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AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES 3-3 PARTICK THISTLE RESERVES
MATCH REPORT
IN AN ENTERTAINING GAME WHICH SAW SIX GOALS AND TWO GOALS CHOPPED OFF AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES TOOK ON PARTICK THISTLE RESERVES AT EXCELSIOR STADIUM IN THEIR FOURTH GAME OF THE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AND THEY DREW 3-3 THANKS TO A GOAL FROM DAVID GILLIES AND TWO GOALS FROM KEVIN WATT.
THE TEAM WAS MADE UP OF A MIXTURE OF FIRST TEAM SQUAD PLAYERS, A TRIALIST AND UNDER 19S CENTRE DEFENDER FRASER CRAIG AND FIVE UNDER 19 PLAYERS WERE NAMED ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH.
FIRST HALF
OUR RESERVES STARTED THE GAME BRIGHTLY AND AFTER ONLY FOUR MINUTES INTO THE GAME THEY TOOK THE LEAD WHEN BRYAN PRUNTY BEAT TWO MEN ON THE LEFT WING AND CUT INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT WHICH THE PARTICK KEEPER PARRIED AWAY BUT DAVID GILLIES REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0.
SHORTLY AFTER THIS PARTICK HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE WHEN SIMON DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. OUR RESERVES WERE TO DOMINATE THE NEXT TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME AND HAD FOUR SHOTS. FIRSTLY ON THE 10TH MINUTE FRASER CRAIG SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A STEVEN MCDOUGALL CORNER BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE TRIALIST HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS ALSO SAVED AND A MINUTE LATER DAVID GILLIES HAD A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AS WELL. THEN ON THE 17TH MINUTE FROM A STEVEN MCDOUGALL CORNER JAMES SHARP SENT A HEADER FROM THE BACK POST ACROSS THE GOALMOUTH AND BRYAN PRUNTY TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT THE GOAL WAS CHOPPED OFF FOR OFFSIDE.
PARTICK WERE NEXT TO HAVE A GO WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED BY LEE HOLLIS. PARTICK HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FIVE MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM IT SIMON DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PADDY O�KEEFE FOUND THE NET WITH A WELL PLACED HEADER TO MAKE IT 1-1.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME CAME ON THE 29TH MINUTE WHEN STEVEN MCDOUGALL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. OUR TRIALIST HAD A GO A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED. STEPHEN MCKEOWN WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO WHEN HE BROKE THROUGH THE PARTICK DEFENCE AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED.
PARTICK WERE TO HAVE THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR RESERVES WERE TO HAVE TWO MORE CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME, FIRSTLY STEVEN MCDOUGALL BEAT TWO MEN AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED. STEVEN MCDOUGALL WAS TO CREATE THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE BEAT A MAN ON THE LEFT WING AND PASSED THE BALL ACROSS TO KEVIN WATT WHO CUT INTO THE BOX AND FIRED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO SEND OUR RESERVES INTO HALF TIME 2-1 UP.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF STARTED OUR RESERVES MADE A CHANGE AS UNDER 19S DEFENDER STEVEN MACMILLAN WAS BROUGHT ON FOR JAMES SHARP.
THE OPENING FIFTEEN MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF SAW ONE CHANCE FOR EACH TEAM. FIRSTLY TWO MINUTES INTO IT PARTICK BROKE INTO THE BOX AND CUT THE BALL BACK AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. DAVID GILLIES WAS TO HAVE OUR CHANCE ON THE HOUR MARK WHEN HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
BOTH TEAMS HAD CHANCES WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES. FIRSTLY BRYAN PRUNTY TRIED A CURLING SHOT A MINUTE LATER FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. DARREN SMITH WAS THEN YELLOW CARDED ON THE 65TH MINUTE AND FROM THE ATTACK AFTER THIS PARTICK DREW LEVEL AGAIN WHEN SIMON DONNELLY PLAYED JIMMY GIBSON IN ON GOAL AND HE CHIPPED THE BALL OVER LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-2. PARTICK BROKE INTO THE BOX A FEW MINUTES LATER AND HIT A SHOT WHICH LEE HOLLIS WAS ABLE TO PARRY AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND SIMON DONNELLY SAW HIS EFFORT CLEARED OFF THE LINE.
STEVEN MCDOUGALL WAS TO CREATE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 71ST MINUTE WHEN HE PLAYED KEVIN WATT THROUGH ON GOAL AND KEVIN CALMLY CURLED THE BALL BY THE PARTICK KEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-2 TO OUR RESERVES. OUR TRIALIST WAS TO HAVE A GO A MINUTE LATER FROM 20 YARDS OUT BUT HIS EFFORT WENT WIDE.
PARTICK EQUALIZED AGAIN WITH THE NEXT ATTACK WHEN PAUL DI GIACOMO COLLECTED A LONG THROUGH BALL AND EXCELLENTLY CHIPPED THE BALL OVER LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-3. A MINUTE LATER PARTICK HAD THE BALL IN THE NET AGAIN WHEN A LOW CROSS SAW AN EFFORT BEING PARRIED AWAY BY LEE HOLLIS AND KYLE JENKINS CLEARING THE BALL OFF THE LINE ONLY FOR THE BALL TO BE SENT BACK ACROSS THE BOX FOR STEPHEN CONNER TO TURN INTO THE NET BUT THE GOAL WAS CHOPPED OFF FOR OFFSIDE.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE IN THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 86TH MINUTE DAVID GILLIES HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME LEFT FROM A CUTBACK TO SIMON DONNELLY AT THE TOP OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT WHICH LEE HOLLIS EXCELLENTLY TIPPED OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED AND THE GAME DREW TO A CLOSE.
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