INFO
CLYDE UNDER 19S 2-3 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE CUP GAME 2
VENUE � BROADWOOD ASTROTURF
KICK OFF TIME � 2:00PM
DATE - 29 MARCH 2009
STARTING 11
1 - BOBBY WEIR, 2 - JAMIE BAIN, 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 4 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) - 1 GOAL - MAN OF THE MATCH,
5 - TRIALIST DAVID CAINE, 6 - TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE, 7 - DOUGIE MACKAY, 8 - PADDY MCCABE,
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 2 GOALS, 10 - RYAN DONNELLY, 11 - MARK FITZPATRICK
SUB - USED
12 - WILLIAM ROSS FOR 6 - TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE
SUBS - NOT USED
14 - SHAUN MCKAY, 15 - SCOTT SALLY
MAN OF THE MATCH
4 - GRAEME FOX
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S MADE IT FOUR POINTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE SIX IN THE LEAGUE CUP AS THEY WON 3-2 AWAY AT CLYDE THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND A GOAL FROM MAN OF THE MATCH GRAEME FOX.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A FAST START AND ON THE SECOND MINUTE IT WAS CLYDE WHO HAD THE FIRST CHANCE WHEN KEVIN KILDAY BROKE THROUGH ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE TESTED CLYDE GOALKEEPER GERRY MCLAUGHLIN WITH A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. ON THE 7TH MINUTE CAPTAIN GRAEME FOX WHO WAS HEAVILY PATCHED UP TO PLAY WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD FOR AIRDRIE AND A MINUTE LATER THEY TOOK THE LEAD AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE ATTEMPTED TO ROUND CLYDE GOALKEEPER GERRY MCLAUGHLIN AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND STEFAN CALMLY SLOTTED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD.
CLYDE RESPONDED TO GOING DOWN BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 9TH MINUTE AS THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE. SEVEN MINUTES LATER OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND TRIALIST DAVID CANE GOT UP HIGH TO SEND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 23RD MINUTE CLYDE EQUALIZED DUE TO A FANTASTIC STRIKE FROM MAXWELL CORINOR AS FROM ABOUT 40 YARDS OUT HE HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE.
AIRDRIE�S RESPONSE WAS QUICK THOUGH AND A MINUTE LATER MARK FITZPATRICK RACED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. CLYDE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 33RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. BEFORE THE GAME HEADED INTO HALF THOUGH OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR ONLY SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE AND BOTH TEAMS WAS TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
DURING THE OPENING FIFTEEN MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF BOTH TEAMS HAD ONE CHANCE AND ON THE 54TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD AIRDRIE�S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER CLYDE HAD THEIR CHANCE WHEN THEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 64TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD FOR AIRDRIE AND A MINUTE LATER PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS PADDY MCCABE WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD FOR A LATE CHALLENGE.
BOTH CONTINUED THE SEARCH FOR A GOAL AND ON THE 67TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND DAVID CANE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. CLYDE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 73RD MINUTE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. AIRDRIE WAS NOT TO BE DENIED THOUGH AND ON THE 75TH MINUTE WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS AND GRAEME FOX TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD.
SHORTLY AFTER TAKING THE LEAD RYAN DONNELLY WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD AND ON THE 79TH MINUTE CLYDE WERE LEVEL FOR A SECOND TIME IN THE GAME AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX ONE OF THEIR SUBSTITUTES GOT AWAY FROM HIS MARKER AND HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WAS TO PUT PRESSURE ON CLYDE AS THEY SEARCHED FOR A GOAL AND DURING THE FINAL TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME THEY HAD FOUR CHANCES. RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE AND A FEW MINUTES LATER FROM A DANGEROUS LOW PADDY MCCABE CROSS INTO THE BOX MARK FITZPATRICK SLID IN AT THE BACK POST TO HIT A SHOT BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY DESPITE IT LOOKING OVER THE LINE AND AMID PROTESTS FROM OUR UNDER 19S THE REFEREE WAVED PLAY ON. AIRDRIE REFUSED TO BE DENIED THOUGH AND ON THE 85TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY PLAYED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY IN ON GOAL WITH AN INCH PERFECT CROSS AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEFAN ROUNDED CLYDE GOALKEEPER GERRY MCLAUGHLIN AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-2 FOR OUR UNDER 19S. ON THE 87TH MINUTE WILLIAM ROSS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND AIRDRIE SAW THE GAME OUT TO EARN A DESERVED HARD FOUGHT VICTORY.