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STRANRAER RESERVES 1-9 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES TOOK ON STRANRAER RESERVES AT STAIR PARK IN THEIR FINAL GAME OF THE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AND THEY WON 9-1 THANKS TO FIVE GOALS FROM MARK FITZPATRICK AND THANKS TO ANTHONY CLARKE AND JAMIE BAIN BOTH SCORING TWO GOALS.
FOR THE GAME IT WAS A YOUNG SQUAD THAT PLAYED AS THE STARTING ELEVEN CONSISTED OF FOUR OF OUR UNDER 19S AND SIX OF OUR UNDER 17S AND TRIALIST RICHY DORNAN.
FIRST HALF
OUR RESERVES SHOWED THERE INTENT FROM THE 4TH MINUTE WHEN ANTHONY CLARKE GOT ON THE END OF A MARK FITZPATRICK CROSS WITH A HEADER FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER IT WAS 1-0 THOUGH AS FROM A LOW PAUL BYRNE CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED JAMIE BAIN FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET. STRANRAER WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES ON THE 7TH AND 13TH MINUTE BUT BOTH SHOTS WERE SAVED BY BOBBY WEIR. ON THE 15TH MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR OUR RESERVES WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER ANTHONY CLARKE SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE FOR MARK FITZPATRICK WHEN HE CUT THE BALL BACK TO MARK AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS MARK HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN ON THE 17TH MINUTE RICHY DORNAN PLAYED MARK FITZPATRICK THROUGH ONE ON ONE WITH THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED BUT FROM THE REBOUND MARK TAPPED A SHOT INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE NIGHT AND TO MAKE IT 2-0. OUR RESERVES CONTINUED TO PRESSURIZE STRANRAER AND ON THE 19TH MINUTE JAMIE BAIN RACED ONE ON ONE WITH THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT HIT THE POST. A MINUTE LATER OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVIDTAYLOR CROSSED THE BOX INTO THE BOX AND FRASER CRAIG SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 22ND MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN HE BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND HE PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 3-0. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS MARK FITZPATRICK HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ANTHONY CLARKE SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE FOR MARK FITZPATRICK AS HE CUT THE BALL BACK TO MARK AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT MARK HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. STRANRAER HAD A RARE CHANCE ON THE 26TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BACK POST AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. THERE WAS TO BE FIVE MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND THEY WERE ALL FOR OUR RESERVES. FIRSTLY ON THE 28TH MINUTE THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER WAS OUT OF POSITION AND DAVID TAYLOR ATTEMPTED TO CHIP HIM FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT HIS CHIP WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT JAMIE BAIN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND FRASER CRAIG SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. WILLIAM ROSS WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 33RD MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 37TH MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND ANTHONY CLARKE REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 4-1. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING MARK FITZPATRICK RACED ONE ON ONE WITH THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT HIT THE POST AND WENT WIDE TO ENSURE OUR RESERVES WENT INTO HALF TIME LEADING 4-1.
SECOND HALF
IT WAS TO BE STRANRAER WHO HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF THREE MINUTES INTO IT AS FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT THEY WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. STRANRAER WERE TO HAVE TWO CHANCES SHORTLY AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY THEY WON A CORNER ON THE 54TH MINUTE AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A FREE HEADER GOALWARDS BUT SEAN CLARK CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE AND OUR DEFENCE PUT THE BALL OUT FOR ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM THIS CORNER STRANRAER CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND THE SAME PLAYER WAS UNMARKED AGAIN AND HE SENT ANOTHER HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 57TH MINUTE OUR RESERVES MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE DAY AS TRIALIST ROBERT O�HANLON CAME ON FOR TRIALIST RICHY DORNAN. OUR RESERVES WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES AFTER THIS AND THEY SCORED WITH ALL OF THEM. FIRSTLY ON THE 59TH MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK WAS PLAYED THROUGH ONE ON ONE WITH THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND HE PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR HIS HAT TRICK AND TO MAKE IT 5-1. THEN ON THE 63RD MINUTE JAMIE BAIN MADE AN EXCELLENT RUN TO GET ONTO THE END OF A ROBERT O�HANLON DEFENSIVE SPLITTING PASS AND JAMIE PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 6-1. THREE MINUTES LATER SLACK POSSESSION BY THE STRANRAER DEFENCE ALLOWED MARK FITZPATRICK TO NIP IN AND HE PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR HIS FOURTH GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 7-1. OUR RESERVES MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME ON THE 68TH MINUTE AS TRIALIST DAVID WEIR CAME ON FOR FRASER CRAIG. THERE WAS TO BE FIVE MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME AND THEY WERE ALL FOR OUR RESERVES. HOWEVER THE FIRST OF THESE CHANCES DID NOT COME UNTIL THE 82ND MINUTE WHEN MARK FITZPATRICK BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER ROBERT O�HANLON HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. ON THE 85TH MINUTE JAMIE BAIN SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE AS HE SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX AND ANTHONY CLARKE GOT ONTO THE END OF IT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT AS HE HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 8-1. A MINUTE LATER WILLIAM ROSS HAD A CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME OUR RESERVES HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT AS JAMIE BAIN SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MARK FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER AND IT WENT INTO THE NET FOR HIS 5TH GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO WIN THE GAME 9-1 FOR OUR RESERVES.
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