INFO
STIRLING ALBION UNDER 17S 2-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S
LEAGUE GAME 16
VENUE � FORTHBANK ASTROTURF
KICK OFF TIME � 2:15PM
DATE � SUNDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11 - 1 � ANDY COLLIER, 2 � STEPHEN SWEENEY, 3 � MARTIN REILLY, 4 � LIAM SLOAN (CAPTAIN), 5 � SHAUN MCKAY, 6 � FRASER KEAST, 7 � VOJTA BEDNAR � 1 GOAL, 8 � CLARK RANKIN, 9 - SCOTT SALLY � 3 GOALS � MAN OF THE MATCH,
10 - DANIEL FITZPATRICK, 11 � ALLY MORGAN
SUBSTITUTES � ALL USED - 12 � BRIAN MCKINLAY FOR 3 � MARTIN REILLY, 14 � BRIAN LEE FOR 11 - ALLY MORGAN,
18 � TRIALIST JOHN MCMILLAN FOR 6 � FRASER KEAST
MAN OF THE MATCH - 9 - SCOTT SALLY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S MADE IT TWO WINS IN A ROW AS THEY WON 4-2 AGAINST STIRLING ALBION UNDER 17S AT FORTHBANK ASTROTURF. MAN OF THE MATCH SCOTT SALLY SCORED A HAT-TRICK AND VOJTA BEDNAR SCORED OUR OTHER GOAL.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF IT BOTH TEAMS HAD CHANCES. STIRLING HAD THE FIRST OF THE CHANCES DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE GAME AS GARY MORRISON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 17S HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS FROM A FRASER KEAST CROSS INTO THE BOX SCOTT SALLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 5TH MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FRASER KEAST CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND SCOTT SALLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT DARREN DOLAN MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD HIS THIRD CHANCE OF THE GAME AS HE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. STIRLING RESPONDED TO GOING A GOAL DOWN BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 11TH MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX ANDREW HUNTER HIT A SHOT BUT ANDY COLLIER EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND A GARY MORRISON SHOT WENT WIDE. ELEVEN MINUTES LATER ROSS GALLACHER HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT FOR STIRLING BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STIRLING HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE WENT IN SEARCH OF THE SECOND GOAL AND ON THE 27TH MINUTE SCOTT SALLY WHO WAS CAUSING STIRLING�S DEFENCE MASSIVE PROBLEMS HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT DARREN DOLAN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THREE MINUTES LATER SCOTT SALLY EXCELLENTLY BROUGHT DOWN AN ANDY COLLIER KICK OUT AND STARTED RACING TOWARDS GOAL FROM ABOUT 35-40 YARDS OUT AND WENT BY TWO STIRLING DEFENDERS WITH EASE AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE COOLLY CURLED THE BALL ACROSS DARREN DOLAN AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0 AND FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. ON THE 31ST MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT STEPHEN SWEENEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND THE BALL WAS NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND IT ENDED UP WITH VOJTA BEDNAR TURNING THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT TO MAKE IT 3-0. AIRDRIE WANTED THE FOURTH GOAL AND ON THE 33RD MINUTE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FRASER KEAST GOT ONTO IT WITH AN OVERHEAD KICK BUT DARREN DOLAN MADE THE SAVE. SIX MINUTES LATER STIRLING HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDY COLLIER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STIRLING HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 41ST MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF AS SCOTT SALLY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE TRIED TO ROUND STIRLING GOALKEEPER DARREN DOLAN BUT HE WAS PULLED DOWN AND THE REFEREE AWARDED THE PENALTY AND FROM IT SCOTT SALLY SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS HAT TRICK AND HIS 16TH LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON. AIRDRIE WERE FORCED TO MAKE A CHANGE BEFORE THE RESTART AS WINGER ALLY MORGAN WHO HAD CAUSED THE STIRLING DEFENCE PROBLEMS HAD TO COME OFF DUE TO INJURY AND THIS MEANT BRIAN LEE CAME ON. THERE WAS TO BE NO MORE CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME THOUGH AND AIRDRIE WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 4-0.
SECOND HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WERE DEALT ANOTHER BLOW BEFORE THE START OF THE SECOND HALF AS FULLBACK MARTIN REILLY WAS FORCED TO GO OFF INJURED AND THIS MEANT BRIAN MCKINLAY CAME ON. AIRDRIE STARTED THE HALF BRIGHTLY THOUGH AS THEY HAD THE FIRST TWO CHANCES OF IT AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT SCOTT SALLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND A MINUTE LATER DANIEL FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. STIRLING HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 48TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GARY MORRISON SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER STIRLING PULLED A GOAL BACK AS THEY WERE PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND THEY COOLLY SLOTTED THE BALL BY ANDY COLLIER AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE. THIS GOAL GAVE STIRLING THE CONFIDENCE TO GO IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER GOAL AND ON THE 59TH MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND ANDREW HUNTER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 17S MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME ON THE 63RD MINUTE AS TRIALIST JOHN MCMILLAN CAME ON FOR FRASER KEAST WHO HAD PLAYED THE GAME THROUGH THE PAIN BARRIER AS HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM AN INJURY BEFORE IT BEGAN. A MINUTE LATER SOME GOOD PLAY BY DANIEL FITZPATRICK LED TO HIM HITTING A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT DARREN DOLAN MADE A GOOD SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ANDY COLLIER PULLED OFF A TERRIFIC SAVE AS GARY MORRISON WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL FOR STIRLING AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT ANDY FLEW THROUGH THE AIR TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A POWERFUL SHOT SENT GOALWARDS BUT STEPHEN SWEENEY EXCELLENTLY CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE. STIRLING CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR ANOTHER GOAL AND ON THE 69TH MINUTE A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX RATTLED THE BAR AND A MINUTE LATER THEY FIRED A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX INTO THE NET TO GET THE GOAL. AIRDRIE RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 72ND MINUTE WHEN DANIEL FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER STIRLING HAD A CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 77TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 17S HAD A CHANCE AS VOJTA BEDNAR GOT ONTO THE END OF A STEPHEN SWEENEY CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED. STIRLING WAS TO FINISH THE GAME STRONGER AND HAD THREE OF THE FINAL FOUR CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 78TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. TWO MINUTES LATER THEY HAD ANOTHER GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES REMAINING STIRLING HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 86TH MINUTE WHEN VOJTA BEDNAR HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 17S WON THE GAME 4-2 TO MAKE IT TWO WINS IN A ROW.
MATCH PICTURES
SALLY
KEAST
BEDNAR