'Shire For A Fiver' Day at East Stirlingshire FC

East Stirlingshire's first home game of 2015, at the Ochilview ground they currently share with Stenhousemuir, is against Annan Athletic on Saturday January 17th and the club are hoping for a bigger than usual crowd by reducing adult admission to £5 and concessions (senior citizens, students and high school pupils) to just £2.

“We recognise money is always tight for people after the festive holiday,” said club secretary, Tadek Kopszywa. “And that can mean a day out at the football can come down the list of spending priorities.

“But this initiative is aimed at encouraging people to think again about coming along to a game and enjoying themselves when they might be suffering a dose of the post-Christmas blues."

These hopefully are positive times for Shire who finished bottom of the Scottish League for five consecutive seasons up to 2007, inspiring a book about their plight, television documentaries and the attentions of Jeff Stelling on Soccer Saturday.

Now owned and run by supporters they are hoping to return to their home town of Falkirk soon and into a new community stadium.

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