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ROSS COUNTY 2-3 AIRDRIE UNITED (AFTER EXTRA TIME)
LEAGUE CUP ROUND 1
VENUE � VICTORIA PARK, KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM, DATE - 05 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 - STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 - STEPHEN MCKENNA, 3 - MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 - KEVIN MCDONALD - MAN OF THE MATCH,
5 - BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 - DAVID NIXON, 7 - DARREN SMITH, 8 - SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 - PAUL DI GIACOMO - 2 GOALS,
10 - SIMON LYNCH, 11 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL
SUBS - USED
14 - STUART NOBLE - 1 GOAL FOR 10 - SIMON LYNCH, 15 - JOE CARDLE FOR 7 - DARREN SMITH,
16 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 3 - MATTHEW HAZLEY
SUBS - NOT USED
12 - PAUL LOVERING, 17 - LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
4 - KEVIN MCDONALD
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED PROGRESSED TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE LEAGUE CUP AFTER DEFEATING ROSS COUNTY 3-2 AFTER EXTRA TIME.
FIRST HALF
ON THE 5TH MINUTE OF THE GAME THE DIAMONDS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS MATTHEW HAZLEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED BY TONY BULLOCK. THREE MINUTES LATER ROSS COUNTY HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS FROM A LOW STEVEN CRAIG CROSS TO THE NEAR POST DYRON DAAL GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER COUNTY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A DYRON DAAL CROSS STEVEN CRAIG GOT ONTO THE END OF IT SIX YARDS OUT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DYRON DAAL WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTION AGAIN FOR COUNTY AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 20TH MINUTE THE IMPRESSIVE DYRON DAAL HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR COUNTY AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THE DIAMONDS WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 21ST MINUTE THEY EXCELLENTLY COUNTER ATTACKED A ROSS COUNTY ATTACK AND THIS ENDED UP WITH SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HITTING A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TONY BULLOCK MADE THE SAVE AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. TWO MINUTES LATER THOUGH THE DIAMONDS TOOK THE LEAD AS FROM A LOW STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSS INTO THE BOX PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT FROM A TIGHT ANGLE AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE TONY BULLOCK NO CHANCE AND GIVE THE DIAMONDS THE LEAD. COUNTY TRIED TO RESPOND TO THIS SETBACK BY HAVING A SHOT ON THE 24TH MINUTE FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS THEY HAD A GREAT CHANCE AS DYRON DAAL GOT ONTO THE END OF A LONG BALL AND BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WAS CLEARED BY THE AIRDRIE DEFENCE. ON THE 29TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX SIMON LYNCH HIT A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND BOBBY DONNELLY TRIED TO SEND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND COUNTY CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER RICHIE HART HAD A GO FOR COUNTY FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON. THEN ON THE 34TH MINUTE SIMON LYNCH HAD ANOTHER GO FOR THE DIAMONDS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT TONY BULLOCK EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE COUNTY DEFENCE TURNED IT OUT FOR A CORNER AND FROM THIS THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND BOBBY DONNELLY FLICKED IT ONTO KEVIN MCDONALD WHO HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT ON THE HALF VOLLEY FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TONY BULLOCK MADE THE SAVE. COUNTY WERE TO HAVE THE FINAL THREE CHANCES OF THE HALF AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 38TH MINUTE DYRON DAAL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER THOUGH THE DIAMONDS FAILED TO CLEAR A COUNTY ATTACK AND THE BALL FELL TO DYRON DAAL INSIDE THE BOX AND HE SMASHED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. THEN WITH ONLY A MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING THE BALL WAS PLAYED ACROSS THE BOX AND FROM A FEW YARDS OUT THEY SLIDE ONTO IT AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
THE DIAMONDS GOT THE SECOND HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT KEVIN MCDONALD BEAT THREE MEN AND THEN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. NINE MINUTES LATER ROSS COUNTY HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS PAUL LAWSON HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED MARK MCCULLOCH SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE VAR. THEN ON THE 60TH MINUTE DYRON DAAL HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER COUNTY WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND UNMARKED MARK MCCULLOCH SENT ANOTHER HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT. THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION A MINUTE LATER AS STUART NOBLE CAME ON FOR SIMON LYNCH. TEN MINUTES AFTER THIS STUART NOBLE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE TURNED HIS MAN AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND A MINUTE LATER HE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A DARREN SMITH CROSS HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. HOWEVER ON THE 77TH MINUET COUNTY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AND TOOK THE LEAD AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX RICHIE HART STABBED THE BALL INTO THE NEAR CORNER OF THE NET. THE DIAMONDS RESPONDED TO THIS BY MAKING ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS JOE CARDLE CAME ON FOR DARREN SMITH. HOWEVER IT WAS COUNTY WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 81ST MINUTE AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT SEAN HIGGINS HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER DAVID WINTERS HAD A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR COUNTY BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE ANOTHER SAVE. WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE CAME ON FOR MATTHEW HAZLEY. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS THE DIAMONDS PULLED LEVEL AS FROM INSIDE A CROWED BOX STUART NOBLE UNLEASHED A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING HIGH INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE A CHANCE DURING INJURY TIME FIRSTLY SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FOR THE DIAMONDS BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND THEN DAVID WINTERS HAD A GO FOR COUNTY BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THE GAME WENT INTO EXTRA TIME.
EXTRA TIME
THE FIRST HALF OF EXTRA TIME SAW ONE CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS AND THIS CAME ON THE 103RD MINUTE WHEN STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF EXTRA TIME THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 106TH MINUTE RICHIE HART HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR COUNTY BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUETS LATER THE DIAMONDS EXCELLENTLY COUNTER ATTACKED A COUNTY ATTACK AND THIS LED TO STEPHEN MAGUIRE PASSING THE BALL TO AN UNMARKED PAUL DI GIACOMO INSIDE THE BOX AND HE SLOTTED THE BALL UNDER TONY BULLOCK AND INTO THE NET GIVE THE DIAMONDS THE LEAD. COUNTY RESPONDED TO THIS BY HAVING A GO THROUGH RICHIE HART A MINUTE LATER BUT AGAIN IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 114TH MINUTE JOE CARDLE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING COUNTY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE HAD AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO FINISH THE GAME AS STUART NOBLE PLAYED HIM IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF EXTRA TIME COUNTY HAD ONE FINAL GO BUT THE BALL WENT WIDE AND THE DIAMONDS ADVANCED TO ROUND 2 OF THE LEAGUE CUP.