INFO
BERWICK RANGERS 4-3 AIRDRIE UNITED
PRE SEASON FRIENDLY GAME 1
VENUE - SHIELFIELD PARK
KICK OFF TIME - 2:00PM
DATE - 12 JULY 2008
STARTING 11
1) STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2) DARREN SMITH, 3) PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4) KEVIN MCDONALD, 5) MARC SMYTH,
6) TRIALIST - DAVID NIXON, 7) KEVIN WATT - 1 GOAL - MAN OF THE MATCH, 8) TRIALIST - B, 9) PAUL DI GIACOMO - 1 GOAL
10) DAVID GILLIES, 11) STEVEN MCDOUGALL - 1 GOAL
SUBS
USED
12) STEPHEN MCKENNA FOR 8) TRIALIST - B, 16) JOE CARDLE FOR 10) DAVID GILLIES
NOT USED
LEE HOLLIS, BOBBY DONNELLY, STUART NOBLE, TRIALIST CALLUM BRADY, TRIALIST CHRIS MCMENAMIN
GOALSCORERS (2-2 HALF TIME, 3-4 FULL TIME)
FIRST GOAL - BERWICK RANGERS GOAL, SECOND GOAL - BERWICK RANGERS GOAL, THIRD GOAL - 11) STEVEN MCDOUGALL,
FOURTH GOAL - 9) PAUL DI GIACOMO, FIFTH GOAL - 7) KEVIN WATT, SIXTH GOAL - BERWICK RANGERS GOAL,
SEVENTH GOAL - BERWICK RANGERS GOAL
MAN OF THE MATCH
7) KEVIN WATT
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S PRE SEASON FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN BEGAN AT SHIELFIELD PARK ON SATURDAY AGAINST BERWICK RANGERS AND THEY LOST 3-4.
FIRST HALF
BERWICK BEGAN THE GAME AT A FEST TEMPO AS DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME THEY HAD THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 5TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER CHRIS ANDERSON HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT ALSO WENT WIDE. HOWEVER A FEW MINUTES LATER DARREN GRIBBEN HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTION ON ROUTE TO GOAL AND WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND GIVE BERWICK THE LEAD. THEN ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER THIS BERWICK�S FRASER MCLAREN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON EXCELLENTLY TURNED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER A LOW CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND A BERWICK PLAYER HIT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY ONLY TO SEE BERWICK�S JAMIE EWART REACTING QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND BY TAPPING A SHOT INTO THE NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT TO DOUBLE THERE LEAD.
ON THE 23RD MINUTE KEVIN WATT HAD OUR FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE WENT BY A MAN ON THE WING AND CUT INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT BERWICK�S RYAN MCGURK TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS DAVID GILLIES HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT RYAN MCGURK PARRIED THE BALL AWAY HOWEVER STEVEN MCDOUGALL REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND VOLLEYED A SHOT OFF OF THE BAR AND INTO THE NET TO BRING THE DIAMONDS BACK INTO THE GAME.
BERWICK HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 30TH MINUTE WHEN THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH FRASER MCLAREN GOT ONTO WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER STEVEN MCDOUGALL PLAYED A DEFENCE SPLITTING PASS TO KEVIN WATT AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX KEVIN HIT A SHOT BUT RYAN MCGURK EXCELLENTLY TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER BERWICK CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 37TH MINUTE STEVEN MCDOUGALL HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT RYAN MCGURK MADE THE SAVE. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS PAUL DI GIACOMO HELD OFF A DEFENDER AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT FLYING INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING WE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PAUL LOVERING HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE TO SEND THE TEAMS INTO HALF TIME ON LEVEL TERMS.
SECOND HALF
THE DIAMONDS GOT THIS HALF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT PAUL DI GIACOMO PLAYED KEVIN WATT IN ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY BY RYAN MCGURK AND FROM THE REBOUND STEVEN MCDOUGALL HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED ON THE LINE AND WENT OUT FOR A CORNER AND FROM THIS CORNER BERWICK CLEARED THE DANGER. FIVE MINUTES LATER PAUL DI GIACOMO BURST INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY BY RYAN MCGURK AND FROM THE REBOUND KEVIN WATT HIT A SHOT WHICH TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO PUT THE DIAMONDS 3-2 UP. KEVIN WATT WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 61ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT RYAN MCGURK AGAIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND DAVID GILLIES HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
BERWICK WERE TO HAVE THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 63RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. THE DIAMONDS WERE THEN FORCED INTO A SUBSTITUTION ON THE 67TH MINUTE AS TRIALIST B HAD TO COME OFF INJURED THEREFORE STEPHEN MCKENNA CAME ON. THEN FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS NEW SIGNING JOE CARDLE CAME ON FOR DAVID GILLIES. HOWEVER IT WASN�T UNTIL THE 80TH MINUTE THAT THE NEXT CHANCE CAME AS JOE CARDLE LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE TOP OF THE DEFENCE AND KEVIN WATT RAN ONTO IT AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER WE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN PAUL LOVERING SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT KEVIN WATT SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR.
BERWICK WERE TO HAVE THREE CHANCES BEFORE FULL TIME AND WITH TWO OF THESE THEY SCORED TWO GOALS. FIRSTLY ON THE 85TH MINUTE WE FAILED TO CLEAR A CORNER AND BERWICK HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT A BERWICK TRIALIST SENT A HEADER FLYING INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. A MINUTE LATER WE LOST POSSESSION ON THE HALF WAY LINE AND BERWICK LAUNCHED A COUNTER ATTACK AND THIS LED TO FRASER MCLAREN BEEN PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT HE PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO WIN THE GAME FOR BERWICK.