INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 1-0 CLYDE
LEAGUE GAME 25
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 - MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN),
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO � 1 GOAL,
10 � KEVIN MCDONALD � MAN OF THE MATCH, 11 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN
SUBS
USED
15 � SIMON LYNCH FOR 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 16 � JOHN BAIRD FOR 7 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE
NOT USED
12 � DARREN SMITH, 14 � MICHAEL BROWN, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
10 - KEVIN MCDONALD
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS TODAY AS THEY WON 1-0 AGAINST TEN MAN CLYDE THANKS TO PAUL DI GIACOMO�S 11TH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
FOR THE GAME AIRDRIE MADE THREE CHANGES AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE, KEVIN MCDONALD AND BOBBY DONNELLY WERE HANDED STARTS AT THE EXPENSE OF SIMON LYNCH WHO WAS ON THE BENCH AND STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND JOE CARDLE WHO WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SIXTEEN. MEANWHILE CLYDE HAD FORMER AIRDRIE PLAYERS RICKY WADDELL, MARVYN WILSON AND WILLIE MCLAREN IN THEIR STARTING ELEVEN AND PETER CHERRIE ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH.
FIRST HALF
PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT THE GAME OFF TO A FANTASTIC START FOR AIRDRIE AS DURING THE 5TH MINUTE OF IT HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE DAVID HUTTON NO CHANCE AND AIRDRIE THE LEAD. CLYDE HAD TO WAIT A FURTHER THIRTEEN MINUTES FOR THEIR FIRST CHANCE AND WHEN IT CAME WILLIE MCLAREN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS CLYDE�S ALAN TROUTEN WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD AND AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM IT KEVIN MCDONALD CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND CLYDE FAILED TO CLEAR THE BALL PROPERLY AND IT FELL TO STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
CLYDE�S WILLIE MCLAREN WAS LOOKING LIVELY AND HE HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 28TH MINUTE HE RACED IN ON GOAL AND DRAGGED A SHOT WIDE OF GOAL AND FIVE MINUTES LATER HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON TURNED IT ROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND HEADED BACK ACROSS GOAL AND THEN A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY NINE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MATTHEW HAZLEY HIT A SHOT WHICH DAVID HUTTON HAD TO STRETCH AT TO TIP OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER HE CLAIMED THE BALL. CLYDE�S DAY GOT WORSE THREE MINUTES LATER AS PAT CLARKE WAS SENT OFF FOR A RECKLESS LUNGE ON STEPHEN MCKENNA WHICH SPARKED A BRAWL AND SAW MATTHEW HAZLEY SHOWN A YELLOW CARD. THERE WAS TO BE NO MORE CHANCES IN THE HALF THOUGH AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH A ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF BEGAN CLYDE MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS SCOTT GEMMILL CAME FOR DAVE MCKAY. SCOTT GEMMILL HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF FOR CLYDE AS WELL WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE ON THE 53RD MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT KEVIN MCDONALD CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED DAVID NIXON SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS BILLY GIBSON HAD A GO FOR CLYDE FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON WAS ON HAND TO MAKE THE SAVE. AIRDRIE THEN HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 56TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT DAVID HUTTON MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS PAUL DI GIACOMO WENT BY HIS MARKER IN THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT DAVID HUTTON GOT DOWN LOW TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER NO DANGER WAS CAUSED.
CLYDE CONTINUED THEIR SEARCH FOR AN EQUALIZER AND ON THE 68TH MINUTE WILLIE MCLAREN HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. BOTH TEAMS MADE SUBSTITUTIONS SHORTLY AFTER THIS AS RUARI MACLENNAN CAME ON FOR RICKY WADDELL FOR CLYDE AND AS JOHN BAIRD CAME ON FOR STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR AIRDRIE. IT WAS CLYDE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH ON THE 73RD MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS ONLY CLEARED TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND BILLY GIBSON TRIED AN OVERHEAD KICK BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE.
IT WAS TO BE AIRDRIE�S DAY THOUGH AND THEY WERE TO HAVE THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 74TH MINUTE AS FROM A MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSS INTO THE BOX PAUL DI GIACOMO CONTROLLED THE BALL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE BOTH TEAMS MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTIONS AS FOR CLYDE GARY MCSWEGAN CAME ON FOR MARVYN WILSON AND FOR AIRDRIE SIMON LYNCH CAME ON FOR GOALSCORER PAUL DI GIACOMO. THE FINAL CHANCE WAS THEN SET UP BY SIMON LYNCH AS HE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND JOHN BAIRD GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A VOLLEY BUT IT WAS SAVED BY DAVID HUTTON AND AIRDRIE HELD ON TO WIN THE GAME 1-0 AND NARROW THE GAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE TO ONLY ONE POINT.