INFO
ALLOA ATHLETIC UNDER 17S 2-0 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S
LEAGUE CUP GAME 3
VENUE � RECREATION PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 2:30PM
DATE � SUNDAY 05 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � ANDY COLLIER, 2 � STEPHEN SWEENEY, 3 � BRIAN MCKINLAY, 4 � LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN),
5 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE � MAN OF THE MATCH, 6 � FRASER KEAST, 7 � CLARK RANKIN, 8- VOJTA BEDNAR, 9 - SCOTT SALLY, 10 - DANIEL FITZPATRICK, 11 � ALLY MORGAN
SUBSTITUTES � USED
12 � MARK LAFFERTY FOR 8 � VOJTA BEDNAR, 14 � SHAUN MCKAY FOR 7 � CLARK RANKIN
SUBSTITUTES � NOT USED
15 - BRIAN LEE, 16 - MARTIN REILLY, 18 - TRIALIST JOHN MCMILLAN
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - TRIALIST DAVID CANE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S HOPES OF PROGRESSING TO THE SEMI FINALS OF THE LEAGUE CUP WERE DEALT ANOTHER BLOW TODAY AS THEY LOST 2-0 AGAINST ALLOA ATHLETIC UNDER 17S.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE HAD THE MAJORITY OF CHANCES DURING THE FIRST HALF AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ONE OF THE BEST CHANCES AS ON THE 8TH MINUTE AN UNMARKED DANIEL FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ALLOA GOALKEEPER CALUM SINCLAIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T ARRIVE UNTIL THE 21ST MINUTE WHEN ALLY MORGAN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE CROSSBAR AND WENT OVER. SEVEN MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM IT FRASER KEAST SENT A DANGEROUS BALL INTO THE BOX WHICH CALUM SINCLAIR PARRIED AWAY HOWEVER THE DANGER WAS NOT CLEARED AND DAVID CANE GOT A SHOT AWAY BUT CALUM SINCLAIR MADE THE SAVE.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE ON ALLOA ATHLETIC AND ON THE 29TH MINUTE SCOTT SALLY GOT ONTO THE END OF A LIAM SLOAN CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT WIDE AND TWO MINUTES LATER ALLY MORGAN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SCOTT SALLY WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT CALUM SINCLAIR MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 34TH MINUTE ALLY MORGAN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND DAVID CANE FLICKED THE BALL ON AND FRASER KEAST SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. VOJTA BEDNAR WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 41ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND A FEW MINUTES LATER ALLY MORGAN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN CALUM SINCLAIR MADE THE SAVE.
ALLOA HAD THEIR ONLY TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF DURING THE FINAL TWO MINUTES OF IT AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 44TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND IT ENDED UP FALLING TO AN UNMARKED PLAYER AT THE BACK POST AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JASON THOMSON HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE AND BOTH TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE SECOND HALF CAME FOR OUR UNDER 17S SIX MINUTES INTO IT AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX SCOTT SALLY HAD A SHOT BLOCKED AND THE BALL FELL TO CLARK RANKIN AND HE GOT A SHOT AWAY BUT AN ALLOA PLAYER EXCELLENTLY GOT A BLOCK IN SO THE BALL WENT JUST OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER NO DANGER WAS CAUSED. AIRDRIE WAS MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING THIS CHANCE OR ANY OF THE CHANCES THEY HAD DURING THE FIRST HALF ON THE 57TH MINUTE AS ALLOA WON A FREE KICK ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM IT A DANGEROUS LOW CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND IT EVADED ALL THE PLAYERS AND THE BALL CREPT IN AT THE NEAR POST TO GIVE ALLOA THE LEAD. THREE MINUTES LATER ALLOA DOUBLED THEIR ADVANTAGE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT OVER ANDY COLLIER AND INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THEIR LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLOA�S JASON THOMSON HAD A GOOD CHANCE BUT HIS SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 65TH MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS MARK LAFFERTY CAME ON FOR VOJTA BEDNAR. IT WAS ALLOA WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH AS A MINUTE LATER KERR NEWBIGGING HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLY MORGAN HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A FANTASTIC CHANCE TO PULL A GOAL BACK ON THE 74TH MINUTE BUT HIS SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WAS PARRIED AWAY BY CALUM SINCLAIR AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A FEW MINUTES LATER FRASER KEAST HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART SHAUN MCKAY CAME ON FOR CLARK RANKIN.
ALLOA WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES THOUGH AND ON THE 77TH MINUTE THEY HAD THE FIRST OF THEM WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. NINE MINUTES LATER JASON THOMSON HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLOA HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE BALL WENT OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING OUR UNDER 19S TRIED TO FIND A CONSOLATION GOAL WHEN ALLY MORGAN HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. A MINUTE LATER OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WON A CORNER AND FROM IT FRASER KEAST CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND MARK LAFFERTY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER HOWEVER IT WENT WIDE. DURING STOPPAGE TIME AIRDRIE HAD A GOOD SHOUT FOR A PENALTY APPEAL TURNED DOWN AS SCOTT SALLY WAS CHOPPED DOWN IN THE BOX BUT THE REFEREE WAVED PLAY ON AND AIRDRIE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE AS FROM A SCOTT SALLY CROSS TO THE BACK POST DANIEL FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT WIDE AND ALLOA WON THE GAME 2-0.
MATCH PICTURES
MCKINLAY
SWEENEY
CANE
FITZPATRICK
RANKIN
REILLY