2015–16 East Stirlingshire F.C. season

East Stirlingshire

2015–16 season
Chairman	Tony Ford
Manager	Craig Tully
Stadium	Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
League Two	Tenth (Relegated)
Challenge Cup	First Round, lost to Stenhousemuir
League Cup	First Round, lost to Falkirk
Scottish Cup	Second Round, lost to Huntly
Top goalscorer	League: David McKenna (8)[1] All: David McKenna (10)
Highest home attendance	League: 523[2] vs. Stirling Albion, 2 January 2016 Cup: 304 vs. Stenhousemuir, 25 July 2015
Lowest home attendance	League: 238[2] vs. Montrose, 21 November 2015 Cup: 304 vs. Stenhousemuir, 25 July 2015
Average home league attendance	320[2]
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2016.

The 2015–16 season was East Stirlingshire's third season in the Scottish League Two, and its thirty-third season in the lowest division of Scottish football. East Stirlingshire competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. After a disappointing season in which they remained bottom of the fourth tier for the majority of the year, the Shire were relegated to the Lowland League after a two-leg play-off defeat to Edinbrugh City.^[3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

East Stirlingshire v Partick Thistle U20s

4 July 2015 Friendly	East Stirlingshire	1 – 2	Partick Thistle U20s	Grangemouth Stadium
14:00	Trialist[lower-alpha 1]  14'	Match report	Docherty  28' McLaren  66'

Forfar Athletic v East Stirlingshire

11 July 2015 Friendly	Forfar Athletic	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Station Park
14:00	Young  16'	Match report	Faulds  68' (pen)	Referee: Walsh

Stenhousemuir v East Stirlingshire

14 July 2015 Stirlingshire Cup final	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1 (4 – 3 p)	East Stirlingshire	Ochilview Park
19:30	Smith  85'	Match report	Kay  59'	Referee: Newlands
		Penalties
	Smith McMenamin Cook Malcolm Stirling		Donaldson Wright McKenna Greene Barnard

East Stirlingshire v Formartine United

18 July 2015 Friendly	East Stirlingshire	1 – 3	Formartine United	University of Stirling
15:00	McKenna	Match report

Edinburgh City v East Stirlingshire

22 July 2015 Friendly	Edinburgh City	1 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Meadowbank Stadium
19:45	Harrison	Match report

Scottish League Two

East Stirlingshire v East Fife

8 Aug 2015 Match 1	East Stirlingshire	1 – 0	East Fife	Ochilview Park
15:00	Kinnaird  73'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 382 Referee: Roncone

Elgin City v East Stirlingshire

15 Aug 2015 Match 2	Elgin City	4 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Borough Briggs
15:00	Moore  23' Macleod  36' Gunn  52' McHardy  54'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 502 Referee: Millar

East Stirlingshire v Annan Athletic

22 Aug 2015 Match 3	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Annan Athletic	Ochilview Park
15:00	Faulds  40' Shepherd  76', 84'	SPFL Report	Osadolor  34'	Attendance: 294 Referee: Northcroft

Clyde v East Stirlingshire

29 Aug 2015 Match 4	Clyde	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
15:00	Higgins  53', 73' Greene  55' (o.g.)	SPFL Report	Shepherd  72'	Attendance: 502 Referee: Milne

East Stirlingshire v Stirling Albion

5 Sept 2015 Match 5	East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Stirling Albion	Ochilview Park
15:00	Shepherd  14' Roy  89'	SPFL Report	Cunningham  4' Doris  7' McMillan  75'	Attendance: 511 Referee: Muir

Queen's Park v East Stirlingshire

12 Sept 2015 Match 6	Queen's Park	5 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Hampden Park
15:00	McGeever  21' Duggan  22' Woods  69' (pen.) Galt  83' Carter  86'	SPFL Report	Roy  64' Donaldson  80'	Attendance: 404 Referee: Walsh

Montrose v East Stirlingshire

19 Sept 2015 Match 7	Montrose	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Links Park
15:00	Webster  8' Fraser  21'	SPFL Report	Wright  86'	Attendance: 469 Referee: Napier

East Stirlingshire v Arbroath

26 Sept 2015 Match 8	East Stirlingshire	0 – 4	Arbroath	Ochilview Park
15:00	Greene  51'	SPFL Report	Ryan  7', 56' Linn  53' (pen.) Grehan  78'	Attendance: 291 Referee: Newlands

Berwick Rangers v East Stirlingshire

3 Oct 2015 Match 9	Berwick Rangers	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park
15:00	Henderson  46' Lavery  51'	SPFL Report	Shepherd  15'	Attendance: 423 Referee: Allan

East Stirlingshire v Elgin City

17 Oct 2015 Match 10	East Stirlingshire	2 – 0	Elgin City	Ochilview Park
15:00	Court  19' Roy  87'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 241 Referee: Napier

Stirling Albion v East Stirlingshire

31 Oct 2015 Match 11	Stirling Albion	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Forthbank Stadium
15:00	R. Smith  90+3'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 618 Referee: Irvine

East Stirlingshire v Queen's Park

7 Nov 2015 Match 12	East Stirlingshire	2 – 1	Queen's Park	Ochilview Park
15:00	McKenna  57' Wright  90+1'	SPFL Report	Burns  79'	Attendance: 316 Referee: Kirkland

East Fife v East Stirlingshire

14 Nov 2015 Match 13	East Fife	5 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Wilkie  11' Insall  54'  55' Austin  61', 90+4' Slattery  65'	SPFL Report	Gilmour  33' McKenna  40' Donaldson  63'  78' Lynas  86'	Attendance: 543 Referee: Walsh

East Stirlingshire v Montrose

21 Nov 2015 Match 14	East Stirlingshire	3 – 1	Montrose	Ochilview Park
15:00	Cairnie  11' Kay  45' McKenna  58'	SPFL Report	Fraser  66'	Attendance: 238 Referee: Steven

East Stirlingshire v Clyde

5 Dec 2015	East Stirlingshire	P – P	Clyde	Ochilview Park
15:00		East Stirlingshire report Clyde Report
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch

Annan Athletic v East Stirlingshire

12 Dec 2015 Match 15	Annan Athletic	3 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Galabank
15:00	Flynn  6' Weatherson  36', 50'	SPFL Report	Roy  78'	Attendance: 357 Referee: Munro

East Stirlingshire v Berwick Rangers

19 Dec 2015 Match 16	East Stirlingshire	0 – 4	Berwick Rangers	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	F. Graham  26', 37' Coultress  71' Lavery  88'	Attendance: 241 Referee: Kirkland

Arbroath v East Stirlingshire

26 Dec 2015	Arbroath	P – P	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park
15:00		BBC Sport report
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch

East Stirlingshire v Stirling Albion

2 Jan 2016 Match 17	East Stirlingshire	3 – 2	Stirling Albion	Ochilview Park
15:00	McKenna  2', 68' Orr  20'	SPFL Report	McKinlay  49' Beattie  77'	Attendance: 523 Referee: Taylor

Montrose v East Stirlingshire

9 Jan 2016 Match 18	Montrose	3 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Links Park
15:00	Webster  54' Pascazio  76' Comrie  84'	SPFL Report	Faulds  21' Orr  36'	Attendance: 378 Referee: Kirkland

Clyde v East Stirlingshire

16 Jan 2016	Clyde	P – P	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
15:00		SPFL Report		Referee: Roncone
Note: Match postponed due to frozen pitch

East Stirlingshire v East Fife

23 Jan 2016 Match 19	East Stirlingshire	1 – 3	East Fife	Ochilview Park
15:00	Naysmith  8' (o.g.)	SPFL Report	Wilkie  17' Austin  24' Coote  87'	Attendance: 356 Referee: Ross

East Stirlingshire v Arbroath

30 Jan 2016 Match 20	East Stirlingshire	0 – 3	Arbroath	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Skelly  11' Cecilia-Álvarez  64' Linn  68'	Attendance: 306 Referee: McKendrick

Berwick Rangers v East Stirlingshire

6 Feb 2016 Match 21	Berwick Rangers	2 – 2	East Stirlingshire	Shielfield Park
15:00	McGregor  3' Lavery  69'	SPFL Report	McCabe  16' Orr  70'	Attendance: 359 Referee: Napier

Queen's Park v East Stirlingshire

13 Feb 2016 Match 22	Queen's Park	0 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Hampden Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Orr  36' McKenna  42' Ferries  68'	Attendance: 461 Referee: Newlands

Arbroath v East Stirlingshire

16 Feb 2016 ^(Rearranged)[4]	Arbroath	P – P	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park
19:45		BBC Sport report
Note: Rearranged from match postponed on 26 December 2015. Match postponed due to frozen pitch

East Stirlingshire v Annan Athletic

20 Feb 2016 Match 23	East Stirlingshire	0 – 1	Annan Athletic	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Todd  52'	Attendance: 248 Referee: Beaton

Arbroath v East Stirlingshire

23 Feb 2016 Match 24^(Rearranged)[5]	Arbroath	0 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park
19:45		SPFL Report		Attendance: 334 Referee: Millar
Note: Rearranged from match postponed on 16 February 2016.

Elgin City v East Stirlingshire

27 Feb 2016 Match 25	Elgin City	2 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Borough Briggs
15:00	Gunn  65' (pen) Cameron  87'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 697 Referee: Lowe

Clyde v East Stirlingshire

1 Mar 2016 Match 26	Clyde	0 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
19:45		SPFL Report	McKenna  2'	Attendance: 453 Referee: Graham

East Stirlingshire v Montrose

5 Mar 2015 Match 27	East Stirlingshire	2 – 4	Montrose	Ochilview Park
15:00	McKenna  52' Cairnie  85'	SPFL Report	Templeman  13', 89' Fraser  58' Mallagaray  79'	Attendance: 251 Referee: Charleston

East Stirlingshire v Clyde

8 Mar 2016 Match 28^(Rearranged)[6]	East Stirlingshire	0 – 3	Clyde	Ochilview Park
19:45	Fraser[lower-alpha 2]  76'	SPFL Report	Marsh  44' Higgins  62' Durie  74'	Attendance: 326 Referee: Ross
Note: Rearranged from match postponed on 5 December 2015.

Arbroath v East Stirlingshire

12 Mar 2016 Match 29	Arbroath	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Gayfield Park
15:00	Wilson  11' Whatley  69' Williams  73'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 609 Referee: Kirkland

East Stirlingshire v Clyde

19 Mar 2016 Match 30	East Stirlingshire	2 – 4	Clyde	Ochilview Park
15:00	Orr  3' Faulds  81'	SPFL Report	Cairnie  7' (o.g.) McLaughlin  40' Higgins  71', 90' Marsh  74'	Attendance: 394 Referee: Salmond

Stirling Albion v East Stirlingshire

26 Mar 2016 Match 31	Stirling Albion	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Forthbank Stadium
15:00	Olanrewaju  17' D. Smith  64' Johnston  88'	SPFL Report		Attendance: 602 Referee: Graham

East Stirlingshire v Berwick Rangers

2 April 2016 Match 32	East Stirlingshire	0 – 0	Berwick Rangers	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report		Attendance: 304 Referee: Roncone

East Stirlingshire v Queen's Park

9 Apr 2015 Match 33	East Stirlingshire	0 – 3	Queen's Park	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	McKernon  13' (pen.) Berry  40' Woods  45+1'	Attendance: 312 Referee: Ross

Annan Athletic v East Stirlingshire

16 Apr 2016 Match 34	Annan Athletic	1 – 3	East Stirlingshire	Galabank
15:00	Osadolor  60'	SPFL Report	Wright  21'  40' Faulds  79' McMillan  82'	Attendance: 398 Referee: Kirkland

East Stirlingshire v Elgin City

23 April 2016 Match 35	East Stirlingshire	0 – 3	Elgin City	Ochilview Park
15:00		SPFL Report	Cameron  9', 75' Easton  27'	Attendance: 234 Referee: Napier

East Fife v East Stirlingshire

30 Apr 2016 Match 36	East Fife	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Smith  53'	SPFL Report	McMullin  51'	Attendance: 1,360 Referee: Munro

Scottish League Two Play-offs

Edinburgh City v East Stirlingshire

7 May 2016 Play-offs Final R1	Edinburgh City	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Meadowbank Stadium
15:00	Gair  15' (pen.) Mbu  77'	SPFL Report	Wright  42' Donaldson  90+1'	Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Duncan

East Stirlingshire v Edinburgh City

14 May 2016 Play-offs Final R2	East Stirlingshire	0 – 1	Edinburgh City	Ochilview Park
15:00	Donaldson  86'	SPFL report	Gair  87' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,286 Referee: Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup

East Stirlingshire v Stenhousemuir

25 July 2015 Challenge Cup Round 1	East Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park
15:00	Donaldson  30' McKenna  77'	SPFL report	Stirling  35', 45+1' McMenamin  59'	Attendance: 304 Referee: Finnie

Scottish League Cup

Falkirk v East Stirlingshire

31 July 2015 League Cup Round 1	Falkirk	5 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Broadwood Stadium
19:45	Muirhead  17' Baird  57' Vidler  68' (o.g.) McHugh  70' Alston  78'	SPFL report		Attendance: 881 Referee: Salmond

Scottish Cup

Huntly v East Stirlingshire

24 October 2015 Scottish Cup Round 2	Huntly	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Christie Park
15:00	Booth  21' Scoular  28'	East Stirlingshire report AOL report	McKenna  48' (pen.)	Referee: Smith

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 30 April 2016^[8][9]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish League Two		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Richard Barnard	25	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	GK		Darren Dolan	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Michael Fairbanks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jordan Cairnie	20	2	17+2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Alan Deans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Reece Donaldson	26	2	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
	DF		Ross Fisher	14	0	13+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Ross Gilmour	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Connor Greene	29	0	22+4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Lloyd Kinnaird	30	1	26+2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Michael McMullin	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Lewis Peddie	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Chris Townsley	22	0	20	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Jon Tully	11	0	7+2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
	MF		Kristopher Faulds	36	3	25+8	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		John Fraser	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		David Grant	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Andy Kay	21	1	14+5	1	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF		Aron Lynas	16	0	12+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Neil McCabe	29	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Adam Murray	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Simon White	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paul Brennan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kyle Carruthers	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		David McKenna	34	10	27+5	8	1	1	0	0	1	1
	FW		Gavin McMillan	13	1	3+10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Thomas Orr	20	5	19+1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andy Russell	16	0	13+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Michael Wallace	15	0	2+10	0	0+1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Max Wright	26	3	14+9	3	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
	FW		Billy Vidler	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for East Stirlingshire but left during the season:
	DF		Nathan Shepherd	20	5	17	5	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Scott Ferries	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jonny Court	13	1	9+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Alistair Roy	17	4	7+8	4	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Clean sheets

Pos	Nat	Name	Total	Scottish League Two	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup
GK		Richard Barnard	3	3
GK		Darren Dolan	3	3
		Totals	6	6	0	0	0

Last updated: 2 April 2016
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches

Goal scorers

As of match played 30 April 2016^[1][10]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Total	Scottish League Two	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup
1	FW		David McKenna	10	8	1		1
2	FW		Thomas Orr	5	5
	DF		Nathan Shepherd	5	5
4	FW		Alistair Roy	4	4
5	MF		Kristopher Faulds	4	4
6	DF		Jordan Cairnie	2	2
	DF		Max Wright	3	3
	DF		Reece Donaldson	2	1			1
9	FW		Jonny Court	1	1
	MF		Scott Ferries	1	1
	DF		Ross Gilmour	1	1
	MF		Andy Kay	1	1
	DF		Lloyd Kinnaird	1	1
	MF		Neil McCabe	1	1
	FW		Gavin McMillan	1	1
	DF		Michael McMullin	1	1
	—		Own goal	1	1
Total				44	41	1	0	2

Disciplinary record

As of match played 30 April 2016^[11]

Position	Nation	Name	Total		Scottish League Two		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Challenge Cup
DF		Reece Donaldson	14	2	13	2					1
MF		Aron Lynas	5	1	5	1
DF		Connor Greene	4	1	4	1
FW		Max Wright	1	1	1	1
MF		Neil McCabe	7		7
DF		Ross Fisher	6		6
MF		Andy Kay	6		5		1
DF		Chris Townsley	5		5
FW		David McKenna	4		4
GK		Richard Barnard	3		3
DF		Ross Gilmour	3		3
DF		Michael McMullin	3		3
MF		John Fraser	2		2
FW		Gavin McMillan	2		2
DF		Jon Tully	2		2
FW		Kyle Carruthers	1		1
MF		Kristopher Faulds	1		1
MF		Scott Ferries	1		1
DF		Lloyd Kinnaird	1		1
FW		Thomas Orr	1		1
DF		Lewis Peddie	1		1
FW		Alistair Roy	1		1
FW		Billy Vidler	1		1
—		Trialist	3	1	3	1
Total			78	6	76	6	1	0	0	0	1	0

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	East Fife (C, P)	36	18	8	10	62	41	+21	62	Promotion to Scottish League One
2	Elgin City (Q)	36	17	8	11	59	46	+13	59	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Clyde (Q)	36	17	6	13	56	45	+11	57
4	Queen's Park (O, P)	36	15	11	10	46	32	+14	56
5	Annan Athletic	36	16	8	12	69	57	+12	56
6	Berwick Rangers	36	14	7	15	45	50	−5	49
7	Stirling Albion	36	13	9	14	47	46	+1	48
8	Montrose	36	11	10	15	50	70	−20	43
9	Arbroath	36	11	6	19	42	51	−9	39
10	East Stirlingshire (Q, R)	36	9	5	22	41	79	−38	32	Qualification to League Two play-off finals

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	5	7	5	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 1 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	9	4	22	40	78	−38	31	6	1	11	21	40	−19	3	3	11	19	38	−19

Last updated: 23 April 2016.
Source: SPFL

Home attendances

  Win   Draw   Loss

Comp	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
Challenge Cup	25 July 2015	2–3	Stenhousemuir	304[12]
League Two	8 August 2015	1–0	East Fife	382[13]
League Two	22 August 2015	3–1	Annan Athletic	294[14]
League Two	5 September 2015	2–3	Stirling Albion	511[15]
League Two	26 September 2015	0–4	Arbroath	291[16]
League Two	17 October 2015	2–0	Elgin City	241[17]
League Two	7 November 2015	2–1	Queen' Park	316[18]
League Two	21 November 2015	3–1	Montrose	238[19]
League Two	19 December 2015	0–4	Berwick Rangers	241[20]
League Two	2 January 2016	3–2	Stirling Albion	523[21]
League Two	23 January 2016	1–3	East Fife	356[22]
League Two	30 January 2016	0–3	Arbroath	306[23]
League Two	20 February 2016	0–1	Annan Athletic	248[24]
League Two	5 March 2016	2–4	Montrose	251[25]
League Two	8 March 2016	0–3	Clyde	326[26]
League Two	19 March 2016	2–4	Clyde	394[27]
League Two	2 April 2016	0–0	Berwick Rangers	304[28]
League Two	9 April 2016	0–3	Queen' Park	312[29]
League Two	23 April 2016	0–3	Elgin City	234[30]
			Total attendance:	6,072
			Total league attendance:	5,768[2]
			Average league attendance:	320[2]

Last updated: 23 April 2016
Source: Match reports in Results

Transfers

Players in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 22 May 2015 DF Reece Donaldson Peterhead Free [31] 23 June 2015 MF Kristopher Faulds Stenhousemuir Free 23 July 2015 GK Darren Dolan Sauchie Juniors Free 21 August 2015 GK Michael Fairbanks Forth Valley Football Academy Free [32] 29 January 2016 FW Andy Russell Berwick Rangers Free [33] 22 January 2016 FW Gavin McMillam Dunfermline Athletic Free 5 February 2016 DF Ross Fisher Clyde Free [34]

Players out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 10 May 2015 DF Michael Bolochoweckyj Clyde[35] Free [31] 13 May 2015 MF Graeme MacGregor East Fife[36] Free [37] 13 May 2015 MF Martyn Shields Petershill[38] Free 13 May 2015 FW Jay Doyle Free agent Released 21 May 2015 MF Steven Brisbane Clyde[39] Free [31] 2 June 2015 MF David Greenhill Spartans[40] Free 25 June 2015 MF Jordan Tapping Sauchie Juniors Free [41] 25 June 2015 MF Reece Boyle Sauchie Juniors Free 2 January 2016 DF Nathan Shepherd Free agent Released [42] GK Sean Quinn Free agent Released [31]

Loan in

Date Position Nationality Name From Duration Ref. 31 July 2015 FW Jonny Court Raith Rovers 6 months [43] 31 July 2015 FW Alistair Roy Hearts 6 months [44] 3 October 2015 MF Aron Lynas Alloa Athletic 3 months, extended until end of season [45] 16 October 2015 DF Jordan Cairnie Greenock Morton 1.5 months, extended until end of season [46][47] 1 January 2016 FW Thomas Orr Greenock Morton End of season [48] 2 January 2016 DF Michael McMullin Partick Thistle End of season [49] 29 January 2016 MF Scott Ferries Peterhead 1 month [33]

Loans out Date Position Nationality Name To Duration Ref.

Notes

1. Trialist
2. Trialist^[7]

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