INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S 1-2 EASTHOUSES LILY FC UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
DATE - 11 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
ANDY COLLIER, TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, BRIAN MCKINLAY, LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN),
MARK LAFFERTY � MAN OF THE MATCH, FRASER KEAST, CLARK RANKIN, SHAUN MCKAY, SCOTT SALLY � 1 GOAL,
DANIEL FITZPATRICK, BRIAN LEE
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED
MARTIN REILLY FOR TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, TRIALIST JASON ROBERTSON FOR BRIAN MCKINLAY,
STEPHEN SWEENEY FOR FRASER KEAST, VOJTA BEDNAR FOR CLARK RANKIN,
TRIALIST CALLUM FRASER FOR SHAUN MCKAY, DEAN HERON FOR DANIEL FITZPATRICK, ALLY MORGAN FOR BRIAN LEE
MAN OF THE MATCH
MARK LAFFERTY
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 17S TOOK ON EASTHOUSES LILY FC UNDER 19S IN A FRIENDLY AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE AND LOST 2-1. UNDER 17S TOP GOALSCORER SCOTT SALLY SCORED OUR GOAL.
FIRST HALF
EASTHOUSES LILY SHOWED THEIR INTENT STRAIGHT FROM KICK OFF AS THEY HIT A SHOT BUT ANDY COLLIER WAS UNDER NO PRESSURE AS IT WENT WELL WIDE. HOWEVER IT WAS OUR UNDER 17S WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 12TH MINUTE WHEN BRIAN LEE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS SCOTT SALLY WENT CLOSE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE EASTHOUSES LILY GOALKEEPER TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
EASTHOUSES LILY HAD THE NEXT THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 19TH MINUTE A POOR KICOUT BY ANDY COLLIER LED TO AN EASTHOUSES LILY PLAYER ATTEMPTING TO LOB HIM FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT ANDY EXCELLENTLY BACKTRACKED AND CAUGHT THE BALL TO MAKE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER EASTHOUSES LILY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT JUST WIDE AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE BALL WAS AGAIN CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SCOTT SALLY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 17S WHEN HE TRIED TO CHIP THE GOALKEEEPER FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR.
EASTHOUSES LILY WON A FREE KICK AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BOX ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY TOOK THE LEAD AS A SHOT WAS DRILLED GOALWARDS AND TURNED INTO THE NET. AIRDRIE RESPONDED TO GOING A GOAL DOWN BY HAVING THE NEXT THREE CHANCES OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 32ND MINUTE BRIAN LEE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE EASTHOUSES LILY GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY BEAT THE EASTHOUSES LILY GOALKEEPER INSIDE THE BOX AND ATTEMPTED TO LOB IT OVER HIM FROM A TIGHT ANGLE BUT IT WAS HEADED OFF THE LINE BY AND OUT THE PARK BY AN EASTHOUSES LILY DEFENDER AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. SCOTT SALLY WAS NOT TO BE DENIED THOUGH AS ON THE 39TH MINUTE HE SKILLFULLY TURNED HIS MARKER INSIDE THE BOX AND PLACED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. DURING THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF THE HALF EASTHOUSES LILY HAD ONE CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 17S MADE SEVEN SUBSTITUTIONS AS MARTIN REILLY, STEPHEN SWEENEY, VOJTA BEDNAR, ALLY MORGAN, DEAN HERON AND TRIALISTS CALLUM FRASER AND JASON ROBERTSON CAME ON FOR TRIALIST MALCOLM MCLELLAN, FRASER KEAST, CLARK RANKIN, BRIAN LEE, DANIEL FITZPATRICK, SHAUN MCKAY AND BRIAN MCKINLAY.
THE HALF GOT OFF TO THE WORST POSSIBLE START THOUGH FOR OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WAS DRILLED INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE EASTHOUSES LILY THE LEAD. OUR UNDER 17S RESPONDED TO THIS BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE THROUGH VOJTA BEDNAR FROM DISTANCE A MINUTE LATER BUT IT WENT WIDE. EASTHOUSES LILY CREATED THE NEXT TWO CHANCES THOUGH. FIRSTLY ON THE 53RD MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. FIVE MINUTES LATER EASTHOUSES LILY CHIPPED THE BALL OVER ANDY COLLIER BUT THE MAN OF THE MATCH MARK LAFFERTY EXCELLENTLY GOT BACK AND CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE.
IT WASN�T UNTIL THE 76TH MINUTE THAT THE NEXT CHANCE CAME AND WHEN IT DID SCOTT SALLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER EASTHOUSES LILY HAD A CHANCE FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT ANDY COLLIER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DNAGER. WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING EASTHOUSES LILY HAD A CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 17S RESPONDED TO THIS BY HAVING THREE CHANCES WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES. FIRSTLY VOJTA BEDNAR HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT THE EASTHOUSES LILY GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS EASTHOUSES LILY HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING ALLY MORGAN CUT INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE EASTHOUSES LILY GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY GOT FINGERTIPS TO IT TO TURN IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED TO AN UNMARKED VOJTA BEDNAR ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE EASTHOUSES LILY GOALKEEPER SAVED WITH HIS LEGS AND THEY HELD ON TO WIN THE GAME 2-1.