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AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 2-2 CUMBERNAULD COLTS UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
DATE - 02 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 - ANDY COLLIER, 2 � KEVIN KANE, 3 � ALLY MORGAN, 4 � KEVIN BUCHANAN, 5 � MARK LAFFERTY, 7 � DALE KILPATRICK,
8 � BRIAN MCKINLAY, 9 �FRASER KEAST, 14 � CLARK RANKIN, 16 � LIAM SLOAN, 17 � AIDEN MALONE
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
6 � STEPHEN SWEENEY FOR 4 � KEVIN BUCHANAN, 9 � EDDIE HALEY FOR 9 � FRASER KEAST,
10 � MARTIN REILLY FOR 2 � KEVIN KANE, 11 � BRIAN LEE FOR 3 � ALLY MORGAN,
12 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 16 � LIAM SLOAN, 15 � SCOTT SALLY FOR 7 � DALE KILPATRICK
BACK ON
16 � LIAM SLOAN FOR 14 � CLARK RANKIN
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S TOOK ON CUMBERNAULD COLTS UNDER 19S WHO INCLUDED FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S PLAYERS ROSS MCLACHLAN, DAVID DOWNS, DAVID RUTHERFORD AND FRANKIE HUMPHRIES IN THERE STARTING ELEVEN AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE IN A FRIENDLY AND DREW 2-2 THANKS TO GOALS FROM AIDEN MALONE AND BRIAN LEE.
FIRST HALF
THE OPENING 20 MINUTES OF THIS GAME WERE DOMINATED BY CUMBERNAULD AS DURING IT THEY HAD FIVE CHANCES. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 5TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER ROSS MCLACHLAN SENT A FANTASTIC CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH ONE OF HIS TEAM-MATES GO ONTO ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT WITH A HEADER AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO GIVE ANDY COLLIER NO CHANCE AND CUMBERNAULD COLTS THE LEAD. ON THE 11TH MINUTE CUMBERNAULD COLTS HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER OUR UNDER 17S CLEARED THE DANGER. THREE MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 16TH MINUTE CUMBERNAULD COLTS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. DALE KILPATRICK WAS TO HAVE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 23RD MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND THE CUMBERNAULD COLTS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER DAVID DOWNS HAD A CHANCE FOR CUMBERNAULD COLTS WHEN HE TRIED TO LOB ANDY COLLIER FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE BOX BUT IT BOUNCED ON THE GROUND ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL AND WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER CUMBERNAULD COLTS HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THOUGHT OUR UNDER 17S DREW LEVEL AS FROM A LONG ANDY COLLIER KICK OUT A CUMBERNAULD COLTS DEFENDER FAILED TO GET PROPER CONTACT ON THE BALL AND THIS LED TO AIDEN MALONE NIPPING IN AND HITTING A SHOT BUT THE GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY ONLY TO SEE AIDEN THERE TO TURN THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR ALLY MORGAN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND FRASER KEAST SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
FRANKIE HUMPHRIES WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR CUMBERNAULD COLTS ON THE 30TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER BRIAN MCKINLAY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS FRASER KEAST SET UP THE NEXT CHANCE AS HE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AIDEN MALONE GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT THE BALL WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 36TH MINUTE FRASER KEAST HAD A GO OF HIS OWN FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE BALL WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER DALE KILPATRICK HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING DAVID RUTHERFORD HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT FOR CUMBERNAULD COLTS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 17S MADE ALL THERE SUBSTITUTIONS AS MARTIN REILLY, EDDIE HALEY, STEPHEN SWEENEY, BRIAN LEE AND SCOTT SALLY ALONG WITH UNDER 19S PLAYER RYAN DONNELLY WHO WAS MAKING A CAMEO APPEARANCE FOR THE UNDER 17S CAME ON FOR KEVIN KANE, FRASER KEAST, KEVIN BUCHANAN, ALLY MORGAN, DALE KILPATRICK AND LIAM SLOAN. THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WAS TO COME FOR OUR UNDER 17S DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE HALF AS SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. CUMBERNAULD COLTS HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST FOR A CORNER AND FROM IT THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS CUMBERNAULD COLTS HAD ANOTHER GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 53RD MINUTE BRIAN LEE HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE THE GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE AND PUT OUR UNDER 17S 2-1 UP. TWO MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY GOT ONTO THE END OF A CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND FROM THE REBOUND AIDEN MALONE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 59TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 17S HIT THE WOODWORK AGAIN AS A CLARK RANKIN CROSS WAS TIPPED ONTO THE BAR AND FROM THE REBOUND BRIAN LEE HEADED GOALWARDS BUT IT ALSO RATTLED THE BAR AND FROM THE REBOUND AIDEN MALONE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND CUMBERNAULD COLTS CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 17S RATTLED THE BAR AGAIN AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX CLARK RANKIN HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE CUMBERNAULD COLTS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
CUMBERNAULD COLTS SETTLED BACK DOWN AFTER THIS AND ON THE 61ST MINUTE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS BRIAN LEE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN A MINUTE AFTER THIS BRIAN MCKINLAY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. CUMBERNAULD COLTS WERE TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE A MINUTE LATER THOUGH AS THEY SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX AND THEN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT ANDY COLLIER PULLED OFF A STUNNING SAVE TO KEEP OUR UNDER 17S IN FRONT AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 65TH MINUTE CUMBERNAULD COLTS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED BY ANDY COLLIER. A MINUTE LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 17S FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 17S WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE RIGHT WING ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MARTIN REILLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND BRIAN LEE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 17S MADE THERE FINAL CHANGE OF THE GAME ON THE 72ND MINUTE AS LIAM SLOAN CAME BACK ON FOR CLARK RANKIN. HOWEVER A MINUTE LATER CUMBERNAULD COLTS HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 80TH MINUTE CUMBERNAULD COLTS HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH ANDY COLLIER PARRIED AWAY BUT THEY REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. STRAIGHT FROM THE KICK OFF SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WAS SAVED AND CUMBERNAULD COLTS WENT STRAIGHT BACK UP THE PARK AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WERE TO HAVE THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 83RD MINUTE STEPHEN SWEENEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER AIDEN MALONE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND THE GAME FINISHED 2-2.