INFO
QUEENS PARK XI 0-2 AIRDRIE UNITED XI
FRIENDLY
DATE � THURSDAY 07 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � GRAEME FOX, 3 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 � DAVID TAYLOR, 5 STEVEN MACMILLAN,
6 � CALLUM BRADY, 7 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 8 � MICHAEL BROWN, 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 10 � KEVIN WATT,
11 � PADDY MCCABE
SUBS -ALL USED
12 � CHRIS MCKEE FOR 4 � DAVID TAYLOR, 14 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 2 � GRAEME FOX,
15 � TRIALIST DAMIEN DOBBIE FOR 11 � PADDY MCCABE, 16 - KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR TRIALIST DAMIEN DOBBIE,
18 � FRASER CRAIG FOR 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN
BACK ON:
11 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 10 � KEVIN WATT
MATCH REPORT
AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON A QUEENS PARK XI AT LESSER HAMPDEN IN A FRIENDLY AND WON 2-0 THANKS TO GOALS FROM FIRST TEAM PLAYER STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND UNDER 19S PLAYER KEIRAN DONAGHY.
FOR THE GAME SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND FOUR UNDER 19S PLAYERS WERE IN THE STARTING 11 AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE ANOTHER FIVE PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19S SQUAD AND A TRIALIST.
FIRST HALF
THE DIAMONDS GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS ON THE 5TH MINUTE MICHAEL BROWN HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER QUEENS PARK WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A MICHAEL BROWN CROSS INTO THE BOX STEPHEN MAGUIRE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED.
ON THE 16TH MINUTE THE DIAMONDS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MICHAEL BROWN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS QUEENS PARK HIT AIRDRIE ON THE COUNTER ATTACK AND FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS KEVIN WATT CREATED THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS AS HE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH PADDY MCCABE GOT ONTO WITH A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND THE BALL FELL TO STEPHEN MAGUIRE WHO WAS A FEW YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO PUT AIRDRIE 1-0 UP.
THERE WAS TO BE FIVE MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THIS HALF AND THE FIRST THREE OF THESE WERE FOR QUEENS PARK. FIRSTLY ON THE 27TH MINUTE THERE PLAYER BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND LIFTED THE BALL OVER HIM BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 35TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER THE DIAMONDS HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF AS CHRIS MCMENAMIN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS QUEENS PARK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE DIAMONDS WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF COULD BEGIN THE DIAMONDS MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS JAMIE BAIN CAME ON FOR GRAEME FOX. HOWEVER THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WAS FOR QUEENS PARK DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT AS THEY HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER MICHAEL BROWN HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND CLEARED BY THE QUEENS PARK DEFENCE. ON THE 53RD MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM THIS THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY BY THE QUEENS PARK DEFENCE AND THIS LET MICHAEL BROWN HIT A SHOT BUT THE QUEENS PARK GOALKEEPER PULLED OFF A STUNNING SAVE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND STEVEN MACMILLAN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
THE DIAMONDS MADE THREE MORE SUBSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 60TH MINUTE AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, CHRIS MCKEE AND FRASER CRAIG CAME ON FOR STEPHEN MAGUIRE, DAVID TAYLOR. WHEN THE NEXT CHANCE CAME IT WAS FOR THE DIAMONDS AS FROM A LOW STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SHOT INTO THE BOX KEVIN WATT SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS TRIALIST DAMIEN DOBBIE CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE. HOWEVER IT WAS QUEENS PARK WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 69TH MINUTE AS THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A FREE HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DURING THE NEXT TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL TWO CHANGES OF THE GAME AS KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR INJURED TRIALIST DAMIEN DOBBIE AND AS PADDY MCCABE CAME BACK ON FOR KEVIN WATT.
THERE WAS TO BE TWO MORE CHANCES LEFT IN THE GAME AND BOTH TEAMS HAD ONE OF THEM. FIRSTLY ON THE 84TH MINUTE CALLUM BRADY SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH PADDY MCCABE GOT ONTO WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED BY A QUEENS PARK DEFENDER AND THE BALL FELL TO KEIRAN DONAGHY WHO WAS ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE FIRED THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0 FOR THE DIAMONDS. THEN WITH TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING QUEENS PARK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND THE DIAMONDS WON THE GAME 2-0.