INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 1-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
DATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
ANDY COLLIER, TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, STEPHEN SWEENEY, LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN), MARK LAFFERTY,
SHAUN MCKAY, FRASER KEAST, CLARK RANKIN, SCOTT SALLY, DANIEL FITZPATRICK, ALLY MORGAN
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
MARTIN REILLY FOR TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, BRIAN MCKINLAY FOR STEPHEN SWEENEY,
VOJTA BEDNAR FOR SHAUN MCKAY, BRIAN LEE FOR ALLY MORGAN, DEAN HERON FOR SCOTT SALLY,
TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY FOR FRASER KEAST
MATCH REPORT
ON A COLD AND WET NIGHT AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE AIRDRIE UNITED�S TWO PRO YOUTH TEAMS WERE IN 80 MINUTE FRIENDLY ACTION (TWO FORTY MINUTE HALF�S) AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON AND OUR UNDER 19S MADE IT TWO WINS OUT OF TWO BY WINNING 4-1 TONIGHT THANKS TO GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, KEIRAN DONAGHY, SEAN CLARK AND RYAN DONNELLY. MEANWHILE DEAN HERON SCORED OUR UNDER 17S GOAL.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S WENT REALLY CLOSE TO OPENING THE SCORING WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT DURING THE FIRST MINUTE AS A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND HEADED GOALWARDS BY STEFAN MCCLUSKEY BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND BOUNCED DOWN AND WAS CLEARED BY OUR UNDER 17S DEFENCE. TEN MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TURNED IT GOALWARDS BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE.
OUR UNDER 17S HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE ON THE 12TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AS DANIEL FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. NINE MINUTES LATER UNDER 19S CAPTAIN GRAEME FOX HAD A CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHEN HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SOME GOOD BUILD UP PLAY BY OUR UNDER 17S LED TO STEPHEN SWEENEY HITTING A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME AND ON THE 23RD MINUTE A LONG BOBBY WEIR WAS FLICKED ON BY MARK FITZPATRICK AND THIS LED TO STEFAN MCCLUSKEY BEING ONE ON ONE WITH ANDY COLLIER AND HE PLACED THE BALL BY HIM AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 1-0. KEIRAN DONAGHY WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 26TH AND 30TH MINUTES. FIRSTLY HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THEN HE CURLED A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD.
OUR UNDER 17S RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT TWO CHANCES SHORTLY AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY CLARK RANKIN HIT A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR PULLED OFF A TERRIFIC SAVE BY GETTING A STRONG HAND TO IT TO TURN IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 36TH MINUTE DAVID TAYLOR WAS TO HAVE THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 19S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH THE TWO GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN BOTH TEAMS MADE CHANGES AS FOR OUR UNDER 19S THEY BROUGHT ON SEAN CLARK, WILLIAM ROSS, DOUGIE MACKAY AND ANTHONY CLARKE FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY, A TRIALIST, PADDY MCCABE AND MARK FITZPATRICK. MEANWHILE OUR U17S BROUGHT ON MARTIN REILLY, BRIAN MCKINLAY, VOJTA BEDNAR, BRIAN LEE, DEAN HERON AND TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY FOR TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, STEPHEN SWEENEY, SHAUN MCKAY, ALLY MORGAN, SCOTT SALLY AND FRASER KEAST.
OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO GET THE HALF OFF TO A GREAT START THOUGH AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT TWO OF THE SUBSTITUTES COMBINED AS DOUGIE MACKAY PLAYED SEAN CLARK IN ON GOAL AND HE DRILLED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S SCORED THE BEST GOAL OF THE GAME WHEN RYAN DONNELLY EXCELLENTLY SENT THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET FROM INSIDE THE BOX TO GIVE ANDY COLLIER NO CHANCE.
ON THE 48TH MINUTE ANTHONY CLARK HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY TRIED TO INCREASE OUR UNDER 19S LEAD FROM DISTANCE BUT HIS SHOT WAS SAVED BY ANDY COLLIER.
ON THE 60TH MINUTE BRIAN LEE TRIED TO GET OUR UNDER 17S BACK INTO THE GAME AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. RYAN DONNELLY WENT IN SEARCH OF HIS SECOND GOAL A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 66TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER SOME GOOD WORK BY STEFAN MCCLUSKEY OUT ON THE WING LED TO HIM CROSSING THE BALL INTO THE BOX TO AN UNMARKED ANTHONY CLARKE AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
WITH ONLY TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING OUR UNDER 17S CUT OUR UNDER 19S DEFENCE OPEN AND THIS LED TO DEAN HERON BEEN ONE ON ONE WITH BOBBY WEIR AND SLIDING THE BALL BY HIM AND INTO THE NET FOR A CONSOLATION GOAL. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HAD OUR UNDER 19S LAST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED BY ANDY COLLIER. OUR UNDER 17S WERE STILL TO HAVE TWO MORE CHANCES BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 35TH MINUTE BRIAN LEE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER BOBBY WAS CALLED INTO ACTION AGAIN AS FROM A DANIEL FITZPATRICK CROSS INTO THE BOX TRIALIST STEVEN MURRAY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY MADE THE SAVE AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 4-1.