gavin@stirlingcityfootballclub.co.uk
Raymond - raymond@stirlingcityfootballclub.co.uk
Sandy - sandy@stirlingcityfootballclub.co.uk

We are pleased to announce that we have introduced a disability section to the Club.

Stirling City F.C disability section, nicknamed ‘All Stars’ was established in 2008 and is a football club for adults with disabilities.

The project started in the summer of 2007 when Sandy White noticed a lack of opportunities for adults with disabilities to participate in recreational football. After a recruitment drive a couple of lads started having a kick about up at the kings park in Stirling. with support from Lynne Glen (sportcentral) a team was entered into the Scottish Disability Sport 7-a-side tournament in Grangemouth Oct 2007 under the name of the Kings Park Brigade. They performed well and wanted to continue to train and compete. Over the winter financial support from Forth Valley Disability Sport funded training at the scout hall in Stirling. Slowly the numbers grew and enough interest was there to form a club.

Sandy was advised to speak with members of Stirling City F.C regarding an affiliation as they were looking to expand and it would help the club get up and running which could only be good for the Club.

We train on Monday nights from 6pm - 7.30pm at the Kings Park, Stirling.

New Players and Coaches always welcome!

The team have a nickname of the ‘All Stars’.

If you would like to learn more about this exciting development please contact Sandy.

Further news about the new section is below.

TRIALS.

As part of our Club development, the Stirling & District Amateur team are looking to strengthen the squad for the new season and will be holding trials shortly. Please contact Barry for further details.

The development squad are looking to strengthen the squad - please contact Raymond.

S.F.A. QUALITY MARK STANDARD AWARD.

Stirling City FC became the third Club locally to attain the S.F.A. Quality Mark "Standard Level" and Clubsport Stirling "Charter Club", recently at a Coaches In-Service at Falkirk Stadium delivered by ex England Manager Kevin Keegan.

The Quality Mark is the Scottish F.A. "Youth Action Plan" initiative, which helps to support and sustain grassroots football. Via Quality Mark, the Scottish F.A. and partners will promote the role of clubs and schools to broaden community participation and to enhance player, coach and volunteer development and best practice.

Scott Kinross, S.F.A. Football Development Officer for Active Stirling said "Stirling City F.C. have worked extremely hard over the past few months to guarantee everything was in place to ensure that the Quality Mark Pack could be presented before the S.F.A. Regional Committee. More and more clubs around the country are signing up for this award and are finding out there are many benefits to obtain from this".

If any club is looking for more information please contact Scott Kinross on kinrosss@activestirling.org.uk or log onto www.footballcentral.org by clicking the link below.

Stirling City Football Club would like to thank Scott Kinross and Andrew Gilchrist for their invaluable assistance in gaining this award.

The picture shows Club representatives, Aldo, Eddie, Tenko and Raymond receiving the award from Kevin at the coaches in-service at Falkirk Stadium.

SCOTTISH DISABILITY SPORT 5-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT.

The ‘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 and 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!!!

S.F.A. REGIONAL FINALS 2008.

Stirling City F.C. represented the F.V.F.D.A. at Little Kerse Falkirk in the regional finals on 29.06.08. Three games were played by each team - Stirling City F.C. lost all of their games.

S.C.F.C. - HOLLAND TOUR

The 16’s section travelled to Holland to participate in a tournament at v.v. Schoten over the Easter weekend. 15 teams from around the world played in leagues on Saturday - their final positions determined which group finals they took part in. S.C.F.C. finished 2nd in their group, never losing a match and progressed to the group ‘A’ finals on Sunday. A heavy snowfall almost cancelled games on Sunday but the organisers pressed ahead with matches as the sun started to shine. City ended up 3rd in the league at the end of all games and collected a cup to add to the runners up trophy from Loch Lomond.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2008.

The ‘seniors’ held their player awards night at the Birds & Bees in Stirling on Saturday 24th May. The winners were;

Players Player of the Year - Greg Currie.

Player of the Year - Greg Currie.

Top Goal Scorer - Robert Reid.

The 16’s held their player award evening on Friday 27th June at the Birds & Bees, Stirling. The winners were;

Players Player of the Year - Jack Anderson.

Coaches Player of the Year - Richard Neumann.

Top Goal Scorer - Stuart Henny.

Further Club and player awards are on the Constitution page.