INFO
PARTICK THISTLE 2-1 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 16
VENUE � FIRHILL
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD,
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY � MAN OF THE MATCH, 6 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,
9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 10 � SIMON LYNCH � 1 GOAL, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
15 � MICHAEL BROWN FOR 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 16 � STUART NOBLE FOR 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY
NOT USED
12 � DAVID NIXON, 14 � DARREN SMITH, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - BOBBY DONNELLY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED WENT SIX GAMES WITHOUT A WIN IN THE LEAGUE TODAY AS THEY LOST 2-1 AGAINST PARTICK THISTLE AT FIRHILL.
FIRST HALF
PARTICK HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 3RD MINUTE AS A WELL WORKED FREE KICK LED TO GARY HARKINS HITTING A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. ELEVEN MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE AS POOR DEFENDING BY PARTICK�S WILLIAM KINNIBURGH INSIDE THE BOX ALLOWED SIMON LYNCH TO NIP IN AND HE FIRED THE BALL ACROSS JONNY TUFFEY AND INTO THE NET FOR HIS 8TH GOAL OF THE SEASON AND TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD. PARTICK WERE LEVEL FIVE MINUTES LATER THOUGH AS GARY HARKINS PICKED UP A FORMER AIRDRIE PLAYER MARK ROBERTS THROUGH BALL INSIDE THE BOX AND HE EXCELLENTLY LOBBED THE BALL OVER STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
ON THE 28TH MINUTE HESITATION BY THE PARTICK DEFENCE INSIDE THE BOX NEARLY LET SIMON LYNCH IN FOR A CHANCE BUT JONNY TUFFEY WAS QUICK OFF HIS LINE TO BLOCK. TEN MINUTES LATER PARTICK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT PAUL PATON CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND LIAM BUCHANAN SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PARTICK HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN LIAM BUCHANAN SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MARK ROBERTS SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT HARMLESSLY WIDE AND THE TEAMS WERE TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
THE HALF GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. A MINUTE LATER A POOR KICK OUT BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON PRESENTED PARTICK�S MARK ROBERTS A CHANCE FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT HIS SHOT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PARTICK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND LIAM BUCHANAN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 62ND MINUTE DISASTER STRUCK FOR AIRDRIE AS FROM A DANGEROUS MARC TWADDLE CROSS TO THE BACK POST SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR BUT HIS CLEARANCE WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE PARTICK THE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JOE CARDLE WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR DISSENT.
AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION ON THE 67TH MINUTE AS MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON FOR KEVIN MCDONALD. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 72ND AND 74TH MINUTE FROM ABOUT 20- 25 YARDS OUT BUT THEY BOTH WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 77TH MINUTE PARTICK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR MATTHEW HAZLEY. IT WAS PARTICK WHO HAD THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF THOUGH. FIRSTLY ON THE 85TH MINUTE KEVIN MCKINLAY WENT BY SOME AIRDRIE PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. THEN WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING SIMON DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. BOBBY DONNELLY WAS THEN YELLOW CARDED BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME AND PARTICK HELD ON TO WIN THE GAME 2-1.