INFO
DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC 1-1 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 21
VENUE � EAST END PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 - KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 - BOBBY DONNELLY,
6 - MARC SMYTH, 7 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL - MAN OF THE MATCH, 8 - STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 �SIMON LYNCH - 1 GOAL, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUB - USED
12 - DAVID NIXON FOR 5 - BOBBY DONNELLY
SUBS - NOT USED
14 - SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 15 - MICHAEL BROWN, 16 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 17 - ANDREW COLLIER
MAN OF THE MATCH
7 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED WENT FIVE GAMES UNBEATEN AS THEY DREW 1-1 WITH DUNFERMLINE AT EAST END PARK IN THE 21ST LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON THANKS TO SIMON LYNCH�S 12TH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
FOR THE GAME AIRDRIE MADE ONE CHANGE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN AS LEE HOLLIS CAME INTO THE STARTING ELEVEN TO MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON FOR THE INJURED STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND THIS MEANT UNDER 17S GOALKEEPER ANDREW COLLIER WAS INCLUDED ON THE SUBSTITUTES BENCH.
FIRST HALF
AFTER A SLOW START TO THE GAME AIRDRIE HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF IT ON THE 15TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND SIMON LYNCH GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET GO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD. IT WAS A FURTHER TWELVE MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT CHANCE AND WHEN IT CAME IT WAS FOR DUNFERMLINE AS GRAHAM BAYNE BROKE IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT HARMLESSLY WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS STEVEN BELL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE.
STEVEN MCDOUGALL HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 38TH MINUTE WHEN HE WENT BY A FEW DUNFERMLINE DEFENDERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE�S NICK PHINN WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR A LATE CHALLENGE ON STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND AIRDRIE�S JOE CARDLE WAS ALSO YELLOW CARDED. THEN WITH ONLY A MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING AIRDRIE�S SIMON LYNCH HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT LOOKED TO HAVE STRUCK A DUNFERMLINE PLAYER�S HAND BUT THE REFEREE WAVED PLAY ON AND THE BALL ENDED UP WITH WILLIAM MCLACHLAN ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A POWERFUL SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DUNFERMLINE WON A CORNER AND HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF COULD BEGIN DUNFERMLINE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS SCOTT THOMSON AND PAUL WILLIS CAME ON FOR CALLUM WOODS AND ANDY KIRK. AIRDRIE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF THOUGH AS THREE MINUTES INTO IT JOE CARDLE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE LOST POSSESSION CHEAPLY AND THIS ALLOWED DUNFERMLINE�S RORY LOY TO RACE IN ON GOAL AND PLACE THE BALL BY LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE AND FOR THE EQUALIZER.
AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO HIS BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 54TH MINUTE AS AFTER SOME GOOD WORK BY SIMON LYNCH HE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BACK POST AND AN UNMARKED STEVEN MCDOUGALL HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DUNFERMLINE HAD A GOOD CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND DUNFERMLINE CREATED ANOTHER CHANCE BUT LEE HOLLIS DIVED THROUGH THE AIR TO PUNCH THE BALL AWAY AND CLEAR THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 62ND MINUTE STEVEN MCDOUGALL PLAYED THE BALL TO SIMON LYNCH AND HE PLAYED A ONE-TWO WITH PAUL DI GIACOMO AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT PAUL GALLACHER MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE�S SIMON LYNCH LOOKED TO HAVE BROKEN THE OFFSIDE TRAP AND HE RACED IN ON GOAL BUT THE REFEREE BLEW HIS WHISTLE AS THE LINESMAN HAD HIS FLAG UP TO THE DESPAIR OF THE AIRDRIE PLAYER AND THE SUPPORTERS.
DUNFERMLINE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 70TH MINUTE WHEN RORY LOY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. TEN MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS JAMIE MOLE CAME ON FOR GRAHAM BAYNE. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AIRDRIE MADE THEIR ONLY SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS DAVID NIXON CAME ON FOR BOBBY DONNELLY. HOWEVER IT WAS DUNFERMLINE WHO HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND SCOTT WILSON SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THE GAME FINISHED 1-1.