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STRANRAER RESERVES 2-2 AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 4
VENUE � STAIR PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 7:00PM
DATE � MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � DAVID TAYLOR, 5 � BOBBY DONNELLY (C) � MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 � MICHAEL BROWN � 1 GOAL, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � CALLUM BRADY, 9 � STUART NOBLE � 1 GOAL,
10 � KEVIN WATT, 11 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 14 � MATTHEW HAZLEY FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - BOBBY DONNELLY
MATCH REPORT
GOALS FROM MICHAEL BROWN AND STUART NOBLE WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES AS THEY WERE HELD TO A 2-2 DRAW AGAINST STRANRAER RESERVES AT STAIR PARK IN THE FOURTH GAME OF THEIR RESERVE LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN.
FOR THE GAME EIGHT PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD INCLUDING BOBBY DONNELLY WHO WAS RETURNING FROM INJURY AND THREE UNDER 19 PLAYERS WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WAS FIRST TEAM PLAYER MATTHEW HAZLEY AND UNDER 19S PLAYER PADDY MCCABE.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE RESERVES GOT THE GAME OFF TO AN ENCOURAGING START AND SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF IT AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL PLAYED KEVIN WATT IN ON GOAL AND HE TRIED TO PLACE IT BY THE ADVANCING STRANRAER GOALKEEPER FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. KEVIN WATT TURNED PROVIDER FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL WITH THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 8TH MINUTE AS HE LAID THE BALL OFF TO STEVEN AT THE TOP OF THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
DESPITE AIRDRIE HAVING THE OPENING TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME IT WAS STRANRAER WHO TOOK THE LEAD ON THE 14TH MINUTE AS ON THE LEFT WING ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL THEY WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT A LOW CROSS WAS SENT IN ON GOAL AND DEFLECTED GOALWARDS BY AN AIRDRIE DEFENDER BUT LEE HOLLIS REACTED TO IT BY PARRYING THE BALL AWAY BUT IT FELL TO A STRANRAER PLAYER AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE STRANRAER THE LEAD. STRANRAER ATTEMPTED TO DOUBLE THEIR LEAD A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. LEE HOLLIS WAS CALLED INTO ACTION A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS AS AIRDRIE WERE ROBBED OF POSSESSION ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND THIS LET A STRANRAER PLAYER GO ONE ON ONE WITH LEE AND HIT A SHOT BUT LEE EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
AIRDRIE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES IN THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 21ST MINUTE STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER THOUGH STEVEN MCDOUGALL SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH FELL TO THE FEET OF AN UNMARKED MICHAEL BROWN AND HE SENT A SHOT HIGH INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER AND TO GIVE THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE. STRANRAER RESPONDED TO AIRDRIE EQUALIZING BY HAVING THE NEXT TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 25TH MINUTE A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER STRANRAER WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT HIT A SHOT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE.
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF THERE WERE THREE MORE CHANCES. THE FIRST OF THESE WERE FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 32ND MINUTE WHEN STUART NOBLE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING STRANRAER WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE AS THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND PUNCHED CLEAR BY LEE HOLLIS BUT IT FELL TO AN UNMARKED PLAYER INSIDE THE BOX AND HE VOLLEYED A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER STUART NOBLE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND BOTH TEAMS HEADED INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF COULD BEGIN AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS FIRST TEAM PLAYER MATTHEW HAZLEY CAME ON FOR UNDER 19S PLAYER PAUL BYRNE.
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF AIRDRIE GOT IT OFF TO A GOOD START AS DURING THE OPENING FIFTEEN MINUTES OF IT HAD THREE CHANCES. STEPHEN MAGUIRE WAS TO HAVE THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR ON THE 52ND MINUTE. A MINUTE LATER CALLUM BRADY CAME REALLY CLOSE TO GIVING AIRDRIE THE LEAD AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY BY THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND CLEARED BY HIS DEFENCE. STRANRAER WAS TO HAVE THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 58TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE AN EASY SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KEVIN WATT HAD AIRDRIE�S FINAL CHANCE OF THE OPENING FIFTEEN MINUTES WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 61ST MINUTE HAD A GOOD CHANCE AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED STEVEN MCDOUGALL IN THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER THOUGH AIRDRIE WAS AWARDED A PENALTY FOR A FOUL ON STUART NOBLE AND FROM IT STUART NOBLE SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-1 TO AIRDRIE. ON THE 65TH MINUTE AIRDRIE�S DAVID TAYLOR WAS TO BE YELLOW CARDED FOR A FOUL ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL BUT FROM THE RESULTING FREE KICK STRANRAER�S SHOT WAS BLOCKED BY THE WALL AND CLEARED. A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 19 PLAYER PADDY MCCABE CAME ON FOR UNDER 19 PLAYER JAMIE BAIN.
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME THERE WERE THREE MORE CHANCES. THE FIRST OF THESE WERE FOR STRANRAER ON THE 70TH MINUTE WHEN THEIR PLAYER BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH LEE HOLLIS AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME AS STEVEN MCDOUGALL PLAYED STEPHEN MAGUIRE THROUGH ON GOAL AND WITH ONLY THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER TO BEAT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND CLEARED BY THE STRANRAER DEFENCE. WITH FOURTEEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING STRANRAER HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF IT WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ON THE LEFT WING ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE NEAR POST AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO EARN STRANRAER A POINT.