Relegation from Division One in 1980-81 had been bad enough  - that it would take Stirling 10 years to return there was surely unthinkable. After  so many frustrating seasons everything came right in 1990-91 and Albion won Division Two by the proverbial mile.

Even so the First Division would clearly be a different proposition. An indifferent pre-season build up provided few clues and we traveled to Rugby Park, Kilmarnock on August 10, 1991, not quite knowing what to expect. The resulting 0-0 draw was good enough for me. Three days later and with Albion leading Morton I-0 on a typical Greenock night (ie. Pouring rain and thoroughly miserable) it all seemed other easily. It wasn't. With 15 minutes to go Stuart Robertson was sent off and Morton wasted no time in scoring twice to win the match.

When Albion then tossed away a two goal advantage at home to Montrose the signs were ominous. Five straight defeats followed, even Forfar beat us, and nothing was going right. We
needed a goalscorer - John Broqan acted and bought Willie Watters. He looked slow and unfit but war destined to become a hero. 

The first win came at Clydebank at the end of September and remarkably followed by another, this time at Ayr. An impressive home draw with Dundee followed and things were definitely looking up. It proved to be a false dawn. 

The next four games saw heavy defeats including a 4-1 reversal at Montrose which left everyone stunned, particularly as Albion cast-off John McGachie netted a hat-trick. The turning point came at Meadowbank on November 2.  Only 257 fans were there but the importance of Albion's I-0 win could not be understated. The transformation was dramatic. Over the next 3 month's Albion lost just twice in 17 games and suddenly everyone seemed beatable. Indeed everyone war beaten, with the exception of Dundee. 

The winter of 1991-92 remains my favourite time as an Albion fan. Willie Watters started scoring and couldn't stop and everthing fell into place. Everyone will have their own favourite memories: remember the victories at Raith and Partick, Willie Watters destroying Hamilton at Annfield, the battling draws against Dundee.
Of course it couldn't last and a midweek defeat at Clydebank spelled the end of our great run but not before crushing wins against Montrose and Forfar had banished any lingering threat of relegation. Albion lost their way for a while but there was more fun to come.

Kilmarnock came to Annfield at the end of March well in contention for promotion. At 4.45 p.m. their dreams were shattered after a Willie Watters free kick gave Albion a most satisfying win. 

Four games without a victory followed but it was fitting that our last ever season at Annfield should end on a high note and the 2-0 defeat of Clydebank ensured it did.

1991-92 was not the best Albion season or the mort successful but the transformation from relegation candidates to a team capable of beating the rest made it quite Something. Perhaps the fact that we had not played many of there teams for several years added to the excitement.

In the dark days of the autumn we could never have dreamt of the highs which were just around the corner.  But then that is one of football's big attractions -  you never really know what will happen and it a perhaps that unpredictability, more than anything else, which makes this game what it is - 1991/92 was quite an adventure.