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AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES 2-3 CLYDE RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 8
VENUE � BROADWOOD
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE � TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 12 � GRAEME FOX, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � TRIALIST GRAEME FORBES, 5 � DAVID NIXON,
6 � CALLUM BRADY, 7 � DARREN SMITH, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE � 2 GOALS � MAN OF THE MATCH,
10 � KEVIN WATT, 11 � MICHAEL BROWN
SUBS - USED
15 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 3 � PAUL LOVERING, 16 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 12 � GRAEME FOX
SUB - NOT USED
14 - PAUL BYRNE, 17 - BOBBY WEIR
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES SUFFERED THEIR THIRD RESERVE LEAGUE CUP DEFEAT ON THE TROT AS THEY LOST 3-2 AGAINST CLYDE RESERVES AT BROADWOOD.
FOR THE GAME NINE PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD, GRAEME FORBES A TRIALIST AND UNDER 19 PLAYER GRAEME FOX WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE FOUR PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19S.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE GOT THE GAME OFF TO A FANTASTIC START AS DURING THE THIRD MINUTE STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT FROM JUST INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT FLYING ACROSS FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED GOALKEEPER PETER CHERRIE AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD. SIX MINUTES AFTER THE GOAL CLYDE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE AS SCOTT GEMMILL HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KEVIN WATT HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
CLYDE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 20TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT TONY STEVENSON HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES LATER SCOTT GEMMILL HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CLYDE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. CRAIG O�REILLY WAS NEXT TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR CLYDE ON THE 32ND MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SEVEN MINUTES LATER SCOTT GEMMILL HAD HIS THIRD CHANCE OF THE NIGHT FOR CLYDE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT AGAIN LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. IT WAS AIRDRIE WHO HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF THOUGH DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT WHEN CALLUM BRADY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE HALF CLYDE WERE TO COMPLETELY DOMINATE IT. FIRSTLY A MINUTE INTO THE HALF ALAN TROUTEN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE GAVE AWAY POSSESSION CHEAPLY ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND THIS ALLOWED NEW CLYDE SIGNING GREGORY TADE TO RACE ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND HE ROUNDED HIM AND FORCED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM A TIGHT ANGLE FOR THE EQUALIZER. TWO MINUTES LATER DAVE MCKAY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE CALMLY SLID THE BALL BY LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE AND GIVE CLYDE THE LEAD. A FURTHER TWO MINUTES LATER CLYDE SCORED AGAIN AS SCOTT GEMMILL WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE PLACED THE BALL BY LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. CLYDE CAME CLOSE TO SCORING AGAIN ON THE 54TH MINUTE AS DAVE MCKAY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE SLID THE BALL BY LEE HOLLIS BUT DAVID NIXON GOT BACK IN TIME TO SLIDE IN AND CLEAR THE BALL OFF THE LINE.
ON THE 61ST MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN MICHAEL BROWN PLAYED STEPHEN MAGUIRE THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE TOOK TIME TO COMPOSE HIMSELF AND SLIDE THE BALL BY PETER CHERRIE AND INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. CLYDE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE THREE MINUTES LATER WHEN THE BALL WAS CUT BACK IN THE BOX TO AN UNMARKED CRAIG O�REILLY AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS RYAN DONNELLY REPLACED HIS UNDER 19S TEAM-MATE GRAEME FOX. THE NEXT CHANCE WASN�T UNTIL THE 77TH MINUTE THOUGH WHEN KEVIN WATT HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT PETER CHERRIE GOT DOWN LOW TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FORM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. FOUR MINUTES LATER DAVE MCKAY HAD A CHANCE FOR CLYDE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE ANOTHER SUBSTATION AS UNDER 19S PLAYER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CAME ON FOR PAUL LOVERING WHO WAS ONLY PLAYING IN HIS SECOND RESERVE GAME SINCE RETURNING FORM INJURY. BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY WITH TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING SCOTT GEMMILL HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. A MINUTE LATER STEPHEN MAGUIRE WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE PETER CHERRIE NO CHANCE BUT INSTEAD OF PLAYING ADVANTAGE THE REFEREE HAD BLOWN HIS WHISTLE AND PULLED THE PLAY BACK FOR A FREE KICK AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND FROM IT SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND CLEARED BY THE CLYDE DEFENCE AND THEY WON THE GAME 3-2.