INFO
DUNDEE 1-1 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 11
VENUE � DENS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � DARREN SMITH, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 � MARC SMYTH,
6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � JOE CARDLE, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA � MAN OF THE MATCH, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � SIMON LYNCH � 1 GOAL, 11 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN
SUBS
USED
14 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL FOR 2 � DARREN SMITH, 15 � STUART NOBLE FOR 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
16 � MICHAEL BROWN FOR 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD
NOT USED
12 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
8 - STEPHEN MCKENNA
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED WENT THREE GAMES UNBEATEN TODAY AS THEY DREW 1-1 WITH DUNDEE AT DENS PARK THANKS TO SIMON LYNCH�S FIFTH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT BRYAN DEASLEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD A BIG PENALTY CLAIM TURNED DOWN AS SIMON LYNCH LOOKED TO HAVE BEEN PULLED DOWN JUST INSIDE THE BOX BY A DUNDEE DEFENDER WHEN RACING THROUGH ON GOAL BUT THE REFEREE AWARDED A FREE KICK TO DUNDEE. AIRDRIE WENT REALLY CLOSE TO OPENING THE SCORING A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS AS FROM A DARREN SMITH CROSS INTO THE BOX SIMON LYNCH SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND FELL TO AN UNMARKED PAUL DI GIACOMO WHO SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 11TH MINUTE AIRDRIE TOOK THE LEAD THOUGH AS FROM A PAUL LOVERING CROSS INTO THE BOX THE BALL WAS FLICKED ONTO TO AN UNMARKED SIMON LYNCH AT THE BACK POST AND HE SENT A SHOT HIGH INTO THE NET TO GIVE ROBERT DOUGLAS NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 1-0.
DUNDEE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 15TH MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT DAVID O�BRIEN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER EDDIE MEARNS HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. THEN ON THE 19TH AND 20TH MINUTE FREDDIE DAQUIN AND MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER HIT SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON SAVED THEM BOTH. A MINUTE AFTER THIS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A GO FOR AIRDRIE FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 25TH MINUTE DUNDEE CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO EQUALIZING AS FROM A CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED CRAIG MCKEOWN WAS AND HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON EXCELLENTLY CLAWED THE BALL AWAY ON THE LINE AND FROM THE REBOUND CRAIG MCKEOWN HIT ANOTHER SHOT BUT KEVIN MCDONALD CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. NINE MINUTES LATER DUNDEE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT THEY WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT FREDDIE DAQUIN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND CRAIG MCKEOWN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE AN EASY SAVE.
THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND AIRDRIE HAD THEM ALL. FIRSTLY ON THE 41ST MINUTE PAUL DI GIACOMO HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER SIMON LYNCH TURNED HIS MARKER AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ROBERT DOUGLAS EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 61ST MINUTE WHEN DUNDEE WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER DARREN SMITH WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR A LATE CHALLENGE. HOWEVER ON THE 65TH MINUTE DUNDEE EQUALIZED AS MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER BROKE IN ON GOAL AND SMASHED A SHOT HIGH INTO THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 1-1.
AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO DUNDEE EQUALIZING BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 66TH MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX PAUL DI GIACOMO HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. DUNDEE�S EDDIE MEARNS AND MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER HAD THEIR NEXT TWO CHANCES WHEN THEY HIT SHOTS FROM ABOUT 25 AND 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOTH OF THEM WENT WIDE. ON THE 77TH MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON FOR DARREN SMITH AND KEVIN MCDONALD. SIX MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR PAUL DI GIACOMO. IT WAS DUNDEE WHO HAD THE FINAL FEW CHANCES THOUGH. FIRSTLY ON THE 86TH MINUTE CHRIS POZNIAK PLAYED THE BALL INTO THE FEET OF MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON GOT DOWN LOW TO PUSH THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND DAVID O�BRIEN HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE ANOTHER SAVE. A MINUTE LATER MARK GILHANEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME MICHAEL BROWN WAS YELLOW CARDED AND THE GAME FINISHED 1-1..