INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 2-0 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
LEAGUE GAME 29
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2009
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 - WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 - DAVID NIXON, 4 - MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN) - 1 GOAL,
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN - 1 GOAL, 7 - DARREN SMITH - MAN OF THE MATCH, 8 - STEPHEN MCKENNA,
9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 10 � JOHN BAIRD, 11 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL
SUBS - USED
12 - KEVIN MCDONALD FOR 11 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 14 - SIMON LYNCH FOR 9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO,
16 - KEVIN WATT FOR 10 - JOHN BAIRD
SUBS - NOT USED
15 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
7 - DARREN SMITH
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED MOVED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE DUE TO WINNING 2-0 AGAINST QUEEN OF THE SOUTH AT HOME AND DUE TO MORTON WINNING 2-0 AGAINST CLYDE.
FOR THE GAME AIRDRIE MADE ONE CHANGE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN FROM THE MORTON GAME AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL WAS HANDED A START AT THE EXPENSE OF KEVIN MCDONALD WHO WAS ON THE BENCH.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE SHOWED THEIR INTENT FROM THE OFF AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAME THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION ON ROUTE TO GOAL AND LEE ROBINSON MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER JOHN BAIRD GOT ONTO THE END OF A STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT AGAIN LEE ROBINSON MADE THE SAVE. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AND ON THE 6TH MINUTE THEY HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT BOB HARRIS HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND TWO MINUTES LATER STEPHEN DOBBIE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
THE SHOTS FROM DISTANCE CONTINUED ON THE 13TH MINUTE AS JOHN BAIRD HAD A GO FOR AIRDRIE FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WERE DEALT A BIG BLOW AS JOINT TOP GOALSCORER PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD TO COME OFF INJURED AND THIS MEANT HE WAS REPLACED BY THE OTHER JOINT TOP GOALSCORER SIMON LYNCH. THERE WAS ONLY TO BE ANOTHER TWO CHANCES IN THE HALF THOUGH AND THEY WERE BOTH FOR QUEEN OF THE SOUTH AND ON THE 33RD MINUTE STEVIE TOSH HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND JUST BEFORE HALF TIME STEPHEN DOBBIE WENT BY A FEW AIRDRIE PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE AND THE TEAMS HEADED INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF THE DIAMONDS GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE HALF SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM DARREN SMITHS KNOCKDOWN INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST TO THE RELIEF OF QUEEN OF THE SOUTH GOALKEEPER LEE ROBINSON WHO WAS WELL BEATEN. TWO MINUTES LATER DARREN SMITH HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX AGAIN LEE ROBINSON MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 50TH MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND MARC SMYTH SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD AND FOR HIS THIRD GOAL OF HIS AIRDRIE CAREER.
AIRDRIE WENT IN SEARCH OF A SECOND GOAL AND ON THE 53RD MINUTE SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN COLLECTED A WILLIAM MCLACHLAN PASS AND FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX HE EXCELLENTLY CURLED THE BALL INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0 AND FOR HIS FIFTH GOAL OF THE SEASON. AIRDRIE REFUSED TO SIT BACK AND LET QUEEN OF THE SOUTH GET BACK IN THE GAME AND ON THE 63RD MINUTE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND MARC SMYTH SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 75TH MINUTE DARREN SMITH WAS YELLOW CARDED AND TWO MINUTES LATER QUEEN OF THE SOUTH HAD THERE ONLY CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN PAUL BURNS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL TWO SUBSTITUTIONS ON THE 82ND AND 86TH MINUTES AS KEVIN MCDONALD AND KEVIN WATT CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND JOHN BAIRD BUT THEIR WAS TO BE NO FURTHER GOALMOUTH ACTION AND AIRDRIE WON THE GAME 2-0 TO GO FIVE GAMES UNBEATEN.