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AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S WHITE TOPS 6-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S BLUE TOPS
MATCH REPORT
FOR THIS GAME A TEAM OF PLAYERS IN WHITE AIRDRIE STRIPS TOOK ON A TEAM OF PLAYERS IN BLUE AIRDRIE STRIPS TO GIVE THE MANAGEMENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT PLAYERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM NEXT SEASON (APART FROM FOUR).
FIRST HALF
THE WHITE UNDER 19 TEAM GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT SHAUN CAIRNEY PLAYED HIS STRIKE PARTNER DARYL MCKERNAN THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX DARYL PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO PUT THEM 1-0 UP. TEN MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY PASSED TO PAUL REYNOLDS ON THE RIGHT WING AND FROM THERE PAUL BEAT A MAN AND SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH SHAUN CAIRNEY SLID IN TO MEET ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL AND SEND THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0.
THEN ON THE 19TH MINUTE THE BLUE UNDER 19 TEAM HAD TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTION AS KEVIN ROSS HAD TO COME OFF INJURED THEREFORE CALUM CALDER CAME ON. THREE MINUTES LATER THE BLUE TEAM HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN CHRIS MCDOUGALL HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. HOWEVER ON THE 28TH MINUTE DARYL MCKERNAN HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE WHITE TEAM FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHEN HE HIT A CURLING SHOT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO GIVE GORDON MCPHERSON NO CHANCE.
THERE WAS TO BE FOUR MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND THEY WERE ALL FOR THE BLUE TEAM. FIRSTLY ON THE 36TH MINUTE CALLUM HENRY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY PLAYED CALLUM HENRY THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. THEN ON THE 41ST MINUTE CHRIS MCDOUGALL HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT FLYING HIGH INTO THE NET TO PULL ANOTHER GOAL BACK. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE HALF THE BLUE TEAM WON A PENALTY FOR A FOUL BY GRAEME FOX AND FROM THE PENALTY BOX STEFAN MCCLUSKEY PLACED A PENALTY INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-3 HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME BOTH TEAMS BROUGHT ON ALL THEIR SUBSTITUTES. FOR THE WHITE TEAM ANTHONY CLARKE, ALEXANDER MURRAY, NEIL WATSON AND PETER DONNELLY CAME ON FOR DARYL MCKERNAN, MARK MCCARRY, RYAN DONNELLY AND BOBBY WEIR. MEANWHILE FOR THE BLUE TEAM SCOTT CRAIG, KIERAN DONAGHY AND MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, DOUGIE MACKAY AND CALLUM HENRY.
IT WAS TO BE THE WHITE TEAM THAT HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF IT ANTHONY CLARKE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER A GOOD BIT OF SKILL BY SCOTT CRAIG FROM INSIDE THE BOX LED TO HIM PLACING A SHOT UNDER PETER DONNELLY�S LEGS AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE BLUE TEAM THE LEAD. HOWEVER A MINUTE LATER ANTHONY CLARKE BEAT A MAN INSIDE THE BOX FOR THE WHITE TEAM AND SENT A SHOT INTO THE NET TO GIVE GORDON MCPHERSON NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 4-4. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CALUM CALDER HAD A CHANCE FOR THE BLUE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT PETER DONNELLY MADE THE SAVE.
ON THE 65TH MINUTE NEIL WATSON HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR THE WHITE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT GORDON MCPHERSON MADE THE SAVE. OUR WHITE TEAM BROUGHT DARYL MCKERNAN BACK ON FOR SHAUN CAIRNEY SHORTLY AFTER THIS. HOWEVER IT WAS THE BLUE TEAM THAT HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN SCOTT CRAIG HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. OUR WHITE TEAM THEN BROUGHT SHAUN CAIRNEY BACK ON FOR WILLIAM ROSS ABOUT A MINUTE LATER.
THERE WAS TO BE FIVE MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE GAME AND THEY WERE ALL FOR THE WHITE TEAM. FIRSTLY THE WHITE TEAM WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL ON THE 71ST MINUTE AND SHAUN CAIRNEY HIT A SHOT FROM IT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER TRIALIST NEIL WATSON CHARGED DOWN A KICK OUT BY GORDON MCPHERSON AND HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE WHITE TEAM THE LEAD. THEN ON THE 77TH MINUTE FROM A JAMIE BAIN CROSS INTO THE BOX ANTHONY CLARKE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME TO GO ANTHONY CLARKE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 6-4 TO THE WHITE TEAM. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME JAMIE BAIN HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT GORDON MCPHERSON MADE THE SAVE AND THE GAME FINISHED 6-4 TO THE WHITE TEAM.
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