It is with the deepest sadness that Stenhousemuir Football Club announces the passing of Alexander Terry Bulloch, known to everyone at Ochilview simply as Terry, who passed away on 11th May 2026, aged 78.
Terry was born in January 1948 and was a Warriors supporter from boyhood, one of those rare individuals who came to define what it means to give your life to a football club. Long before he took his seat in the boardroom, he gave his time through the supporter’s club, and that supporter’s heart never left him regardless of whatever role he held.
He was one of the founding directors when it incorporated in 1990, and across the decades that followed served Stenhousemuir in virtually every capacity: as Director, twice as Club Chairman, as Company Secretary, and as Honorary President. Over more than thirty years he gave everything he had to this club, and we are all the richer for it.
He also served as Secretary of the Stirlingshire FA, and as a Director of the Scottish Football Association between 1994 and 1999 — a mark of the standing he had earned well beyond Ochilview’s own walls.
It is what he helped build here, though, that defines his legacy most clearly. When Stenhousemuir became the first professional football club in the UK to re-register as a Community Interest Company in 2009, Terry was at the heart of it — not just as a Director who voted for the change, but as the man who rolled up his sleeves and sold it to supporters.
He believed, without reservation, that protecting this club was worth every hour it took. It was a landmark moment in Scottish football, and it happened in large part because Terry made it happen.
He brought the same warmth to the Norway Stand. Answering the phone when a group of Norwegians rang Ochilview in the early 1990s wanting to set up a supporters club. Initially cautious, he sent them programmes and literature, welcomed them on their first visit, and over the years nurtured what became one of the most remarkable relationships in Scottish club football.
The Norway Stand, which opened in 1996-97, was sponsored by those same supporters, and their backing helped sustain the club through lean years. On his return to the board in December 2006, the club also installed a synthetic surface that became the first in the UK to achieve FIFA 2 Star accreditation — another quiet first for a club that consistently punched above its weight.
Away from those headline achievements, Terry was simply indispensable in the way only the very best volunteers are. He was a key organiser of the Warriors Family Day and the natural first port of call for supporters wanting to buy shares.
He was just as likely to be found with a toolbox in hand as sitting at a boardroom table — organising quiz nights, posting news updates, handling youth fixtures and manager statements, keeping the club running with characteristic modesty. And when Larbert High’s school team reached the Scottish Cup Final but the SSFA couldn’t find a senior ground, Terry opened Ochilview’s gates without hesitation. That was him to a tee.
One of his proudest moments came in April 2024, when he stood on the Ochilview pitch as the Warriors lifted the Scottish League Two title — the club’s first ever league championship in 140 years of history. That day belonged to everyone who had given their time and love to this football club, and few had given more than Terry.
He tried to get to games even as ill health began to take its toll, always accompanied by his wife Yvonne, and the sight of them together at Ochilview was a reminder of everything that is right about what a football club can mean to a family.
Stenhousemuir Football Club is a better, stronger, and more protected institution because of him, and that is a legacy that will endure long after us all.
Everyone at the club sends heartfelt condolences to Yvonne and to all of Terry’s family. He will be greatly missed by everyone at Ochilview Park.
