INFO
DUNDEE UNITED 2-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE CUP ROUND 3
VENUE � TANNADICE
KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM
DATE - 23 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON - MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 3 � DARREN SMITH, 4 � STEPHEN MCKENNA,
5 - BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 �JOE CARDLE, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � MICHAEL BROWN, 11 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL
SUBS
USED
14 � STUART NOBLE FOR 3 � DARREN SMITH, 15 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 7 � JOE CARDLE
NOT USED
12 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 16 � CALLUM BRADY, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - STEPHEN ROBERTSON
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED EXITED THE LEAGUE CUP AT THE 3RD ROUND STAGE TONIGHT AS THEY SUFFERED A 2-0 DEFEAT AGAINST SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM DUNDEE UNITED AT TANNADICE.
FOR THE GAME KENNY BLACK MADE THREE CHANGES FROM THE TEAM THAT LOST 2-0 AGAINST CLYDE THREE DAYS AGO AS DARREN SMITH AND MICHAEL BROWN CAME IN FOR THE SUSPENDED PAUL LOVERING AND KEVIN MCDONALD AND AS JOE CARDLE CAME IN FOR THE INJURED SIMON LYNCH.
FIRST HALF
DUNDEE UNITED WAS TO HAVE THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 7TH MINUTE WHEN FRANCISCO SANDAZA SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A SEAN DILLON CROSS INTO THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER DUNDEE UNITED HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS CRAIG CONWAY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DAVID GOODWILLIE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR DUNDEE UNITED ON THE 20TH MINUTE WHEN HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 22ND MINUTE DUNDEE UNITED WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT CRAIG CONWAY HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE.
ON THE 32ND MINUTE DUNDEE UNITED TOOK THE LEAD AS FROM A PAUL DIXON CROSS INTO THE BOX LEE WILKIE HEADED THE BALL GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY ONLY TO SEE DAVID GOODWILLIE WHO WAS AT THE BACK POST HEAD THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE DUNDEE UNITED THE LEAD. TWO MINUTES LATER GOALSCORER DAVID GOODWILLIE HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO DOUBLE HIS TALLY FOR THE NIGHT AS HE WAS ONE ON ONE WITH STEPHEN ROBERTSON INSIDE THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON SUPERBLY TIPPED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER AIRDRIE CLEARED THE DANGER. ON THE 37TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE NIGHT WHEN GOOD PLAY BY STEVEN MCDOUGALL LED TO HIM SETTING UP PAUL DI GIACOMO FOR A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED BY LEE WILKIE AND JOE CARDLE REACTED TO THE REBOUND BY SENDING A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT DUNDEE UNITED�S LUKASZ ZALUSKA DRAMATICALLY DIVED ACROSS THE GOAL TO PARRY THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. FIVE MINUTES LATER DUNDEE UNITED HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AND FROM IT THEY DOUBLED THEIR LEAD AS AFTER SOME GOOD BUILD UP PLAY THE BALL ENDED UP WITH SCOTT ROBERTSON AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE TOOK A TOUCH BEFORE CURLING AN UNSTOPPABLE SHOT INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND SEND DUNDEE UNITED INTO HALF TIME WITH A TWO GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
DUNDEE UNITED GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE SECOND MINUTE OF IT GOALSCORER SCOTT ROBERTSON HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SIX MINUTES LATER DAVID GOODWILLIE HAD A CHANCE FOR DUNDEE UNITED WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 57TH MINUTE FRANCISCO SANDAZA HAD A CHANCE FOR DUNDEE UNITED FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 61ST MINUTE THE DIAMONDS MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR DARREN SMITH. HOWEVER IT WAS DUNDEE UNITED WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME SEVEN MINUTES LATER WHEN MORGARO GOMIS HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT A MINUTE LATER AND ON THE 76TH MINUTE THROUGH SUBSTITUTE STUART NOBLE AND SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN BUT STUART�S EFFORT WENT WIDE AND SCOTT�S EFFORT WENT OVER THE BAR. STRAIGHT AFTER SCOTT�S GO AIRDRIE MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE CAME ON FOR JOE CARDLE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD ANOTHER GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THIS TIME IT WENT WIDE.
DUNDEE UNITED WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME ON THE 81ST AND 85TH MINUTES. FIRSTLY PAUL DIXON HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THEN DAVID GOODWILLIE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING MARC SMYTH HAD THE PENULTIMATE CHANCE OF IT FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE DUNDEE UNITED HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND DUNDEE UNITED ADVANCED TO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE CUP.