INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 1-3 ALLOA ATHLETIC UNDER 17S
LEAGUE CUP GAME 6
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 2:00PM
DATE � SUNDAY 03 MAY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � ANDY COLLIER, 2 � STEPHEN SWEENEY, 3 � MARTIN REILLY, 4 � LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN), 5 � MARK LAFFERTY,
6 � CLARK RANKIN � MAN OF THE MATCH, 7 � FRASER KEAST, 8 � ALLY MORGAN, 9 � SCOTT SALLY, 10 � VOJTA BEDNAR,
11 - DANIEL FITZPATRICK
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
12 � BRIAN MCKINLAY FOR 3 � MARTIN REILLY, 14 � BRIAN LEE FOR 7 � FRASER KEAST,
15 � SHAUN MCKAY FOR 10 � VOJTA BEDNAR, 17 � TRIALIST DAVID MCKEOWN FOR 1 � ANDY COLLIER
MAN OF THE MATCH
6 - CLARK RANKIN
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN ENDED IN DEFEAT AS THEY LOST 3-1 AGAINST ALLOA ATHLETIC UNDER 17S AT GLASGOW GREEN AFTER FAILING TO CAPITALISE ON A NUMBER OF CHANCES TO SCORE.
FIRST HALF
DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE GAME ALLOA HAD THE FIRST CHANCE AND SHOULD HAVE TAKING THE LEAD AS THERE STRIKER BEAT ANDY COLLIER TO THE BALL JUST INSIDE THE BOX AND WITH AN EMPTY NET TO AIM FOR HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST AND MARTIN REILLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 15TH MINUTE ALLOA WON A PENALTY AND FROM IT THEY SCORED TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD. AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO GOING A GOAL DOWN BY HAVING THE MAJORITY OF CHANCES LEFT IN THIS HALF AND ON THE 21ST MINUTE THEY HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN A FREE KICK WAS WON AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT ALLY MORGAN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR.
ON THE HALF HOUR MARK DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT THE ALLOA GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND A MINUTE LATER FRASER KEAST HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. VOJTA BEDNAR WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 32ND MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN THE ALLOA GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND A MINUTE LATER FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT SCOTT SALLY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DANIEL FITZPATRICK AND ALLY MORGAN WERE NEXT HAVING SHOTS FROM INSIDE THE BOX ON THE 35TH AND 38TH MINUTES BUT BOTH EFFORTS WENT WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES OF THE HALF ALLOA HAD A CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FORM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE AND TWO MINUTES LATER ALLOA HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS FRASER KEAST HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE ALLOA GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND THEY WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF COULD BEGIN OUR UNDER 17S MADE THREE SUBSTITUTIONS AS TRIALIST GOALKEEPER DAVIE MCKEOWN, BRIAN LEE AND BRIAN MCKINLAY CAME ON FOR THE INJURED DUO ANDY COLLIER AND FRASER KEAST AND ALSO FOR MARTIN REILLY.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS ENJOYED THE SUPERIORITY OF THE HALF DURING THE OPENING FIFTEEN MINUTES OF IT AND ON THE 51ST MINUTE BRIAN LEE GOT ONTO A DEEP BRIAN MCKINLAY CROSS TO THE BACK POST WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED AND A MINUTE LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS ALSO SAVED. DANIEL FITZPATRICK WAS NEXT TO HAVE A CHANCE WHEN HE CHASED A LONG BALL DOWN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THEN ON THE 61ST MINUTE BRIAN MCKINLAY SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS FROM AN ALLY MORGAN CROSS BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS SHAUN MCKAY CAME ON FOR VOJTA BEDNAR.
IT WAS ALLOA WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH ON THE 64TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT DAVID MCKEOWN MADE THE SAVE AND A MINUTE LATER ALLOA HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 66TH MINUTE AIRDRIE CAME CLOSE TO EQUALIZING WHEN ALLY MORGAN HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX AS IT HIT THE POST AND WAS CLEARED. ALLOA WAS TO START PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON OUR UNDER 17S AND ON THE 67TH MINUTE HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND TWO MINUTES LATER THEY DOUBLED THERE LEAD AS FROM A LONG BALL THE GOALKEEPER DIDN�T MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BALL AND THIS ALLOWED AN ALLOA PLAYER TO TAP THE BALL INTO AND EMPTY NET AND INCREASE THEIR LEAD.
ALLOA WAS TO GO AND SEARCH FOR A THIRD GOAL AND ON THE 70TH MINUTE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR WITH DAVID MCKEOWN BEATEN AND FROM THE REBOUND A HEADER WAS SENT OVER THE BAR. A FURTHER TWO MINUTES LATER ALLOA SCORED AGAIN AS THERE PLAYER WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE CALMLY SLID THE BALL BY THE GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. OUR UNDER 17S WAS TO SCORE THE BEST GOAL OF THE GAME THOUGH WITH THE CONSOLATION GOAL ON THE 76TH MINUTE AS ALLY MORGAN WHO WASN�T FACING THE GOAL TURNED INSIDE AND CURLED THE BALL INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET FROM JUST INSIDE THE BOX TO GIVE THE ALLOA GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE. FIVE MINUTES LATER ALLOA HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED.
THERE WAS ONLY FOUR MORE CHANCES LEFT IN THE GAME AND ON THE 82ND MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND FOUR MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 17S FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 17S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND SHAUN MCKAY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN WITH ONLY A MINUTE OF THE GAME REMAINING ALLOA HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THEY WON THE GAME 3-1.
MATCH PICTURES
SWEENEY
KEAST
SALLY
MCKINLAY
SLOAN