INFO
STENHOUSEMUIR RESERVES 1-2 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 10
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:15PM
DATE � TUESDAY 21 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � JAMIE BAIN - MAN OF THE MATCH, 3 - PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN), 4 - CALLUM BRADY, 5 - GRAEME FOX,
6 - KEVIN MCDONALD, 7 - KEVIN WATT, 8 - MICHAEL BROWN, 9 - STUART NOBLE, 10 - STEPHEN MAGUIRE - 1 GOAL,
11 - MATTHEW HAZLEY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 6 - KEVIN MCDONALD, 14 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 9 - STUART NOBLE,
15 - FRASER KEAST - 1 GOAL FOR 3 - PAUL LOVERING
MAN OF THE MATCH
2 - JAMIE BAIN
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S RESERVES CAME FROM BEHIND TO WIN 2-1 AGAINST STENHOUSEMUIR RESERVES TONIGHT AT GLASGOW GREEN IN THEIR FINAL RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME THANKS TO GOALS FROM UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST AND STEPHEN MAGUIRE.
FOR THE GAME NINE PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD WHICH INCLUDED STUART NOBLE WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM HIS LOAN SPELL TO ALLOA ATHLETIC AND TWO PLAYERS FROM OUR UNDER 19S WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE TWO MORE UNDER 19 PLAYERS AND UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST. MEANWHILE IN THE STENHOUSEMUIR RESERVES STARTING ELEVEN WAS FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17 PLAYER DAVID CAINE.
FIRST HALF
DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME THERE WERE THREE CHANCES AND THEY ALL CAME FOR STENHOUSEMUIR HOWEVER THE FIRST TWO OF THESE WERE OFF TARGET. ON THE 9TH MINUTE THOUGH STENHOUSEMUIR CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO TAKING THE LEAD WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AS FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THREE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS MATTHEW HAZLEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 21ST MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX STUART NOBLE TURNED HIS MAN AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY TURNED IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. FIVE MINUTES LATER STUART NOBLE HAD ANOTHER GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THIS TIME IT RATTLED THE POST.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED PUTTING PRESSURE ON STENHOUSEMUIR AS THEY SEARCHED FOR THE OPENING GOAL AND ON THE 34TH MINUTE A LOW CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER GRAEME FOX HAD A GO FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. HOWEVER ON THE 39TH MINUTE AIRDRIE WERE PUNISHED FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THE CHANCES AS STENHOUSEMUIR WON A FREE KICK AT THE TOP OF THE BOX AND FROM IT THE SAME PLAYER WHO RATTLED THE BAR EARLIER IN THE GAME CURLED THE BALL OVER THE WALL AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE LEE HOLLIS NO CHANCE AND STENHOUSEMUIR THE LEAD. TWO MINUTES AFTER THE GOAL STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE HEADED INTO HALF TIME A GOAL DOWN.
SECOND HALF
THE SECOND HALF GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE HALF CAME FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 59TH MINUTE WHEN HEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX KNOCKED IT DOWN TO STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER MICHAEL BROWN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE STENHOUSEMUIR GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS FROM A MICHAEL BROWN CROSS INTO THE BOX KEVIN WATT SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 64TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR AN OFF THE BALL INCIDENT.
STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 67TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THREE MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 71ST MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE A TRIPLE SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 19S PLAYER DAVID TAYLOR AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST CAME ON FOR KEVIN MCDONALD, STUART NOBLE AND PAUL LOVERING. HOWEVER IT WAS STENHOUSEMUIR WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY BY LEE HOLLIS AND CLEARED BY THE DEFENCE.
WITH ONLY EIGHT MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AIRDRIE FOUND AN EQUALIZER AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FRASER KEAST UNLEASHED AN UNSTOPPABLE SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE THE STENHOUSEMUIR GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE. THREE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE TOOK THE LEAD AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE WENT BY HIS MAN INSIDE THE BOX AND FROM A DIFFICULT ANGLE FIRED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE STENHOUSEMUIR GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE AGAIN AND AIRDRIE THE LEAD. STEPHEN MAGUIRE WANTED A SECOND GOAL AND FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT JUST OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED TO ENSURE OUR RESERVES ENDED THEIR LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH WITH A 2-1 VICTORY.
MATCH PICTURES
MCDONALD
FOX
HAZLEY