INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 3-1 CLYDE UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 7
VENUE � ST ANDREWS HIGH SCHOOL
KICK OFF TIME � 10:15AM
DATE - 26 OCTOBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � TRIALIST MATTHEW PORCH, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 5 � LIAM SMITH,
6 - DAVID TAYLOR (CAPTAIN), 7 � PADDY MCCABE, 8 � DOUGIE MACKAY - 1 GOAL, 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK - 1 GOAL,
10 � ANTHONY CLARKE, 11 � RYAN DONNELLY - 1 GOAL - MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBSTITUTES USED
12 � TRIALIST SHAUN PAUL QUINN FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 14 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 8 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
15 � SEAN CLARK FOR 10 � ANTHONY CLARKE
SUBSTITUTE NOT USED
17 � BOBBY WEIR
MAN OF THE MATCH
11 - RYAN DONNELLY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS IN THE LEAGUE THIS MORNING AS THEY WON 3-1 AGAINST CLYDE UNDER 19S THANKS TO GOALS FROM RYAN DONNELLY, DOUGIE MACKAY AND MARK FITZPATRICK.
FIRST HALF
THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME SAW BOTH TEAMS HAVING TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 4TH MINUTE CLYDE BROKE IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TRIALIST MATTHEW PORCH TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED BY TRIALIST MATTHEW PORCH BUT THE BALL ENDED UP WITH A CLYDE PLAYER WHO ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE AS HE DRILLED A SHOT GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT AND IT WENT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. SHORTLY AFTER THIS A FREE KICK WAS WON ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE.
CLYDE WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT ON THE 11TH MINUTE BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER CLYDE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. MARK FITZPATRICK WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 20TH MINUTE FOR AIRDRIE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT A DEFENDER WAS ABLE TO GET A BLOCK IN AND THE BALL WENT OUT FOR A CORNER AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED. A MINUTE AFTER THIS CLYDE HAD ANOTHER GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 25TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL TO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED ANTHONY CLARKE WAS AND HE SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WAS CLEARED BY THE CLYDE DEFENCE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS CLYDE HAD A LONG RANGE EFFORT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. PADDY MCCABE WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 31ST MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT JUST WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 36TH MINUTE A CORNER WAS WON AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED RYAN DONNELLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
CLYDE WAS TO HAVE THE FINAL TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 37TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TRIALIST MATTHEW PORCH MADE THE SAVE. FIVE MINUTES LATER THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 19S WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS DOMINATED THE MAJORITY OF THIS HALF AND HAD A NUMBER OF CHANCES TO SCORE WITH. FIRSTLY THREE MINUTES INTO THE HALF JAMIE BAIN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND BOUNCED AWAY TO SAFETY. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PAUL BYRNE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE CLYDE GOALKEEPER PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT SAVE BY PARRYING THE BALL AWAY. DOUGIE MACKAY WAS TO MAKE IT 2-0 ON THE 54TH MINUTE THOUGH AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT AND IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT INTO THE NET FOR HIS FIRST AIRDRIE GOAL SINCE SIGNING FROM HAMILTON ACCIES.
DOUGIE MACKAY CAME CLOSE ON THE 56TH MINUTE AS HE HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE CLYDE GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE CLYDE GOALKEEPER MADE ANOTHER SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS SEAN CLARK CAME ON FOR ANTHONY CLARKE. HOWEVER ON THE 62ND MINUTE CLYDE PULLED A GOAL BACK WITH THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS FROM A CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO BRING CLYDE BACK INTO THE GAME.
ON THE 67TH MINUTE PADDY MCCABE HAD A CHANCE TO INCREASE AIRDRIE�S LEAD WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER CLYDE HAD A CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS TO THE BACK POST A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS CLYDE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 74TH MINUTE SEAN CLARK PLAYED AN EXCELLENT THROUGH BALL TO MARK FITZPATRICK WHICH ALLOWED MARK TO RACE IN ON GOAL AND FIRE A SHOT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-1 AND FOR HIS 2ND LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON. BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS TRIALIST SHAUN PAUL QUINN CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. SEVEN MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR DOUGIE MACKAY.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE FINAL CHANCE DURING THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 87TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER CLYDE BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH TRIALIST MATTHEW PORCH AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT MATTHEW MADE THE SAVE WITH HIS LEGS AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 3-1.
MATCH PICTURES
FITZPATRICK