Match Preview | Brechin City v Stenhousemuir

July 17, 2026

City return to action at the Carnegie Fuels Stadium at Glebe Park on tomorrow afternoon as we welcome newly-promoted Stenhousemuir in our penultimate Premier Sports Cup Group E fixture.

It marks another stern test for Andy Kirk’s side, who face their third Championship opponents in the space of just seven days following meetings with Partick Thistle and Livingston. Despite the 2-0 defeat to the Lions in midweek, City produced an encouraging second-half display where they matched their full-time opponents for long spells.

City will be undoubtedly be looking to build on those positives as they continue to sharpen up ahead of the new Lowland League East campaign against Marvin Bartley’s side.

TEAM NEWS

City will be without long-term absentee Spencer Moreland whilst Adam Hutchinson will continue to be a doubt with a hamstring issue. Otherwise Andy Kirk should have the rest of his squad to select from.

MANAGERS COMMENTS

Reflecting on the defeat against Livingston in midweek, Manager Andy Kirk said, “Obviously I thought we were a lot better than Saturday which was a really difficult game for us. Before the game against Livingston we showed the players the goals we conceded and a lot of it was down to not picking up and matching runs – the basic stuff. We told them that they need to be focussed on that again as we were up against another strong Championship team.

“When you concede early you fear a little bit but we got to grips with the game and what Livingston were doing and second half I thought we were really good. We had some nice moments in the first half and I think we took a little bit of confidence from that and second half we were perhaps unlucky not to get on the scoresheet.

“We’re up against it at the minute with the opposition we’re up against but it will really push us and hopefully it will stand us in good stead for the league season starting. We’ve got good players here and I want us to play a certain way but it’s been difficult to do that in the last 3 games but there have been moments and it’s something for us to build on. As a group these games will help us mentally and physically as these teams test you with their movement.“

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s game Andy said, “We’re back at home and we know how good we can be at Glebe Park. We have to take confidence from that second half performance against Livingston and put in a good display against Stenhousemuir and hopefully we can get something from the game.”

ADMISSION INFORMATION

Tomorrow’s match kicks off at 3pm. Admission prices are £15 for adults, £10 concessions (Over 65’s, students and 16/17 year olds) and £5 for U16’s. Please note season tickets are not valid for this fixture. Digital tickets should be purchased at the following link – PURCHASE TICKETS

A cash/card gate will be available however supporters are advised to purchase their tickets in advance on fanbase.

CITY CLUB BAR

The City Club bar at the ground will be open to all supporters from 1:30pm and again following the match.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Tomorrow’s match referee is Greg Soutar, assisted by James McCluskey and Colin Whyte.

LAST TIME OUT

City were in midweek action against Livingston and despite an improved showing from the weekend’s defeat at Partick Thistle, two first half goals from Tyrese Sinclair and Robbie Muirhead ensured the Lions went back to West Lothian with all three points.

Stenhousemuir opened up their Premier Sports Cup campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Forfar Athletic at Ochilview, with Lewis Hodgkiss and Matty Aitken on target for the Warriors.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Brechin City 0-1 Stenhousemuir | 4th May 2021

The curtain came down on a troubled 2020/21 League 2 campaign for City as Mark McGuigan’s late goal handed Stenhousemuir all three points at Glebe Park in the last meeting between the sides. City of course went on to suffer relegation from the SPFL following defeat to Kelty Hearts in the Pyramid Playoffs.