The Stirlingshire Cup. Source.
Morton visit Ochilview for a friendly match against the Warriors.
These two clubs were division-mates in League One in 2014-15. Morton took three wins to Stenny's one. Morton's all-time record against Stenhousemuir in competitive play is 42 wins, 3 draws, and 21 losses.
Stenny are coming off a bad season in which they finished bottom of League One and suffered relegation.
Are Stenhousemuir made of money? No. They recently staged the signing of two players in a local McDonald's.
How often have Stenny played the 2017-18 Championship clubs?
173 games Brechin
153 games Dumbarton
120 games QoS
93 games Dunfermline
76 games Dundee United
66 games Morton
61 games Livingston
33 games Falkirk
19 games St Mirren
8 games Inverness CT
You can really tell which clubs have spent a lot of time in the lower divisions and which have not. How frustrating for Stenhousemuir fans to be three miles from Falkirk and to have played them only 33 times. Well, that's not strictly true, because there's the Stirlingshire Cup.
Stenhousemuir vs Falkirk in the Stirlingshire Cup:
1889/12/7 Stenhousemuir 0 - 11 Falkirk
1891/10/31 Stenhousemuir 1 - 5 Falkirk
1893/12/16 Falkirk 4 - 0 Stenhousemuir
1896/1/25 Falkirk 4 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1900/12/8 Falkirk 1 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1900/12/22 Stenhousemuir 3 - 2 Falkirk
1901/10/26 Stenhousemuir 1 - 1 Falkirk
1902/1/18 Falkirk 1 - 2 Stenhousemuir
1905/12/30 Falkirk 4 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1914/2/7 Stenhousemuir 1 - 3 Falkirk
1915/1/23 Falkirk 'A' 1 - 0 Stenhousemuir
1920/2/21 Falkirk 3 - 0 Stenhousemuir
1923/4/23 Falkirk 2 - 0 Stenhousemuir
1923/8/22 Falkirk 3 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1926/4/29 Stenhousemuir 1 - 2 Falkirk
1930/4/23 Stenhousemuir 0 - 4 Falkirk
1930/9/9 Stenhousemuir 0 - 2 Falkirk
1933/4/19 Falkirk 2 - 4 Stenhousemuir
1938/8/31 Stenhousemuir 1 - 2 Falkirk
1956/9/26 Falkirk 4 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1957/12/21 Stenhousemuir 1 - 0 Falkirk
1963/5/2 Falkirk 1 - 4 Stenhousemuir
1964/4/22 Falkirk 7 - 0 Stenhousemuir
1967/4/27 Falkirk 5 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1974/10/29 Stenhousemuir 2 - 0 Falkirk
1975/10/7 Stenhousemuir 2 - 2 Falkirk (Stenny won on penalties.)
1981/10/26 Falkirk 2 - 1 Stenhousemuir
1983/8/8 Stenhousemuir 3 - 0 Falkirk
1993/5/11 Falkirk 1 - 1 Stenhousemuir (Falkirk won on penalties.)
1999/7/29 Falkirk 1 - 0 Stenhousemuir
2001/7/19 Falkirk 0 - 3 Stenhousemuir
2006/8/1 Falkirk 1 - 1 Stenhousemuir (Falkirk won on penalties.)
2009/7/7 Stenhousemuir 2 - 1 Falkirk
2012/9/4 Falkirk 3 - 0 Stenhousemuir
2013/7/31 Stenhousemuir 0 - 1 Falkirk
Source. Stenny have done much better against Falkirk in the Stirlingshire Cup than they have in league play, where they've only had two wins.
Other friendlies involving Championship sides:
Brechin [2 - 0] Spartans
Livingston [0 - 1] Hearts
Nairn [0 - 9] St Mirren (Sunday)
Cowdenbeath [3 - 2] QoS
Forres [0 - 1] Inverness CT
[Morton win 0 - 3. Goals by McHugh, Thomson and Armour.]
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