INFO
DUMBARTON XI 1-1 AIRDRIE UNITED XI
FRIENDLY
VENUE � STRATHCLYDE HOMES STADIUM
KICK OFF TIME � 7:00PM
DATE � TUESDAY 14 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � JAMIE BAIN � MAN OF THE MATCH, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE, 5 � GRAEME FOX,
6 � CALLUM BRADY, 7 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 8 � MICHAEL BROWN, 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 10 � KEVIN WATT,
11 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN).
SUBS -ALL USED
12 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 5 � GRAEME FOX, 14 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 2 � JAMIE BAIN,
15 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 4 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE, 16 � KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR 7 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN
MAN OF THE MATCH
2 - JAMIE BAIN
MATCH REPORT
AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON A DUMBARTON XI FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON AT THE STRATHCLYDE HOMES STADIUM IN A FRIENDLY AND THIS TIME THEY HAD TO COME FROM A GOAL DOWN TO EARN A 1-1 DRAW.
FOR THE GAME EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD, JAMIE BAIN, TRIALIST DAVID CANE AND DAVID TAYLOR FROM THE UNDER 19S WERE IN THE STARTING 11 AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE ANOTHER FOUR PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19S SQUAD. MEANWHILE DUMBARTON INCLUDED FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED GOALKEEPER MARK MCGEOWN IN THE STARTING ELEVEN.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND ON THE 10TH MINUTE STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A CURLING SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER KIERAN BRANNEN HAD DUMBARTON�S FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS DUMBARTON HAD CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING HIGH AND WIDE. DUMBARTON CONTINUED THERE SEARCH FOR THE OPENING GOAL AND ON THE 21ST MINUTE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. SEVEN MINUTES LATER DUMBARTON WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE.
AIRDRIE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES AND ON THE 29TH MINUTE CHRIS MCMENAMIN HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT MARK MCGEOWN MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES LATER OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING AND THEN ON THE 40TH MINUTE MATTHEW HAZLEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN MARK MCGEOWN MADE THE SAVE. DUMBARTON HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY RACED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE AND FROM THE CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED AND THE GAME HEADED INTO HALF TIME GOALLESS.
SECOND HALF
DUMBARTON GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTES OF IT KIERAN BRANNEN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 51ST MINUTE STEPHEN MAGUIRE CHASED A LONG BALL DOWN AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT MARK MCGEOWN MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER OUR RESERVES MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE NIGHT AS DAVID TAYLOR CAME ON FOR GRAEME FOX. HOWEVER IT WAS DUMBARTON WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SCISSOR SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. DUMBARTON TOOK THE LEAD FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS MISS AS THEY BROKE IN ON GOAL AND CALMLY SLOTTED THE BALL BY LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET AND BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR JAMIE BAIN.
ON THE 66TH MINUTE LEE HOLLIS WAS FORCED TO MAKE A SAVE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS WAS QUICK TO REACT TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. A MINUTE LATER MICHAEL BROWN HAD A GO FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. OUR RESERVES THEN MADE THEIR THIRD SUBSTITUTION ON THE 71ST MINUTE AS PADDY MCCABE CAME ON FOR TRIALIST DAVID CANE. A MINUTE AFTER THIS CHANGE KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO THE END OF A CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
WITH ONLY TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING OUR RESERVES MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR CHRIS MCMENAMIN. THIS CHANGE HAD AN INSTANT AFFECT AS FROM A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX DAVID TAYLOR GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. THREE MINUTES LATER OUR RESERVES WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL ENDED UP WITH DAVID TAYLOR AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY BY DUMBARTON AND IT LANDED WITH KEVIN WATT A FEW YARDS OUT BUT HE COULD NOT GET PROPER CONTACT ONTO THE BALL AND IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE BY A DUMBARTON DEFENDER. THEN WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES REMAINING ANOTHER CORNER WAS WON AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST AND IT FELL TO RYAN DONNELLY AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND BOTH TEAMS HAD TO SETTLE WITH A DRAW.