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AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES 1-0 STENHOUSEMUIR RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 3
VENUE � OCHILVIEW
KICK OFF TIME � 7:00PM
DATE � WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � MICHAEL BROWN (C), 5 � CALLUM BRADY,
6 � TRIALIST A, 7 � TRIALIST � B, 8 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE, 9 � STUART NOBLE � 1 GOAL, 10 � KEVIN WATT,
11 � TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY � MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBS - USED
12 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 7 � TRIALIST B, 14 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 11 � TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY
SUBS - NOT USED
15 � JAMIE BAIN, 17 � BOBBY WEIR
MAN OF THE MATCH
11 � TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED�S RESERVES GOT THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE RESERVE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN IN THE 3RD GAME OF IT AS THEY WON 1-0 AGAINST STENHOUSEMUIR RESERVES AT OCHILVIEW THANKS TO A GOAL FROM STUART NOBLE.
FOR THE GAME EIGHT PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND THREE TRIALISTS WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE FOUR UNDER 19 PLAYERS. MEANWHILE IN THE STENHOUSEMUIR RESERVES STARTING ELEVEN WAS FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17 PLAYER DAVID CAINE.
FIRST HALF
STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 5TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GARY THOM SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER KEVIN WATT HAD AIRDRIE RESERVES FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE THE SAVE. MICHAEL BROWN WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 13TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE ANOTHER SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
STENHOUSEMUIR WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 18TH MINUTE ANDREW SHIRRA HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE WERE TO HAVE THREE CHANCES AFTER THIS. STUART NOBLE HAD THE FIRST OF THESE CHANCES ON THE 26TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY PLAYED AN EXCELLENT THROUGH BALL TO STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEPHEN SENT A LOW CROSS ACROSS GOAL TO AN UNMARKED STUART NOBLE WHO WAS A FEW YARDS OUT AND STUART TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR RESERVES THE LEAD.
THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF. DAVID CAINE WAS TO HAVE THE FIRST OF THESE FOR STENHOUSEMUIR WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER STUART NOBLE HAD OUR RESERVES FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DAVID CAINE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF FOR STENHOUSEMUIR WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AGAIN AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT ON THE 52ND MINUTE WHEN ROBERT LOVE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER KEVIN WATT HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 58TH MINUTE STUART NOBLE HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE ANOTHER SAVE. DURING THE NEXT EIGHT MINUTES AIRDRIE MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS UNDER 19 PLAYERS DAVID TAYLOR AND RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR TRIALIST B AND TRIALIST JAMIE MCCLUSKEY.
ON THE 69TH MINUTE MICHAEL BROWN HAD AIRDRIE�S NEXT CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE ANOTHER SAVE. A MINUTE LATER STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THERE BEST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS THEY BROKE THE AIRDRIE OFFSIDE TRAP AND RAN ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS BUT TRIALIST A RACED BACK TO PUT AN EXCELLENT BLOCK IN AND LEE HOLLIS GRABBED THE BALL. THREE MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 75TH MINUTE STENHOUSEMUIR�S ROBERT MILLAR WAS SENT OFF FOR A LATE LAST MAN CHALLENGE ON AIRDRIE�S KEVIN WATT ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM THE RESULTING FREE KICK STEPHEN MAGUIRE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 81ST MINUTE STENHOUSEMUIR WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED GARY THOM SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER KEVIN WATT HAD AIRDRIE�S LAST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SCOTT BENNETT MADE ANOTHER SAVE. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING EWAN GRAHAM HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR STENHOUSEMUIR FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES WON THE GAME 1-0.