McGuigan1978 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I read a reference to this the other day but had never heard of it before. I don't suppose anyone has any details about how that 13 game spell, from February 1981 to the end of the season came about? Is it a record? And how did Alex Smith not get his jotters at that point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Try infowire usually get a quick reply from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbionMan Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I read a reference to this the other day but had never heard of it before. I don't suppose anyone has any details about how that 13 game spell, from February 1981 to the end of the season came about? Is it a record? And how did Alex Smith not get his jotters at that point? I read a reference to this the other day but had never heard of it before. I don't suppose anyone has any details about how that 13 game spell, from February 1981 to the end of the season came about? Is it a record? And how did Alex Smith not get his jotters at that point? We only conceded 12 goals in those 13 games with four 0-0 draws including one at Easter Road against the Hibs side that won the league. The 48 league goals against, was fewer than 8 of the 14 teams in the league., we finished second bottom to Berwick that year and were relegated to the old third division. It was actually a 14 games run which started with a 3-0 defeat at Celtic Park in the Scottish cup.Edited to add scores 1 x 3-0 1 x 2-0 7 x 1-0 4 x 0-0 The season had started well with a 1-0 win over Celtic at Annfied although we lost the second leg 6-1 after extra time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 We only conceded 12 goals in those 13 games with four 0-0 draws including one at Easter Road against the Hibs side that won the league. The 48 league goals against, was fewer than 8 of the 14 teams in the league., we finished second bottom to Berwick that year and were relegated to the old third division. It was actually a 14 games run which started with a 3-0 defeat at Celtic Park in the Scottish cup. Edited to add scores 1 x 3-0 1 x 2-0 7 x 1-0 4 x 0-0 The season had started well with a 1-0 win over Celtic at Annfied although we lost the second leg 6-1 after extra time. Talk about throwing in the towel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Talk about throwing in the towel! Tommy Burns scored at the death in normal time or we'd have been through. We were out on our feet. I cried on the way home that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbionMan Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Tommy Burns scored at the death in normal time or we'd have been through. We were out on our feet. I cried on the way home that day. We were down to 9 men in extra time Robert Beaton had been carried off and Davie Steedman sent off. A very young Charlie Nicholas came on as sub in extra time and scored two of the four goals. I think they may have been his first goals for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 We were down to 9 men in extra time Robert Beaton had been carried off and Davie Steedman sent off. A very young Charlie Nicholas came on as sub in extra time and scored two of the four goals. I think they may have been his first goals for them. The tears have re-surfaced! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Lewis Coult playing up top on his own IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Tommy Burns scored at the death in normal time or we'd have been through. We were out on our feet. I cried on the way home that day. We were down to 9 men in extra time Robert Beaton had been carried off and Davie Steedman sent off. A very young Charlie Nicholas came on as sub in extra time and scored two of the four goals. I think they may have been his first goals for them. Should be more threads about these kinds of stories. Much better than guff about which manager is the pishiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinoBalls Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I read a reference to this the other day but had never heard of it before. I don't suppose anyone has any details about how that 13 game spell, from February 1981 to the end of the season came about? Is it a record? And how did Alex Smith not get his jotters at that point? I think I'm right in saying that Alex Smith's brother was on the board at the time, which perhaps explains how he survived it. However I was only 5 at the time so I don't know for sure. His brother (John) was defo involved with the club from the late 80s, someone else will need to confirm if he was around in 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I think I'm right in saying that Alex Smith's brother was on the board at the time, which perhaps explains how he survived it. Nope, you'd be wrong - John Smith didnt join the board until after Alex Smith had gone to St Mirren. Board 80-81 Chair - J. Mck Fergusson Directors - The Chair plus P. Gardiner (secretary) , D. Roy, A.Johnson, R. Shankly Roy and Shankly would both pass on before the end of the following season. Results - 14/2 - SC3 - Celtic 0-3 a 21/2 - D1 - Raith 0-1 h 28/2 - D1 - Berwick 0-1 a 11/3 - D1 - Hamilton 0-2 h 14/3 - D1 - Dumbarton 0-0 h 21/3 - D1 - Falkirk - 0-0 a 24/3 - D1 - Dundee - 0-0 h 28/3 - D1 - Clydebank - 0-0 h 1/4 - D1 - The Shire - 0-1 a 4/4 - D1 - Hibs - 0-0 a 11/4 - D1 - Hamilton - 0-1 h 18/4 - D1 - Ayr - 0-1 a 25/4 - D1 - St Johnstone - 0-1 a 3/5 - D1 - Motherwell - 0-3 h Despite not scoring for 13 games they only finished 5 points from safety. Looking at the attendance figures as well, there were only 652 at the Dundee game and only 640 at the Motherwell game. The game against the Shire had an attendance of 800 (sleeping giant!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmca Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I remember our first goal at the start of the next season being reported on the BBC news by Jan Leeming (a 4-1 defeat to Falkirk if I remember correctly - Booby Torrance scored). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Vaughn Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I believe we missed at least one penalty in that run of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbionMan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I remember our first goal at the start of the next season being reported on the BBC news by Jan Leeming (a 4-1 defeat to Falkirk if I remember correctly - Booby Torrance scored). I remember the Sunday Post match headline was - In a day of surprises even Stirling Albion score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGuigan1978 Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Cheers for filling in the details of this. I've just dug out a football yearbook there from the 2010-11 season, and according to that, no other British side has ever scored fewer goals in a season than Stirling managed in 1980-81. Loughborough also scored 18 in the English leagues in the 1899-1900 campaign, although they played 5 fewer league games than the Binos. Unfortunately there's no listing for longest sequence without a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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