INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 1-2 DUNFERMLINE ATHLETIC
SCOTTISH CUP ROUND 5
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM
DATE � TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,
5 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 - STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � SIMON LYNCH, 11 � JOE CARDLE - MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBS
USED
15 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 7 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 16 - KEVIN WATT FOR 10 - SIMON LYNCH
NOT USED
12 - DARREN SMITH, 14 - MICHAEL BROWN, 17 - LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
11 - JOE CARDLE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED EXITED THE HOMECOMING SCOTTISH CUP AT THE 5TH ROUND STAGE AS THEY LOST 2-1 AGAINST DUNFERMLINE AT THE EXCELSIOR.
FOR THE GAME AIRDRIE WERE FORCED TO MAKE ONE CHANGE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN AND THREE CHANGES TO THE SUBSTITUTES BENCH AS KEVIN MCDONALD WAS SUSPENDED, JOHN BAIRD CUP TIED AND UNDER 17S GOALKEEPER ANDREW COLLIER NOT INCLUDED IN THE SQUAD. ALL OF THIS MEANT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WHO WAS A SUBSTITUTE IN THE PREVIOUS GAME AGAINST QUEEN OF THE SOUTH WAS HANDED A START AND DARREN SMITH, KEVIN WATT AND LEE HOLLIS WERE ALL INCLUDED ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH.
FIRST HALF
DUNFERMLINE GOT THE GAME OFF TO A FANTASTIC START AND IT WAS FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYER GRAEME HOLMES THAT GOT THEM OFF TO THIS AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF THE GAME HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND FOR HIS FIRST GOAL OF HIS DUNFERMLINE CAREER. STEVEN BELL HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR DUNFERMLINE NINE MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE.
AIRDRIE FOUND A WAY BACK INTO THE GAME ON THE 14TH MINUTE AS JOE CARDLE WAS FOULED IN THE BOX BY GREG ROSS AND REFEREE CALUM MURRAY AWARDED A PENALTY AND FROM IT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER AND HIS 4TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. DUNFERMLINE RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE A MINUTE LATER AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX STEVEN BELL SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WAS TO HAVE AIRDRIE�S SECOND CHANCE TWO MINUETS AFTER THIS AS HE HIT A CURLING SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT PAUL GALLACHER MADE THE SAVE. DUNFERMLINE TRIED TO PUT PRESSURE ON AIRDRIE AND ON THE 17TH MINUTE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT GRAEME HOLMES SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS UNDER THE CROSSBAR WHICH FORCED STEPHEN ROBERTSON TO CLEAR THE DANGER.
AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO DUNFERMLINE�S CHANCE BY HAVING THE NEXT THREE OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 23RD MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND MARC SMYTH HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER STEPHEN MCKENNA HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT ALSO WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEPHEN MCKENNA WAS THE FIRST AIRDRIE PLAYER OF THE NIGHT SHOWN A YELLOW CARD. A FEW MINUTES LATER PAUL DI GIACOMO SKIPPED BY A DUNFERMLINE PLAYER INSIDE THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT WHICH LOOKED DESTINED FOR THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET BUT PAUL GALLACHER GOT DOWN LOW TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL FEEL TO STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND CLEARED BY THE DUNFERMLINE DEFENCE.
ON THE 31ST MINUTE DUNFERMLINE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE NIGHT AS GREG ROSS WHO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH JOE CARDLE WAS SUBSTITUTED AND THIS MEANT CALUM WOODS CAME ON. DUNFERMLINE HAD TWO MORE CHANCES BEFORE THE HALF CAME TO AN END AFTER THIS AS ON THE 39TH MINUTE ANDY KIRK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND THEN RORY LOY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEPHEN ROBERTSON WAS YELLOW CARDED AND THE TEAMS REMAINED LEVEL HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
DUNFERMLINE HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE HALF SIX MINUTES INTO IT WHEN ANDY KIRK HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER SEVEN MINUTES UNTIL THEY HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN WILLIAM MCLACHLAN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DUNFERMLINE�S RORY LOY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND ON THE 60TH MINUTE SCOTT THOMSON HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE.
THIS WAS TO BE DUNFERMLINE�S SCOTT THOMSON�S LAST INVOLVEMENT IN THE GAME AS HE CAME OFF AND GRAHAM BAYNE CAME ON. MARC SMYTH WAS AIRDRIE�S THIRD PLAYER YELLOW CARDED ON THE 65TH MINUTE AND ON THE 73RD MINUTE DUNFERMLINE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AND FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX SUBSTITUTE GRAHAM BAYNE HIT A FANTASTIC VOLLEY WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND DUNFERMLINE THE LEAD.
ON THE 75TH MINUTE SIMON LYNCH WAS YELLOW CARDED AND BOTH TEAMS MADE SUBSTITUTIONS AS FOR AIRDRIE STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND KEVIN WATT CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND SIMON LYNCH AND FOR DUNFERMLINE JAMIE MOLE CAME ON FOR ANDY KIRK. IT WAS DUNFERMLINE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOUR MINUTES LATER WHEN JAMIE MOLE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE THEN HAD AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO GET AN EQUALIZER ON THE 83RD MINUTE AS THE BALL WAS LAID BACK TO STEPHEN MAGUIRE INSIDE THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE�S JAMIE MOLE HAD THEIR LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AN UNMARKED DAVID NIXON HAD AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO FORCE A REPLAY WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. WILLIAM MCLACHLAN WAS TO HAVE THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME SHORTLY AFTER THIS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND DURING STOPPAGE TIME HE BECAME AIRDRIE�S FINAL PLAYER TO BE YELLOW CARDED AS THE DIAMONDS WENT CRASHING OUT THE CUP.