INFO
CLYDE 1-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 17
VENUE � BROADWOOD
KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM
DATE � TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON - MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 - MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � STEPHEN MCKENNA,
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 �SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 8 - MICHAEL BROWN, 9 - SIMON LYNCH, 10 - STUART NOBLE,
11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
14 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL FOR 3 - MATTHEW HAZLEY, 15 - PAUL DI GIACOMO FOR 10 - STUART NOBLE,
16 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 9 - SIMON LYNCH
NOT USED
12 � DARREN SMITH, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - STEPHEN ROBERTSON
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED SUFFERED A 1-0 DEFEAT AGAINST NEIGHBOURS CLYDE AT BROADWOOD IN THE 17TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON.
FOR THE GAME KENNY BLACK MADE THREE CHANGES TO THE STARTING ELEVEN THAT LOST AGAINST PARTICK AT THE WEEKEND AS DAVID NIXON, STUART NOBLE AND MICHAEL BROWN CAME IN FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND PAUL DI GIACOMO WHO WERE ON THE BENCH AND FOR KEVIN MCDONALD. MEANWHILE CLYDE HAD FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYERS RICKY WADDELL AND WILLIE MCLAREN IN THEIR STARTING 11 AND PETER CHERRIE AND MARVYN WILSON ON THE BENCH.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 9TH MINUTE WHEN STEPHEN MCKENNA HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTION ON ROUTE TO GOAL OUT BUT CLYDE�S DAVID HUTTON MADE THE SAVE. TWENTY MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM A MARC SMYTH CROSS INTO THE BOX THE BALL FELL TO AN UNMARKED MICHAEL BROWN AT THE BACK POST AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 35TH MINUTE JOE CARDLE SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE AS HE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED DAVID NIXON WAS AND HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
WITH ONLY SIX MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING CLYDE HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF IT WHEN PAUL EMSLIE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO TAKING THE LEAD AS FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX SIMON LYNCH CURLED AN EFFORT GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND WENT OVER WITH CLYDE�S DAVID HUTTON BEATEN. JOE CARDLE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 41ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT ALSO WENT OVER THE BAR. WILLIE MCLAREN WAS TO HAVE THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF FOR CLYDE. FIRSTLY ON THE 42ND MINUTE HE WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS WILLIE MCLAREN HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE DANGER WAS CLEARED AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN CLYDE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS ALAN TROUTEN AND RUARI MACLENNAN CAME ON FOR RICKY WADDELL AND PAUL EMSLIE.
CLYDE GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS WELL AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND AIRDRIE CLEARED THE DANGER. CLYDE SUBSTITUTE RUARI MACLENNAN�S GAME WAS VERY SHORT AS A MINUTE LATER HE WAS SHOWN A STRAIGHT RED CARD FOR A RECKLESS CHALLENGE ON BOBBY DONNELLY AND THIS SPARKED A BRAWL BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS PLAYERS WHICH RESULTED IN AIRDRIE�S MARC SMYTH AND CLYDE�S WILLIE MCLAREN BEEN SHOWN YELLOW CARDS. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CLYDE�S OTHER SUBSTITUTE ALAN TROUTEN HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 61ST MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS PAUL DI GIACOMO CAME ON FOR STUART NOBLE. HOWEVER IT WAS CLYDE THAT TOOK THE LEAD WITH THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 74TH MINUTE WHEN ALAN TROUTEN DRILLED A LOW SHOT PAST STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND INTO THE NET FROM INSIDE THE BOX TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CLYDE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A WILLIE MCLAREN CROSS INTO THE BOX PAT CLARKE TURNED IT GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON DONE ENOUGH TO PUT HIM OFF AND IT WENT WIDE.
AIRDRIE MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION ON THE 77TH MINUTE AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL CAME ON FOR MATTHEW HAZLEY. A FEW MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR A BAD TACKLE. THEN WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING PAT CLARKE HAD A CHANCE FOR CLYDE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT DAVID HUTTON MADE THE SAVE.
WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES REMAINING AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE CAME ON FOR SIMON LYNCH AND THEY ALSO SENT BOBBY DONNELLY UP FRONT IN SEARCH OF AN EQUALIZER. AT THE SAME TIME OF THIS SUBSTITUTION CLYDE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS GARY MCSWEGAN CAME ON FOR WILLIE MCLAREN. IT WAS AIRDRIE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH AS JOE CARDLE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PAT CLARKE HAD A CHANCE FOR CLYDE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. IN STOPPAGE TIME AIRDRIE HAD ONE MORE CHANCE AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE WENT BY TWO CLYDE PLAYERS AND SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH PAUL DI GIACOMO HEADED GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE AND CLYDE HELD ON TO WIN 1-0.