East Stirlingshire recently appointed ex Hearts midfielder Callum Tapping as their new head coach. He is assisted by Matty Flynn.
Players to watch for East Stirlingshire include ex Hearts midfielder Morgaro Gomis, right midfielder Stephen O’ Neil and ex Spartans attacking midfielder Ben Lamont.
Currently, East Stirlingshire lie in seventeenth position in the 2025/26 Lowland League. Winning one, drawing one and lost seven of their nine games so far.
LAST FIXTURE
Tranent 1 East Stirlingshire 0 (2/9/25) In a very tight game at Foresters Park, Tranent took the points with a Sam Jones goal on ninety minutes. Matty Flynn took the team for this fixture, with Callum Tapping taking over the reins this Saturday against Broxburn.
LAST GAME BETWEEN THE SIDES (East Stirlingshire 1 Broxburn Athletic 6)
In the last game between the sides, Broxburn Athletic defeated East Stirlingshire 6-1 at the Falkirk Stadium back on Saturday the 14th of December 2024. Owen Wardell gave the Badgers the lead on twenty-one minutes with a low strike from a Kyle Bell assist. Nick Locke added a second on forty-nine with a volley. Jamie Penker pulled one back for the hosts with a strike into the right corner. But Broxburn took back control of the match, with another Owen Wardell strike from another Kyle Bell assist added to by goals from Greg Page on seventy-one, Gary Brass on seventy-six and a late Darren Downie goal giving Broxburn an early Christmas present with a huge away win in the Lowland League.
RECENT FORM BETWEEN THE SIDES
(5/10/25) Broxburn Athletic 5 East Stirlingshire 0 (Brass x2, Wardell,Douglas, Mwangi)
(14/12/25) East Stirlingshire 1 Broxburn Athletic 5 (Penker-Wardell x2, Locke, Page & Downie)
East Stirlingshire’s Starting Eleven vs Tranent (2/9/25)
Cantley (GK), Coutts, Docherty, Inglis, Hobbs, Gomis ©, Liddell, O’ Neil, Hislop, Dowie & K Mitchell.
East Stirlingshire: Last Four Fixture’s
(19/8/25) Caledonian Braves (A) 2-0 (Loss)
(22/8/25) Bonnyrigg Rose (H) 1-5 (Loss)
(30/8/25) Gala Fairydean (A) 3-6 (Win)
(2/9/25) Tranent (A) 1-0 (Loss)
