INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 5-3 COWDENBEATH UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 15
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE � THURSDAY 29 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 6 � FRASER KEAST,
7 - PADDY MCCABE, 8 � CLARK RANKIN, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 3 GOALS - MAN OF THE MATCH,
10 � RYAN DONNELLY - 2 GOALS, 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
SUBS - ALL USED
14 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 7 � PADDY MCCABE, 15 � SEAN CLARK FOR 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY,
16 � SCOTT SALLY FOR 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S CAME BACK FROM 3-1 DOWN AGAINST COWDENBEATH UNDER 19S IN A REARRANGED LEAGUE GAME AT GLASGOW GREEN AND WON 5-3 THANKS TO A HAT TRICK FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND TWO GOALS FROM TOP GOALSCORER RYAN DONNELLY.
FIRST HALF
AIRDRIE STARTED BRIGHTLY AND DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME HAD THREE CHANCES. DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF THE GAME A FREE WAS WON AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. IT WAS COWDENBEATH WHO TOOK THE LEAD THOUGH ON THE 14TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER HEADED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD. AIRDRIE RESPONDED QUICKLY AND A MINUTE AFTER THE GOAL STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY WAS HACKED DOWN IN THE BOX AND THE REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY AND FROM IT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY AND INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
COWDENBEATH RESPONDED TO THIS BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 18TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED BY THE DEFENCE. SIX MINUTES LATER COWDENBEATH SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A SHOT GOALWARDS BIT IT WENT WIDE. COWDENBEATH CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS COWDENBEATH HAD A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL TURNED DOWN. OUR UNDER 19S HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 31ST MINUTE WHEN RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. FOUR MINUTES LATER COWDENBEATH HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 40TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH BOBBY WEIR DONE WELL TO PARRY AWAY BUT FROM THE REBOUND COWDENBEATH REACTED QUICKEST TO IT AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET TO RETAKE THE LEAD. TWO MINUTES LATER COWDENBEATH HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. COWDENBEATH SCORED AGAIN WITH A MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING AS THEY BROKE IN ON GOAL AND SLID THE BALL BY BOBBY WEIR AND INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD HEADING INTO HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS STARTED THE HALF BRIGHTLY AND DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF IT WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER COWDENBEATH WON A PENALTY DUE TO A POOR CHALLENGE INSIDE THE BOX AND FROM IT THE BALL RATTLED THE POST AND WAS CLEARED. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME A MINUTE AFTER THIS AS UNDER 17S TOP GOALSCORER SCOTT SALLY CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY. AIRDRIE STARTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE GAME AFTER THIS AND ON THE 51ST MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD A CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER FRASER KEAST SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A FANTASTIC DIVING HEADER WHICH WENT INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. AIRDRIE ONLY HAD TO WAIT FOUR MINUTES LATER FOR THE EQUALIZER AS SCOTT SALLY PLAYED AN EXCELLENT THROUGH BALL TO STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND HE CALMLY LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE COWDENBEATH GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET FOR HIS HAT TRICK AND TO MAKE IT 3-3.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 58TH MINUTE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THREE MINUTES LATER UNDER 17S PLAYER CLARK RANKIN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS FRASER KEAST SENT ANOTHER GOOD CROSS INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. CLARK RANKIN WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 64TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT THE COWDENBEATH GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR PRESSURE COUNT ON THE 73RD MINUTE AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT RYAN DONNELLY SENT AN EXCELLENT SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FLYING INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE THE COWDENBEATH GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE AND AIRDRIE THE LEAD. FOUR MINUTES LATER TWO OF OUR UNDER 17S NEARLY GOT ON THE SCORE SHEET AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX SCOTT SALLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED AND FROM THE REBOUND FRASER KEAST HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE. BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE. THREE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE SCORED AGAIN AS FROM AN INCH PERFECT PAUL BYRNE CROSS INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 5-3 AND FOR HIS 14TH LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON. AIRDRIE NEARLY EXTENDED THE LEAD AGAIN A MINUTE LATER WHEN SCOTT SALLY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND FROM THE REBOUND HIS UNDER 17S TEAM-MATE FRASER KEAST HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. COWDENBEATH HAD A RARE CHANCE A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN DURING THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF GAME AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS SEAN CLARK CAME ON FOR STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND THEIR WAS TO BE NO MORE CHANCES AND IT FINISHED AIRDRIE 5-3 COWDENBEATH.