INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED 2-1 SPARTANS
SCOTTISH CUP ROUND 4
VENUE � EXCELSIOR
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 10 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � WILLIAM MCLACHLAN, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 � BOBBY DONNELLY,
6 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL � MAN OF THE MATCH, , 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA
9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO - 1 GOAL, 10 � SIMON LYNCH � 1 GOAL, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS - USED
12 � DARREN SMITH FOR 11 - JOE CARDLE, 14 - MICHAEL BROWN FOR 5 - BOBBY DONNELLY,
16 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE FOR 10 - SIMON LYNCH
SUBS - NOT USED
15 - STUART NOBLE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
7 - STEVEN MCDOUGALL
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED PROGRESSED TO THE FIFTH ROUND OF THE HOMECOMING SCOTTISH CUP AFTER WINING 2-1 AGAINST NON LEAGUE SPARTANS THANKS TO GOALS FROM STRIKERS PAUL DI GIACOMO AND SIMON LYNCH.
FIRST HALF
ALL OF THE CHANCES DURING THE FIRST HALF WERE FOR AIRDRIE AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 6TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND SIMON LYNCH GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER STEVEN MCDOUGALL WENT BY A FEW SPARTANS DEFENDERS AND HIT A CURLING SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. STEVEN MCDOUGALL WAS TO SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 14TH MINUTE AS HE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX TO JOE CARDLE AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE CAME WITHIN INCHES OF TAKEN THE LEAD AS FROM A WILLIAM MCLACHLAN CROSS INTO THE BOX PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST.
AIRDRIE MADE THEIR PRESSURE COUNT ON THE 26TH MINUTE AS SIMON LYNCH PLAYED PAUL DI GIACOMO IN ON GOAL AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT PAUL DI GIACOMO PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD. SIX MINUTES LATER SIMON LYNCH HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SPARTANS GOALKEEPER CHRIS FLOCKHART EXCELLENTLY TIPPED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING JOE CARDLE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT CHRIS FLOCKHART MADE THE SAVE AND DROPPED THE BALL AND SIMON LYNCH SLID IN TO TURN THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF BEGAN AIRDRIE MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS DARREN SMITH CAME ON FOR AN INJURED JOE CARDLE. IT WAS SPARTANS WHO HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF THOUGH AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX KEITH MCLEOD GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE A SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON FOR BOBBY DONNELLY. IT WAS SPARTANS WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH WHEN GAVIN MALIN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH SLIPPED PAST STEPHEN ROBERTSON AND INTO THE NET. ON THE 68TH MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE CAME ON FOR SIMON LYNCH. IT WAS SPARTANS WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AGAIN THOUGH AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX GAVIN MALIN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SPARTANS HAD ONE MORE CHANCE IN THE GAME AND WITH IT KEITH MCLEOD HAD THE BALL IN THE NET BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED IT FOR A CLASH WITH STEPHEN ROBERTSON.
AIRDRIE�S PAUL DI GIACOMO WOULD HAVE TWO SHOTS AFTER THIS BUT SPARTANS GOALKEEPER CHRIS FLOCKHART MADE SAVES FROM BOTH OF THEM. WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES TO GO STEPHEN MAGUIRE TRIED TO EXTEND AIRDRIE�S LEAD WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME KEVIN MCDONALD HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE WON THE GAME 2-1 TO ADVANCE TO THE FIFTH ROUND OF THE HOMECOMING SCOTTISH CUP.