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Most Stirlingshire Cup Matches 1883/84 to 2012/13

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Not many people in the world of football rate the Stirlingshire Cup very highly, but do you know what? I could not give the slightest what they think: this is a local cup for local teams. It is one of the oldest actual trophies still played for on an annual basis [excepting wartime, it has only never been played in 2008/09 when a dispute over referees' match fees caused its cancellation].

Of the original founding members - Falkirk, East Stirlingshire, Tayavalla, Dunipace, King's Park, Campsie & Stenhousemuir [different club from the current Stenhousemuir] only Falkirk & East Stirlingshire survive, and only Falkirk has entered every competition [East Stirlingshire missed out because of the ES/Clydebank season].

Through time the number of teams in Stirlingshire dwindled, so the cup incorporated clubs from Clackmannanshire, Linlithgowshire [West Lothian] then Dunbartonshire, but never lost the name.

These are the ten teams to have played most matches in this hallowed competition [with provisos below]

Thanks to - Brian McColl, Gordon Hunter, Steven McAneney, Thomas McGouran, Bobby Hutchison, Sandy Reid & Paul Doherty [I could not have done all the Cup on my own]

http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/stirlingcup.htm

Notes –
Missing result from Alloa v ESFC Semi-fin 1956/57
No ESFC in 1957/58?
Missing 2012/13 final [to be played 26th July 2013]


Club
M
W
D
L
F
A
Debut
Final
W
RU
Falkirk
281
155
52
74
731
416
1883/84
2012/13
33
16
East Stirlingshire
262
124
50
88
607
431
1883/84
2012/13
21
16
Stenhousemuir
233
84
45
104
415
455
1887/88
2012/13
10
20
Alloa Athletic
214
83
48
83
392
371
1899/00
2012/13
14
20
King's Park
142
63
29
50
375
282
1883/84
1939/40
4
5
Dumbarton
139
59
36
44
258
228
1939/40
2012/13
15
6
Stirling Albion
140
58
36
46
244
202
1945/46
2012/13
14
11
Camelon
60
28
10
22
169
144
1884/85
1904/05
2
4
Clydebank
53
22
8
23
102
98
1970/71
1998/99
2
8
Kilsyth Wanderers
39
17
5
17
113
104
1885/86
1899/00
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