INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED XI 2-1 STIRLING ALBION XI
FRIENDLY
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:25PM
DATE � WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 12 � DARREN SMITH � 1 GOAL, 3 � TRIALIST A, 4 � BOBBY DONNELLY,
5 � TRIALIST B, 6 � CALLUM BRADY, 7 � TRIALIST C, 8 � MICHAEL BROWN, 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE � 1 GOAL,
10 � KEVIN WATT, 11 � JOHN BAIRD
SUBS - USED
14 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 7 � TRIALIST C, 15 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 4 � BOBBY DONNELLY,
16 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 5 � TRIALIST B
SUB - NOT USED
17 - BOBBY WEIR
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - LEE HOLLIS
MATCH REPORT
AN AIRDRIE UNITED XI TOOK ON A STIRLING ALBION XI IN A FRIENDLY AND CAME FROM A GOAL DOWN TO WIN 2-1 THANKS TO GOALS FROM STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND DARREN SMITH.
FOR THE GAME NINE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND THREE TRIALISTS WERE IN THE STARTING 11 AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH THREE UNDER 19S PLAYERS.
FIRST HALF
THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME CAME FOR STIRLING ALBION WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER KEVIN WATT HAD A GOOD CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. HOWEVER IT WAS STIRLING ALBION WHO TOOK THE LEAD ON THE 18TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AS IT WENT FLYING HIGH INTO THE BACK OF THE NET.
AIRDRIE RESPONDED QUICKLY AND ON THE 19TH MINUTE KEVIN WATT BURST THROUGH ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. STIRLING ALBION HAD THE NEXT CHANCE SHORTLY AFTER THIS AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 21ST MINUTE FROM A LONG LEE HOLLIS KICK OUT KEVIN WATT FLICKED THE BALL ONTO STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND HE WENT BY A FEW DEFENDERS AND ROUNDED THE STIRLING ALBION GOALKEEPER AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. BOTH TEAMS WERE ONLY TO HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE EACH IN THE HALF ON THE 24TH MINUTE JOHN BAIRD HAD AIRDRIE�S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. STIRLING ALBION HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WITH EIGHT MINUTES OF IT REMAINING AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE AND THE TEAMS WAS TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME ALL LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
JUST LIKE THE FIRST HALF STIRLING ALBION HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS STIRLING ALBION HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER STIRLING HAD THEIR THIRD CHANCE OF THE HALF AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST TWO SUBSTITUTIONS OF THE GAME ON THE 61ST MINUTE WHEN UNDER 19S PLAYERS DAVID TAYLOR AND RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR BOBBY DONNELLY AND TRIALIST C. IT WAS STIRLING ALBION WHO HAD THE NEXT FEW CHANCES THOUGH AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 63RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT AND FIVE MINUETS LATER THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE ANOTHER SAVE.
ON THE 70TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN DARREN SMITH WENT BY TWO MEN AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD. STIRLING ALBION RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AS UNDER 19S PLAYER RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR TRIALIST B. RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 77TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STIRLING BROKE IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. BOTH TEAMS HAD TWO MORE CHANCES EACH BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 81ST MINUTE STIRLING ALBION HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE�S STEFAN MCCLUSKEY PLAYED KEVIN WATT IN ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND CLEARED BY THE STIRLING DEFENCE. THEN WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING JOHN BAIRD SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MICHAEL BROWN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS STIRLING ALBION HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SIMILAR TO MOST OF THE GAME LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE AND AIRDRIE HELD ON TO WIN THE GAME 2-1.