INFO
ST JOHNSTONE 3-1 AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE GAME 9
VENUE � MCDIARMID PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE � SATURDAY 04 OCTOBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON, 2 � MARC SMYTH � MAN OF THE MATCH, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD,
5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON � 1 GOAL, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO, 10 �SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS - USED
15 � SIMON LYNCH FOR 3 � PAUL LOVERING
SUBS - NOT USED
12 � DARREN SMITH, 14 � MICHAEL BROWN, 16 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
2 - MARC SMYTH
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED SUFFERED THEIR FOURTH LOSS IN A ROW AS THEY LOST 3-1 AGAINST ST JOHNSTONE AT MCDIARMID PARK IN THE 9TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON.
FOR THE GAME KENNY BLACK MADE ONE CHANGE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN THAT LOST 2-0 AGAINST ROSS COUNTY A WEEK AGO AS JOE CARDLE CAME INTO THE STARTING 11 FOR STUART NOBLE.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE A POOR KICK OUT BY ST JOHNSTONE GOALKEEPER ALAN MAIN SAW THE BALL LAND AT PAUL DI GIACOMO�S FEET WHO WAS ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER ALAN MAIN BUT HE MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE FOUND THEMSELVES A GOAL DOWN AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT GAVIN SWANKIE HIT A SHOT WHICH DEFLECTED OFF OF AN AIRDRIE DEFENDER AND WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE.
ON THE 7TH MINUTE KEVIN MCDONALD WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR AIRDRIE FOR A FOUL ON ST JOHNSTONE�S STUART MCCAFFREY. EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THIS AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT ALAN MAIN EXCELLENTLY TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER STEVEN MCDOUGALL AGAIN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX BUT THE ST JOHNSTONE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
ST JOHNSTONE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 28TH MINUTE NICK MCKOY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER DEREK HOLMES NIPPED IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 35TH MINUTE WHEN KEVIN MCDONALD HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ST JOHNSTONE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS WHEN PAUL SHEERIN TRIED HIS LUCK FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN ST JOHNSTONE MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS KEVIN MOON CAME ON FOR NICK MCKOY WHO HAD BEEN YELLOW CARDED FOR ST JOHNSTONE JUST BEFORE HALF TIME.
IT WAS AIRDRIE WHO STARTED THE HALF BETTER THOUGH AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTES OF THE HALF THEY EQUALIZED AS FROM A KEVIN MCDONALD CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED DAVID NIXON SENT A POWERFUL HEADER INTO THE NET TO LEVEL THE GAME AND FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE SEASON. ST JOHNSTONE WENT IN SEARCH OF A GOAL TO RETAKE THE LEAD AND HAD THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 50TH MINUTE LIAM CRAIG SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND STEVEN MILNE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. SIX MINUTES LATER ST JOHNSTONE WAS BACK IN FRONT AS STEVEN MILNE BROKE THE AIRDRIE OFFSIDE TRAP AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE DRILLED THE BALL INTO THE NET. STEVEN MILNE WAS TO HAVE A ANOTHER CHANCE FOR ST JOHNSTONE A MINUTE LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE AS FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT KEVIN MOON HIT A SHOT BUT IT CRASHED OFF STEPHEN ROBERTSON�S RIGHT HAND POST AND WENT WIDE.
ON THE 62ND MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD A CHANCE TO GET BACK ON LEVEL TERMS AS THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND IT FELL TO SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER PAUL SHEERIN HAD A GO FOR ST JOHNSTONE FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 69TH MINUTE STEVEN MILNE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER BOTH TEAMS MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS ST JOHNSTONE BROUGHT ON ALAN MORGAN ON FOR GAVIN SWANKIE AND AS AIRDRIE BROUGHT ON SIMON LYNCH WHO WAS RETURNING FROM INJURY FOR CAPTAIN PAUL LOVERING.
AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES AFTER THIS SUBSTITUTION. FIRSTLY ON THE 77TH MINUTE SUBSTITUTE SIMON LYNCH CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX WHICH PAUL DI GIACOMO GOT ONTO WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND IT FELL TO STEVEN MCDOUGALL WHO HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ST JOHNSTONE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS PETER MACDONALD CAME ON FOR DEREK HOLMES. HOWEVER TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS SIMON LYNCH CAME CLOSE TO EQUALIZING FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE OF THE POST. A MINUTE LATER PETER MACDONALD HAD A CHANCE FOR ST JOHNSTONE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT ON THE VOLLEY FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. DAVID NIXON BECAME THE SECOND AIRDRIE PLAYER TO BE YELLOW CARDED SHORTLY AFTER THIS. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME STEPHEN MCKENNA HAD AIRDRIE�S LAST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. HOWEVER DURING INJURY TIME ST JOHNSTONE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME AND FROM IT THEY SCORED AS FROM A LOW CHRIS MILLAR CROSS INTO THE BACK POST AN UNMARKED STEVEN MILNE FIRED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON NO CHANCE AND WIN THE GAME 3-1 FOR ST JOHNSTONE.