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AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 5-0 CLYDE UNDER 19S
LEAGUE CUP GAME 3 , VENUE � TORYGLEN ASTROTURF , KICK OFF TIME � 1:00PM , DATE � SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11: 1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 �GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) � 1 GOAL,
5 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE, 6 � DAVID TAYLOR, 7 � FRASER KEAST � 1 GOAL, 8 � PADDY MCCABE � MAN OF THE MATCH,
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY � 1 GOAL, 10 � RYAN DONNELLY � 2 GOALS, 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
SUB - USED: 12 � DOUGIE MACKAY FOR 7 � FRASER KEAST, 14 � MARK FITZPATRICK FOR 10 � RYAN DONNELLY,
15 � TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY FOR 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
MAN OF THE MATCH: 8 - PADDY MCCABE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S PUT AN END TO CLYDE UNDER 19S HOPES OF ADVANCING TO THE SEMI FINALS OF THE LEAGUE CUP WITH A CONVINCING 5-0 VICTORY THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM RYAN DONNELLY AND GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, GRAEME FOX AND UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S SHOWED THEIR INTENT FROM THE OFF AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE GAME THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND TWO MINUTES LATER THEY WON ANOTHER FREE KICK AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR TURNED IT GOALWARDS BUT IT CLYDE GOALKEEPER GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE. IT WASN�T LONG UNTIL OUR UNDER 19S TOOK THE LEAD THOUGH AS ON THE SIXTH MINUTE PAUL BYRNE SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX AND RYAN DONNELLY GOT ABOVE GERRY MCLAUGHLIN TO HEAD THE BALL INTO THE NET AND GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS FRASER KEAST WENT BY TWO CLYDE PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND TRIALIST DAVID CANE GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE ON CLYDE AND ON THE 11TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF JAMIE BAIN�S LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT WHICH WENT INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. A MINUTE LATER IT WAS 3-0 AS OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK JUST INSIDE THE CLYDE HALF AND FROM IT DAVID TAYLOR TOOK IT QUICKLY AND SENT AN INCH PERFECT LONG BALL ONTO THE FEET OF FRASER KEAST AND HE FANTASTICALLY SENT A SHOT HIGH INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0. OUR UNDER 19S WANTED A FOURTH GOAL AND ON THE 17TH MINUTE KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX EXCELLENTLY SAVED BY GERRY MCLAUGHLIN. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CONTROLLED PAUL BYRNE�S CROSS INSIDE THE BOX AND WAS BROUGHT DOWN AND THE REFEREE POINTED TO THE SPOT AND FROM THE PENALTY STEFAN SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 4-0. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS CONTINUED TO LOOK DANGEROUS AS THE HALF WENT ON AND ON THE 28TH AND 30TH MINUTES KEIRAN DONAGHY AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD GOES FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT KEIRAN�S WENT WIDE AND STEFAN�S HIGH AND WIDE. A MINUTE LATER CLYDE HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN WILLIAM MCCULLOCH HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT SIMILAR TO OUR UNDER 19S LAST TWO SHOTS HIS SHOT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. THEN ON THE 34TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S NEARLY SCORED AGAIN AS FROM A FRASER KEAST CROSS INTO THE BOX IT RATTLED THE BAR BUT THE DANGER FROM THE REBOUND WAS CLEARED AND A MINUTE LATER PAUL BYRNE CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO GETTING HIS FIRST GOAL FOR THE CLUB WITH A POWERFUL SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. WITH ONLY EIGHT MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF FRASER KEAST�S BALL AND WITH ONLY GERRY MCLAUGHLIN TO BEAT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. DURING THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF THE HALF CLYDE HAD TWO CHANCES AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT DARREN WALKER HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. BEFORE CLYDE HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF THOUGH PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 19S FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING DARREN WALKER HIT A POWERFUL SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT WHICH BOBBY WEIR DONE WELL TO PARRY AWAY AND ENSURE OUR UNDER 19S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH A FOUR GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF THE HALF BOTH TEAMS HAD ONE CHANCE AND IT WAS OUR UNDER 19S WHO HAD THE FIRST OF THEM A MINUTE INTO IT AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER SEAN CONNELLY BROKE IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE WITH HIS LEGS AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. ON THE 51ST MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FORM ANOTHER INCH PERFECT PAUL BYRNE CROSS INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN GERRY MCLAUGHLIN MADE THE SAVE AND THIS WAS TO BE KEIRAN�S LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS ON THE 55TH MINUTE TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY CAME ON FOR HIM. ONE MINUTE AFTER THE SUBSTITUTION OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE PUT A FANTASTIC CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH A CLYDE PLAYER AND GRAEME FOX JUMPED FOR AND A HEADER FROM ONE OF THEM WENT GOALWARDS AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 5-0 AND GRAEME FOX WAS CREDITED WITH THE GOAL. THEN ON THE HOUR MARK OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS DOUGIE MACKAY CAME ON FOR FRASER KEAST. A FEW MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS DAVID TAYLOR ATTEMPTED TO CHIP THE CLYDE GOALKEEPER FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. OUR UNDER 19S CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR A SIXTH GOAL AND ON THE 66TH MINUTE RYAN MURPHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND FOUR MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY. CLYDE HAD A RARE CHANCE ON THE 75TH MINUTE THOUGH AS FROM A LONG THROW IN INTO THE BOX SEAN CONNELLY SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER DAVID TAYLOR HAD AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO INCREASE THE LEAD WITH A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE BALL WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. DOUGIE MACKAY WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 80TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT GERRY MCLAUGHLIN WHO HAD DONE WELL TO KEEP THE SCORE DOWN MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER CLYDE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME AS THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR TIPPED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME OUR UNDER 19S HAD ONE MORE CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 5-0 TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON GROUP LEADERS QUEENS PARK HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKS GAME AGAINST THEM.
MATCH PICTURES (SOME BELOW, REST IN THE MATCH PICTURES SECTION OF THE WEBSITE):
DONNELLY
MCCABE
WEIR
KEAST
BYRNE
TAYLOR