INFO
DUNDEE 0-1 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 32
VENUE � DENS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 3 � WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 4 � DARREN SMITH,
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � SIMON LYNCH � 1 GOAL, 11 � JOHN BAIRD
SUBS - USED
12 � KEVIN MCDONALD FOR 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 14 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL FOR 4 � DARREN SMITH,
15 � MATTHEW HAZLEY FOR 10 � SIMON LYNCH
SUBS - NOT USED
16 � KEVIN WATT, 17 � ANDREW COLLIER
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - LEE HOLLIS
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED KEPT UP THE PRESSURE ON THE TEAMS ABOVE THEM TODAY AS THEY WON 1-0 AGAINST DUNDEE AT DENS PARK THANKS TO A GOAL FROM SIMON LYNCH.
FOR THE GAME THE DIAMONDS MADE THREE CHANGES TO THE STARTING ELEVEN AS LEE HOLLIS CAME INTO THE STARTING ELEVEN TO REPLACE THE INJURED STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND AS DARREN SMITH AND SIMON LYNCH CAME INTO THE STARTING ELEVEN FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND KEVIN MCDONALD WHO WERE BOTH ON THE BENCH ALONG WITH UNDER 17S GOALKEEPER ANDREW COLLIER, MATTHEW HAZLEY AND KEVIN WATT.
FIRST HALF
LEE HOLLIS WAS MAKING ONLY HIS SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON FOR THE FIRST TEAM AND DURING THE SECOND MINUTE OF THE MATCH HE WAS CALLED INTO ACTION AS ANDREW SHINNIE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE MATCH FOR DUNDEE FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHEN HE HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER DUNDEE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX COLIN MCMENAMIN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 16TH MINUTE AIRDRIE SHOWED THEIR INTENT THOUGH AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT JOHN BAIRD HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WERE AHEAD AS AFTER SOME POOR DEFENDING BY DUNDEE INSIDE THE BOX THE BALL FELL TO SIMON LYNCH AND HE CALMLY FIRED THE BALL LOW PAST ROBERT DOUGLAS AND INTO THE NET FOR HIS 13TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. BOTH TEAMS FAILED TO CREATE ANY MORE CHANCES IN THE HALF AFTER THIS AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF COULD BEGIN AIRDRIE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND MATTHEW HAZLEY CAME ON FOR DARREN SMITH AND GOALSCORER SIMON LYNCH. DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE HALF THOUGH THERE WAS NO CHANCES CREATED AND AIRDRIE HAD BOBBY DONNELLY AND MARC SMYTH YELLOW CARDED. THEN ON THE 56TH MINUTE THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF CAME FOR DUNDEE WHEN ANDREW SHINNIE WENT THROUGH ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND HIT A SHOT BUT LEE EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY. NINE MINUTES LATER DUNDEE HAD ANOTHER EXCELLENT CHANCE AS MICKAEL ANTOINE-CURIER CREATED SPACE IN THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND BOBBY DONNELLY CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE.
STEPHEN MCKENNA BECAME THE THIRD AND FINAL AIRDRIE PLAYER TO BE SHOWN A YELLOW CARD ON THE 67TH MINUTE AND TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD THERE BEST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEVEN MCDOUGALL CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED PAUL DI GIACOMO HOWEVER HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE CORRECT CONTACT ON THE BALL AND HIS SHOT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER DUNDEE WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THERE RIGHT WING AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND HEADED ACROSS GOAL TO MICKAEL ANTOINE- CURIER AND HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS COMFORTABLY MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS KEVIN MCDONALD CAME ON FOR PAUL DI GIACOMO. IT WAS DUNDEE WHO HAD THE FINAL TWO CHANCES THOUGH AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 81ST MINUTE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX COLIN CAMERON GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT WIDE AND SIX MINUTE LATER ANDREW SHINNIE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND AIRDRIE WON THE GAME 1-0 TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THE TEAMS ABOVE THEM.