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CAMELON JUNIORS 0-2 AIRDRIE UNITED XI
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DATE � TUESDAY 29 JULY 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � GRAEME FOX, 3 � CHRIS MCKEE, 4 � DAVID TAYLOR, 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN, 6 � CALLUM BRADY,
7 � PADDY MCCABE, 8 � TRIALIST MICHAEL BROWN, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, 10 � KEIRAN DONAGHY,
11 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN
SUBS -ALL USED
12 � PAUL BYRNE FOR 3 � CHRIS MCKEE, 14 � MARK FITZPATRICK FOR 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY,
15 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 8 � TRIALIST MICHAEL BROWN, 16 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 2 � GRAEME FOX,
17 � TRIALIST JAMIE STEVEN FOR 1 �LEE HOLLIS, 18 � ANTHONY CLARKE FOR 10 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
MATCH REPORT
AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON CAMELON JUNIORS TONIGHT AT CARMUIRS PARK AND WON 2-0 THANKS TO GOALS FROM PADDY MCCABE AND MARK FITZPATRICK.
FOR THE GAME FIRST TEAM PLAYERS LEE HOLLIS, CALLUM BRADY, CHRIS MCMENAMIN AND TRIALIST MICHAEL BROWN WERE ALL IN THE STARTING 11 ALONG WITH SEVEN UNDER 19S PLAYERS AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE FIVE UNDER 19S PLAYERS AND TRIALIST JAMIE STEVEN.
FIRST HALF
DURING THE FIRST HALF THERE WAS ONLY FIVE CHANCES AND THEY WERE ALL FOR CAMELON. FIRSTLY ON THE 7TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT THIS TIME IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY WON A FREE KICK FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THE NEXT CHANCE WAS THEN ON THE 26TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND IT FELL TO AN UNMARKED PLAYER AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING CAMELON HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN THE DIAMONDS MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS ANTHONY CLARKE CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY.
IT WAS TO BE THE DIAMONDS THAT HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS ON THE 47TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT ANTHONY CLARKE HIT A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED BUT IT WENT OUT OF PLAY AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARK. FIVE MINUTES LATER CAMELON HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS WAS ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND THEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 54TH MINUTE TRIALIST MICHAEL BROWN SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS AS HE SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH AN UNMARKED PADDY MCCABE GOT ONTO WITH A POWERFUL SHOT FROM TEN YARDS OUT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE DIAMONDS THE LEAD AND GIVE THE CAMELON GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE.
CAMELON RESPONDED TO GOING A GOAL DOWN BY HAVING THE NEXT FIVE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 55TH MINUTE THEY BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND HIT A SHOT BUT LEE EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S PLAYER SEAN MCKENNA WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR CAMELON WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 59TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER OUR DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. TWO MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS MADE ANOTHER TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS PAUL BYRNE AND RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR CHRIS MCKEE AND TRIALIST MICHAEL BROWN. HOWEVER FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS SEAN MCKENNA HAD ANOTHER GO FOR CAMELON FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 69TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS MADE ANOTHER TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS JAMIE BAIN AND MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR GRAEME FOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY. FOUR MINUTES LATER SUBSTITUTE MARK FITZPATRICK WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE HELD OF A DEFENDER BEFORE DRILLING A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. BEFORE THE RESTART THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS TRIALIST GOALKEEPER JAMIE STEVEN CAME ON FOR LEE HOLLIS.
CAMELON WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 77TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT TRIALIST JAMIE STEVEN MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT CALLUM BRADY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE PENALTY SPOT WHERE MARK FITZPATRICK WAS AND HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED BY THE CAMELON GOALKEEPER. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS CAMELON WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE PENALTY SPORT AND A HEADER FROM SIX YARDS OUT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 83RD MINUTE CAMELON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 87TH MINUTE CAMELON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME THE DIAMONDS HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME AS RYAN DONNELLY HIT A CURLING SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE GAME FINISHED 2-0 TO THE DIAMONDS.