INFO
HIBS XI 1-2 AIRDRIE UNITED XI
FRIENDLY
DATE � THURSDAY 21 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11:
1 � LEE HOLLIS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 � TRIALIST A, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � MICHAEL BROWN,
5 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 6 � CALLUM BRADY, 7 � DARREN SMITH, 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE,
10 �STUART NOBLE, 11 � KEVIN WATT
SUBS � USED:
12 � FRASER CRAIG FOR 2 � TRIALIST A, 14 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 8 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,
15 � TRIALIST B FOR 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE
MAN OF THE MATCH:
1 - LEE HOLLIS
MATCH REPORT
AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON A HIBS XI AT THERE TRAINING GROUND IN A FRIENDLY AND WON 2-1 THANKS TO GOALS FROM DARREN SMITH AND KEVIN WATT.
FOR THE GAME TEN OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND ONE TRIALIST WERE IN THE STARTING 11 AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE ANOTHER TRIALIST AND TWO PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19S SQUAD.
FIRST HALF
THE DIAMONDS GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF THE GAME MICHAEL BROWN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER HIBS HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS THE DIAMONDS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS STUART NOBLE BROKE IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE HIBS GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS HIBS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE AFTER THIS CHANCE THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 15TH MINUTE HIBS HAD A CHANCE FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT THE BALL WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. OUR RESERVES WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE SHORTLY AFTER THIS AS FROM A CALLUM BRADY BALL OVER THE TOP OF THE HIBS DEFENCE STEPHEN MAGUIRE GOT ONTO IT AND PLAYED STUART NOBLE IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX STUART HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND FROM THE CORNER HIBS CLEARED THE DANGER.
ON THE 17TH MINUTE OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DARREN SMITH HIT A SHOT BUT THE HIBS GOALKEEPER TURNED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED THE DANGER. HIBS WERE TO PUT PRESSURE ON AIRDRIE DURING THE NEXT TEN MINUTES AS THEY HAD FOUR SHOTS. FIRSTLY ON THE 21ST MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX WHERE AN UNMARKED HIBS PLAYER WAS AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. BEFORE THE RESTART THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION THOUGH AS UNDER 19S DEFENDER FRASER CRAIG CAME ON FOR THE TRIALIST. HOWEVER TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS HIBS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS AGAIN MADE THE SAVE AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
HIBS WERE MADE TO PAY THOUGH FOR NOT TAKING THERE CHANCES AS ON THE 27TH MINUTE THERE GOALKEEPER BLASTED THE BALL OFF A DEFENDER AND THIS LED TO DARREN SMITH NIPPING IN AND TURNING THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE RESERVES THE LEAD. A MINUTE LATER STUART NOBLE TRIED TO DOUBLE THE LEAD AS FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. HIBS WERE LEVEL SHORTLY AFTER THIS THOUGH AS THEY LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE DEFENCE AND STRUCK THE BALL ON THE VOLLEY FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR THE EQUALIZER AND TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS HIBS HAD ANOTHER GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THIS TIME LEE HOLLIS TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS HIBS HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE IMPRESSIVE LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE. THEN WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PAUL LOVERING HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING HIBS HAD A CHANCE FROM A FREE KICK AS THEY WON ONE ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE AND THE TEAMS REMAINED LEVEL HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
HIBS WERE TO HAVE THE FIRST THREE CHANCES OF THIS HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 51ST MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT THE BALL WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER THEY BROKE IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER LEE HOLLIS CLAIMED THE BALL. THEN ON THE 57TH MINUTE THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BACK POST AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR RESERVES HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS FROM A FEW YARDS OUT STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT BUT THE HIBS GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS HIBS SENT ANOTHER CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 66TH MINUTE STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS AS HE RACED INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. A MINUTE LATER HIBS HAD A CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR RESERVES WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MICHAEL BROWN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 74TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE WENT BY TWO PLAYERS AND SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH AN UNMARKED KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL WITH A SHOT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE DIAMONDS THE LEAD AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER THIS HIBS HAD A CHANCE AS THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND THEN A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
DURING THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS UNDER 19S PLAYER PADDY MCCABE AND A TRIALIST CAME ON FOR SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN AND STEPHEN MAGUIRE. HIBS WERE TO HAVE THE FINAL THREE CHANCES OF THE GAME AFTER THIS THOUGH. FIRSTLY ON THE 35TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER OUR DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. FIVE MINUTES LATER THEY BROKE IN AND ATTEMPTED TO CHIP THE BALL OVER LEE HOLLIS BUT LEE GOT FINGERTIPS TO IT TO TURN IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE DEFENCE AGAIN CLEARED THE DANGER. WITH THREE MINUTE OF THE GAME REMAINING HIBS HAD THE FINAL CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE STAR MAN LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE AND THE DIAMONDS HELD ON FOR A GOOD 2-1 WIN AGAINST HIBS.