This was the last hurrah for East Stirlingshire’s Firs Park ground in 2008, which had been The Shire’s home since 1921. They took on Montrose in the last league game to be played at the ground and it ended in a 3–1 victory for the Shire and meant that the club avoided finishing bottom of the Scottish Football League for a sixth consecutive season. With the pyramid now open and the Scottish Lowland and Highland Leagues providing a route into the senior divisions, the Shire were relegated in 2016 with Edinburgh City stepping up to take their place. Firs Park, meanwhile, was demolished in January 2012