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AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 3-1 ARMADALE BOYS CLUB UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
DATE - 06 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
ANDY COLLIER, MARTIN REILLY, TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN) � MAN OF THE MATCH,
BRIAN MCKINLAY, DANIEL FITZPATRICK, CLARK RANKIN, SHAUN MCKAY, SCOTT SALLY, DEAN HERON, BRIAN LEE
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
MARK LAFFERTY FOR BRIAN MCKINLAY, STEPHEN SWEENEY FOR CLARK RANKIN, VOJTA BEDNAR FOR SHAUN MCKAY,
ALLY MORGAN FOR DEAN HERON, TRIALIST DAMIEN DOBBIN FOR BRIAN LEE,
TRIALIST CALLUM FRASER FOR TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN
BACK ON
TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN FOR SCOTT SALLY
MAN OF THE MATCH
LIAM SLOAN
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 17S TOOK ON ARMADALE BOYS CLUB UNDER 19S WHO INCLUDED FORMER UNDER 17S PLAYER SCOTT CRAIG ON THE BENCH IN A FRIENDLY AND THEY WON 3-1 THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM SCOTT SALLY AND ONE GOAL FROM BRIAN MCKINLAY.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 17S GOT THE GAME OFF TO A GREAT START AS DURING THE 4TH MINUTE OF IT DANIEL FITZPATRICK SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER CAME TO CATCH BUT HE FAILED TO GET THE BALL UNDER CONTROL AND SCOTT SALLY BLASTED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 17S THE LEAD. SCOTT SALLY WAS TO PLAY A MASSIVE PART IN THE FIRST HALF AS HE WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF CHANCES. THE NEXT THREE CHANCES WERE ALL FOR HIM AND FROM THE FIRST ONE ON THE 5TH MINUTE HE RACED ONE ON ONE WITH THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. FIVE MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY AGAIN RACED ONE ON ONE WITH THE GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT BUT THIS TIME IT WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT ALSO WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 17S WERE TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE ON ARMADALE AND DURING THE 15TH MINUTE DEAN HERON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. ARMADALE WERE TO HAVE THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT HIT THE BAR AND WENT OVER. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS THOUGH OUR UNDER 17S SHOWED ARMADALE HOW TO SCORE FROM A CORNER AS BRIAN LEE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND BRIAN MCKINLAY TURNED THE BALL GOALWARDS WITH A HEADER WHICH WENT INTO THE NET FOR HIS FIRST GOAL IN HIS AIRDRIE CAREER AND TO MAKE IT 2-0. ON THE 22ND MINUTE SCOTT SALLY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DEAN HERON HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THIS TIME THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS SHAUN MCKAY WHO WAS PLAYING IN AN UNUSUAL CENTRE MIDFIELD ROLE AND DOING VERY WELL HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE�S PRESSURE WAS TO PAY OFF ON THE 32ND MINUTE AS THEY WON A PENALTY AND FROM IT SCOTT SALLY SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 3-0. SCOTT SALLY WAS TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET HIS HAT-TRICK THREE MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 36TH MINUTE ARMADALE WAS TO HAVE A RARE CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER GOT DOWN LOW TO TIP THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER NO DANGER WAS CAUSED. A MINUTE AFTER THIS SCOTT SALLY WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE AS FROM A BRIAN LEE CROSS INTO THE BOX SCOTT GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A VOLLEY BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS BRIAN LEE HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND THEY WENT STRAIGHT UP THE PARK AND HAD A SHOT OF THEIR OWN FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. THERE WAS THREE MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 39TH MINUTE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN DANIEL FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER ARMADALE PULLED A GOAL BACK WITH THE BEST GOAL OF THE GAME AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE ANDY COLLIER NO CHANCE. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE HALF BRIAN LEE HAD THE LAST CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY MADE THE SAVE AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 3-1.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 17S MADE SIX SUBSTITUTIONS AS MARK LAFFERTY, STEPHEN SWEENEY, VOJTA BEDNAR, ALLY MORGAN AND TRIALISTS DAMIEN DOBBIN AND CALLUM FRASER CAME ON FOR BRIAN MCKINLAY, CLARK RANKIN, SHAUN MCKAY, DEAN HERON, BRIAN LEE AND TRIALIST MALKY.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF IT THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MARTIN REILLY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER ARMADALE HAD A CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. ARMADALE WAS TO COME WITHIN INCHES OF SCORING WITH THERE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT THEY WON A FREE KICK AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT CREPT INCHES OVER THE BAR WITH THE GOALKEEPER BEATEN. THEN ON THE 53RD MINUTE DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS TRIALIST MALKY CAME BACK ON FOR THE IMPRESSIVE SCOTT SALLY. MALKY WAS INVOLVED SHORTLY AFTER BEEN BROUGHT BACK ON AS FROM HIS CROSS INTO THE BOX DANIEL FITZPATRICK SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ARMADALE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 64TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER VOJTA BEDNAR HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. FORMER UNDER 17S PLAYER SCOTT CRAIG WHO WAS BROUGHT ON DURING THE FIRST HALF WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR ARMADALE ON THE 74TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER ALLY MORGAN SENT A FANTASTIC CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH AN UNMARKED CALLUM FRASER GOT ONTO WITH A VOLLEY SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
THERE WAS TO BE FOUR MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME AND BOTH TEAMS HAD TWO. FIRSTLY ON THE 77TH MINUTE SCOTT CRAIG HAD A CHANCE FOR ARMADALE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO INCREASE THE LEAD WHEN HE RACED ONE ON ONE WITH THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING ARMADALE HAD A CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS VOJTA BEDNAR HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WAS SAVED BY THE ARMADALE GOALKEEPER AND CLEARED BY HIS DEFENCE AND OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS SAW THE GAME OUT TO WIN 3-1.