INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 1-1 ALLOA ATHLETIC UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 3
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE - 28 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � FRASER CRAIG (CAPTAIN), 5 � DAVID TAYLOR - MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 � PADDY MCCABE, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, 10 � KEVIN WATT,
11 � DOUGIE MACKAY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � TRIALIST FRAZER GRAY FOR 6 � PADDY MCCABE, 14 � GRAEME FOX FOR 2 � JAMIE BAIN,
15 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - DAVID TAYLOR
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S WERE HELD TO A 1-1 DRAW AGAINST ALLOA ATHLETIC UNDER 19S TONIGHT AT GLASGOW GREEN. STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS OUR GOALSCORER.
FOR THE GAME THE YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE FIVE CHANGES TO THE STARTING 11 FROM THE AYR UNITED GAME AND THIS INCLUDED FIRST TEAM SQUAD MEMBERS CHRIS MCMENAMIN AND KEVIN WATT BEING HANDED A START.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS THE FIRST CHANCE WAS NOT UNTIL THE 10TH MINUTE AS ALLOA WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL FOR AN INCIDENT INVOLVING DAVID TAYLOR WHICH SAW HIM BEEN YELLOW CARDED AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. THREE MINUETS LATER ALLOA WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE ALLOA THE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLOA WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS AGAIN CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER HEADED THE BALL GOALWARDS BUT PAUL BYRNE WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE BALL OFF THE LINE.
OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 19TH MINUTE KEVIN WATT CREATED SPACE IN THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT STEFAN PLACED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. ALLOA HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 27TH MINUET THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE.
ON THE 33RD MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TIPPED AROUND THE POST BY CONNOR O�BOYLE IN THE ALLOA GOAL AND FROM THE CORNER ALLOA CLEARED THE DANGER. SIX MINUTES LATER KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT CONNOR O�BOYLE AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 41ST MINUTE DOUGIE MACKAY HAD A GO FOR OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING HIGH AND WIDE. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING ALLOA HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF IT WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
BOTH TEAMS GOT THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF IT THEY BOTH HAD A CHANCE. FIRSTLY ON THE 48TH MINUTE ALLOA ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER BOBBY WEIR FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TRIED TO LOB THE BALL OVER CONNOR O�BOYLE FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE TWO OF THERE SUBSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES. FIRSTLY RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY ON THE 54TH MINUTE AND THEN TRIALIST FRAZER GRAY CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE A FEW MINUTES LATER.
IT WAS ALLOA WHO WERE TO HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CHANCES IN THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 63RD MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 67TH MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS GRAEME FOX CAME ON FOR JAMIE BAIN. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALLOA CUT OUR UNDER 19S DEFENCE OPEN AND ROUNDED BOBBY WEIR AND TRIED TO SQUEEZE THE BALL IN FROM AN ACUTE ANGLE BUT THE BALL WENT WELL WIDE.
ALLOA WERE TO HAVE FOUR MORE CHANCES BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 73RD MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR GOT A STRONG HAND TO THE BALL TO PARRY IT AWAY AND THE DEFENCE TURNED THE BALL OUT FOR A CORNER AND FROM THE CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED BY OUR UNDER 19S. SEVEN MINUTES LATER ALLOA SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH PAUL BYRNE HAD TO CLEAR OFF THE LINE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER BOBBY WEIR FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WELL OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 83RD MINUTE FRASER CRAIG WAS YELLOW CARDED. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE REMAINING ALLOA HAD THE FINAL CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND THE GAME FINISHED 1-1.