INFO
EAST STIRLING UNDER 17S 0-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S
LEAGUE GAME 18
VENUE � AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
KICK OFF TIME � 8:00PM
DATE � TUESDAY 03 MARCH 2009
STARTING 11
1 � ANDY COLLIER, 2 � STEPHEN SWEENEY � MAN OF THE MATCH, 3 � MARTIN REILLY � 1 GOAL, 4 � LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN), 5 � SHAUN MCKAY, 6 � FRASER KEAST, 7 � CLARK RANKIN, 8 � MARK LAFFERTY, 9 - SCOTT SALLY � 1 GOAL,
10 - DANIEL FITZPATRICK, 11 � BRIAN LEE � 2 GOALS
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
12 � PAUL MCVEY FOR 10 � DANIEL FITZPATRICK, 14 � ADAM SHAW FOR 8 � MARK LAFFERTY,
15 � BRIAN MCKINLAY FOR 3 � MARTIN REILLY, 16 � STEVEN KELLY FOR 11 � BRIAN LEE
MAN OF THE MATCH
2 - STEPHEN SWEENEY
MATCH REPORT
ON A MISERABLE WET AND SNOWY NIGHT THAT SAW FRASER KEAST�S DAD ENSURE THE MATCH REPORT WAS ABLE TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU BY HAVING AN UMBRELLA OVER THE PAPER OUR UNDER 17S KEPT UP THEIR RECENT RUN OF GOOD FORM BY WINNING 4-0 AGAINST EAST STIRLING UNDER 17S AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM BRIAN LEE AND GOALS FROM SCOTT SALLY AND MARTIN REILLY.
FIRST HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE GAME OFF TO A SLOW START AND DURING THE OPENING FIFTEEN MINUTES OF IT EAST STIRLING HAD FOUR OPPORTUNITIES. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 7TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN ANDY COLLIER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. ON THE 11TH MINUTE EAST STIRLING HAD ANOTHER GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE AND FOUR MINUTES LATER ANDY COLLIER WAS CALLED INTO ACTION FOR A FOURTH TIME TONIGHT AS HE SAVED A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT. EAST STIRLING WERE NEARLY MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THERE CHANCES ON THE 17TH MINUTE AS FROM A CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST AND MARK LAFFERTY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND FROM THE REBOUND MARK HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS AGAIN CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND EAST STIRLING SURVIVED. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 17S SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH THEIR GOALIE LOOKED TO HAVE CLAIMED HOWEVER HE DROPPED THE BALL AND BRIAN LEE REACTED QUICKEST TO THIS MISTAKE AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 17S THE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SCOTT SALLY ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE THE LEAD WHEN HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN ON THE 23RD MINUTE DANIEL FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF AN EXCELLENT CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
EAST STIRLING SETTLED BACK DOWN AND ON THE 28TH MINUTE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE AND A MINUTE LATER EAST STIRLING WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT AGAIN ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. EAST STIRLING CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND HAD ANOTHER GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX ON THE 30TH MINUTE BUT IT LOOKED AS IF NOTHING WAS GETTING BY ANDY COLLIER TONIGHT AS HE MADE ANOTHER SAVE AND A MINUTE LATER EAST STIRLING HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. DESPITE ALL OF THIS PRESSURE BY EAST STIRLING IT WAS OUR UNDER 17S WHO FINISHED THE HALF STRONGER AND ON THE 34TH MINUTE MARK LAFFERTY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND FRASER KEAST HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING STEPHEN SWEENEY HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF IT FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND OUR UNDER 17S WERE TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME WITH A ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE HALF OFF TO A FANTASTIC START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT SCOTT SALLY CROSSED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL FOR BRIAN LEE TO TAP INTO THE NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT TO MAKE IT 2-0 AND FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. TWO MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO OF HIS OWN WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY BY THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER AND FROM THE REBOUND BRIAN LEE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 54TH MINUTE SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER WAS DOING WELL TO KEEP THE SCORE DOWN AND HE MADE ANOTHER SAVE. EAST STIRLING HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 55TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER MARK LAFFERTY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 59TH MINUTE FROM A CLARK RANKIN CROSS TO THE BACK POST SCOTT SALLY GOT THE BALL UNDER CONTROL AND TURNED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR HIS 17TH UNDER 17S LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON AND BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART OUT UNDER 17S MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTATION AS UNDER 16S PLAYER STEVEN KELLY CAME ON FOR BRIAN LEE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 17S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS TAPPED TO MARTIN REILLY AND HE DRILLED A SHOT GOALWARDS AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 4-0 AND GIVE THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE.
EAST STIRLING RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 62ND MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS BRIAN MCKINLAY CAME ON FOR MARTIN REILLY. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEPHEN SWEENEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 17S BUT IT WAS SAVED. EAST STIRLING HAD ANOTHER CHANCE ON THE 65TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT AGAIN ANDY COLLIER THWARTED THEM BY MAKING THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER UNDER 16S STRIKER STEVEN KELLY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. AIRDRIE WENT IN SEARCH OF A FIFTH GOAL AND ON THE 69TH MINUTE FRASER KEAST HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER A CORNER WAS WON AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND THIS ALLOWED BRIAN MCKINLAY TO HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS EXCELLENTLY CLEARED OFF THE LINE BY FORMER UNDER 17S TRIALIST PAUL SWEENEY. EAST STIRLING HAD A RARE CHANCE SHORTLY AFTER THIS WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 17S THEN MADE THEIR THIRD SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS UNDER 16S PLAYER ADAM SHAW CAME ON FOR MARK LAFFERTY AND A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS ANOTHER UNDER 16S PLAYER PAUL MCVEY CAME ON FOR DANIEL FITZPATRICK. WITH ONLY TEN MINUTES REMAINING OUR UNDER 17S PILED ON THE PRESSURE AND FROM A SCOTT SALLY CROSS FRASER KEAST SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT CLIPPED THE POST AND WENT WIDE. SCOTT SALLY WAS TO HAVE ONE MORE GO BEFORE FULL TIME AS ON THE 84TH MINUTE HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 220 YARDS OUT BUT THE EAST STIRLING GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE AS FROM A FRASER KEAST CROSS INTO THE BOX STEVEN KELLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED AND OUR UNDER 17S WON THE GAME 4-0 TO MAKE IT FOUR WINS IN A ROW.