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HAMILTON RESERVES 1-1 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES PLAYED THEIR THIRD GAME OF THE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AGAINST HAMILTON RESERVES AT NEW DOUGLAS PARK AND THEY CAME FROM BEHIND TO DRAW 1-1 THANKS TO A GOAL FROM KEVIN WATT.
LIKE THE PREVIOUS TWO GAMES 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 AGAIN AND UNDER 17S CAPTAIN SEAN CLARK WAS ALSO ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.
FIRST HALF
THE FIRST CHANCE CAME ON THE 14TH MINUTE WHEN CHRIS MCKEE GOT A HEADER ONTO A DARREN SMITH CROSS FROM ABOUT 10 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. HAMILTON HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS DEFLECTED WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WENT FLYING ACROSS THE BOX AND OUT FOR A THROW IN.
STEVEN MACMILLAN WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO WHEN HE GOT A HEADER ONTO A DARREN SMITH CORNER BUT IT WENT WIDE. THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T COME UNTIL TEN MINUTES LATER AND WHEN IT DID HAMILTON TOOK THE LEAD AS THEY BROKE THROUGH AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH LEE HOLLIS WAS ABLE TO PARRY AWAY BUT THEY REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD.
DAVID GILLIES WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 32ND MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. HAMILTON THEN HAD ANOTHER GO OF THEIR OWN A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE EACH BEFORE HALF TIME. FIRSTLY ON THE 40TH MINUTE KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO THE END OF A DARREN SMITH CROSS WITH AN OVERHEAD KICK SHOT BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED. THEN A MINUTE LATER HAMILTON HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF STARTED OUR RESERVES MADE A CHANGE AS UNDER 17S DEFENDER ZACH KILDAY WAS BROUGHT ON FOR CALLUM BRADY.
THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF SAW ONE CHANCE AND IT CAME ON THE 52ND MINUTE WHEN DAVID GILLIES HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. CHRIS MCKEE WAS THEN YELLOW CARDED A FEW MINUTES LATER FOR A LATE CHALLENGE.
DAVID GILLIES THEN HAD ANOTHER GO JUST AFTER THE HOUR MARK WHEN HE HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THIS TIME IT WENT WIDE. OUR RESERVES THEN MADE THEIR SECOND CHANGE OF THE GAME ON THE 71ST MINUTE WHEN THEY BROUGHT ON UNDER 17S CAPTAIN SEAN CLARK FOR HIS RESERVE TEAM DEBUT FOR DAVID TAYLOR
OUR RESERVES CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AFTER THIS AS A MINUTE LATER FRASER CRAIG GOT A HEADER ONTO A DARREN SMITH CORNER BUT IT WENT WIDE. DAVID GILLIES WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 76TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THIS TIME THE HAMILTON GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY TIPPED THE BALL ROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR. KEVIN WATT WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED.
OUR RESERVES PRESSURE EVENTUALLY PAID OFF WITH FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME TO GO WHEN KEVIN WATT TURNED HIS MARKER INSIDE THE BOX AND FIRED A SHOT HIGH INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-1. KEVIN WAS THEN TO HAVE THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME IN INJURY TIME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DARREN SMITH WAS YELLOW CARDED SHORTLY AFTER THIS FOR A LATE CHALLENGE AS THE GAME DREW TO A CLOSE.
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