INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 0-3 KILMARNOCK
PRE SEASON FRIENDLY GAME 4
VENUE - EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME - 3:00PM
DATE - 19 JULY 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 - MAN OF THE MATCH, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � TRIALIST SIMON LYNCH, 11 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL
SUBS
USED
14 � JOE CARDLE FOR 11 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 15 � STUART NOBLE FOR 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO
NOT USED
12 � DAVID GILLIES, 16 � TRIALIST � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
7) DARREN SMITH
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S PRE SEASON FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN CONTINUED AGAINST KILMARNOCK AT THE EXCELSIOR STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER THEY SUFFERED THERE SECOND PRE SEASON FRIENDLY DEFEAT AS THEY LOST 0-3.
FIRST HALF
SPL TEAM KILMARNOCK GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS ON THE 3RD MINUTE DANNY INVINCIBLE HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE TRIED TO LOB STEPHEN ROBERTSON FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER STEVEN MCDOUGALL SENT AN EXCELLENT CROSS INTO THE BOX AND DARREN SMITH GOT ONTO IT WITH A DIVING HEADER FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. KILMARNOCK WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FIRSTLY ON THE 8TH MINUTE DANNY INVINCIBLE GOT ONTO THE END OF A CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A HEADER FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 17TH MINUTE CRAIG BRYSON GOT ONTO THE END OF A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
THE NEXT CHANCE THEN CAME FOR NEW SIGNING SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN ON THE 28TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. TEN MINUTES LATER FORMER AIRDRIEONIANS PLAYER DAVID FERNANDEZ HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND IT ENDED UP FALLING TO A KILMARNOCK PLAYER AND HE PASSED IT OUT TO JAMES FOWLER WHO WAS ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE UNLEASHED A STUNNING SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX WHICH WENT FLYING INTO TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE KILMARNOCK THE LEAD.
THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THIS HALF. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS OUR LAST CHANCE ON THE 39TH MINUTE WHEN KEVIN MCDONALD HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER GAVIN SKELTON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR KILMARNOCK BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE HALF KILMARNOCK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BACK POST WHERE MEHDI TAOUIL WAS AND HE BROUGHT THE BALL DOWN AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE AND KILMARNOCK WENT INTO HALF TIME ONLY LEADING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF SPL TEAM KILMARNOCK GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS ON THE 47TH MINUTE JAMIE HAMILL HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER GARY HAY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT FOR KILMARNOCK BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. THEN ON THE 55TH MINUTE STEVEN MCDOUGALL PLAYED DARREN SMITH IN ON GOAL FOR OUR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AND DARREN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER TRIALIST SIMON LYNCH BROKE IN ON GOAL AND WAS READY TO HIT A SHOT BUT AN EXCELLENT TACKLE BY KILMARNOCK LED TO THEM BREAKING AWAY ON A COUNTER ATTACK AND EVENTUALLY DANNY INVINCIBLE RACING ONE ON ONE WITH STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND ROUNDING HIM AND TAPPING THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET TO DOUBLE THERE LEAD.
ON THE 65TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS HAD A GOOD CHANCE TO PULL A GOAL BACK AS GOOD SKILL BY PAUL DI GIACOMO INSIDE THE BOX LED TO HIM TURNING HIS MARKER AND HITTING A SHOT FROM SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST. A MINUTE LATER WE MADE OUR ONLY TWO SUBSTITUTIONS OF THE DAY AS JOE CARDLE AND STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND PAUL DI GIACOMO. THEN ON THE 75TH MINUTE DARREN SMITH SENT AN EXCELLENT CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH STUART NOBLE GOT ONTO A FEW YARDS FROM GOAL WITH A HEADER BUT KILMARNOCK SUBSTITUTE GOALKEEPER CHAD HARPUR WAS ABLE TO BLOCK IT AND FROM THE REBOUND STUART NOBLE HIT ANOTHER SHOT BUT THIS TIME CHAD HARPUR WAS ABLE TO BLOCK WITH HIS FEET AND THE BALL WENT OUT FOR A CORNER BUT FROM THIS KILMARNOCK CLEARED THE DANGER.
THE DIAMONDS WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 79TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT CHAD HARPUR WAS ABLE TO TIP THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED THE DANGER. TWO MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT CHAD HARPUR AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. THEN WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING TRIALIST SIMON LYNCH HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE BALL RATTLED THE CROSSBAR AND WENT OVER. A MINUTE LATER DARREN SMITH EXCELLENTLY BROKE INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS PARRIED AND FROM THE REBOUND STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND THEN JOE CARDLE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS ALSO BLOCKED AND KILMARNOCK EVENTUALLY CLEARED THE DANGER.
WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE GAME REMAINING KILMARNOCK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN THE IMPRESSIVE DANNY INVINCIBLE TURNED HIS MAN AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND UNLEASHED A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND WIN THE GAME THREE NIL FOR KILMARNOCK.