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DUMBARTON UNDER 19S 5-5 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 11
VENUE � MERKLAND SPORTS PARK, KICK OFF TIME � 10:00AM, DATE - SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11 - 1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 5 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
6 � PADDY MCCABE - MAN OF THE MATCH, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � DAVID TAYLOR - 1 GOAL,
9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 1 GOAL, 10 � RYAN DONNELLY - 2 GOALS, 11 � MARK FITZPATRICK
SUBSTITUTES ALL USED - 12 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 5 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 14 � LIAM SMITH FOR 12 � WILLIAM ROSS,
15 � SEAN CLARK FOR 2 � JAMIE BAIN
MAN OF THE MATCH - 8 - PADDY MCCABE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S AND DUMBARTON UNDER 19S SERVED UP A TEN GOAL THRILLER WHICH ENDED 5-5 AT MERKLAND SPORTS PARK IN AIRDRIE�S 11TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON. RYAN DONNELLY MADE IT SIX GOALS IN TWO GAMES BY SCORING TWO THIS WEEK AND KEIRAN DONAGHY, DAVID TAYLOR AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY ALSO GOT THEMSELVES ONTO THE SCORE SHEET.
FIRST HALF
BOTH TEAMS BEGAN THE GAME AT A FAST TEMPO AND DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT AS KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. TWO MINUTES LATER DUMBARTON TOOK THE LEAD WITH THEIR FIRST CHANCE AS KIERAN BRANNAN WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE CALMLY PLACED THE BALL BY BOBBY WEIR AND INTO THE NET. DUMBARTON�S LEAD WAS NOT TO LAST FOR LONG THOUGH AS A MINUTE LATER KEIRAN DONAGHY RACED ONTO A THROUGH BALL AND HE PLACED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. ON THE 9TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY WHO SCORED FOUR GOALS AGAINST ARBROATH A WEEK AGO HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. RYAN GOT HIMSELF ONTO THE SCORE SHEET FOUR MINUTES LATER THOUGH AS FROM A QUICK THROW IN BY STEFAN MCCLUSKEY THE BALL ENDED UP WITH DAVID TAYLOR AND HE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO WITH A LOOPING HEADER AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-1 DESPITE THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER GETTING A HAND TO THE BALL. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 17TH MINUTE DUMBARTON HAD A CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS PADDY MCCABE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH A DUMBARTON PLAYER HEADED AWAY BUT IT FELL TO THE FEET OF DAVID TAYLOR AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HE EXCELLENTLY DRILLED A SHOT INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KEIRAN DONAGHY NEARLY EXTENDED THE LEAD AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND THE DUMBARTON DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. DUMBARTON HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 20TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK PLAYED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY IN ON GOAL AND HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 4-1. OUR UNDER 19S CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 25TH MINUTE PADDY MCCABE SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN ON THE 29TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GREAT CHANCE AS HE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND WITH ONLY THE GOALKEEPER TO BEAT HE TRIED TO LOB THE BALL OVER HIM BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 33RD MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER GOT FINGERTIPS TO IT TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND GRAEME FOX ROSE HIGH ABOVE HIS MARKER TO SEND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. BEFORE THE RESTART OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE AS DOUGIE MACKAY HAD TO COME OFF WITH A HEAD INJURY WHICH RESULTED IN HIM HAVING TO GET STITCHES AND THIS MEANT WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON. ON THE 40TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK AND FROM THIS IT WAS WELL WORKED AS THE BALL WAS PASSED TO AN UNMARKED MARK FITZPATRICK OUT ON THE RIGHT WING AND HE CROSSED IT INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER IT WAS 5-1 AS FROM A LONG BOBBY WEIR KICK OUT A DUMBARTON DEFENDERS TRIED TO HEAD IT CLEAR BUT DID NOT GET THE CORRECT CONTACT ON THE BALL AND THIS ALLOWED RYAN DONNELLY TO NIP IN AND PLACE THE BALL INTO THE NET. DUMBARTON WERE TO HAVE THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF THOUGH AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 19S WENT INTO HALF TIME WINNING 5-1.
SECOND HALF
DESPITE LOSING 5-1 AT HALF TIME THE DUMBARTON HEADS DID NOT DROP AND THEY CAME BACK OUT FIGHTING TO GET BACK INTO THE GAME AND WITH THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF TWO MINUTES INTO IT THEY PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET. A MINUTE AFTER THIS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. THEN ON 49TH MINUTE PADDY MCCABE WAS SHOWN THE YELLOW CARD. A FEW MINUTES LATER A POOR CHALLENGE INSIDE THE BOX RESULTED IN DUMBARTON WINNING A PENALTY AND FROM IT BOBBY WEIR GUESSED THE CORRECT WAY BUT THE PENALTY WAS GOOD AND IT WENT INTO THE NET. ON THE 54TH MINUTE KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE DUMBARTON GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. DUMBARTON HAD THE NEXT CHANCE SHORTLY AFTER THIS WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. THERE WAS NOTHING BOBBY WEIR COULD DO TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS THOUGH AS DUMBARTON WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL OUT ON THE RIGHT WING AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO BRING DUMBARTON WITHIN ONE GOAL. OUR UNDER 19S WERE DEALT ANOTHER BLOW AS JAMIE BAIN HAD TO GO OFF WITH AN INJURY AND SEAN CLARK CAME ON FOR HIM. DUMBARTON CAUSED OUR UNDER 19S MORE PROBLEMS ON THE 64TH MINUTE AS THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A SHOT WAS SENT GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT SAVE TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND CLEARED BY OUR UNDER 19S. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS LIAM SMITH CAME ON FOR WILLIAM ROSS. DUMBARTON HAD THE NEXT THREE CHANCES THOUGH. FIRSTLY ON THE 70TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION OFF AN AIRDRIE DEFENDER AND WENT JUST WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. THREE MINUTES LATER DUMBARTON RACED IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND THE BALL WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER DUMBARTON GRABBED THEIR EQUALIZER AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT THEY SENT A SHOT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE. ON THE 41ST MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. RYAN DONNELLY WAS THEN YELLOW CARDED FOR DISSENT BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME AND THE BOTH TEAMS EARNED A POINT IN A THRILLING GAME OF TWO HALVES.
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