INFO
ROSS COUNTY 2-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 8
VENUE � VICTORIA PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 27 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 - MAN OF THE MATCH, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 � STUART NOBLE, 11 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN
SUBS - USED
15 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 10 � STUART NOBLE, 16 � JOE CARDLE FOR 3 � PAUL LOVERING
SUBS - NOT USED
12 � DARREN SMITH, 14 � MICHAEL BROWN, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
7 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S BAD WEEK CONTINUED AS THEY LOST 2-0 AGAINST ROSS COUNTY AT VICTORIA WEEK IN THE 8TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE ROSS COUNTY�S MARK MCCULLOCH HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER KEVIN MCDONALD HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT TONY BULLOCK MADE THE SAVE. ROSS COUNTY WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT FEW CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 8TH MINUTE MICHAEL GARDYNE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER ALEX KEDDIE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH STEVEN CRAIG GOT ONTO THE END OF WITH A SHOT BUT HE SCREWED IT WIDE OF GOAL. ON THE 11TH MINUTE DISASTER STUCK FOR AIRDRIE THOUGH AS FROM A DANGEROUS RICHARD BRITTAIN CROSS INTO THE BACK POST MARC SMYTH ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE BALL OUT FOR A CORNER BUT IT WENT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE ROSS COUNTY THE LEAD.
ON THE 15TH MINUTE ROSS COUNTY TRIED TO DOUBLE THEIR LEAD WHEN DYRON DAAL HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT SLOWLY WENT BY THE POST. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 21ST MINUTE ROSS COUNTY WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND ALEX KEDDIE GOT ONTO IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTE LATER PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TONY BULLOCK MADE THE SAVE. ROSS COUNTY WERE TO HAVE THE REMAINING FIVE CHANCES IN THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 28TH MINUTE RICHARD BRITTAIN VOLLEYED A SHOT GOALWARDS FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER MICHAEL GARDYNE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS BUT IT WAS STRAIGHT AT STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND HE MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 37TH MINUTE ROSS COUNTY WERE AWARDED A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PAUL LAWSON HIT A SHOT AS HE CURLED THE BALL OVER THE WALL AND AIMED FOR THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. DYRON DAAL WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR ROSS COUNTY TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE DIAMONDS CAME CLOSE TO EQUALIZING AS INSIDE THE ROSS COUNTY SIX YARD BOX THERE WAS A SCRAMBLE WITH LEGS FLYING IN EVERYWHERE BUT COUNTY EVENTUALLY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 42ND MINUTE DYRON DAAL HAD ROSS COUNTY�S LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND ROSS COUNTY HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
THE HALF STARTED IN SIMILAR FASHION TO THE FIRST HALF AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTES OF THE HALF ROSS COUNTY HAD A CHANCE WHEN STEVEN CRAIG HAD A CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 54TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD A BIG PENALTY APPEAL TUNED DOWN BY THE REFEREE AS STUART NOBLE HAD HIS JERSEY PULLED IN THE BOX BY ROSS COUNTY�S SCOTT BOYD BUT THE REFEREE ALLOWED THE GAME TO CARRY ON. FOUR MINUTES LATER ROSS COUNTY MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS SEAN HIGGINS CAME ON FOR DYRON DAAL. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SEAN HIGGINS WAS INVOLVED IN THE GAME AS HE CREATED ROSS COUNTY�S NEXT CHANCE BY THREADING THE BALL THROUGH TO STEVEN CRAIG WHO WAS INSIDE THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 61ST MINUTE AS PAUL DI GIACOMO PLAYED STEVEN MCDOUGALL THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEVEN HIT A CURLING SHOT BUT TONY BULLOCK PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE ROSS COUNTY DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. FOUR MINUTES LATER ROSS COUNTY SUBSTITUTE SEAN HIGGINS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE CAME ON FOR STUART NOBLE. THEN ON THE 71ST MINUTE BOTH TEAMS MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS JOE CARDLE CAME ON FOR PAUL LOVERING FOR AIRDRIE AND AS ADAM STRACHAN CAME ON FOR MICHAEL GARDYNE FOR ROSS COUNTY.
ROSS COUNTY WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT FIVE CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 73RD MINUTE ALEX KEDDIE BURST DOWN THE WING AND SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH STEVEN CRAIG DIVERTED GOALWARDS WITH A DIVING HEADER BUT IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST. A MINUTE LATER ROSS COUNTY SUBSTITUTE ADAM STRACHAN SENT A LOW CROSS
INTO THE BOX WHICH SEAN HIGGINS GOT ONTO WITH A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST WITH HIS LEGS AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL FELL TO ADAM STRACHAN AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE ROOF OF THE ROSS COUNTY STAND. ON THE 77TH MINUTE ROSS COUNTY�S PRESSURE PAID OFF AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEVEN CRAIG HIT A SHOT WHICH DEFLECTED OFF OF AN AIRDRIE DEFENDER AND WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND DOUBLE THE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS GOAL ADAM STRACHAN HAD A CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. ROSS COUNTY MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION A MINUTE LATER AS SCOTT MORRISON CAME ON FOR STEVEN CRAIG. DURING THE FINAL TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME THERE WAS TO BE EIGHT CHANCES. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS FOR AIRDRIE WHEN STEVEN MCDOUGALL DRILLED A SHOT GOALWARDS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED BY THE ROSS COUNTY DEFENCE. A MINUTE LATER ROSS COUNTY HAD A CHANCE WHEN MARTIN SCOTT PLAYED SEAN HIGGINS IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS PASSED OUT TO MARK MCCULLOCH WHO WAS AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A GO FOR THE DIAMONDS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT TONY BULLOCK MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SEAN HIGGINS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 86TH MINUTE MARTIN SCOTT HAD A GO FOR ROSS COUNTY FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD AIRDRIE�S FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DURING INJURY TIME SEAN HIGGINS HAD ROSS COUNTY�S FINAL CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON AGAIN MADE THE SAVE AND THE GAME FINISHED 2-0 TO ROSS COUNTY.