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Match Report

 

Stenhousemuir v Stirling Albion at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir on 17.10.09
Irn Bru Scottish Second Division                 Att 801
Stenhousemuir 1 [Motion 40] Stirling Albion 2 [O’Brien 47, Grehan 55]
 
 
Going into this game against the league leaders Stenhousemuir had lost three league games in a row and knew that they would need to be at the top of their game to prevent it becoming four against a Stirling Albion team that had a five point advantage over the second placed team and also double the points of the Warriors.
 
After the disappointment of the previous week at Broadwood there were a couple of changes in personnel. Replacing the suspended Stephen Thomson was a trialist albeit a familiar face in Alan Reid who was helping out on a one off role whilst Robert Love came off the bench for Andy Brand.
 
The first half saw Stenhousemuir take the game to Stirling for the majority of it and Myles Hogarth was the busier of the two keepers, He was first called into action after only three minutes to deny a Craig Molloy effort after good work by Iain Diack. Stewart Devine had a shot saved three minutes later at the other end. The home side almost scored in the 19th minute when another Diack cross was headed against his own post by Andy Graham. The Binos had another escape in the 24th minute when a ball over the top of the Stirling defence by Kevin Motion was met by Diack and he thundered a shot goalwards, Hogarth managed to get a hand to it but it was still goalbound before the keeper scrambled back to claw the ball to safety though it was touch and go whether it had crossed the line or not. Stenhousemuir continued to be on the offensive though and Hogarth denied Love who had set himself up nicely from the edge of the box and tried to steer the ball past the keeper but Hogarth got the slightest of touches to divert it round the post. At long last Stenhousemuir were awarded for their efforts when Kevin Motion headed home in the 40th minute after a Diack cross took a slight deflection and looped up into his path. 
 
This was a well deserved lead at the interval and it was a question of how Stirling Albion would react to this set back in the second period that would determine where the points would eventually go. The league leaders reaction was almost immediate as they came out with their ears ringing after a forceful team talk by Allan Moore and it took only two minutes for them to draw level. David O’Brien pounced upon the ball and burst through the home defence leaving them trailing behind him before dispatching the ball past Chris McCluskey. In the 55th minute they took the lead when a swift passing move ended with a Ross Forsyth cross being met with a diving header from Martin Grehan that gave McCluskey no chance. To their credit Stenhousemuir did not give up and should have equalised three minutes later but Pat Scullion’s header from close range clipped the bar and went over. Stirling continued to threaten in particular the lively Grehan and most of the action took place at the wrong end of the pitch for the Warriors faithful. They thought that they had got a lifeline in the 75th minute when Robert Love went down in the box following a challenge by Paul Murphy but no penalty was forthcoming much to the ire of Stenhousemuir manager John Coughlin.   In the 78th minute Hogarth made a superb save to tip round a Scullion curling drive and secure the win for Stirling. This meant that Stenhousemuir sunk to joint bottom in the league after their fourth straight defeat but they have to keep their heads up as they know that a little bit of good luck will stop the sequence as they matched their opponents throughout the season and just need to keep going.
 
Stenhousemuir – McCluskey, Lyle [b14][Dalziel 82], Reid [t], Thom, Smith, Molloy [Bradley], Love [b51], Scullion, Diack [b76], I.Thomson and Motion [b38][Brand 82]. Subs not used – Bennett and O’Reilly
 
Stirling Albion – Hogarth, Graham [b87], Forsyth, Feakes, Murphy [b39][McCord 84], Robertson [O’Neill 78], Gibson, Devine, Grehan, McKenna [b80] [Mullen 84] and O’Brien.
Subs not used – Corr and Christie
 
Referee – Stephen Finnie   
Assistants – Frankie Connor and Alasdair Ross
 
 
 
 

 

Details

Date Time League Season Full Time
October 17, 2009 3:00 pm SPFL Ladbrokes League 1 2009/2010 90'

Ground

Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Results

Club1st Half2nd HalfGoalsOutcome
Stenhousemuir11Loss
Archive22Win

Stenhousemuir

Archive

Past Meetings

0 - 2
Stirlingshire Cup
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir FC v Dumbarton

1 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

Clyde v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir FC v Cowdenbeath

0 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Glebe Park, Brechin

Brechin City v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir FC v Alloa Athletic

0 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dum

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir FC

3 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir FC v Arbroath

2 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead

Peterhead v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 3
Petrofac Training Cup
Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

Stirling Albion v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir FC v East Fife

0 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Forthbank, Stirling

Stirling Albion v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 5
Betfred Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v ST. Johnstone

2 - 0
Petrofac Training Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Clyde

1 - 2
Friendly
Station Park, Forfar

Forfar Athletic v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 2
Friendly
Allan Park, Cove

Cove Rangers v Stenhousemuir FC

5 - 4
Stirlingshire Cup
Recreation Park, Alloa

Alloa Athletic v Stenhousemuir FC

3 - 0
Friendly
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Berwick Rangers

2 - 1
Stirlingshire Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Falkirk

5 - 4
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir

Stenhousemuir FC v Cowdenbeath

0 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Central Park Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Hampden park

Queens Park v Stenhousemuir FC

2 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Queens Park

4 - 4
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Station Park

Forfar Athletic v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Annan Athletic

2 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Albion Rovers

3 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Shielfield Park

Berwick Rangers v Stenhousemuir FC

3 - 5
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Links Park Stadium

Montrose v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Dumbarton

2 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Cliftonhill Stadium

Albion Rovers v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Forfar Athletic

0 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Borough Briggs

Elgin City v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 4
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v East Stirlingshire

1 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Cowdenbeath

0 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Central Park

Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Berwick Rangers

1 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Galabank

Annan Athletic v Stenhousemuir FC

4 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Elgin City

1 - 3
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Montrose

0 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Strathclyde Homes Stadium

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 1
Scottish Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v East Fife

3 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

East Stirlingshire v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Annan Athletic

0 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Station Park

Forfar Athletic v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Albion Rovers

2 - 3
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Shielfield Park

Berwick Rangers v Stenhousemuir FC

5 - 0
Scottish Cup
Grant Street Park

Inverness Clachnacuddin v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v East Stirlingshire

2 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Central Park

Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Dumbarton

3 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Links Park Stadium

Montrose v Stenhousemuir FC

5 - 0
Scottish Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Threave Rovers

2 - 4
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Borough Briggs

Elgin City v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Forfar Athletic

2 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Cliftonhill Stadium

Albion Rovers v Stenhousemuir FC

2 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Berwick Rangers

2 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

East Stirlingshire v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Cowdenbeath

2 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Strathclyde Homes Stadium

Dumbarton v Stenhousemuir FC

2 - 2
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Montrose

1 - 1
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Galabank

Annan Athletic v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 5
Betfred Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v St. Johnstone

3 - 0
SPFL Ladbrokes League 1
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Elgin City

0 - 1
Petrofac Training Cup
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Albion Rovers

0 - 3
Friendly
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Kilmarnock

5 - 0
Friendly
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Airdrie United

1 - 0
Friendly
Stormy Corner Skelmersdal

Skelmersdale United v Stenhousemuir FC

1 - 1
Friendly
Highbury Stadium Fleetwood

Fleetwood Town v Stenhousemuir FC

0 - 2
Friendly
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Dumbarton

0 - 1
Friendly
Ochilview Park

Stenhousemuir FC v Raith Rovers