HOMEPAGE
AIRDRIE UNITED - AWARDS
AIRDRIE UNITED - CLUB INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED - LINKS
AIRDRIE UNITED - LOTTERY INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED - POTY INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED - SUPPORTERS BUSES
FIXTURES AND RESULTS
MATCH REPORTS
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
COMPETITIVE GOALS SCORED
1ST TEAM STATISTICS
MANAGEMENT TEAM
PLAYER PROFILES
INTERVIEWS
AIRDRIE UNITED - YOUTH TEAMS
AIRDRIE UNITED - FORMER PLAYERS
CLYDE RESERVES 1-0 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES OPENED THEIR LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AGAINST CLYDE RESERVES AT BROADWOOD AND THEY LOST 0-1.
THE TEAM WAS MADE UP OF A MIXTURE OF FIRST TEAM SQUAD PLAYERS AND PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19S. ALSO ZACH KILDAY FROM THE UNDER 17S WAS NAMED ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH.
FIRST HALF
IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE GAME BOTH TEAMS HAD OPPORTUNITIES. FIRSTLY THREE MINUTES INTO IT DAVID GILLIES HAD A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. CLYDE THEN HAD A CHANCE A MINUTE LATER AND FROM IT THEY TOOK THE LEAD AS A PLAYER FOUND SPACE IN THE BOX AND PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET. CLYDE THEN HAD ANOTHER THREE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES HOWEVER THEY WERE ALL OFF TARGET.
OUR RESERVES CREATED THREE OPPORTUNITIES OF THEIR OWN FROM THE 18TH MINUTE. FIRSTLY DAVID GILLIES FORCED PETER CHERRIE A FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED GOALKEEPER TO MAKE A SAVE FROM A SHOT ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT. NEXT FROM A KYLE JENKINS LONG BALL STUART NOBLE RAN TOWARDS GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX PLAYED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL TO KEVIN WATT WHO HIT A SHOT HOWEVER PETER CHERRIE MADE AN EXCELLENT SHOT STOPPING SAVE BY TIPPED THE BALL ROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER CLYDE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR. STEVEN MCDOUGALL WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 24TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST.
BOTH TEAMS CREATED A FEW MORE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 25TH MINUTE CLYDE FORCED LEE HOLLIS TO MAKE A REFLEX SAVE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT. STEVEN MCDOUGALL HAD OUR RESERVES NEXT OPPORTUNITY WHEN STUART NOBLE PLAYED HIM IN ON THE 31ST MINUTE BUT HIS SHOT WENT WIDE. DAVID TAYLOR AND KYLE JENKINS ALSO HAD SHOTS AT GOAL BUT BOTH THERE EFFORTS WERE OFF TARGET. CLYDE HAD TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE 41ST MINUTE A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WENT WIDE AND A MINUTE BEFORE HALF TIME FROM A CORNER A PLAYER HEADED IT TOWARDS GOAL BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
SECOND HALF
THE START OF THE SECOND HALF SAW CLYDE COME CLOSE IN THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED BY LEE HOLLIS. LEE HOLLIS WAS AGAIN CALLED INTO ACTION ON THE 53RD MINUTE WHEN A CROSS INTO THE BOX SAW A CLYDE PLAYER DIVERT A HEADER TOWARDS GOAL WHICH LEE DIVED DOWN AT TO TIP THE BALL ONTO THE POST AND OUR DEFENCE THEN CLEARED THE DANGER.
KEVIN WATT WAS THEN BOOKED FOUR MINUTES LATER AND DIDN�T SEE MUCH MORE ACTION AS HE WAS SUBBED JUST AFTER THE HOUR MARK AS UNDER 19S PLAYER SHAUN CAIRNEY CAME ON FOR HIM.
MARVYN WILSON ANOTHER FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYER WENT CLOSE FOR CLYDE WITH THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY OF THE GAME ON THE 71ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. CLYDE HAD ANOTHER TWO OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES WHEN FROM TWO CORNERS A PLAYER HEADED TOWARDS GOAL BUT LEE HOLLIS WAS ABLE TO MAKE TWO SAVES.
FRASER CRAIG HAD OUR RESERVES NEXT OPPORTUNITY WHEN FROM A STEVEN MCDOUGALL CORNER HE GOT ON THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED BY PETER CHERRIE. GRAEME FOX WAS THE SECOND AIRDRIE PLAYER IN THE BOOK AS WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME HE WAS BOOKED FOR A HAND BALL. OUR RESERVES CREATED THE REMAINDER OF THE CHANCES IN THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 43RD MINUTE STUART NOBLE PLAYED THE BALL TO KYLE JENKINS AND HE RAN TOWARDS GOAL BEFORE PASSING IT THROUGH TO DAVID GILLIES IN THE BOX WHO HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DAVID GILLIES WAS THEN THE PROVIDER OF THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT WHEN HE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR GOT ONTO THE END OF THE CROSS WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED AND THE GAME FINISHED 0-1 TO CLYDE RESERVES.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MATCH INFORMATION