INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 0-0 LIVINGSTON
LEAGUE GAME 13
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 08 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON � MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 � MARC SMYTH, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD,
5 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � DARREN SMITH, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � SIMON LYNCH, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
14 � MICHAEL BROWN FOR 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 15 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL FOR 7 � DARREN SMITH
16 � SIMON LYNCH FOR 10 � SIMON LYNCH
NOT USED
12 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - STEPHEN ROBERTSON
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED AND LIVINGSTON SERVED UP A 0-0 DRAW IN THE LEAGUE AT THE EXCELSIOR STADIUM.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUIET START AS THE FIRST CHANCE WASN�T UNTIL THE 20TH MINUTE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN MARC SMYTH HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. IT WAS ANOTHER ELEVEN MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT CHANCE AND WHEN IT CAME IT WAS FOR LIVINGSTON AS LIAM FOX HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON EXCELLENTLY GOT A HAND TO IT TO PARRY IT AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND CALLUM ELLIOT HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT IT WAS CHOPPED OFF FOR OFFSIDE. BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE SHOTS FROM DISTANCE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES MURRAY DAVIDSON FOR LIVINGSTON AND KEVIN MCDONALD FOR AIRDRIE BUT BOTH TEAMS� EFFORTS WERE OFF TARGET.
ON THE 39TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THE BALL IN THE BACK OF THE NET AS JOE CARDLE HIT A LOW SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX WHICH WAS PARRIED AWAY BY RODDY MCKENZIE STRAIGHT TO SIMON LYNCH�S FEET AND HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT IT WAS CHOPPED OFF FOR OFFSIDE. THERE WAS ONLY TO BE TWO MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND THEY WERE BOTH FOR LIVINGSTON. FIRSTLY ON THE 40TH MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND AN UNMARKED CHRIS INNES SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT HIT THE BAR AND BOUNCED DOWN INTO STEPHEN ROBERTSON�S HAND. A MINUTE LATER LIVINGSTON SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MURRAY DAVIDSON GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THE GAME REMAINED GOALLESS HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY OF THE HALF CAME FOR LIVINGSTON ON THE 51ST MINUTE AS FROM A LONG RODDY MCKENZIE KICK OUT LIVINGSTON�S CALLUM ELLIOT TRIED TO GET ONTO IT BUT A BRAVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON JUST BEAT HIM TO THE BALL. EIGHT MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR DARREN SMITH AND SIMON LYNCH. A FEW MINUTES LATER MARC SMYTH WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR A FOUL AND FROM THE RESULTING FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL DAVID MACKAY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING HIGH AND WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ANTHONY MCPARLAND WENT CLOSE FOR LIVINGSTON WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON WAS ABLE TO TIP THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
LIVINGSTON HAD THEIR BEST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 65TH MINUTE AS STEPHEN ROBERTSON RACED OUT HIS GOAL TO CLEAR THE BALL BUT HIS CLEARANCE FELL TO THE FEET OF ROCCO QUINN WHO WAS ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CHIP HIM BUT ROCCO�S CHIP WENT OVER THE BAR. LIVINGSTON CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND TWO MINUTES LATER CALLUM ELLIOT HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. ANTHONY MCPARLAND HAD A GREAT CHANCE FOR LIVINGSTON ON THE 70TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A CURLING EFFORT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER LIVINGSTON WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT JOE HAMILL HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. DURING THE FINAL TEN MINUTES BOTH TEAMS MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON FOR KEVIN MCDONALD FOR AIRDRIE AND AS GARY MILLER CAME ON FOR ROCCO QUINN FOR LIVINGSTON. HOWEVER NEITHER TEAM WAS ABLE TO CREATE ANOTHER CHANCE IN THE GAME AND IT FINISHED 0-0.