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AYR UNITED UNDER 19S 1-0 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 2
VENUE � /
KICK OFF TIME � 12 NOON
DATE - 24 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � FRASER CRAIG, 5 � DAVID TAYLOR - MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 � PADDY MCCABE, 7 � SEAN CLARK, 8 � WILLIAM ROSS, 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK, 10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY,
11 � RYAN DONNELLY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � NORMAN CRUICKSHANK FOR 7 � SEAN CLARK, 14 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 11 � RYAN DONNELLY,
15 � ALEXANDER MURRAY FOR 10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - DAVID TAYLOR
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S PRODUCED A GOOD PERFORMANCE BUT WERE PUNISHED FOR NOT TAKING THERE CHANCES TODAY AGAINST AYR UNITED UNDER 19S AS THEY LOST 0-1.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS THE FIRST CHANCE WAS NOT UNTIL THE 11TH MINUTE WHEN OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SEVEN MINUTES LATER AYR HAD THERE FIRST AND ONLY CHANCE OF THE HALF AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER PAUL BYRNE SENT A THROW IN TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX WHERE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER PAUL BYRNE SET UP ANOTHER CHANCE AS HE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO WITH A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 33RD MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A GRAEME FOX CROSS INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SEVEN MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT ALSO WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT RYAN DONNELLY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FRASER CRAIG HEADED GOALWARDS BUT THE AYR GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING MARK FITZPATRICK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND THE GAME REMAINED GOALLESS HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
AYR UNITED WAS TO HAVE THE FIRST FEW CHANCES OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 48TH MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET BUT THE REFEREE HAD NOT BLOWN HIS WHISTLE SO THE GOAL WAS DISALLOWED AND AYR HAD TO RETAKE THE FREE KICK AND FROM IT THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT BUT THIS TIME THE BALL WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SEVEN MINUTES LATER AYR HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 59TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IS PARRIED AWAY BY THE AYR GOALKEEPER AND CLEARED BY HIS DEFENCE.
ON THE 63RD MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS ALEXANDER MURRAY CAME ON FOR STEFAN MCCLUSKEY. TWO MINUTES LATER A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BACK POST AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS GRAEME FOX SET UP A CHANCE AS HE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO WITH A HEADER ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER WILLIAM ROSS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 70TH MINUTE NORMAN CRUICKSHANK CAME ON FOR SEAN CLARK. TWO MINUTES LATER THE SUBSTITUTES COMBINED AS NORMAN CRUICKSHANK PLAYED A GOOD BALL OVER THE TOP OF THE DEFENCE AND ALEXANDER MURRAY RAN ONTO IT AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT THE AYR GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS JAMIE BAIN CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT FIVE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 75TH MINUTE GRAEME FOX HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT THE AYR GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AND IT LOOKED TO BE HEADING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET BUT THE AYR GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER JAMIE BAIN SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MARK FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN WITH ONLY EIGHT MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING DAVID TAYLOR SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX AS IT RATTLED THE BAR BUT IT WAS THEN CLEARED BY THE AYR DEFENCE.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS FOR AYR ON THE 87TH MINUTE WHEN THEY CUT OPEN OUR UNDER 19S DEFENCE BY PASSING TO AN UNMARKED PLAYER IN THE BOX AND HE DRILLED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE AND GIVE AYR THE LEAD. DURING INJURY TIME OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME AS PADDY MCCABE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MARK FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO IT WITH A SHOT BUT THE AYR GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE TO ENSURE THEY WON THE GAME.
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