INFO
DUMBARTON XI 1-3 AIRDRIE UNITED XI
FRIENDLY
VENUE � STRATHCLYDE HOMES STADIUM
KICK OFF TIME � 7:15PM
DATE � WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN � 1 GOAL, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � CALLUM BRADY, 5 � DAVID TAYLOR,
6 � KEVIN MCDONALD (CAPTAIN) � MAN OF THE MATCH, 7 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 8 � MICHAEL BROWN, 9 � TRIALIST,
10 � KEVIN WATT � 1 GOAL, 11 � STUART NOBLE � 1 GOAL.
SUBS -ALL USED
12 � GRAEME FOX FOR 6 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 14 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY,
15 � KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR 11 � STUART NOBLE
MAN OF THE MATCH
6 - KEVIN MCDONALD
MATCH REPORT
AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON A DUMBARTON XI AT THE STRATHCLYDE HOMES STADIUM IN A FRIENDLY AND WON 3-1 THANKS TO GOALS FROM KEVIN WATT, CHRIS MCMENAMIN AND STUART NOBLE.
FOR THE GAME NINE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD, DAVID TAYLOR FROM THE UNDER 19S AND A TRIALIST WERE IN THE STARTING 11 AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE ANOTHER THREE PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19S SQUAD.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE STUART NOBLE HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. DUMBARTON WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 4TH MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT REFLEX SAVE TO TIP THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE BALL WAS AGAIN CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED CORRECTLY AND THIS LED TO AN UNMARKED DUMBARTON PLAYER BEEN ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND HITTING A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE PULLED OFF ANOTHER FANTASTIC SAVE BY TURNING THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
AIRDRIE STARTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE HALF AFTER THIS AND ON THE 11TH MINUTE FROM AN INCH PERFECT MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED KEVIN WATT HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. TWO MINUTES LATER CALLUM BRADY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND IT BOUNCED IN THE AIR AND CHRIS MCMENAMIN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER WAS ABLE TO TIP THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. THEN ON THE 15TH MINUTE A FREE KICK WAS WON ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MATTHEW HAZLEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER IT WAS 2-0 THOUGH AS CALLUM BRADY PLAYED A THROUGH BALL TO CHRIS MCMENAMIN AND HE WENT BY TWO PLAYERS BEFORE FIRING A CURLING SHOT INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0 AND FOR HIS FIRST EVER AIRDRIE GOAL.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 23RD MINUTE THE TRIALIST HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER TIPPED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED BY THE DUMBARTON DEFENCE. SEVEN MINUTES LATER DUMBARTON HAD A RARE CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT ON THE VOLLEY FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 33RD MINUTE CHRIS MCMENAMIN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. STEPHEN MAGUIRE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR AIRDRIE A MINUTE LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING HIGH OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS A NICE MOVE BY AIRDRIE LED TO THE TRIALIST PLAYING KEVIN WATT THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE SQUARED THE BALL TO TEAM-MATE STUART NOBLE FOR A TAP IN FROM A FEW YARDS OUT TO MAKE IT 3-0.
ON THE 38TH MINUTE DUMBARTON HAD THEIR LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS THERE PLAYER BROKE IN AND ROUNDED LEE HOLLIS AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND OUR DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE HAD A CHANCE AS MATTHEW HAZLEY PUT ANOTHER INCH PERFECT CROSS INTO THE BOX AND THIS TIME MICHAEL BROWN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING STEPHEN MAGUIRE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH CHRIS MCMENAMIN GOT ONTO WITH A HEADER FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. STUART NOBLE THEN HAD THE LAST CHANCE DURING INJURY TIME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 3-0.
SECOND HALF
DUMBARTON GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTES OF IT THEY WON A PENALTY AND FROM IT THERE PLAYER PLACED IT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE AND PULL A GOAL BACK. ON THE 55TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT THEY WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER TIPPED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND FLICKED ON BY MATTHEW HAZLEY AND HEADED GOALWARDS BY DAVID TAYLOR BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS UNDER 19S PLAYERS GRAEME FOX AND JAMIE BAIN CAME ON FOR MATTHEW HAZLEY AND THE MAN OF THE MATCH KEVIN MCDONALD.
IT WAS DUMBARTON WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 64TH MINUTE DUMBARTON HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER THE TRIALIST PLAYED STEPHEN MAGUIRE IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY TIPPED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND FELL TO DAVID TAYLOR AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS DUMBARTON HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED PLAYER CONTROLLED THE BALL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE TWO MORE CHANCES DURING THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 71ST MINUTE STUART NOBLE HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER BRILLIANTLY GOT FINGERTIPS TO IT TO TIP IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. THREE MINUTES LATER DUMBARTON HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 19S PLAYER KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR STUART NOBLE. THEN ON THE 79TH MINUTE CHRIS MCMENAMIN HAD AIRDRIE�S LAST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER DUMBARTON HAD THEIR LAST CHANCE WHEN THEY BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND A SHOT SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE WON THE GAME 3-1.