This is my attempt to put together a list of all the players who have played for the two League Clubs in Falkirk up the the Second World War [though it must be noted that neither club plays within the confines of Falkirk anymore, ESFC sharing with Stenhousemuir, whereas the Falkirk Stadium is about 150 meters over the border into Grangemouth]. The two clubs have had a strained relationship over the years, from the period c1880-c1885 when ESFC were newcomers and Falkirk treated them with a certain level of disdain, from c1885-c1900 when East Stirling under the leadership of Lawrie McLachlan and backed up with Thomas Dunn, Andrew Inches et al, became the dominant force in football in Stirlingshire. This was reverted when Falkirk joined Division 1 in 1905 and had held a slightly dominant position since [though this claim is tenuous, because Falkirk FC have had some very lean spells]. For example the first game I ever remember was a 3-0 from East Stirlingshire in 1980, just after both clubs had been promoted from the Second Division.
I personally have a bit of a soft spot for the 'Shirey-Pirey', and wished that they still played in their spiritual home of Bainsford, but economics rule, right?
We generally get a derby in the Stirlingshire Cup, but I look forward to all East Stirlingshire/Falkirk matches.
The following list is probably incomplete, several players with the same name played for both clubs, but I am unsure if they were the same person, also I might have mistaken players to be the same person who may have been different people] I have tried my best to resolve any issues, but I am fallible. There are probably many mistakes in the following list, please forgive me.
Players who played for both East Stirlingshire FC & Falkirk FC 1877/78-1946/47
James Adam
b Unknown
d Unknown
Position – Goalkeeper
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1904/05-1905/06], Queen's Park [1905/06-1911/12], Falkirk [1912/13]
William Adams
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half
Known Career – Grange Rovers, Falkirk [1914/15], East Stirlingshire [1921/22-1922/23]
James Allan
b c1888
d 12th November 1980, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Left-Half, Left-Back
Known Career – Petershill, Leith Athletic [1902/03-1906/07, 1909/10], East Stirlingshire [1909/10-1912/13], Falkirk [1910/11-1913/14]
William Allan
b Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – Woodbine Rovers, Vale of Carron, East Stirlingshire [1900/01-1900/01], Falkirk [1900/01-1903/04 ],
Rangers [1903/04-1904/05], Albion Rovers [1904/05-1905/06], Falkirk [1906/07-1907/08 ], Hibernian [1907/08-1916/17], Falkirk [1915/16-
1917/18], Clackmannan [1918/19], Falkirk [1919/20-1920/21], Stenhousemuir [1921/22]
Thomas Baird
b c1883
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right, Outside-Right, Outside-Left
Known Career – Dunipace, Denny Athletic, Falkirk [1899/00], Stenhousemuir [1900/01-1901/02], East Stirlingshire [1901/02-1909/10]
Robert Bernard
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – Linlithgow Rose, Bo'ness [1906/07], Falkirk [1906/07], East Fife [1906/07],
Dundee [1907/08-1919/10], East Stirlingshire [1909/10-1911/12], Reading [1912/13], East Fife [1913/14]
John Boyne
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Right
Known Career – Johnstone [1902/03], Falkirk [1902/03-1903/04], Alloa Athletic?, Morton [1908/09-1909/10], Johnstone [1908/09], East Stirlingshire
[1909/10-1912/13], Johnstone [1912/13]
William 'Choco' Brown
b 1913
d 24th April 1986
Positions – Right-Half, Right-Back
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1933/34-1937/38], Falkirk [1937/38-1941/42], Dunfermline Athletic [1939/40, 1942/43], East Fife [1941/42]
Robert Bryce
b 17th November 1904, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
d c1970
Positions – Outside-Right
Known Career – Grange Rovers, Falkirk [1923/24-1924/25], East Stirlingshire [1925/26], Stenhousemuir [1925/26], Bournemouth [1928/29-1929/30], Luton Town [1930/31-1931/32], King's Park [1932/33-1935/36], Raith Rovers [1936/37]
James Caldwell
b 9th January 1884, Carronshore, Stirlingshire
d 8th April 1955, Alva, Clackmannanshire
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – Carron Thistle, Dunipace, Falkirk [1905/06], East Stirlingshire [1907/08], Tottenham Hotspur [1908/09], Reading [1911/12], Everton
[1912/13], Arsenal [1913/14], Alloa Athletic [1921/22-1922/23], East Stirlingshire [1922/23]
Malcolm Campbell
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half, Inside-Right, Inside-Left
Known Career – Stenhousemuir [1921/22-1923/24], Falkirk [1923/24-1924/25], Dundee United [1925/26-1927/28], East
Stirlingshire [1928/29]
Robert Corrance
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half
Known Career – Margate, East Stirlingshire [1935/36], Falkirk [1936/37], Albion Rovers [1937/38]
Robert Davis
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Forward
Known Career – Falkirk [1924/25-1925/26], East Stirlingshire [1926/27], Broxburn United [1926/27]
Ebenezer Docherty
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Forward
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1921/22-1929/30], Vale of Leven [1923/24], Falkirk [1926/27], Stenhousemuir [1929/30]
Robert Duff
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1914/15], Falkirk [1915/16]
William Fleming
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Left
Known Career – Scottish Dyes, Falkirk [1936/37-1938/39], East Fife [1939/40-1947/48], Stenhousemuir [1939/40, 1946/47], East Stirlingshire [1948/49]
James Gardiner
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Grahamston, Grangemouth [1887/88], Falkirk [1887/88], East Stirlingshire [1888/89], Grangemouth [1891/92-1893/94]
Charles Garland
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Montrose [1931/32-1932/33], Falkirk [1932/33], Dunfermline Athletic [1933/34-1935/36], Cowdenbeath [1934/35], East Stirlingshire [1935/36], King's Park [1936/37]
Robert Gibson
b 18th July 1855, Eastwood, Renfrewshire
d 16th April 1892, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Centre-Forward
Known Career – Falkirk [1880/81-1885/86]
Played for East Stirlingshire v Vale of Teith, Friendly at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford, 10th March 1883
Brother of Walter Gibson
Robert Gibson
b c1884, Alva, Clackmannanshire
d Unknown
Positions – Left-Back
Known Career – Alva Albion Rangers, Alloa Athletic [1905/06-1906/07], East Stirlingshire [1907/08], Falkirk [1907/08-1910/11], Morton [1909/10],
Reading [1911/12], Dunfermline Athletic [1911/12], King's Park [1912/13]
Walter Gibson
b 13th July 1857, Eastwood, Renfrewshire
d 9th October 1932, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Outside-Left, Inside-Left
Known Career – Falkirk [1880/81-1885/86]
Played for East Stirlingshire v King's Park, Friendly at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford, 24th November 1883
Brother of Robert Gibson
Alexander 'Ballangeich' Gillespie
b 5th January 1868, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 17th March 1945, Rosyth, Fife
Positions – Outside-Right, Inside-Right
Known Career – Falkirk [1884/85-1889/90, 1891/92]
Played for East Stirlingshire v Port Glasgow Athletic, Friendly at Clune Pk, Port Glasgow, 6th November 1886
Brother of David Gillespie
David Gillespie
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Camelon [1893/94-1894/95], Leeds?, Falkirk [1895/96-1896/97], East Stirlingshire [1900/01-1903/04]
Brother of Alexander Gillespie
Robert Godfrey
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Half, Right-Half, Goalkeeper
Known Career – Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Banknock Juniors, Falkirk [1912/13-1914/15], Stenhousemuir, Falkirk [1918/19], East Stirlingshire [1919/20-1920/21],
Bathgate [1920/21], Ayr United [1920/21], Alloa Athletic, Dumbarton [1921/22], St Bernards [1921/22], Vale of Leven [1922/23], Clackmannan [1922/23], East
Stirlingshire [1922/23]
Andrew Graham
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Half-Back
Known Career – Grangemouth [1888/89-1893/94], East Stirlingshire [1892/93], Falkirk [1892/93]
Robert Graham
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right
Known Career – Camelon Juveniles, Laurieston Juniors, Falkirk Juniors, Falkirk [1904/05-1905/06], Cowdenbeath [1907/08], East Stirlingshire
[1910/11]
George Hannah
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Forward, Inside-Right, Outside-Right
Known Career – Falkirk [1921/22], East Stirlingshire [1922/23]
Michael Harley
b 8th May 1866, Larbert, Stirlingshire
d 15th April 1953, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Left-Back, Right-Back
Representative Honours – Stirlingshire v Forfarshire 1886/87, v Fife 1887/88
Known Career – Carron, Falkirk [1885/86-1888/89], East Stirlingshire [1889/90-1892/93]
Brother of Thomas Harley
Thomas Harley
b 29th September 1870, Larbert, Stirlingshire
d 28th May 1897, Carron, Stirlingshire
Positions – Outside-Left, Inside-Left
Known Career – Gairdoch, Falkirk [1887/88-1888/89], East Stirlingshire [1889/90-1892/93], Carron Athletic
Brother of Michael Harley
Alexander Heeps
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right, Centre-Forward
Known Career – Falkirk [1925/26-1928/29], Bo'ness [1927/28], Stenhousemuir [1928/29-1929/30], Bo'ness [1930/31-1932/33], Dumbarton [1932/33-1933/34], East Stirlingshire [1933/34]
Alexander Henderson
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Left-Back, Left-Half, Centre-Half
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1909/10-1913/14], Falkirk [1913/14-1919/20], Alloa Athletic [1919/20-1920/21]
John Honeyman
b 24th January 1866, Larbert, Stirlingshire
d 13th June 1943, Larbert, Stirlingshire
Positions – Forward
Known Career – Carron [1884/85], Larbert [1885/86], Gairdoch, East Stirlingshire [1885/86], Falkirk [1887/88-1888/89], Gairdoch [1891/92-
1894/95]
John Hotchkiss
b Carronshore, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Back
Known Career – Falkirk Juniors, Falkirk [1903/04], East Stirlingshire [1904/05-1906/07], Falkirk [1906/07], Cowdenbeath [1906/07], Leith
Athletic [1907/08-1908/09], Alloa Athletic [1909/10]
Alexander Hunter
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Left-back
Known Career – Falkirk [1921/22], East Stirlingshire [1922/23-1923/24], Armadale [1923/24]
Henry Hutchison
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Forward
Known Career – Rangers [1914/15-1919/20], Falkirk [1915/16], Hibernian [1915/16], East Stirlingshire [1916/17], Alloa Athletic [1919/20]
William Japp
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right
Known Career – Airth Castle Rovers, Falkirk [1945/46-1946/47], East Stirlingshire [1947/48-1950/51], Ayr United [1950/51-1956/57], East Stirlingshire [1957/58], Berwick Rangers [1958/59]
James Johnston
b 25th March 1874, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 2nd May 1935, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Right-Back
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1898/99-1905/06], Falkirk [1905/06]
Alexander Kennedy
b 7th June 1870, Whitburn, West Lothian
d Unknown
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1892/93-1894/95], Falkirk [1892/93]
James Leishman
b c1856
d 7th November 1935, Camelon, Stirlingshire
Positions – Outside-Left, Centre-Forward, Right-Back
Known Career – Falkirk [1877/78-1885/86], East Stirlingshire [1884/85]
Henry 'Cecil' Lyon
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Right
Known Career – Lochgelly United [1903/04], Falkirk [1903/04-1904/05], East Stirlingshire [1905/06], East Fife [1906/07]
David Malcolm
b 23rd September 1870, Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
d Unknown
Positions – Left-Back
Known Career – Falkirk [1888/89-1889/90], East Stirlingshire [1888/89]
Alexander Marshall
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Back, Right-Half, Centre-Half
Known Career – Stenhousemuir Juniors, Falkirk [1911/12-1915/16], East Stirlingshire [1915/16]
Angus Martin
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Greenock Howitzer, Falkirk [1919/20-1920/21], East Stirlingshire [1921/22]
James 'McKenzie' Martin
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Half
Known Career – Falkirk [1920/21], East Stirlingshire [1921/22-1922-23], Clackmannan [1923/24-1925/26]
George Mason
b c1904, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
d 3rd January 1941, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Inside Right
CKnown Career – Banknock Juniors, Falkirk [1925/26-1926/27], Dundee United [1927/28], Stranraer, Montrose, Alloa Athletic, East Stirlingshire [1931/32-1932/33], St Johnstone [1932/33-1940/41], Falkirk [1939/40-1940/41]
John Meechan
b c1910, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left, Centre-Forward
Known Career – Grangemouth Sacred Heart, Maryhill Hibernian, St Mirren [1928/29-1932/33] Burnley [1933/34], Falkirk [1933/34-1934/35], Kilmarnock [1934-35], East Stirlingshire [1935/36-1936/37], St Johnstone [1937/38], Alloa Athletic [1937/38], East Stirlingshire [1937/38], Morton [1938/39], Bo'ness [1939/40], Forth Juniors, Polkemmet Juniors,
East Stirlingshire [1945/46]
George Meldrum
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right, Inside-Left
Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup RU 1920/21
Known Career – Forth Rangers, Falkirk [1919/20-1920/21], East Stirlingshire [1921/22-1922/23]
John Mercer
b 12th December 1868, Larbert, Stirlingshire
d 3rd January 1933, Larbert, Stirlingshire
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1885/86-1887/88], Carron [1885/86], Falkirk [1887/88-1888/89], East Stirlingshire [1892/93] Gairdoch
William Millar
c Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half
Club Honours – Stirlingshire Cup RU 1913/14, Stirlingshire Consolation Cup W 1912/13
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1908/09], Rangers [1908/09-1909/10], Morton [1909/10-1910/11], Liverpool [1910/11-1911/12], East Stirlingshire [1911/12-1912/13], Stenhousemuir [1912/13], Falkirk [1913/14], Dunfermline Athletic [1914/15-1918/19], Alloa Athletic [1919/20]
David Miller
b Unknown
d September 1992, Paisley, Renfrewshire
Positions – Centre-Forward, Inside-left, Inside-Right
Known Career – Paisley YMCA, Yoker Athletic, Falkirk [1931/32-1932/33], Albion Rovers [1933/34], East Stirlingshire [1933/34], King's Park [1935/1936-1936/37], East Fife [1937/38-1938/39]
???? Miller
b Unknown
d unknown
Positions – Outside-Left, Outside-Right
Known Career – Falkirk Hawthorn, East Stirlingshire [1898/99], Falkirk [1899/00]
Adam Mitchell
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Back
Known Career – Forth Rangers, East Stirlingshire [1915/16-1922/23], Falkirk [1917/18]
Andrew Mitchell
b Unknown
d Unknown
Debut – Saturday September 2nd 1905 v Partick Thistle (A) Scottish League Division 1
Positions – Inside-Left, Centre-Forward
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1900/01-1905/06], Falkirk [1905/06-1909/10], Vale of Teith [1906/07], East Stirlingshire [1910/11-1912/13]
David Mitchell
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Left-Half, Left-Back
Known Career – Falkirk Juniors, Falkirk [1903/04-1905/06], East Stirlingshire [1905/06-1912-13]
David Mitchell
b Longcroft, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left, Outside-Right
Club Honours – Stirlingshire Consolation Cup W 1912/13
Known Career – Bainsford Amateurs, East Stirlingshire [1912/13-1913/14], Falkirk [1912/13-1913/14]
John Muir
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Left
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1912/13], St Johnstone [1913/14], Rangers [1913/14-1918/19] Cowdenbeath [1917/18] , Falkirk [1918/19]
John Muir
b 18th November 1903, Hamilton, Lanarkshire
d 29th April 1949, Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Positions – Left-Half, Centre-Half, Right-Half
Known Career – Queen of the South, Bo'ness, Broxburn United [1924/25-1925/26], Stockport County [1925/26], Queen of the South [1926/27], Dumbarton [1927/28], Armadale [1927/28-1928/29], Falkirk [1928/29-1929/30], Luton Town [1930/31], Raith Rovers [1930/31], Bristol Rovers [1930/31-1931/32], Bo'ness [1932/33], Arbroath [1932/33-1934/35], East Stirlingshire [1935/36]
James 'Pat' Murphy
b 4th October 1859, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 28th May 1942, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Left-Back, Right-Back
Known Career – Falkirk [1879/80-1886/87], Tayavalla [1883/84], Grahamston [1885/86], Falkirk Harp [1886/87], East Stirlingshire [1887/88], Grahamston
Corinthians [1887/88].
Matthew Myles
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Half
Known Career – Wallacelea Athletic, Bo'ness?, East Stirlingshire [1896/97], Falkirk [1899/00]
Thomas McCall
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Half-back, Back, Inside-right, Outside-right, Outside-left
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1893/94-1898/99], Falkirk [1899/00]
Richard McCreadie
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Left
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1937/38], Raith Rovers [1938/39], Petershill, Falkirk [1940/41]
Thomas McDonald
b 28th December 1868, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 28th December 1943, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Inside-Right, Outside-Right, Centre-Forward
Known Career – Black Watch [1885/86], Falkirk [1886/87-1892/93], Slamannan Rovers [1892/93], East Stirlingshire [1893/94], Falkirk [1895/96-
1896/97]
Hugh McDougall
b 10th September 1887, Kilmallie, Invernessshire
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right
Known Career – Glasgow Normal Athletic, Glasgow Fairfield, Bonnybridge Thistle, Falkirk [1906/07], King's Park,
Dunfermline Athletic [1907/08], Stenhousemuir [1911/12], East Stirlingshire [1912/13-1913/14]
Charles McGregor
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Half
Known Career – Broxburn United [1923/24-1924/25], Falkirk [1924/25], East Stirlingshire [1925/26]
Daniel McKerrel
b Blantyre, Lanarkshire
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Bedlay Juniors, Shawfield Juniors, Hamilton Academical [1936/37], Falkirk [1936/37-1938/39], East Fife [1938/39], Hamilton Academical [1939/40-1940/41], Newcastle United [WWII], Middlesbrough [WWII], Carlisle United [1945/46], East Stirlingshire [1947/48]
Lawrence 'Laurie' McLachlan
b 12th August 1862, Stane, Lanarkshire
d 26th December 1912, Edinburgh
Positions – Centre-Forward
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1883/84-1891/92], Falkirk [1883/84], Shotts [1892/93]
John McNaught
b 1892, Glasgow
d November 1972, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Positions – Outside-Right
Known Career – St Clement's, Cambuslang Rangers, Falkirk [1911/12-1915/16], Vale of Leven [1918/19], St Mirren [1918/19], Kilmarnock
[1919/20-1922/23], Johnstone [1923/24-1924/25], Clyde [1924/25], East Stirlingshire [1925/26]
Archibald McPherson
b 10th February 1910, Alva, Clackmannanshire
d c1969
Positions – Left-Half, Left-Back
Known Career – Alva Albion Rangers, Bathgate [1926/27], Rangers [1927/28-1929/30], East Stirlingshire [1928/29], Liverpool [1929/30-1934/35], Sheffield United [1934/35-1936/37], Falkirk [1937/38-1938/39], East Fife [1938/39], Dundee United [1939/40]
Joseph McQue
b February 1870, Glasgow
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Half
Scottish Qualifying Cup Matches /Goals [1/-]
Known Career – Campsie [1891/92], East Stirlingshire [1891/92], Celtic, Liverpool [1892/93-1897/98], Falkirk [1898/99],
Third Lanark
John McTavish
b 7th June 1885, Govan, Glasgow
d 4th April 1944, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Inside-Right, Inside-Left
Known Career – Ibrox Roselea, Fairfield, Petershill, Falkirk [1905/06-1909/10], Oldham Athletic [1910/11], Tottenham Hotspur [1910/11-1911/12],
Newcastle United [1911/12-1912/13], Partick Thistle [1913/14-1916/17], York City [1914/15], Goole Town [1914/15], Falkirk [1917/18], Heart of
Midlothian [1917/18], Bo'ness, East Fife [1918/19-1919/20], Dumbarton [1920/21], East Stirlingshire [1921/22]
James Neil
b 26th October 1854, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
d 21st October 1888, Carron, Stirlingshire
Positions – Outside-Right, Inside-Right
Known Career – Falkirk [1877/78-1881/82], East Stirlingshire [1882/83-1884/85]
The first player to cross the great Falkirk-East Stirlingshire divide
Robert Nisbet
b Carronshore, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Back
Known Career – Motherwell [1929/30-1930/31], Dolphin [1931/32], Preston North End [1932/33], East Stirlingshire [1932/33], Falkirk [1932/33-1938/39], Dumbarton [1939/40]
Robert Orrock
b 25th May 1885, Kinghorn, Fife
d Unknown
Positions – Left-Half, Right-Back, Left-Back
Representative Honours – Scotland v Wales 1912/13
Known Career – Grange Rovers, East Stirlingshire [1906/07-1907/08], Falkirk [1908/09-1916/17], St Mirren [1917/18-1919/20], Alloa Athletic
[1920/21-1923/24], Third Lanark [1923 Tour of South America], East Stirlingshire [1924/25]
William Peat
b c1915
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Right, Centre-Forward
Known Career – Bo'ness Cadora, Falkirk [1933/34-1934/35], East Stirlingshire [1934/35], Leith Athletic [1935/36-1937/38]
John Pray
b 17th March 1872, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d c1948, Canada
Positions – Right-Half, Centre-Half
Known Career – Falkirk Excelsior, Falkirk [1890/91-1893/94], Rangers [1893/94-1894/95], Bury [1895/96-1901/02], St Bernards [1903/04]
Played for East Stirlingshire v Gairdoch, Friendly at Gairdoch Pk, Carronshore 5th August 1891
Played for East Stirlingshire v Airdrieonians, Scottish Alliance at Broomfield Pk, Airdrie, 9th April 1892
Andrew Prentice
b c1875
d 10th Jun 1931, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Half-Back
Known Career – Vale of Carron, Falkirk [1896/97], East Stirlingshire [1896/97-1906/07]
Livingstone Rae
b 28th April 1877, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 14th December 1953
Positions – Left-Half, Left-Back, Right-Back
Known Career – Falkirk [1894/95-1895/96], Falkirk Amateurs [1896/97], East Stirlingshire [1897/98], Falkirk [1897/98-1900/01]
Peter 'Stag' Rae
b 23rd November 1871, Carronshore, Stirlingshire
d 28th October 1952
Positions – Centre-Half, Right-Half
Known Career – Gairdoch [1891/92-1893/94], East Stirlingshire [1893/94], Falkirk [1894/95-1900/01]
Robert Rae
b 12th September 1867, Bothkennar, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – Black Watch [1885/86], Falkirk [1886/87-1890/91], , East Stirlingshire [1889/90], East Stirlingshire [1891/92-1892/93]
Henry 'Harry' Reid
b 4th March 1870, Larbert, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Left
Known Career – Stenhousemuir Victoria [1883/84], Stenhousemuir [1883/84-1890/91], Falkirk [1887/88, 1890/91], East Stirlingshire [1888/89,
1891/92], Stenhousemuir [1892/93-1894/95], King's Park [1892/93], Rangers [1892/93]
James 'Punky' Reid
b c1879, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
b 10th March 1954, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Right-Half, Inside-Right
Known Career – Vale of Carron, Falkirk [1899/00], Clackmannan [1899/00-1900/01], Camelon [1901/02], East Stirlingshire [1902/03-1905/06], Falkirk
[1905/06-1909/10], Cowdenbeath [1910/11-1911/12]
John Richardson
b c1909, Johannesburg, South Africa
d 23rd May 1977, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Centre-Half
Known Career – Wallacestone Wesleyans, Wallacestone Welfare, Bristol Rovers [1930/31], Falkirk [1930/31-1933/34], Alloa Athletic [1934/35-1935/36], Leith Athletic [1936/37-1938/39], East Stirlingshire [1938/39]
James Roughead
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Half, Right-Half
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1937/38-1944/45], Stenhousemuir [1939/40], Falkirk [1941/42], Stenhousemuir [1947/48]
Alexander Rule
b 13th March 1866, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d 24th October 1903, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Forward
Known Career – Grahamston [1883/84-1884/85], Carron [1885/86], Falkirk [1885/86], Falkirk Harp [1885/86], East Stirlingshire [1886/87]
James Russell
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half
Known Career – Falkirk [1901/02-1903/04], East Stirlingshire [1902/03], Bo'ness [1903/04]
George Scobbie
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Back
Known Career – Falkirk [1924/25-1931/32], East Stirlingshire [1933/34-1935/36], Ayr United [1935/36]
Thomas Sime
b Laurieston, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Forth Rangers, Kilsyth Rangers, Falkirk [1917/18], East Stirlingshire [1919/20]
John Smith
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half, Right-Back
Known Career – Falkirk Amateurs?, East Stirlingshire?, Falkirk [1898/99-1901/02]
William Smith
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Falkirk [1923/24-1924/25], East Stirlingshire [1925/26]
James Sommerville
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Gairdoch Thistle, Falkirk [1917/18-1919/20], East Stirlingshire [1919/20]
Alexander Spence
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Outside-Left, Inside-Left, Centre-Forward
Scottish League Division 2 Matches/Goals [6/2]
Known Career – Laurieston Juniors, Falkirk [1903/04-1904/05], East Stirlingshire [1907/08]
Peter Steele
b 3rd June 1871, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Back
Known Career – Laurieston [1891/92], East Stirlingshire [1891/92-1894/95], Falkirk [1892/93], Laurieston [1893/94]
John Stirrat
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Back
Known Career – Grangemouth [1891/92-1893/94], East Stirlingshire [1893/94], Falkirk [1894/95], Morton [1895/96]
Robert Stoddart
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions - Outside-Left
Scottish League Division 1 Matches/Goals [2/-]
Known Career – East Stirlingshire [1923/24-1924/25], Falkirk [1925/26], East Stirlingshire [1925/26-1928/29], Alloa Athletic [1929/30], Stenhousemuir [1929/30-1930/31], Montrose [1932/33-1933/34], Morton [1933/34], East Stirlingshire [1934/35-1936/37],
Alexander Thomson
b Stirling, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Forward, Outside-Left
Known Career – Liverpool [1912/13-1914/15], Falkirk [1913/14-1914/15], East Stirlingshire [1915/16]
James Turnbull
b 23rd May 1884, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Centre-Forward
Known Career – Stenhousemuir [1899/00] East Stirlingshire [1900/01], Dundee [1901/02-1903/04], Falkirk [1903/04], Rangers [1904/05], Preston
North End [1904/05-1905/06], Leyton [1906/07], Manchester United [1907/08-1909/10], Bradford Park Avenue [1910/11-1911/12], Chelsea
[1912/13-1913/14], Hyde United [1914/15], Bradford [1917/18]
Brother of Thomas Turnbull
Thomas Turnbull
b c1876, St Ninians, Stirlingshire
d 23rd February 1920, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Positions – Right-Back
Known Career – Whitefield Swifts, Falkirk [1893/94-1897/98], East Stirlingshire [1898/99], Leeds, Celtic [1899/00], Partick Thistle [1900/01],
Sheffield United [1900/01], Stenhousemuir [1902/03], Partick Thistle [1903/04]
Brother of James Turnbull
David Watson
b 2nd December ????, Cowie, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Inside-Right, Centre-Forward
Known Career – Cowie Wanderers, East Stirlingshire [1915/16], Falkirk [1916/17-1917/18], Bo'ness [1920/21], Sunderland [1920/21], Portsmouth
[1920/21-1929/30]
William Watson
b Shotts, Lanarkshire
d Unknown
Positions – Goalkeeper
Known Career – Dykehead, East Stirlingshire [1895/96-1896/97], Falkirk [1897/98]
Patrick 'Wee' Wemyss
b 3rd October 1870, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half, Right-Back
Known Career – Rumford Rovers, Grahamston Corinthians, East Stirlingshire [1891/92], Falkirk [1892/93-1894/95]
Gibson White
b Unknown
d Unknown
Positions – Right-Half
Known Career – Forth Rangers, Falkirk [1936/37-1937/38], East Stirlingshire [1938/39]
Edwin Young
b c1919
d 2nd December 1940, HMS Forfar, Atlantic Ocean
Positions – Outside-Left
Known Career – Kincardine Juniors, Falkirk [1938/39-1939/40], East Stirlingshire [1939/40]