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QUEENS PARK RESERVES 3-1 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 6
VENUE � LESSER HAMPDEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE � MONDAY 08 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � TRIALIST ANDREW SINCLAIR, 4 � TRIALIST OMAR DJELLOUL,
5 � DAVID NIXON (CAPTAIN), 6 � MICHAEL BROWN, 7 � DARREN SMITH � 1 GOAL � MAN OF THE MATCH, 8 � PADDY MCCABE,
9 � STUART NOBLE, 10 � KEVIN WATT, 11 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE
SUBS - USED
14 � PAUL BYRNE FOR 3 � TRIALIST ANDREW SINCLAIR, 15 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 8 � PADDY MCCABE
SUB - NOT USED
12 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 17 � BOBBY WEIR
MAN OF THE MATCH
7 - DARREN SMITH
MATCH REPORT
QUEENS PARK RESERVES MADE IT HOME AND AWAY WINS AGAINST AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES IN THE RESERVE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN AS THEY WON 3-1 AT LESSER HAMPDEN DESPITE AN EXCELLENT STRIKE FROM DARREN SMITH WHICH GAVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD.
FOR THE GAME SEVEN PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD INCLUDING DAVID NIXON WHO WAS RETURNING FROM INJURY, TWO TRIALISTS AND TWO UNDER 19 PLAYERS WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE FOUR UNDER 19 PLAYERS.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE GOT THE GAME OFF TO A GREAT START AS DURING THE 5TH MINUTE OF IT DARREN SMITH HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD AND QUEENS PARK GOALKEEPER ZANDER COWIE NO CHANCE. KEVIN WATT HAD THE NEXT CHANCE TEN MINUTES LATER FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE NIPPED IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ZANDER COWIE MADE THE SAVE.
ADAM COAKLEY HAD QUEENS PARK�S FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 20TH MINUTE WHEN HE NIPPED IN AND FROM IT HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. TWO MINUTES LATER ADAM COAKLEY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR QUEENS PARK AS HE TRIED TO LOB LEE HOLLIS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS QUEENS PARK HAD THE BALL IN THE NET AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX LEE HOLLIS AND FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED PLAYER PAUL RONALD JUMPED UP FOR THE BALL AND PAUL HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED THE GOAL FOR A FOUL ON LEE HOLLIS.
ON THE 34TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT MICHAEL BROWN HIT A SHOT BUT ZANDER COWIE TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY BY QUEENS PARK AND IT FELL TO TRIALIST OMAR DJELLOUL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. QUEENS PARK HAD THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 40TH MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND STEVE REILLY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. STEVE REILLY THEN HAD ANOTHER GO FOR QUEENS PARK A MINUTE LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVES AND THE TEAMS HEADED INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
AIRDRIE GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT ZANDER COWIE MADE THE SAVE. FIVE MINUTES LATER STEVE REILLY HAD A GO FOR QUEENS PARK FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 56TH MINUTE JOHN NEILL HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FOR QUEENS PARK BUT IT WENT WIDE.
AIRDRIE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS DURING THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES AS UNDER 19S PLAYERS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND PAUL BYRNE CAME ON FOR UNDER 19S PLAYER PADDY MCCABE AND TRIALIST ANDREW SINCLAIR. ON THE 72ND MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DARREN SMITH HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STUART MCGRADY HAD A CHANCE FOR QUEENS PARK WHEN HE HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. JOHN NEILL WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR QUEENS PARK WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
WITH ONLY NINE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING UNDER 19S PLAYER JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FOR AIRDRIE BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER QUEENS PARK TOOK THE LEAD AS TONY MCGROGAN CUT THE BALL ACROSS THE BOX TO AN UNMARKED ADAM COAKLEY AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. THERE WAS ONE FINAL CHANCE AND IT WAS FOR QUEENS PARK AND THEY SCORED WITH IT AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX TONY MCGROGAN LOBBED THE BALL OVER LEE HOLLIS AND INTO THE NET DESPITE DESPERATE ATTEMPTS FROM JAMIE BAIN TO CLEAR IT JUST BEFORE IT CROSSED THE LINE.