INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES 0-1 QUEENS PARK RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 2
VENUE � EXCELSIOR STADIUM
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE � TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � DARREN SMITH, 3 � TRIALIST A, 4 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 5 � CALLUM BRADY � MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 � STEVEN MACMILLAN, 7 � TRIALIST B, 8 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 9 � STUART NOBLE, 10 � MICHAEL BROWN, 11 � JOE CARDLE
SUBS - USED
12 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 7 � TRIALIST B, 14 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 11 � JOE CARDLE,
15 � PAUL BYRNE FOR 6 � STEVEN MACMILLAN
SUB - NOT USED
17 � BOBBY WEIR
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - CALLUM BRADY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S RESERVES TOOK ON QUEENS PARK RESERVES IN THEIR 2ND RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME AND THEY SUFFERED ANOTHER DEFEAT AS THEY LOST 1-0.
FOR THE GAME EIGHT PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND TWO TRIALISTS WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN ALONG WITH UNDER 19 PLAYER STEVEN MACMILLAN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE FOUR UNDER 19 PLAYERS. MEANWHILE IN THE QUEENS PARK RESERVES STARTING ELEVEN WAS FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYER PAUL RONALD.
FIRST HALF
QUEENS PARK RESERVES HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 9TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE AS THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND TRIALIST A SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 17TH MINUTE AIRDRIE FOUND THEMSELVES A GOAL DOWN AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THE BALL WAS PASSED ACROSS GOAL TO AN UNMARKED QUEENS PARK PLAYER AND HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD. SEVEN MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE OF THE GOAL.
QUEENS PARK WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 25TH MINUTE A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER QUEENS PARK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. WITH SEVEN MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING AIRDRIE HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CHRIS MCMENAMIN SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING DARREN SMITH WAS YELLOW CARDED AND QUEENS PARK WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT TRIALIST B BEAT TWO MEN AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE QUEENS PARK GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER QUEENS PARK HAD A CHANCE AS THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES AFTER THIS WERE ALL FOR AIRDRIE. FIRSTLY ON THE 55TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT HIS EFFORT ALSO WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR JOE CARDLE. HOWEVER ON THE 63RD MINUTE CHRIS MCMENAMIN WAS YELLOW CARDED. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS DAVID TAYLOR CAME ON FOR TRIALIST B. THEN ON THE 74TH MINUTE DARREN SMITH SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH FORCED THE GOALKEEPER TO MAKE A SAVE WITH HIS LEGS AND THE QUEENS PARK DEFENCE TO CLEAR THE DANGER. WITH THIRTEEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AIRDRIE SUBSTITUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT JUST WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
ON THE 78TH MINUTE QUEENS PARK HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A VOLLEY FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME A MINUTE LATER WHEN PAUL BYRNE CAME ON FOR STEVEN MACMILLAN HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND A WAY THROUGH QUEENS PARK AND THEY LOST THE GAME.