INFO
EAST FIFE 0-2 AIRDRIE UNITED
CHALLENGE CUP ROUND 2
VENUE � BAYVIEW
KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM
DATE - 13 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, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 10 � SIMON LYNCH - 1 GOAL
11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
12 � DARREN SMITH - 1 GOAL - MAN OF THE MATCH FOR 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL ,
14 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN FOR 11 � JOE CARDLE , 15 � STUART NOBLE FOR 10 � SIMON LYNCH
NOT USED
16 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
12 - DARREN SMITH
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED PROGRESSED TO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE ALBA CHALLENGE CUP TONIGHT AS THEY WON 2-0 AGAINST SECOND DIVISION EAST FIFE THANKS TO GOALS FROM SIMON LYNCH AND DARREN SMITH.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE UNITED HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT AS MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL DI GIACOMO SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED BY MICHAEL BROWN. TWO MINUTES LATER EAST FIFE HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS EAST FIFE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE ANOTHER SAVE. THEN ON THE 10TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS HAD THERE SECOND CHANCE OF THE GAME AS MARC SMYTH CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED SIMON LYNCH WAS AND SIMON HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS FIRST GOAL OF HIS AIRDRIE CAREER AND TO GIVE THE DIAMONDS THE LEAD.
EAST FIFE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 11TH MINUTE CHRIS TEMPLEMAN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 23RD MINUTE THEY HAD ANOTHER GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE ANOTHER SAVE. FIVE MINUTES LATER MATTHEW HAZLEY HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE AS HE WENT BY A FEW MEN AND CUT INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. ON THE 37TH MINUTE EAST FIFE HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT AN OVERHEAD KICK FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND THE DIAMONDS WERE TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 59TH MINUTE WHEN JOE CARDLE WENT BY A MAN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. A MINUTE LATER EAST FIFE HAD A CHANCE AS CHRIS TEMPLEMAN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON. SHORTLY AFTER THIS A GOOD ATTACKING MOVE BY THE DIAMONDS LED TO AN UNMARKED STEVEN MCDOUGALL HITTING A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST. EAST FIFE WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER GO A MINUTE AFTER THIS WHEN AN UNMARKED PLAYER HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OUT FOR AN AIRDRIE THROW IN.
ON THE 64TH MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS DARREN SMITH CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL. HOWEVER IT WAS EAST FIFE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 69TH MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN CAME ON FOR JOE CARDLE. AGAIN IT WAS TO BE EAST FIFE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX A HEADER FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE ANOTHER SAVE. THE DIAMONDS THEN MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME ON THE 75TH MINUTE AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR SIMON LYNCH.
IT WAS TO BE AIRDRIE WHO HAD THE REMAINDER OF THE CHANCES IN THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 84TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT MICHAEL BROWN�S LEG TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST FOR A CORNER AND FROM THIS CORNER DARREN SMITH CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND EAST FIFE FAILED TO CLEAR THE BALL PROPERLY AND IT ENDED UP BACK WITH DARREN SMITH WHO WAS JUST INSIDE THE BOX AND DARREN EXCELLENTLY CURLED THE BALL INTO THE TOP CORNER OF NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME AIRDRIE WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT KEVIN MCDONALD QUICKLY PASSED TO DARREN SMITH AND HE SENT AN INCH PERFECT CROSS INTO THE BACK POST WHERE PAUL DI GIACOMO WAS AND PAUL TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED THE GOAL. THEN DURING INJURY TIME MARC SMYTH HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT AS HE HIT A CURLING SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST AND THE DIAMONDS WON THE GAME 2-0.