INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 2-3 DUNFERMLINE UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 14
VENUE � MERKLAND SPORTS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 10:00AM
DATE - 18 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � TRIALIST - SCOTT CASSIDY, 2 �JAMIE BAIN, 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 4 - DOUGIE MACKAY,
5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) - MAN OF THE MATCH, 6 - KEIRAN DONAGHY, 7 - PADDY MCCABE, 8 - DAVID TAYLOR,
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, 10 - RYAN DONNELLY - 2 GOALS, 11 - MARK FITZPATRICK
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � SEAN CLARK FOR 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 14 - TRIALIST - FRASER GRAY FOR 11 - MARK FITZPATRICK
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - GRAEME FOX
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S FIVE LEAGUE GAME UNBEATEN RUN CAME TO AN END AGAINST DUNFERMLINE UNDER 19S AT MERKLAND SPORTS PARK AS THEY LOST 3-2.
FOR THE GAME OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD TO MAKE TWO CHANGES AS BOBBY WEIR AND FRASER KEAST WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE GAME AND THIS MEANT TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY AND MARK FITZPATRICK CAME INTO THE STARTING ELEVEN.
FIRST HALF
DUNFERMLINE UNDER 19S GOT THE GAME OFF TO A FANTASTIC START AS DURING THE THIRD MINUTE OF IT LEWIS TURNER CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND RYAN THOMPSON HEADED THE BALL DOWN TO JORDAN WHITE AND HE SENT THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET TO GIVE TRIALIST GOALKEEPER SCOTT CASSIDY NO CHANCE. AIRDRIE CAME CLOSE TO EQUALIZING WITH THEIR FIRST ATTACK A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DAVID TAYLOR AND RYAN DONNELLY WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES IN THE GAME FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 9TH AND 11TH MINUTES FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOTH SHOTS WENT WIDE.
DUNFERMLINE�S NEXT CHANCE CAME ON THE 17TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT REES SMITH CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND LEE GRAHAM GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER SOME GOOD PLAY BY KEIRAN DONAGHY CREATED HIM SPACE FOR A SHOT INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 19S FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT DUNFERMLINE�S DANNY GUNN MADE THE SAVE. PADDY MCCABE WAS NEXT TO HAVE A GO FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 22ND MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR.
ON THE 23RD MINUTE LEWIS TURNER HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT SCOTT CASSIDY GOT DOWN LOW TO TIP THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND LEE GRAHAM SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT THE BALL TOOK A DEFLECTION OFF AN AIRDRIE HEAD AND WENT OUT FOR ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS AGAIN CROSSED INTO THE BOX BUT THE AIRDRIE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WERE FORCED TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTION FOUR MINUTES LATER AS MARK FITZPATRICK HAD TO COME OFF INJURED AND THIS MEANT TRIALIST FRASER GRAY CAME ON. HOWEVER ON THE 29TH MINUTE DUNFERMLINE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE�S PADDY MCCABE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT DANNY GUNN MADE THE SAVE AND THE SCORE WAS TO REMAIN THE SAME AS THE HALF DREW TO A CLOSE.
SECOND HALF
THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF CAME NINE MINUTES INTO IT AND WHEN IT DID AIRDRIE EQUALIZED AS FROM A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-1. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS DUNFERMLINE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 59TH MINUTE DUNFERMLINE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT LEWIS TURNER CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED LEE GRAHAM SENT A POWERFUL HEADER INTO THE BACK OF THE NET TO RETAKE THE LEAD. FIVE MINUTES LATER DUNFERMLINE WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY BY THE AIRDRIE DEFENCE AND THIS ALLOWED LAWRIE CANNON TO TURN THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD.
DUNFERMLINE CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 70TH MINUTE CHRIS LENNON HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JORDAN WHITE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES AFTER THIS AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS SEAN CLARK CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. ON THE 80TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD A CHANCE AS PADDY MCCABE PLAYED RYAN DONNELLY IN ON GOAL AND HE CALMLY CURLED THE BALL BY DUNFERMLINE GOALKEEPER DANNY GUNN AND INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK AND FOR HIS 12TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. FIVE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE HAD A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL TURNED DOWN AS INSIDE THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY HAD HIS JERSEY PULLED BUT THE REFEREE WAVED PLAY ON. DURING THE FINAL TWO MINUETS DUNFERMLINE HAD ONE MORE CHANCE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND DUNFERMLINE HELD ONTO WIN THE GAME 3-2 AND PUT AN END TO OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS UNBEATEN RUN.