INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 4-3 BONNYRIGG ROSE UNDER 17S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
DATE - 19 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 - ANDY COLLIER, 2 � STEPHEN SWEENEY, 6 � MARTIN REILLY, 7 � SHAUN MCKAY, 9 � ALLY MORGAN,
10 � DALE KILPATRICK, 14 � LIAM SLOAN, 15 � BRIAN MCKINLAY, 16 � SCOTT SALLY, 17 � FRASER KEAST, 18 � CLARK RANKIN
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
3 � KEVIN BUCHANAN FOR 18 � CLARK RANKIN, 4 � KEVIN KANE FOR 6 � MARTIN REILLY,
5 � PADDY HUGHES - 1 GOAL FOR 9 � ALLY MORGAN, 8 � DANIEL FITZPATRICK FOR 16 � SCOTT SALLY,
11 � BRIAN LEE - 1 GOAL FOR 17 � FRASER KEAST, 12 � AIDEN MALONE - 1 GOAL FOR 10 � DALE KILPATRICK
15 � LIAM DEANS - 1 GOAL FOR 2 � STEPHEN SWEENEY, 18 � MARK LAFFERTY FOR 7 � SHAUN MCKAY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S PRODUCED A SPIRITED FIGHT BACK AS THEY CAME FROM 0-3 DOWN TO WIN 4-3 AGAINST BONNYRIGG ROSE UNDER 17S IN A FRIENDLY TONIGHT AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE THANKS TO A GOAL FROM BRIAN LEE AND GOALS FROM TRIALISTS PADDY HUGHES, LIAM DEANS AND AIDEN MALONE.
FIRST HALF
BONNYRIGG GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF IT THEY HAD TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 3RD MINUTE THEY CROSSED A CORNER INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT. A MINUTE LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. DALE KILPATRICK WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FOR OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS FROM 25 AND 20 YARDS OUT ON THE 9TH AND 14TH MINUTES BUT BOTH HIS EFFORTS WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER BONNYRIGG BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH ANDY COLLIER AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY CURLED A SHOT BY HIM AND INTO THE NET TO TAKE THE LEAD. BONNYRIGG THEN HAD A GOOD CHANCE TO DOUBLE THERE LEAD A MINUTE LATER AS THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WAS SAVED.
OUR UNDER 17S WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE SHOTS. FIRSTLY ON THE 20TH MINUTE STEPHEN SWEENEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER STEPHEN SWEENEY HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THIS TIME IT WENT JUST WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 17S PLAYED SOME NICE ALONG THE GROUND FOOTBALL AND THIS LET TO DALE KILPATRICK GETTING PLAYED IN AND HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
THE REMAINDER OF CHANCES IN THIS HALF WERE ALL FOR BONNYRIGG. FIRSTLY ON THE 26TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED BY ANDY COLLIER. THEN ON THE 38TH MINUTE THE GAME TURNED NASTY AS A POOR CHALLENGE ON SCOTT SALLY LED TO HIM HAVING TO GO OFF INJURED HOWEVER THIS LET DANIEL FITZPATRICK COME ON. THIS ALSO LED TO STEPHEN SWEENEY AND BONNYRIGG PLAYER BEEN INVOLVED IN A CONFRONTATION AND BOTH PLAYERS BEEN YELLOW CARDED. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS BONNYRIGG WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO DOUBLE THERE LEAD. THE ACTION FOR THE HALF WAS NOT DONE THOUGH AS WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF IT REMAINING SUBSTITUTE DANIEL FITZPATRICK BECAME THE SECOND UNDER 17S PLAYER TO BE YELLOW CARDED AS THE HALF DREW TO A CLOSE.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 17S MADE THERE REMAINING SEVEN SUBSTITUTIONS AS BRIAN LEE AND TRIALISTS MARK LAFFERTY, KEVIN BUCHANAN, KEVIN KANE, AIDEN MALONE, PADDY HUGHES AND LIAM DEANS CAME ON FOR FRASER KEAST, SHAUN MCKAY, CLARK RANKIN, MARTIN REILLY, DALE KILPATRICK, ALLY MORGAN AND STEPHEN SWEENEY.
THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WAS TO COME FOR OUR UNDER 17S ON THE 50TH MINUTE AS FROM A CORNER THE BALL WAS NOT CLEARED AND LIAM SLOAN SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER THOUGH BONNYRIGG INCREASED THE LEAD AS THE BALL WAS GIVING AWAY VERY EASILY AND THIS LED TO THERE PLAYER SLIDING THE BALL BY ANDY COLLIER AND INTO THE NET. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THE NEXT THREE CHANCES AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 53RD MINUTE BRIAN LEE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE BONNYRIGG GOALKEEPER TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND TRIALIST LIAM DEANS SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SIX MINUTES LATER DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. IT WAS BONNYRIGG�S TURN TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES OF THE GAME AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 63RD MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THAT ALSO WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY SENT A HEADER FROM INSIDE THE BOX GOALWARDS BUT THAT MISSED THE TARGET AS WELL AS THAT WENT WIDE.
OUR UNDER 17S STARTED THERE FIGHT BACK WITH THERE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 72ND MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX TRIALIST PADDY HUGHES PLACED A SHOT BY THE BONNYRIGG GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. A MINUTE LATER BRIAN MCKINLAY NEARLY PULLED ANOTHER GOAL BACK AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE BONNYRIGG GOALKEEPER TIPPED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 75TH MINUTE TRIALIST AIDEN MALONE HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE BONNYRIGG GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THOUGH BRIAN LEE PLACED A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX INTO THE NET TO PULL ANOTHER GOAL BACK AND THEN ON THE 80TH MINUTE TRIALIST LIAM DEANS USED HIS STRENGTH TO HOLD OFF A DEFENDER AND CURL A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX HIGH INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE TWO MORE CHANCES EACH AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 81ST MINUTE BONNYRIGG HIT A SHOT FROM THE KICK OFF BUT IT WAS EASILY SAVED BY ANDY COLLIER. A MINUTE LATER BRIAN LEE PLAYED TRIALIST AIDEN MALONE IN ON GOAL AND FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX AIDEN HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WAS CLEARED BY THE BONNYRIGG DEFENCE. TWO MINUTES LATER THOUGH BONNYRIGG WERE NOT AS LUCKY AS BRIAN LEE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH THE BONNYRIGG GOALKEEPER COULD ONLY PARRY AWAY TO THE FEET OF TRIALIST AIDEN MALONE AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE UNDER 17S THE LEAD. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES REMAINING BONNYRIGG TRIED TO GET THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE MATCH WITH THE FINAL SHOT OF THE GAME FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 17S HELD ON TO WIN THE GAME 4-3.