INFO
STENHOUSEMUIR 5-0 AIRDRIE UNITED
PRE SEASON FRIENDLY - GAME 5
VENUE � OCHILVIEW
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE - 21 JULY 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 3 � CALLUM BRADY, 4 � TRIALIST BRIAN GILMOUR, 5 � TRIALIST LIAM ATKINS,
6 � TRIALIST RYAN MCALDON, 7 � KEVIN WATT, 8 � TRIALIST STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 9 � DAVID GILLIES, 10 � STUART NOBLE,
11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
12 � STEPHEN MCKENNA FOR 6 � TRIALIST RYAN MCALDON ,
15 � DAVID NIXON - MAN OF THE MATCH FOR 5 � TRIALIST LIAM ATKINS ,
16 � MURRAY JOHNSTONE FOR 4 � TRIALIST BRIAN GILMOUR
NOT USED
14 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 17 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON
MAN OF THE MATCH
15) DAVID NIXON
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S PRE SEASON FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN ENDED IN DEFEAT TONIGHT AS THEY LOST 0-5 AGAINST STENHOUSEMUIR.
FIRST HALF
THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME CAME FOR THE DIAMONDS ON THE 4TH MINUTE WHEN TRIALIST BRIAN GILMOUR HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE WHEN PAUL TYRRELL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN ON THE 8TH MINUTE STENHOUSEMUIR SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED GRAHAM GIBSON SENT A POWERFUL HEADER INTO THE NET GO GIVE STENHOUSEMUIR THE LEAD. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS STENHOUSEMUIR SCORED AGAIN AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX IAIN THOMSEN HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET GO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE. STENHOUSEMUIR CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 16TH MINUTE THEY SCORED AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY BROKE INTO THE BOX AND CUT THE BALL BACK TO GRAHAM GIBSON AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS PARRIED BY LEE HOLLIS AND FROM THE REBOUND GRAHAM GIBSON PLACED A SHOT BY LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET. THREE MINUTES LATER SCOTT DALZIEL BROKE INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT AS PARRIED BY LEE HOLLIS AND FROM THE REBOUND WE CLEARED.
ON THE 20TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN JOE CARDLE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER JOE CARDLE HAD ANOTHER GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THIS TIME IT WAS SAVED BY STENHOUSEMUIR GOALKEEPER SCOTT BENNETT. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS KEVIN WATT HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 32ND MINUTE GRAHAM GIBSON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND WAS CLEARED BY THE DEFENCE. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED SCOTT DALZIEL PLACED A HEADER INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET TO INCREASE THERE LEAD. BEFORE THE RESTART WE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS SIGNED PLAYERS DAVID NIXON AND STEPHEN MCKENNA CAME ON FOR TRIALISTS LIAM ATKINS AND RYAN MCALDON. THEN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS WE HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND FROM THE REBOUND KEVIN WATT HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR AND STENHOUSEMUIR WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH A FOUR GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
DURING THE FIRST 25 MINUTES OF THIS HALF THERE WERE ONLY TWO CHANCES AND THEY WERE BOTH FOR STENHOUSEMUIR. FIRSTLY ON THE 51ST MINUTE FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX SCOTT DALZIEL SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 69TH MINUTE STEVEN HAMPSHIRE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. WITH ONLY 16 MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING THE DIAMONDS WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND DAVID NIXON SENT A POWERFUL HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND AFTER A GOALMOUTH STRAMASH DAVID GILLIES TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT THE GOAL WAS CHOPPED OFF FOR A FOUL DURING THIS STRAMASH. THEN ON THE 83RD MINUTE WE MADE OUR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS TRIALIST MURRAY JOHNSTONE CAME ON FOR TRIALIST BRIAN GILMOUR.
THERE WAS ONLY TWO MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME AND THESE WERE BOTH FOR STENHOUSEMUIR. FIRSTLY ON THE 84TH MINUTE THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BACK POST AND IT WAS HEADED BACK ACROSS GOAL WHERE GARY THOM WAS AND HE HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO INCREASE STENHOUSEMUIR�S LEAD. THEN WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING STEVEN HAMPSHIRE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND WENT OVER AND THE GAME FINISHED FIVE NIL TO STENHOUSEMUIR.