INFO
LIVINGSTON 1-2 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 6
VENUE � ALMONDVALE
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE - 13 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � MARC SMYTH, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 � BOBBY DONNELLY,
6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � SIMON LYNCH - 1 GOAL - MAN OF THE MATCH, 11 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN - 1 GOAL
SUBS
USED
12 � DARREN SMITH FOR 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 14 � MICHAEL BROWN FOR 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL
15 � STUART NOBLE FOR 11 � SIMON LYNCH
NOT USED
16 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
10 - SIMON LYNCH
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED PRODUCED ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE TO WIN 2-1 AGAINST TOP OF THE LEAGUE LIVINGSTON AT ALMONDVALE THANKS TO GOALS FROM SIMON LYNCH AND SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN.
FIRST HALF
LIVINGSTON STARTED THE GAME BRIGHTLY AND ON THE 7TH MINUTE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT WHEN JOE HAMILL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER LIVINGSTON�S ROCCO QUINN ROBBED AIRDRIE OF POSSESSION INSIDE THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON SAVED THE BALL WITH HIS LEGS AND OUR DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. LIVINGSTON CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 14TH MINUTE LIAM FOX HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES AFTER THIS ANTHONY MCPARLAND HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND OUR DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CALLUM ELLIOT HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON GOT FINGERTIPS TO IT AND TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. LIVINGSTON WERE TO HAVE THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 27TH MINUTE WHEN ROCCO QUINN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE WITH HIS BODY AND FROM THE REBOUND LIVINGSTON HIT ANOTHER SHOT BUT IT WENT OUT FOR A THROW IN.
AIRDRIE WERE TO DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND ON THE 31ST MINUTE PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER SIMON LYNCH BROKE IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE SENT THE BALL INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE LIVINGSTON GOALKEEPER TIERRE MARTINI NO CHANCE AND AIRDRIE THE LEAD. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE GOAL THE DIAMONDS WON A CORNER AND FROM IT STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING PAUL LOVERING SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND SIMON LYNCH SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THE DIAMONDS WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
AIRDRIE CONTINUED FROM WHERE THEY LEFT OFF IN THE FIRST HALF AS ON THE 48TH MINUTE PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER STEVEN MCDOUGALL SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIMON LYNCH WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 56TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER STEVEN MCDOUGALL SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH SIMON LYNCH CONTROLLED AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 63RD MINUTE SIMON LYNCH WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST. A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE MADE THERE PRESSURE COUNT AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN SENT AN UNSTOPPABLE SHOT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET FOR HIS 3RD GOAL OF THE SEASON AND TO GIVE TIERRE MARTINI NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 2-0. EIGHT MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS DARREN SMITH CAME ON FOR PAUL DI GIACOMO AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL.
LIVINGSTON WERE TO HAVE THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 79TH MINUTE WHEN ROCCO QUINN HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR SIMON LYNCH. THEN ON THE 84TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS DARREN SMITH HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING LIVINGSTON HAD THERE PENULTIMATE CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON EXCELLENTLY TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. HOWEVER DURING INJURY TIME LIVINGSTON GOT A CONSOLATION GOAL AS THE BALL WAS CROSSED ACROSS THE GOAL TO AN UNMARKED CALLUM ELLIOTT AT THE BACK POST AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH AND AIRDRIE WON 2-1.