INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 7-0 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 16S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
DATE - 18 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
BOBBY WEIR, TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, MARTIN REILLY, MARK LAFFERTY, LIAM SLOAN, STEPHEN SWEENEY, DANIEL FITZPATRICK, CLARK RANKIN � 1 GOAL, DEAN HERON � 1 GOAL, VOJTA BEDNAR, ALLY MORGAN � 1 GOAL
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
SHAUN MCKAY FOR DANIEL FITZPATRICK, BRIAN LEE � 1 GOAL FOR VOJTA BEDNAR,
TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY � 2 GOALS FOR DEAN HERON
BACK ON
DANIEL FITZPATRICK � 1 GOAL FOR ALLY MORGAN
MATCH REPORT
ON A COLD NIGHT AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S TOOK ON THEIR YOUNGER COUNTERPARTS AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 16S IN A FRIENDLY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON AND OUR UNDER 17S WON 7-0 THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY AND GOALS FROM DEAN HERON, BRIAN LEE, CLARK RANKIN, ALLY MORGAN AND DANIEL FITZPATRICK. OUR UNDER 17S WERE MISSING INJURED FRASER KEAST AND DALE KILPATRICK AND UNAVAILABLE ANDY COLLIER AND BRIAN MCKINLAY AND THIS ALLOWED MARK LAFFERTY AND OTHER PLAYERS WHO HAVE NOT HAD MUCH GAME TIME LATELY A CHANCE TO PLAY AND UNDER 19S GOALKEEPER BOBBY WEIR TO GET A RUN OUT.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 3RD MINUTE ALLY MORGAN HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT THE UNDER 16S GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 16S HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 17S TOOK THE LEAD AS FROM A DANIEL FITZPATRICK CROSS INTO THE BOX DEAN HERON TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. OUR UNDER 16S WENT CLOSE TO EQUALIZING ON THE 8TH MINUTE AS THEY ROUNDED BOBBY WEIR AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS MARTIN REILLY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WAS SAVED. STEPHEN SWEENEY WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT HIS EFFORT WAS ALSO SAVED. ON THE 12TH MINUTE CLARK RANKIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND IT FELL TO STEPHEN SWEENEY WHO WAS ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A FEW MINUTES LATER STEPHEN SWEENEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE.
OUR UNDER 16S BROUGHT ON AIDEN MALONE AFTER 15 MINUTES AND HE WENT CLOSE TO EQUALIZING A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN ON THE 20TH MINUTE AIDEN MALONE PLAYED HIS TEAM-MATE THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND A SHOT WENT WIDE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 16S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 17S TOOK OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND ON THE 32ND MINUTE HAD A CHANCE AS FROM A DEAN HERON CROSS VOJTA BEDNAR SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DEAN HERON HAD A CHANCE FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT HIS SHOT WENT WIDE. CLARK RANKIN THEN WENT BY TWO UNDER 16S PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND VOJTA BEDNAR HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. ALLY MORGAN WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES ON THE 39TH AND 40TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT SHOTS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOTH OF HIS SHOTS WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER DEAN HERON HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS TIPPED OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED AND OUR UNDER 17S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 17S MADE THREE CHANGES AS THEY BROUGHT ON SHAUN MCKAY, BRIAN LEE AND TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY FOR DANIEL FITZPATRICK, VOJTA BEDNAR AND DEAN HERON. OUR UNDER 17S GOT THE HALF OFF TO A GREAT START AS WELL AS TWO MINUTES INTO IT A LOW CROSS WAS SENT TO THE BACK POST WHICH AN UNMARKED BRIAN LEE GOT ONTO AND HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET. TWO MINUTES LATER CLARK RANKIN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLY MORGAN CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED STEVEN MURRAY AND HE DRILLED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0. A FEW MINUTES LATER CLARK RANKIN WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE DRILLED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD.
ON THE 57TH MINUTE SHAUN MCKAY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WAS SAVED. A FEW MINUTES LATER BRIAN LEE HAD A GO BUT IT WAS SAVED. OUR UNDER 17S CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 61ST MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND MARTIN REILLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEVEN MURRAY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AGAIN AND HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 5-0. ALLY MORGAN WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THE IMPRESSIVE ALLY MORGAN WAS NOT TO BE DENIED A GOAL THOUGH AS HE RACED INTO THE BOX AND PLACED A SHOT BY THE UNDER 16S GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 6-0. A MINUTE AFTER THIS STEVEN MURRAY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY AND THE UNDER 16S DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
OUR UNDER 16S HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 68TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S MADE THEIR FINAL CHANGE OF THE GAME AS DANIEL FITZPATRICK WHO GUARANTEED BEFORE HE WENT BACK ON THAT HE WOULD SCORE CAME ON FOR ALLY MORGAN. A MINUTE AFTER GOING ON DANIEL FITZPATRICK WAS NEARLY ON THE SCORE SHEET AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND CLEARED. DANIEL FITZPATRICK WAS NOT TO BE DENIED THOUGH AS A MINUTE LATER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED DANIEL FITZPATRICK WAS AND HE PLACED THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 7-0. WITH SIXTEEN MINUTES REMAINING OUR UNDER 16S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER SHAUN MCKAY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND BRIAN LEE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. ON THE 78TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 17S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT STEPHEN SWEENEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH CLARK RANKIN HEADED UP IN THE AIR AND STEVEN MURRAY HEADED GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES REMAINING AIDEN MALONE HAD OUR UNDER 16S LAST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S HAD THEIR LAST CHANCE WHEN THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLARK RANKIN SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 17S WON THE GAME 7-0.