INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 1-0 DUNDEE
LEAGUE GAME 22
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE - 24 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO - 1 GOAL
10 � SIMON LYNCH, 11 � JOE CARDLE - MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBS
USED
12 � DAVID NIXON FOR 5 - BOBBY DONNELLY, 14 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN FOR 10 - SIMON LYNCH
15 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO
NOT USED
16 - KEVIN WATT, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
11 - JOE CARDLE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED WON 1-0 AGAINST DUNDEE TO RETURNING TO WINNING WAYS IN THE LEAGUE THANKS TO PAUL DI GIACOMO�S 10TH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
FOR THE GAME AIRDRIE MADE ONE CHANGE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN AS STEPHEN ROBERTSON RETURNED FROM INJURY TO REPLACE LEE HOLLIS WHO RETURNED TO THE SUBSTITUTES BENCH.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 6TH MINUTE WHEN PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT ONTO THE END OF WILLIAM MCLACHLAN�S CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT ROBERT DOUGLAS MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE AFTER THIS COLIN MCMENAMIN HAD DUNDEE�S FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. KEVIN MCDONALD WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT FOR AIRDRIE AND IT WAS HEADING GOALWARDS UNTIL IT TOOK A DEFLECTION OFF OF PAUL MCHALE AND WENT OUT FOR A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
ON THE 25TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THEIR THIRD CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND STEPHEN MCKENNA FLICKED IT ONTO SIMON LYNCH AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER ERIC PATON HAD A GO FOR DUNDEE FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FURTHER FIVE MINUTES LATER PAUL MCHALE HAD A CHANCE FOR DUNDEE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND DAVID O�BRIEN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE MORE CHANCE IN THE HALF AND IT WAS FOR DUNDEE WHEN ANDREW SHINNIE HIT A SHOT FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE AND THE TEAMS WERE TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
AIRDRIE WAS TO HAVE A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL TURNED DOWN FOR A FOUL ON SIMON LYNCH ON THE 51ST MINUTE AND FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN JOE CARDLE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SOME GOOD BUILD UP PLAY LED TO SIMON LYNCH HITTING A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE DUNDEE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
DUNDEE HAD THEIR OPENING CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 59TH MINUTE WHEN DAVID O�BRIEN GOT ONTO THE END OF A FREDDIE DAQUIN CROSS WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. TEN MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSSED THE BALL TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX WHERE STEPHEN MCKENNA WAS AND HE FLICKED IT ON AND AN UNMARKED PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT ONTO THE END OF IT AND FIRED THE BALL BY ROBERT DOUGLAS AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD.
DUNDEE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 71ST MINUTE WHEN CRAIG O�REILLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT JOE CARDLE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND STEPHEN MCKENNA GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A POWERFUL HEADER WHICH WENT GOALWARDS BUT LUCKILY FOR DUNDEE ERIC PATON WAS ON THE LINE AND HE CLEARED THE DANGER. WITH ONLY ELEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING DUNDEE�S DARREN YOUNG HAD A GO BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DURING THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME AIRDRIE MADE ALL THREE OF THEIR SUBSTITUTIONS AS DAVID NIXON, SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN AND STEPHEN MAGUIRE CAME ON FOR BOBBY DONNELLY, SIMON LYNCH AND GOALSCORER PAUL DI GIACOMO. IT WAS DUNDEE WHO WAS TO HAVE THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME THOUGH DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT AS DARREN YOUNG SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND PAUL MCHALE AND COLIN MCMENAMIN HAD SHOTS BLOCKED BEFORE STEPHEN ROBERTSON RACED FROM HIS GOAL TO COLLECT THE BALL AND ENSURE AIRDRIE HELD ON TO WIN 1-0.