INFO
DUNFERMLINE 0-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 4
VENUE � EAST END PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE - 23 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD,
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA - MAN OF THE MATCH
9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 10 � SIMON LYNCH, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
14 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN FOR 7 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 15 - STUART NOBLE FOR 10 � SIMON LYNCH
16 - MICHAEL BROWN FOR 11 - JOE CARDLE
NOT USED
12 - DARREN SMITH, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
8 - STEPHEN MCKENNA
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED DREW 0-0 WITH DUNFERMLINE AT EAST END PARK IN THE 4TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON TODAY.
FOR THE GAME THE DIAMONDS NAMED AN UNCHANGED STARTING 11 BUT THERE WAS ONE CHANGE ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH AS MICHAEL BROWN WAS NAMED ON IT IN PLACE OF STEPHEN MAGUIRE.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT WASN�T UNTIL THE 12TH MINUTE OF IT FOR DUNFERMLINE AS ALEX BURKE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT WHICH DEFLECTED OFF OF ANDY KIRK ON ROUTE TO GOAL BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SIX MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BY STEPHEN GLASS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 24TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THEY HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND DAVID NIXON SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALEX BURKE HAD A GO FOR DUNFERMLINE FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
DUNFERMLINE WAS TO HAVE THE REMAINDER OF CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME. FIRSTLY ON THE 27TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER SIMON LYNCH WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR THE DIAMONDS. THEN WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING GRAHAM BAYNE HAD A GO FOR DUNFERMLINE FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS IAIN WILLIAMSON HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF FOR DUNFERMLINE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND THE GAME REMAINED GOALLESS HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
DUNFERMLINE GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF IT ANDY KIRK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER ALEX BURKE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT FOR DUNFERMLINE BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DUNFERMLINE WERE REDUCED TO TEN MEN AS NICK PHINN WAS SENT OFF FOR A SECOND YELLOW CARD AS THE REFEREE DECIDED THAT HE TOOK A DIVE IN THE BOX WHEN BEEN CHALLENGED BY AN AIRDRIE DEFENDER. AIRDRIE THEN MADE A SECOND SUBSTITUTION BEFORE THE RESTART AS MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON TO MAKE HIS DEBUT FOR JOE CARDLE. DUNFERMLINE WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE.
ON THE 61ST MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR SIMON LYNCH. FIVE MINUTES LATER THOUGH DUNFERMLINE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN AUSTIN MCCANN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PAUL DI GIACOMO WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR THE DIAMONDS AND ANDY KIRK HAD A CHANCE FOR DUNFERMLINE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON. THEN ON THE 77TH MINUTE DUNFERMLINE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN SIMON WILES HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER BOBBY DONNELLY BECAME THE THIRD AIRDRIE PLAYER TO BE YELLOW CARDED.
THERE WAS TO BE FOUR MORE CHANCES AFTER THIS AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS DUNFERMLINE�S FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 82ND MINUTE WHEN SIMON WILES HAD ANOTHER GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER STUART NOBLE HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 87TH MINUTE KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT HIS EFFORT ALSO WENT OVER THE BAR. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME THE DIAMONDS WON A CORNER AND HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE MATCH WITH AS KEVIN MCDONALD CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL DI GIACOMO HIT A SHOT BUT PAUL GALLACHER MADE THE SAVE AND THE GAME FINISHED 0-0..