INFO
ARBOATH UNDER 19S 1-5 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 10
VENUE � MERKLAND SPORTS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 12 NOON
DATE - SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 5 � ZACH KILDAY,
6 - PADDY MCCABE - 1 GOAL, 7 - KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 - DOUGIE MACKAY, 9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY,
10 - RYAN DONNELLY - 4 GOALS - MAN OF THE MATCH, 11 - MARK FITZPATRICK
SUBSTITUTES ALL USED
12 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 7 - KEIRAN DONAGHY, 14 - LIAM SMITH FOR 5 - ZACH KILDAY
MAN OF THE MATCH
10 - RYAN DONNELLY
MATCH REPORT
A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE BY AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S SAW THEM WIN 5-1 AGAINST ARBROATH UNDER 19S AT MERKLAND SPORTS PARK. RYAN DONNELLY WHO WAS RETURNING FROM SUSPENSION PRODUCED A MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE BY SCORING FOUR GOALS AND PADDY MCCABE WHO HAD AN IMPRESSIVE GAME SCORED THE OTHER GOAL.
FIRST HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 4TH MINUTE OF IT THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND AN UNMARKED GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO A FANTASTIC PAUL BYRNE THROUGH BALL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. MARK FITZPATRICK WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 11TH MINUTE WHEN HE WENT BY A PLAYER AND HIT A SHOT BUT AGAIN THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE.
THE PRESSURE PAID OFF FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 19TH MINUTE AS RYAN DONNELLY DRILLED A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0 AND FOR HIS 4TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. TWO MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX THE BALL ENDED UP WITH PADDY MCCABE AT THE BACK POST AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND THE REBOUND FELL TO RYAN DONNELLY AND HE TURNED IT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. ARBROATH HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 30TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A SHOT SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND FROM THE REBOUND THERE PLAYER SENT A HEADER INTO THE NET TO BRING ARBROATH BACK INTO THE GAME.
OUR UNDER 19S DOMINATED THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND ON THE 38TH MINUTE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX ROSE HIGH ABOVE HIS MARKER TO SEND A POWERFUL HEADER GOALWARDS BUT THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING AIRDRIE HAD A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL FOR HANDBALL TURNED DOWN. SHORTLY AFTER THIS MARK FITZPATRICK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND OUR UNDER 19S WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 2-1.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 19S MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS LIAM SMITH CAME ON FOR ZACH KILDAY WHO MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN SINCE RETURNING FROM INJURY. AIRDRIE PICKED UP FROM WHERE THEY LEFT OFF THOUGH AS TWO MINUTES INTO THE HALF THEY HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND DOUGIE MACKAY SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. PADDY MCCABE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR OUR UNDER 19S A MINUTE LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 50TH MINUTE A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO A GREAT THROUGH BALL BY KEIRAN DONAGHY AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND ARBROATH CLEARED THE DANGER. FIVE MINUTES LATER ANOTHER CORNER WAS WON BY AIRDRIE AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER TIPPED IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. RYAN DONNELLY WAS PLAYED THROUGH A MINUTE LATER AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE.
ON THE 62ND MINUTE AIRDRIE�S PRESSURE PAID OFF THOUGH AS FROM A LOW MARK FITZPATRICK CROSS INTO THE SIX YARD BOX PADDY MCCABE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE SEASON AND TO MAKE IT 3-1. FIVE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT WHICH THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER GOT DOWN LOW TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED.
ON THE 67TH MINUTE ARBROATH HAD A RARE CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION A FEW MINUTES LATER AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S SCORED AGAIN AS RYAN DONNELLY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE FIRED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS HAT TRICK AND TO MAKE IT 4-1. THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 85TH MINUTE WHEN RYAN DONNELLY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AGAIN AND HE CALMLY PLACED THE BALL BY THE ARBROATH GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET AGAIN FOR HIS FOURTH GOAL OF THE GAME AND HIS 7TH GOAL OF THE SEASON.
THERE WAS STILL ENOUGH TIME FOR OUR UNDER 19S TO HAVE THREE MORE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 87TH MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND BOUNCED AWAY TO SAFETY. A MINUTE LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS HE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DOUGIE MACKAY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND AFTER A SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCE OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 5-1.
MATCH PICTURES
BYRNE
FITZPATRICK