INFO
ALLOA ATHLETIC 0-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
PRE SEASON FRIENDLY GAME 2
VENUE - RECREATION PARK
KICK OFF TIME - 7:30PM
DATE - 14 JULY 2008
STARTING 11
1) LEE HOLLIS, 2) TRIALIST CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 3) TRIALIST MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4) TRIALIST SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,
5) BOBBY DONNELLY (CAPTAIN), 6) STEPHEN MCKENNA, 7) TRIALIST GARY MUIR, 8) TRIALIST DARREN BRADY,
9) TRIALIST STEPHEN MCGUIRE, 10) TRIALIST - SHAUN FAGAN, 11) JOE CARDLE - MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBS - ALL NOT USED
12) TRIALIST CALLUM BRADY, 14) KEVIN WATT, 15) DAVID GILLIES, 16) STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 17) STEPHEN ROBERTSON,
18) TRIALIST DAVID NIXON
MAN OF THE MATCH
11) JOE CARDLE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S PRE SEASON FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN CONTINUED AGAINST ALLOA ATHLETIC AT RECREATION PARK AND THEY DREW 0-0.
FIRST HALF
DURING THE FIRST HALF THERE WAS ONLY FOUR CHANCES CREATED AND THEY WERE ALL FOR ALLOA. FIRSTLY ON THE 16TH MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE. THEN ON THE 28TH MINUTE ALLOA SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX AND IT HIT OF AN AIRDRIE DEFENDER AND HIT THE POST BUT THE BALL WAS THEN CLEARED BY THE DEFENCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLOA HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS SAVED AGAIN.
SECOND HALF
THERE WAS TO BE A LOT MORE CHANCES DURING THIS HALF AND ON THE 49TH MINUTE ALLOA HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER WE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WHEN OVER THE BAR. FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND BOBBY DONNELLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND THE BALL FELL TO STEPHEN MCGUIRE ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. AS THE GAME WENT ON THE IMPRESSIVE JOE CARDLE STARTED TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT ON THE GAME AND ON THE 66TH MINUTE HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE ALLOA GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER JOE CARDLE WENT BY A MAN AND CUT INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 77TH MINUTE JOE CARDLE BURST INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE ALLOA SUBSTITUTE GOALKEEPER CONNOR O�BOYLE PARRIED THE BALL AWAY.
ALLOA WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 78TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. A MINUTE LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. FIVE MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS CREATED ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN JOE CARDLE SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH STEPHEN MCGUIRE CONTROLLED AND HIT A SHOT BUT CONNOR O�BOYLE MADE A GOOD SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JOE CARDLE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT CONNOR O�BOYLE MADE ANOTHER SAVE.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE EACH DURING THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 87TH MINUTE SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME ALLOA SENT A LONG BALL INTO THE BOX AND A PLAYER WENT INTO A CHALLENGE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT IT WAS CHOPPED OFF FOR A FOUL ON LEE AND THE GAME FINISHED 0-0.