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AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES 9-0 STRANRAER RESERVES
RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME 9
VENUE � LESSER HAMPDEN
KICK OFF TIME � 8:00PM
DATE � TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � LEE HOLLIS, 2 � DARREN SMITH, 3 � TRIALIST, 4 � CALLUM BRADY, 5 � DAVID NIXON, 6 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,
7 � MICHAEL BROWN � 2 GOALS, 8 � JOHN BAIRD � 4 GOALS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 9 � STEPHEN MAGUIRE � 1 GOAL,
10 � KEVIN WATT � 1 GOAL, 11 � PAUL LOVERING (CAPTAIN)
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � TRIALIST FOR 3 � PAUL LOVERING, 14 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 5 � DAVID NIXON,
15 � KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR 6 � SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN
MAN OF THE MATCH
8 - JOHN BAIRD
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED RESERVES RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS IN STYLE IN THEIR PENULTIMATE RESERVE LEAGUE CUP GAME AS THEY WON 9-0 AGAINST STRANRAER AT LESSER HAMPDEN THANKS TO FOUR GOALS FROM OUR LATEST SIGNING JOHN BAIRD, TWO GOALS FROM MICHAEL BROWN AND GOALS FROM STEPHEN MAGUIRE, KEVIN WATT AND A TRIALIST.
FOR THE GAME TEN PLAYERS FROM THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND A TRIALIST WERE IN THE STARTING ELEVEN AND ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH WERE DAVID TAYLOR AND KEIRAN DONAGHY FROM THE UNDER 19S AND A TRIALIST.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE SHOWED THEIR INTENT FROM THE OFF AS THREE MINUTES INTO THE GAME MICHAEL BROWN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ELEVEN MINUTES LATER PAUL LOVERING HAD A GO FROM DISTANCE BUT THIS ALSO WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEPHEN MAGUIRE HAD AIRDRIE�S THIRD AND BEST CHANCE OF THE GAME SO FAR WHEN HE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL BUT STRANRAER�S TRIALIST GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MINUTES AIRDRIE RATTLED THE WOODWORK TWICE. FIRSTLY FROM A MICHAEL BROWN CROSS INTO THE BOX PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND FROM THE REBOUND A DAVID NIXON HEADER WENT OVER THE BAR AND A MINUTE LATER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE CROSSBAR AND THE STRANRAER DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
STRANRAER WERE UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE AND ON THE 20TH MINUTE A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BY TRIALIST #3 BUT IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE. TWO MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE�S PRESSURE PAID OFF AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE WAS AGAIN PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE CALMLY PLACED THE BALL BY THE TRIALIST STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR RESERVES THE LEAD. AIRDRIE DOUBLED THE LEAD TWO MINUTES LATER AS STEPHEN MAGUIRE PLAYED HIS STRIKE PARTNER KEVIN WATT IN ON GOAL AND HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT. ON THE 28TH MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM IT DARREN SMITH CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND PAUL LOVERING SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING TRIALIST #3 SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. STRANRAER HAD THEIR FIRST AND ONLY CHANCE OF THE HALF A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND AIRDRIE HEADED INTO HALF TIME WINNING 2-0.
SECOND HALF
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF AIRDRIE WAS TO DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF THE HALF AND SEVEN MINUTES INTO IT KEVIN WATT PLAYED JOHN BAIRD IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE TRIALIST STRANRAER GOALKEEPER TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. TWO MINUTES LATER STRANRAER HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DARREN SMITH HAD A GO FOR AIRDRIE FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. STRANRAER HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. FIRSTLY THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THEN FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH LEE HOLLIS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
ON THE HOUR MARK AIRDRIE WON A PENALTY WHEN THE TRIALIST #3 WAS PILLED DOWN IN THE BOX AND FROM IT JOHN BAIRD SENT THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE NIGHT. THREE MINUTES LATER PAUL LOVERING PLAYED MICHAEL BROWN IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE FIRED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 4-0. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION SHORTLY AFTER THIS AS TRIALIST #12 CAME ON FOR PAUL LOVERING. AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 26TH MINUTE KEVIN WATT HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL TWO SUBSTITUTIONS OF THE GAME AS DAVID TAYLOR AND KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR DAVID NIXON AND SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. IT WAS STRANRAER WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 74TH MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE IT 5-0 AS JOHN BAIRD WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE ROUNDED THE STRANRAER GOALKEEPER AND PLAYED THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. TWO MINUTES LATER STRANRAER HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT LEE HOLLIS MADE THE SAVE. WITH ONLY TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING MICHAEL BROWN GOT ONTO THE END OF A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 6-0 AND FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. JOHN BAIRD WAS WANTING HIS HAT TRICK AND WITH SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REAMING HE GOT IT AS FROM A STEPHEN MAGUIRE CROSS INTO THE BOX THE BALL FEEL TO JOHN BAIRD AND HE COMPOSED HIMSELF BEFORE FIRING THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 7-0. THREE MINUTES LATER JOHN BAIRD SCORED AGAIN AS FROM ANOTHER CROSS INTO THE BOX HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT FOR HIS FOURTH GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 8-0. WITH THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING STEPHEN MAGUIRE AND A STRANRAER PLAYER WAS YELLOW CARDED. AIRDRIE THEN HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME A MINUTE LATER WHEN TRIALIST #12 WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM JUST INSIDE THE BOX HE FANTASTICALLY LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE STRANRAER GOAL KEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO WIN THE GAME 9-0.