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AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES 1-0 EAST STIRLING RESERVES
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES PLAYED THEIR SECOND GAME OF THEIR LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AGAINST EAST STIRLING RESERVES AT EXCELSIOR STADIUM WHICH THEY WON 1-0 THANKS TO A GOAL BY GRAEME FOX.
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
THE FIRST CHANCE CAME IN THE 16TH MINUTE WHEN FROM A FREE KICK ABOUT
35 YARDS OUT KYLE JENKINS PASSED THE BALL TO BRYAN PRUNTY WHO THEN PASSED THE BALL TO DAVID GILLIES WHO HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. EAST STIRLING HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
DAVID TAYLOR HAD OUR RESERVES NEXT CHANCE A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. EAST STIRLING CREATED TWO OPPORTUNITIES OF THEIR OWN FROM THE 24TH MINUTE. FIRSTLY LEE HOLLIS WAS FORCED TO TIP THE BALL OVER THE BAR WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND FROM THE CORNER OUR DEFENCE WAS ABLE TO CLEAR. THEN ON THE 29TH MINUTE FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT AND LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE.
OUR RESERVES CONTROLLED THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND CREATED FIVE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE HALF TIME. FIRSTLY ON THE 36TH MINUTE DAVID TAYLOR HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT HIS SHOT WENT WIDE. CHRIS MCKEE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DAVID GILLIES THEN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WITH A MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. OUR RESERVES PRESSURE PAID OFF WITH THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM A BRYAN PRUNTY CROSS GRAEME FOX HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT TO GIVE THE EAST STIRLING KEEPER NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 1-0. GRAEME FOX HAD A CHANCE TO GET A SECOND GOAL WITH THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF DURING INJURY TIME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS EXCELLENTLY SAVED BY THE TRAVELLING GOALKEEPER.
SECOND HALF
THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF SAW BOTH TEAMS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. FIRSTLY ON THE 52ND MINUTE FROM A GRAEME FOX CROSS DAVID GILLIES CONTROLLED THE BALL AND HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER EAST STIRLING HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
OUR RESERVES THEN MADE THEIR FIRST CHANGE OF THE GAME AS UNDER 19S PLAYER CALLUM BRADY WAS BROUGHT ON FOR BOBBY DONNELLY. DAVID GILLIES HAD THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY OF THE GAME A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE INTERCEPTED A PASS AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT AT GOAL BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED. A MINUTE LATER FROM A CALLUM BRADY CROSS DAVID TAYLOR BROUGHT THE BALL DOWN INSIDE THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER. OUR RESERVES THEN MADE THEIR SECOND CHANGE OF THE GAME AS UNDER 19 PLAYER KIERAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR ANOTHER UNDER 19 PLAYER DAVID TAYLOR.
HOWEVER IT WAS EAST STIRLING WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME CAME ON THE 68TH MINUTE WHEN KYLE JENKINS PLAYED THE BALL OUT TO KEVIN WATT ON THE LEFT WING WHO THEN SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH DAVID GILLIES SLID ONTO AND TRIED TO DIVERT THE BALL GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. KYLE JENKINS PLAYED A PART AGAIN IN SETTING UP THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN HE CUT THE BALL BACK TO BRYAN PRUNTY WHO HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED BY THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER.
STEVEN MACMILLAN WAS THEN YELLOW CARDED ON THE 72ND MINUTE FOR A LATE CHALLENGE WHICH MEANT EAST STIRLING WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEIR PLAYER HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR RESERVES THEN MADE THEIR LAST CHANGE OF THE GAME ON THE 76TH MINUTE WHEN THEY BROUGHT ON UNDER 17S DEFENDER ZACH KILDAY FOR UNDER 19 PLAYER STEVEN MACMILLAN. GRAEME FOX PLAYED A PART IN SETTING UP THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 82ND MINUTE WHEN HE PLAYED DAVID GILLIES THROUGH BUT HIS SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX WAS SAVED AND THE GAME WENT ONTO FINISH 1-0 TO AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES.
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