Three wins in the last seven days has seen the momentum swing round following our opening day defeat against Elgin City 3 weeks ago. Last week’s 2-1 victory against Forfar Athletic sees us currently sitting in 4th position in the William Hill League 2 table going into today’s game.
This week’s opposition Stirling Albion are coming off the back a good win themselves last weekend when they defeated bookies favourites Clyde at New Douglas Park.
William Hill League Two Table
| Team | Pld | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterhead | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Elgin City | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | East Fife | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | The Spartans | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Clyde | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Forfar Athletic | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Stranraer | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Edinburgh City | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Bonnyrigg Rose | 3 | -3 | 1 |
Last Week’s Results
Clyde 0-2 Stirling Albion
East Fife 2-1 Forfar Athletic
Edinburgh City 2-2 Bonnyrigg Rose
Peterhead 1-0 Stranraer
This Week’s Fixtures
Bonnyrigg Rose vs Clyde
Forfar Athletic vs Edinburgh City
Stirling Albion vs East Fife
Stranraer vs Elgin City
The Spartans vs Peterhead
The Form
The Fifers
East Fife’s last 6 matches have seen us pick up 4 wins and 2 loses.
Wins have come curtesy of a 4-0 home victory over Brechin City in the League Cup, and three consecutive home wins against Edinburgh City (League 2), St. Johnstone B (SPFL Trust Trophy) and last week against Forfar Athletic (League 2), where goals from Nathan Austin and Alan Trouten saw up dispatch the Loons.
The two defeats have both come on the road. Firstly, on the final weekend of the League Cup group stages away to Premiership side St. Johnstone before succumbing to a 4-2 opening day defeat against Elgin at borough Briggs.
Our Opposition
Their last 6 matches have seen the Binos pick up 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 loses.
The two victories have both come away from home in the league against Edinburgh City and last weekend at New Douglas Park against Clyde.
Their two draws were both back in the League Cup group stages against Hamilton Academical and Stranraer with Stirling going on to pick up the bonus point on both occasions.
The two defeats came at the hands of Premiership side Ross County in the League Cup and at home two weeks ago against Elgin City where a first half goal from Mark Gallagher was enough to see the Highlanders head back up the road with all three points.
Previous Encounter
Stirling Albion 2-2 East Fife
8th April 2023, Forthbank Stadium
The last times the sides met was towards the end of the 2023/24 season where a back-and-forth encounter ended in a share of the points following a 2-2 draw.
Jack Healy opened the scoring after 15 minutes with a left-footed volley following good work from Alex Ferguson down the right-hand side. The Binos hit back 3 minutes later through a Dale Carrick header. Carrick put the home side ahead just after the half-hour mark with an acrobatic effort.
Aaron Steele levelled the match again 7 minutes into the second half with a looping header from Liam Newton’s cross before East Fife had to see out the match a man down when Alan Trouten was dismissed for a second booking with 15 minutes left to play.
Squad News
Sean Docherty returns to the squad after missing out last weekend meaning the management team have a full squad at their disposal this afternoon.
Speaking yesterday, Assistant Manager Pink Campbell commented: “Stirling have had a good start to the season, so we’ll be giving them our upmost respect, but we’re really looking forward to the game after a really good week’s training.”
Match Tickets
East Fife fans will be housed in the East Stand this afternoon. Tickets for the match can be bought online or via cash at the turnstiles, with admission prices below:
Adults - £17
Concessions - £12
Students - £8
Under 18s - £8
Under 12s – Free with a paying adult
Please note, Stirling do not permit under 12s to attend the game unaccompanied.
Turnstiles will open at 2:00PM.
Live Stream
For our International Fans, live Streaming for today’s game will be available on EFTV, using a Monthly, or Annual Gold Pass. Today’s commentator will be Lee Gillies.
Club Colours
The Fifers will don the new, Back Onside sponsored away kit of blue & white striped shirts with white shorts and socks. The Fife goalkeeper will wear yellow for the match.
Officials
The referee today is Sean Murdoch and his assistant referees are Chris Gentles and James Duffy.
The Extra Bits
The speciality pie this afternoon is a South Indian Garlic Doner pie.
Mon the Fife!