INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 5-0 CALDERGLEN AMATEURS
FRIENDLY
VENUE � AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
KICK OFF TIME � 8:15PM
DATE - 04 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 5 � PADDY MCCABE, 6 � WILLIAM ROSS,
7 � SEAN CLARK, 8 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY � MAN OF THE MATCH, 10 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
11 � ALEXANDER MURRAY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 11 � ALEXANDER MURRAY, 14 � ANTHONY CLARKE FOR 10 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
15 � FRAZER GRAY FOR 6 � WILLIAM ROSS, 16 � LIAM SMITH FOR 2 � JAMIE BAIN
BACK ON:
2 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 6 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 7 � SEAN CLARK
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S MADE IT TWO WINS IN ONE WEEK AS THEY WON 5-0 AGAINST CALDERGLEN AMATEURS TONIGHT AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND GOALS FROM MARK FITZPATRICK, FRAZER GRAY AND ANTHONY CLARKE.
FIRST HALF
CALDERGLEN HAD THERE BEST SPELL OF THE GAME DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF IT. FIRSTLY STRAIGHT FROM KICK OFF THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE WAY LINE BUT IT WENT WIDE AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER BARRY FOY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX WHICH BOBBY WEIR DONE WELL TO PARRY AWAY AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX BUT IT WAS CLEARED BY OUR DEFENCE.
AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S WOULD DOMINATE THE GAME WITH CALDERGLEN GETTING A FEW CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 6TH MINUTE GRAEME FOX HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. NINE MINUTES LATER JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT HIS EFFORT WAS ALSO SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS UNDER 19S TOP GOALSCORER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT HIS EFFORT WAS SAVED. WILLIAM ROSS CONTINUED THE TREND OF GETTING SHOTS ON TARGET ON THE 21ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT ONE FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT HIS EFFORT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 24TH MINUTE CALDERGLEN HAD THERE SECOND CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT. A MINUTE LATER THOUGH OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THERE PRESSURE COUNT BY TAKING THE LEAD AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TURNED HIS MARKER AND PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR HIS 10TH GOAL OF THE SEASON AND TO MAKE IT 1-0.
THERE WAS TO BE SIX MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THIS HALF AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE WERE FOR OUR UNDER 19S. FIRSTLY ON THE 27TH MINUTE DOUGIE MACKAY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE CALDERGLEN GOALKEEPER EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER SEAN CLARK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CALDERGLEN HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THE NEXT CHANCE AFTER THIS WASN�T UNTIL THE 40TH MINUTE WHEN STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S DOUBLED THERE LEAD THOUGH AS ALEXANDER MURRAY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT MARK FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT WHICH WENT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING MARK FITZPATRICK HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH A TWO GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF COULD BEGAN OUR UNDER 19S MADE ALL FOUR SUBSTITUTIONS AS LIAM SMITH, FRAZER GRAY, RYAN DONNELLY AND ANTHONY CLARKE CAME ON FOR JAMIE BAIN, WILLIAM ROSS, ALEXANDER MURRAY AND MARK FITZPATRICK.
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF CALDERGLEN HAD THE FIRST CHANCE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE WHEN FRAZER GRAY WAS BRAVE IN THE BOX AS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT HE BEAT A DEFENDER TO THE BALL AND HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0 AND ALSO WIPED THE DEFENDER OUT. THREE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. HOWEVER A MINUTE LATER CALDERGLEN HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE HOUR MARK IT WAS 4-0 AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY DRILLED A SHOT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME.
OUR UNDER 19S WENT IN SEARCH OF A FIFTH GOAL AND ON THE 63RD MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY AND FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. TWO MINUTES LATER WILLIAM ROSS CAME BACK ON FOR AN INJURED SEAN CLARK. HOWEVER A MINUTE AFTER THIS CALDERGLEN WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT AND FROM IT HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED BY BOBBY WEIR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ANTHONY CLARKE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TIPPED OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED THE DANGER. OUR UNDER 19S MADE THERE FINAL CHANGE OF THE GAME ON THE 67TH MINUTE AS JAMIE BAIN CAME BACK ON FOR PAUL BYRNE.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS CONTINUED TO PRESSURIZE CALDERGLEN AND ON THE 69TH MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ANTHONY CLARKE HAD TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 71ST MINUTE HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE POSTAGE STAMP OF THE NET FOR THE BEST GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO MAKE IT 5-0.
THERE WAS TO BE FOUR MORE CHANCES LEFT IN THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 75TH MINUTE CALDERGLEN HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. JAMIE BAIN WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 80TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER ANTHONY CLARKE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 5-0.