AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S WHITE TOPS 3-1 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 FOR THIS SEASON.
FIRST HALF
THE WHITE UNDER 19 TEAM GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE GAME STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THIS TIME THE BALL WENT WIDE. ALEXANDER MURRAY WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR THE WHITE TEAM ON THE 7TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER KIERAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY. STUART DALZELL WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR THE WHITES A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN HE BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE BLUES GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE GOALIE MADE ANOTHER GOOD SAVE.
ON THE 17TH MINUTE THE BLUE TEAM WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND LIAM SMITH SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT BOBBY WEIR EXCELLENTLY TIPPED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND THE WHITES DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THREE MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A CHANCE FOR THE BLUE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE BY DAVID TAYLOR TO KEEP THE SCORES LEVEL. THEN ON THE 21ST MINUTE STUART DALZELL HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE WHITE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED BY THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE BLUE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR AGAIN TURNED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE WHITES CLEARED THE DANGER.
THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES OF THE GAME ALL CAME FOR THE WHITE TEAM ON THE 27TH, 29TH, 30TH AND 32ND MINUTE. FIRSTLY ALEXANDER MURRAY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KIERAN DONAGHY PLAYED A DEFENCE SPLITTING PASS TO STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND HE CALMLY LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE WHITE TEAM THE 1-0 LEAD. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS ALEXANDER MURRAY HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO DOUBLE THE WHITES LEAD WHEN HE BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS STRAIGHT AT HIM AND THE GOALIE MADE THE SAVE. THEN A MINUTE AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. THERE WAS TO BE FIVE MORE CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME. FIRSTLY STEVEN MACMILLAN HAD A GO FOR THE WHITES WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ANTHONY CLARKE CAPITALIZED ON A BOBBY WEIR ERROR AND RACED ONE ON ONE WITH HIM AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT SAVE TO MAKE UP FOR HIS ERROR. THEN ON THE 38TH MINUTE ALEXANDER MURRAY WENT BY A DEFENDER IN THE BOX AND PLACED A SHOT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO ENSURE THE WHITE TEAM RETOOK THE LEAD.
THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS THE WHITE TEAM HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN DAVID TAYLOR PLAYED AN EXCELLENT THROUGH BALL TO STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND HE RACED IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER MADE A GOOD SAVE. DURING STOPPAGE TIME OF THIS HALF THE BLUE TEAM HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY BOBBY WEIR AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE WHITE TEAM CLEARED THE DANGER TO SEND THEM INTO HALF TIME LEADING 2-1.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME BOTH TEAMS BROUGHT ON ALL THEIR SUBSTITUTES. FOR THE WHITE TEAM ROBERT O�HANLON, CALVIN SMITH AND MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR STEVEN MACMILLAN, DOUGIE MACKAY AND ALEXANDER MURRAY. MEANWHILE FOR THE BLUE TEAM UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST, MARTIN REILLY AND DANIEL FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR WILLIAM ROSS, LIAM SLOAN AND ANTHONY CLARKE.
THIS TIME THE BLUE TEAM GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT DANIEL TURNER HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. FIVE MINUTES LATER LEE A TRIALIST HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE WHITE TEAM WON A CORNER AND FROM IT ROBERT O�HANLON CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 60TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD A CHANCE FOR THE BLUE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER THE WHITE TEAM HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN STEFAN MCCLUSKEY BROKE INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND KIERAN DONAGHY REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-1.
DURING THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES A FEW PLAYERS WERE BROUGHT BACK ON. FIRSTLY LIAM SLOAN WHO PLAYED WITH THE BLUE TEAM DURING THE FIRST HALF CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE. ALSO WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR TRIALIST LEE FOR THE BLUE TEAM. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALEXANDER MURRAY CAME BACK ON FOR THE WHITE TEAM FOR STEFAN MCCLUSKEY. HOWEVER IT WAS THE BLUE TEAM WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 69TH MINUTE WHEN DANIEL TURNER HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED BY BOBBY WEIR. ONCE THE BALL WENT OUT OF PLAY THE WHITE TEAM MADE ANOTHER CHANGE AS DOUGIE MACKAY CAME BACK ON FOR KIERAN DONAGHY. HOWEVER IT WAS THE BLUE TEAM THAT AGAIN HAD A CHANCE AS FROM A DANGEROUS FRASER KEAST CROSS DANIEL FITZPATRICK SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT BOBBY WEIR REACTED WELL TO IT AND PULLED OFF A REALLY GOOD SAVE. A MINUTE AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE BLUE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 73RD MINUTE DOUGIE MACKAY HAD A CHANCE FOR THE WHITES WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. THEREFORE BEFORE THE RESTART ANTHONY CLARKE CAME BACK ON FOR THE BLUES IN PLACE OF DANIEL TURNER. A FEW MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE WHO PLAYED WITH THE WHITE TEAM PREVIOUSLY IN THE GAME CAME ON FOR THE BLUE TEAM IN PLACE OF TRIALIST NORMAN. THERE WAS TO BE FIVE MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 77TH MINUTE STUART DALZELL HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR THE WHITE TEAM BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE WHITE TEAM WON A CORNER AND FROM IT ALEXANDER MURRAY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND ROBERT O�HANLON SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 81ST MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE BLUES LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER ALEXANDER MURRAY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE WHITE TEAM WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING MARK FITZPATRICK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE GAME FINISHED 3-1 TO THE WHITE TEAM.
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