Our Premier Sports Cup Second Round match against Rangers has been chosen for TV broadcast and will take place at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday 16 August, 17:45 (BST) kick-off.

Ticket Prices

Adult – £22 
Concession – £16 (over 65’s & 16/17-year-olds) 
Junior £10 (under 16’s) 
There’s a limited number of Wheelchair disabled – adult £16, concession £10 & junior £6. Companions – free of charge.

Ambulant disabled supporters pay the age-appropriate price. If a companion is required, the companion ticket is free of charge. We accept DLA or PIP as qualifying benefits.

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Opening Hours:

Mon 11th – Fri 16th: 9:30am – 4:30pm

Late Pickup Hours
Wednesday & Thursday: 6-8pm

We’re delighted to have entered in to a loan cooperation agreement with Rangers FC.

The new system provides greater flexibility to the previous domestic loan quotas by enabling players in the key ‘transition phase’ of 16-21, who are eligible to represent the Scotland national teams, to join a lower-league club but be able to move between the parent and cooperation club throughout the season.

In recent seasons we’ve welcomed successful loanees from Rangers in Murray Miller, Jay Hogarth and Josh Gentles – and this agreement will allow more flexibility for young Scottish talent to develop with first team opportunities at Alloa.

Andy Graham, Alloa Athletic Manager had this to say:

We are pleased to have finalised the co-operation agreement with Rangers, and over the course of the season, I believe it’ll be one that benefits us as a squad as well as any player who comes out to Alloa.

Last season, we had Josh Gentles with us for six months, and his attitude and approach to moving to part-time football were fantastic. That’s a credit to him, but also to the staff at Rangers for preparing him properly. Building from that, we were always in discussions about further loans, and now we have the cooperation agreement in place.

I believe it could be a real positive for young players if it’s utilized in the right way, and that’s something we’ll be working hard to achieve over the coming months.

We’re pleased to announce that Luke Watkins, 19, has signed his first professional contract with the club.

The talented youngster has featured regularly throughout our pre-season campaign, making appearances against Falkirk, East Stirlingshire, Livingston, and Raith Rovers and providing a torrid time to defenders cutting in from the wing.

His inclusion in the first team squad takes our academy produced players to six. We look forward now to seeing him progress at Alloa.

Promotion Glory – But a Difficult Start in League One

Dick Campbell once again showcased his famed Midas touch last season, guiding East Fife to promotion via the William Hill League One Playoff. They bounced back impressively after narrowly missing out on the title in a head-to-head clash with Peterhead on the penultimate day. Winning the play-offs was no small feat — but just weeks into the new campaign, it’s already clear that the Methil side are facing a stern test at the higher level.

Summer Departures & Slim Recruitment

The summer exodus hit East Fife hard. Kallum Higginbotham, Stewart Murdoch, Scott Shepherd, Gordon Walker, Allan Fleming, and Jack Healy all departed, leaving behind a skeleton squad. In response, the Fifers managed just three summer additions in what’s proved a difficult market:

• Lewis Latona (loan, Livingston)
• Ewan McLeod (loan, Dunfermline)
• Tommy Goss (loan, Annan)

East Fife missed out on re-signing last season’s first-choice goalkeeper — and League 2’s standout stopper — as Liam McFarlane instead joined the Wasps on loan. He’s already shown impressive performances in goals for Alloa picking up the goalkeeping spot for last week’s SPFL Team of the Week. Although the giant 19-year-old Matty Rollo has stepped up as East Fife’s starting keeper, the lack of depth meant they were forced to name a trialist in the sticks for their opening league game at Peterhead.

Opening Day Setback

That opener at Balmoor was one to forget. Despite taking the lead through Lewis Latona, East Fife collapsed to a 4–1 defeat, conceding four unanswered goals as Peterhead romped to the day’s biggest scoreline. Missing six players through injury, including key attackers Adam Laaref and Michael McKenna, the Fifers worries over the paper thin squad again rang true as Peterhead enjoyed a very comfortable flag day with a table topping finish.

Premier Sports Cup Recap

East Fife’s League Cup group stage campaign yielded no major shocks, but there were positive signs:

• 1–0 win over League 1 rivals Kelty Hearts
• Comfortable victory against Brora Rangers

The inevitable name of the scoresheet? Alan Trouten, the former Alloa talisman, who continues to roll back the years. After a remarkable 22-goal campaign last season, Trouten swept up the League 2 Top Goalscorer, League 2 Player of the Season, and the the PFA League 2 Player of the Season awards.

As he approaches his 40th birthday, question whether he can carry East Fife’s attacking burden in League One at your peril.

Trouten will be joined by a reinvigorated Nathan Austin, who had returned to looking like the player of old that saw him step up to full time football. While injury plagued his previous stint in League One with Kelty, Austin has bagged 13 goals in each of his last two League 2 campaigns.

And just this week the addition of Tommy Goss gives another potent attacking option – if he can keep fit. The towering striker managed just under a goal every three games as Annan avoided the drop in 2023-24 but an injury laden season saw him score just two goals in nine appearances in the entirety of last season. He’s an imposing target to hit aerially and ticks all the boxes that a more explosive and technical Austin might not which gives East Fife a full range of attacking options if they need a plan B.

Familiar Faces to watch out for

There are a few names in East Fife’s squad that will be familiar to the Alloa fans:

• Reis Peggie, who featured in the 2019–20 season
• Connor McManus, who made his senior debut for Alloa while on loan from Celtic in 2015–16 under Danny Lennon

Last Time Out at Methil

The last meeting between the sides at Bayview saw Alloa secure their biggest winning margin of the 2021-22 league season in a commanding performance.

Kevin Cawley broke the deadlock with his 71st goal for the club, finishing off a slick move involving MacIver, Henderson, and Boyd.

Stefan Scougall then dazzled with a winding run into the box, drawing a foul and calmly dispatching the resulting penalty.

Steven Boyd was involved again as Henderson’s strike deflected off him to wrongfoot goalkeeper Jude Smith and wrap up a 3–0 win.

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We’re pleased to announce that Lewis Bruin, 18, has signed his first professional contract.

The youngster made his first appearance against Queen of the South in January but this summer has been a regular in pre-season friendlies and the Stirlingshire Cup culminating in a first competitive start against Bonnyrigg Rose and sub appearances against Montrose & Dundee as we successfully qualified from the Premier Sports Cup group stages.

We look forward to watching his development with the Wasps in the coming years.

As the new League One season approaches, Stenhousemuir FC are a side still very much in transition – and arguably in survival mode – struck by injuries, key departures, and a threadbare squad stretched to the limit.

Administration averted

A new board assumed control of Stenhousemuir in November 2024, and by the end of the season, the current leadership revealed that it had taken significant effort to satisfy auditors, avoid administration and ensure the club could be signed off as a going concern, highlighting the seriousness of the situation behind the scenes.

With those financial worries as a backdrop manager Gary Naysmith has described the last few weeks as the toughest challenge of his managerial career, and few could argue with that assessment. After a comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Morton and with just nine fit players available in the days leading up to their League Cup clash with Premiership side Motherwell, the Warriors were left scrambling to assemble a starting XI, signing five players on amateur deals just to fulfill the fixture as well as naming two trialists. Naysmith admitted the club even considered requesting to forfeit the match, such was the extent of their injury crisis.

Yet somehow, the patched-up side managed to hold out for a narrow 1-0 defeat to Jens Berthel Askou’s top-tier outfit. The Warriors battled bravely, and could even have snatched an unlikely draw when Gregor Buchanan had a chance in stoppage time. They saw out the group with a draw at Clyde and in the final game won against last season’s League 2 champions Peterhead, courtesy of Ross Taylor’s effort. After that result, Naysmith said he hopes to have two or three players back from injury to ease concerns for the league opener at Ochilview.

Goals win games

Stenny remain light in the forward areas. Last season’s top scorer Matty Yates departed in the summer, although his rumoured signing at Broadwood has been kyboshed by Hamilton’s year-long transfer embargo. If he doesn’t make a late return it leaves a hole in Stenhousemuir’s frontline. Stenny’s other option Matty Aitken went off through injury against Morton after just 25 minutes and they have had to turn to short-term signings like Peter Mendy and Max Guthrie – neither of whom had trained with the team before arriving for the Motherwell match.

Finlay Gray’s Broken Collarbone

One man Alloa won’t face thanks to injury is summer signing Finlay Gray. He was one of the league’s standout midfielders despite being at relegated Dumbarton last season. Gray brought energy, pressing, and the ability to drive forward with the ball. Former Dundee United prospect Finn Robson has since been signed following a solid showing as a trialist but there’s big boots to fill as Gray faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Stenny had said goodbye to SPFL stalwarts Nat Wedderburn, Kyle Jacobs and Blair Alston in the summer leaving Mikey Anderson, former Hearts youngster Ryan Duncan and possibly soon-to-be-fit Scott Mcgill as the other central midfield options in a sparse roster.

Alloa’s last visit to Stenhousemuir

In their last meeting, Alloa Athletic earned a dominant 4-1 victory over Stenhousemuir. Luke Donnelly fired the Wasps into the lead just before half-time, but the visitors asserted their control after the break. A brace from Stefan Scougall and a goal from Rangers loanee Josh Gentles sealed the comprehensive win, with Matty Yates grabbing a late consolation header for Stenny. It made the tally for last season three wins for the Wasps to just one for the Warriors.

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