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PARTICK THISTLE RESERVES 6-1 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 1
VENUE � MCKENNA PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 2:00PM
DATE � TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 12 � DARREN SMITH, 3 � CALLUM BRADY � MAN OF THE MATCH, 4 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 5 � DAVID TAYLOR, 6 � STEVEN MACMILLAN, 7 � TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY, 8 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 9 � STUART NOBLE,
10 � MICHAEL BROWN, 11 � JOE CARDLE � 1 GOAL
SUBS - USED
14 � GRAEME FOX FOR 6 � STEVEN MACMILLAN,
15 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 11 � JOE CARDLE
16 � KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR 7 - TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY
SUB - NOT USED
17 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON
MAN OF THE MATCH
3 - CALLUM BRADY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S RESERVE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN GOT OFF TO THE WORST POSSIBLE START AS THEY WERE HAMMERED 6-1 BY PARTICK THISTLE RESERVES.
FOR THE GAME EIGHT PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN ALONG WITH UNDER 19 PLAYERS STEVEN MACMILLAN AND DAVID TAYLOR AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE THREE UNDER 19 PLAYERS AND STEPHEN ROBERTSON. MEANWHILE IN THE PARTICK RESERVES STARTING ELEVEN WERE FORMER AIRDRIE PLAYERS STEPHEN MCKEOWN AND MARK ROBERTS.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 9TH MINUTE WHEN CALLUM BRADY PLAYED JOE CARDLE IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX JOE DRILLED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. FIVE MINUTES LATER PARTICK HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE WHEN LIAM BUCHANAN TRIED TO HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT CALLUM BRADY GOT BACK TO BLOCK THE SHOT AND FROM THE CORNER STEVEN MACMILLAN HEADED CLEAR THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JOE CARDLE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER STEPHEN MCKEOWN HAD A CHANCE FOR PARTICK WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS DIVED DOWN LOW TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER STEVEN MACMILLAN AGAIN CLEARED THE DANGER.
THE GAME CONTINUED TO BE END TO END AND ON THE 20TH MINUTE JOE CARDLE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT PARTICK�S CRAIG HINCHCLIFFE MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER PARTICK EQUALIZED THOUGH AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX MARK ROBERTS CURLED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 1-1. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE GOAL AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT BUT CRAIG HINCHCLIFFE MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STUART NOBLE HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT CRAIG HINCHCLIFFE MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 25TH MINUTE DAMON GRAY HAD A CHANCE FOR PARTICK WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 26TH MINUTE WHEN STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT CRAIG HINCHCLIFFE MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER CHRIS TURNER HAD A CHANCE FOR PARTICK WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. STUART NOBLE WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE SHORTLY AFTER THIS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS PARTICK HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX MARK ROBERTS SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED BY LEE HOLLIS. THEN ON THE 32ND MINUTE MICHAEL BROWN HAD A GO FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE SKINNED PARTICK�S RICKY LITTLE DOWN THE LEFT WING AND HE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH STEPHEN MAGUIRE GOT ONTO THE END OF WITH A SHOT BUT THE PARTICK DEFENCE BLOCKED IT AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. AIRDRIE HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 39TH MINUTE WHEN STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
PARTICK GOT THE HALF OFF TO A GREAT START AS DURING THE FIRST TEN MINUTES OF IT THEY HAD THREE CHANCES AND FROM THEM ALL THEY SCORED. FIRSTLY DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE HALF A LOW CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME EAGLESHAM SLID ONTO THE BALL TO TURN THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE PARTICK THE LEAD. TWO MINUTES LATER PARTICK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED CHRIS TURNER HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS PARTICK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MARK ROBERTS HEADED THE BALL GOALWARDS AND LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY BUT THE LINESMAN WAS FLAGGING TO SAY THE BALL WAS OVER THE LINE AND THE REFEREE AWARDED THE GOAL.
PARTICK CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AFTER THESE GOALS AND ON THE 56TH MINUTE GRAEME EAGLESHAM HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. GRAEME EAGLESHAM HAD ANOTHER CHANCE TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS PARTICK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PARTICK PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND FROM THE REBOUND MARK ROBERTS HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. GRAEME EAGLESHAM WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR PARTICK WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 65TH MINUTE DAMON GRAY HAD A GO FOR PARTICK FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND A MARK ROBERTS HEADER WENT WIDE
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION ON THE 66TH MINUTE WHEN RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR JOE CARDLE WHO WAS PLAYING HIS FIRST GAME SINCE RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURY. HOWEVER FOUR MINUTES LATER THE IMPRESSIVE GRAEME EAGLESHAM HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR PARTICK WHEN HE ROUNDED LEE HOLLIS AND HIT A SHOT FROM A TIGHT ANGLE BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE AFTER THIS OUR RESERVES MADE THERE SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS GRAEME FOX CAME ON FOR STEVEN MACMILLAN. HOWEVER SHORTLY AFTER THIS PARTICK EXCELLENTLY COUNTER ATTACKED AN AIRDRIE ATTACK AND THIS LED TO GRAEME EAGLESHAM CROSSING THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND TO DAMON GRAY GETTING ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SWEETLY STRUCK VOLLEY TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS AND INCREASE PARTICK�S LEAD.
ON THE 74TH MINUTE OUR RESERVES HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN DAVID TAYLOR HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT CRAIG HINCHCLIFFE MADE THE SAVE. HOWEVER FOUR MINUTES LATER PARTICK SCORED AGAIN WHEN GRAEME EAGLESHAM WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE LIFTED THE BALL OVER LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS GOAL OUR RESERVES MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY. HOWEVER TWO MINUTES LATER CHRIS TURNER HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN DURING INJURY TIME PARTICK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AS THE GAME DREW TO A CLOSE.