INFO
CLYDE 3-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 33
VENUE � BROADWOOD
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 - WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 - DAVID NIXON, 4 - MARC SMYTH, 5 - BOBBY DONNELLY,
6 - SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 7 - DARREN SMITH, 8 - STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO, 10 - SIMON LYNCH,
11 - JOHN BAIRD - MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBS - USED
12 - KEVIN MCDONALD FOR 10 - SIMON LYNCH, 14 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL FOR 3 - DAVID NIXON
SUBS - NOT USED
15 - MATTHEW HAZLEY, 16 - PAUL LOVERING, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
11 - JOHN BAIRD
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED SUFFERED A 3-0 DEFEAT AGAINST BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE CLYDE THIS AFTERNOON AT BROADWOOD.
FOR THE GAME THE DIAMONDS MADE ONE CHANGE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN FROM THE DUNDEE GAME A WEEK AGO AS STEPHEN ROBERTSON RETURNED FROM INJURY TO REPLACE LEE HOLLIS WHO WAS ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH. MEANWHILE CLYDE INCLUDED FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYERS RICKY WADDELL AND WILLIE MCLAREN IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND PETER CHERRIE ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH.
FIRST HALF
CLYDE GOT THE GAME OFF TO A TERRIFIC START AS WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 5TH MINUTE THEY TOOK THE LEAD AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX GREGORY TADE CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED RICKY WADDELL AND HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE CLYDE THE LEAD. TEN MINUTES LATER CLYDE HAD THE SECOND CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN ALAN TROUTEN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. PAUL DI GIACOMO THEN HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 21ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE.
AIRDRIE WERE DEALT A BIG BLOW ON THE 32ND MINUTE AS SIMON LYNCH HAD TO COME OFF INJURED AND THIS MEANT KEVIN MCDONALD CAME ON. EIGHT MINUTES LATER WILLIE MCLAREN WENT CLOSE FOR CLYDE AS FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX HE HIT A CURLING SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING JOHN BAIRD GOT ONTO THE END OF A STEPHEN MCKENNA CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS EASILY SAVED BY CLYDE GOALKEEPER DAVID HUTTON. A MINUTE LATER CLYDE CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO DOUBLING THE LEAD AS ALAN TROUTEN GOT ONTO THE END OF A WILLIE MCLAREN CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON FANTASTICALLY PULLED OFF A REFLEX SAVE TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED AS THE HALF DREW TO A CLOSE.
SECOND HALF
THE OPENING QUARTER OF AN HOUR OF THE SECOND HALF WAS DOMINATED BY AIRDRIE AND DURING THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF IT DAVID NIXON HAD TWO CHANCES AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT DAVID HUTTON MADE THE SAVE AND THEN FROM A CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND BOBBY DONNELLY FLICKED THE BALL ON AND DAVID NIXON SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. JOHN BAIRD WAS NEXT TO HAVE A CHANCE ON THE 52ND MINUTE AS HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND TWO MINUTES LATER FROM A CORNER CLYDE FAILED TO CLEAR THE BALL PROPERLY AND IT FELL TO SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN AT THE TOP OF THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT DAVID HUTTON MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 56TH MINUTE JOHN BAIRD HIT A SHOT WHICH WAS DESTINED FOR THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET BUT DAVID HUTTON EXCELLENTLY GOT FINGERTIPS TO THE BALL TO TIP IT ONTO THE BAR AND THE CLYDE DEFENCE CLEARED THE REBOUND.
AIRDRIE WAS MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THE CHANCES THOUGH ON THE 61ST MINUTE AS FROM A WILLIE MCLAREN CROSS INTO THE BOX RUARI MACLENNAN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE THEM A TWO GOAL LEAD. FIVE MINUTES LATER WILLIE MCLAREN SHOULD HAVE GOT A GOAL AS HE RACED THROUGH ON GOAL AND WITH ONLY STEPHEN ROBERTSON TO BEAT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. BEFORE THE GAME COULD CONTINUE AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL CAME ON FOR DAVID NIXON AND TWO MINUTES LATER THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT BUT DAVID HUTTON MADE THE SAVE. CLYDE MADE IT 3-0 ON THE 75TH MINUTE AS RUARI MACLENNAN CAPITALISED ON AN ERROR BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET. WILLIAM MCLACHLAN AND DARREN SMITH WERE BOTH SHOWN YELLOW CARDS BEFORE CLYDE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 86TH MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED SCOTT GEMMILL BUT HIS SHOT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND CLYDE HAD TO SETTLE FOR THE THREE GOAL VICTORY.