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CLYDE RESERVES 1-2 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 5
VENUE � BROADWOOD
KICK OFF TIME � 7:00PM
DATE � TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 � GRAEME FOX, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 - DAVID TAYLOR, 5 � CALLUM BRADY,
6 � MICHAEL BROWN, 7 � DARREN SMITH (CAPTAIN), 8 � RYAN DONNELLY, 9 � STUART NOBLE � 1 GOAL, 10 � KEVIN WATT,
11 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE
SUBS - USED
12 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 8 � RYAN DONNELLY, 14 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE
SUB - NOT USED
15 � PADDY MCCABE
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - LEE HOLLIS
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES NOTCHED UP THEIR SECOND VICTORY IN THIS YEAR RESERVE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AS THEY WON 2-1 AGAINST CLYDE AT BROADWOOD THANKS TO GOALS FROM STUART NOBLE AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY.
FOR THE GAME SEVEN PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND FOUR UNDER 19 PLAYERS WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WAS THREE UNDER 19 PLAYERS.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT DAVID MCGOWAN HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER UNDER 19S PLAYER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CLYDE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SCOTT GEMMILL WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR CLYDE ON THE 7TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS AGAIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. ON THE 11TH MINUTE OUR RESERVES CAPTAIN FOR THE NIGHT DARREN SMITH WAS FOULED INSIDE THE BOX AND THE REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY AND FROM IT STUART NOBLE SCORED DESPITE EX AIRDRIE UNITED GOALKEEPER PETER CHERRIE GETTING A HAND TO IT. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS CLYDE HAD A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL TURNED DOWN. SCOTT GEMMILL WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FOR CLYDE THOUGH AS ON THE 19TH MINUTE HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND TWO MINUTES LATER HE HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THIS TIME IT RATTLED THE POST AND AIRDRIE CLEARED THE DANGER.
UNDER 19S PLAYER RYAN DONNELLY HAD AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO SCORE ON THE 25TH MINUTE WHEN STEPHEN MAGUIRE�S THROUGH BALL PLAYED HIM THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX RYAN HIT A SHOT BUT PETER CHERRIE MADE THE SAVE AND THE CLYDE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A FEW MINUTES LATER MARC MCCUSKER HAD A CHANCE FOR CLYDE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE CONCEDED A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID MCGOWAN CURLED THE BALL OVER THE WALL AND INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER AND TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE. AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO THIS BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 29TH MINUTE WHEN MICHAEL BROWN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE CLYDE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. CLYDE�S GOALSCORER DAVID MCGOWAN WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE SIX MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER CLYDE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED GARY MCSWEGAN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER GOOD SAVE BY PARRYING THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. CLYDE HAD THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF DURING THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF IT. FIRSTLY ON THE 42ND MINUTE ALAN TROUTEN HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER CLYDE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID MCGOWAN HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
SCOTT GEMMILL HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF FOR CLYDE FOUR MINUTES INTO IT WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT MICHAEL BROWN EXCELLENTLY BLOCKED THE BALL AND IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THIS CLYDE SUBSTITUTE STEPHEN CONNELLY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
ON THE 59TH MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT RYAN DONNELLY HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER CLYDE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE IMPRESSIVE LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WAS SAVED BY PETER CHERRIE. ON THE 65TH MINUTE CLYDE WON A FREE KICK OF THEIR OWN AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND HEADED GOALWARDS TO GARY MCSWEGAN WHO CONTROLLED THE BALL AND HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND GARY MCSWEGAN HIT ANOTHER SHOT BUT UNDER 19S PLAYER DAVID TAYLOR CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
CLYDE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 67TH MINUTE WHEN RODDY MACLENNAN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER GARY MCSWEGAN HAD A GO FOR CLYDE FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AFTER THIS AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY. THEN ON THE 80TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE CUT THE BALL BACK TO MICHAEL BROWN AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT PETER CHERRIE MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER PETER CHERRIE TOOK TO LONG TO CLEAR THE BALL AS WHEN HE TRIED TO STEFAN MCCLUSKEY BLOCKED IT AND THIS LET THE UNDER 19S PLAYER TURN THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET TO MAKE IT 2-1 AND FOR A GOAL ON HIS RESERVE TEAM COMPETITIVE DEBUT. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AFTER THIS AS JAMIE BAIN CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. HOWEVER THERE WAS ONLY ONE MORE CHANCE IN THE GAME AND IT WAS FOR CLYDE WITH FOUR MINUTES OF IT REMAINING WHEN STEPHEN CONNOLLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE WON THE GAME 2-1.