INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED XI 1-3 EAST STIRLING XI
FRIENDLY
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 6:40PM
DATE � WEDNESDAY 06 MAY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � PADDY MCCABE, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � DAVID TAYLOR, 5 � DAVID NIXON (CAPTAIN),
6 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN � MAN OF THE MATCH, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � MICHAEL BROWN, 9 � STUART NOBLE,
10 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE � 1 GOAL, 11 � KEVIN WATT
SUBS -ALL USED
12 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 14 � LIAM SLOAN FOR 5 � DAVID NIXON,
15 � SHAUN MCKAY FOR 2 � PADDY MCCABE
MAN OF THE MATCH
6 - CHRIS MCMENAMIN
MATCH REPORT
ON A WET NIGHT AT GLASGOW GREEN AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON AN EAST STIRLING XI AND LOST 1-3. .
FOR THE GAME NINE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND PADDY MCCABE AND DAVID TAYLOR FROM THE UNDER 19S WERE IN THE STARTING 11 AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE UNDER 19S PLAYER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND UNDER 17S PLAYERS LIAM SLOAN AND SHAUN MCKAY.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS THE FIRST CHANCE WAS NOT UNTIL THE 13TH MINUTE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN STUART NOBLE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. FOUR MINUTES LATER KEVIN WATT HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS ALSO SAVED AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEVEN MCDOUGALL TRIED HIS LUCK FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT HIS EFFORT WAS ALSO SAVED. STUART NOBLE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A CHANCE IN THE GAME FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 21ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
EAST STIRLING WAS TO HAVE THE REMAINDER OF CHANCES IN THE HALF AND ON THE 22ND MINUTE HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. TWELVE MINUTES LATER EAST STIRLING TOOK THE LEAD AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS EAST STIRLING SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THEN JUST BEFORE HALF TIME THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR RESERVES HEADED INTO HALF TIME A GOAL DOWN.
SECOND HALF
OUR RESERVES GOT THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE GAME WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 49TH MINUTE AS FROM A STEVEN MCDOUGALL CUTBACK INSIDE THE BOX TO AN UNMARKED STEPHEN MAGUIRE HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. HOWEVER SEVEN MINUTES LATER A DEFENSIVE SLIP UP ALLOWED EAST STIRLING IN AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT INTO THE NET TO RETAKE THE LEAD. EAST STIRLING HAD TO WAIT A FURTHER FIVE MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT CHANCE AND WHEN IT CAME FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYER DAVID DUNN SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE.
THE DIAMONDS MADE THEIR FIRST TWO SUBSTITUTIONS OF THE GAME ON THE 62ND MINUTE AS UNDER 19S PLAYER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL AND AS UNDER 17S PLAYER LIAM SLOAN CAME ON FOR DAVID NIXON. A MINUTE LATER STUART NOBLE HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. MICHAEL BROWN WAS NEXT TO WORK THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER ON THE 66TH MINUTE WHEN HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD A GOOD CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT HIS SHOT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 70TH MINUTE OUR RESERVES MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 17S PLAYER SHAUN MCKAY CAME ON FOR UNDER 19S PLAYER PADDY MCCABE. HOWEVER IT WAS EAST STIRLING WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FIVE MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 78TH MINUTE KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO THE END OF A STUART NOBLE THROUGH BALL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER UNDER 19S PLAYER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND A FEW MINUTES LATER FROM A STUART NOBLE CUTBACK STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES REMAINING AIRDRIE WAS MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING ANY MORE OF THERE CHANCES AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX THE BALL WAS NOT CLEARED AND WAS EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-1. A MINUTE LATER KEVIN WATT HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE EAST STIRLING XI WON THE GAME 3-1.