INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 1-3 DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC
LEAGUE GAME 12
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM
DATE � TUESDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � MARC SMYTH, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 � STEPHEN MCKENNA,
6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � DARREN SMITH, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO � 1 GOAL � MAN OF THE MATCH,
10 �SIMON LYNCH, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
15 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL FOR 7 � DARREN SMITH, 16 � STUART NOBLE FOR 3 � PAUL LOVERING
NOT USED
12 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 14 � MICHAEL BROWN, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED SUFFERED THEIR FIRST LOSS IN FOUR AS THEY 3-1 AGAINST DUNFERMLINE AT HOME IN THE 12TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON.
FIRST HALF
DUNFERMLINE GOT THE GAME OFF TO A GREAT START WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT ON THE 4TH MINUTE AS CALLUM WOODS RACED DOWN THE WING AND CUT INSIDE BEFORE DRILLING A SHOT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND DUNFERMLINE THE LEAD. SIX MINUTES LATER A DEFENSIVE MIX UP BY DUNFERMLINE LED TO PAUL DI GIACOMO NIPPING IN AND ROUNDING DUNFERMLINE GOALKEEPER PAUL GALLACHER AND TAPPING THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
ON THE 20TH MINUTE SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT JUST MISSED THE TARGET. NINE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE GAVE AS FREE KICK AWAY ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT STEPHEN GLASS CURLED THE BALL OVER THE WALL AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND DUNFERMLINE THE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DUNFERMLINE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER STEPHEN ROBERTSON FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE.
AIRDRIE WAS TO HAVE THE REMAINING FOUR CHANCES IN THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 32ND MINUTE DARREN SMITH HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. AFTER THIS JOE CARDLE AND SIMON LYNCH HAD SHOTS ON GOAL BUT JOE�S WENT WIDE AND SIMON�S WENT OVER THE BAR AND DUNFERMLINE WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH THE 2-1 LEAD.
SECOND HALF
DUNFERMLINE STARTED THE HALF BRIGHTLY AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF IT GRAHAM BAYNE HAD TWO CHANCES BUT BOTH OF THEM WERE OFF TARGET. JOE CARDLE WAS TO HAVE AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE ON THE 52ND MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT PAUL GALLACHER GOT DOWN LOW TO TIP IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. TWO MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE INCREASED THEIR LEAD WITH ANOTHER EXCELLENT GOAL AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT NICKY PHINN HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE.
AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO LOSING ANOTHER GOAL BY CREATING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 56TH MINUTES AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX PAUL DI GIACOMO SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT PAUL GALLACHER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SIX MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR PAUL LOVERING. HOWEVER IT WAS DUNFERMLINE�S ANDY KIRK WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX A MINUTE LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. MARC SMYTH WAS THEN YELLOW CARDED SHORTLY AFTER THIS.
AIRDRIE WERE TO CREATE A NUMBER OF CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 65TH MINUTE KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT PAUL GALLACHER EXCELLENTLY TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE NIGHT SEVEN MINUTES LATER WHEN STEVEN MCDOUGALL CAME ON FOR DARREN SMITH. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JOE CARDLE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL FOR HANDBALL TURNED DOWN ON THE 75TH MINUTE.
THIS DID NOT AFFECT AIRDRIE THOUGH AS THEY CONTINUED TO DOMINATE AND ON THE 77TH MINUTE SOME FANTASTIC SKILL BY STEVEN MCDOUGALL SAW HIM GO BY TWO PLAYERS AND CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED SIMON LYNCH WHO HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT PAUL GALLACHER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND STEVEN MCDOUGALL HIT A SHOT BUT AGAIN PAUL GALLACHER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT PAUL GALLACHER AGAIN PULLED OFF A TERRIFIC SAVE BY TURNING THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STUART NOBLE WAS TO HAVE A GO FOR AIRDRIE BUT PAUL GALLACHER PULLED OFF ANOTHER SAVE. THEN ON THE 83RD MINUTE DAVID NIXON SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT ONTO WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WAS TO HAVE THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE PAUL GALLACHER AGAIN MADE THE SAVE TO ENSURE DUNFERMLINE WON THE GAME 3-1.