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].
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
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 | - | 2 |