INFO
EAST STIRLING UNDER 19S 1-5 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 17
VENUE - FIRS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 11:00AM
DATE � SUNDAY 01 MARCH 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) - MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 � CALLUM BRADY, 7 - DAVID TAYLOR, 8 - PADDY MCCABE, 9 - RYAN DONNELLY - 1 GOAL, 10 - KEVIN WATT - 1 GOAL,
11 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 2 GOALS,
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 9 - RYAN DONNELLY, 14 - MARK FITZPATRICK FOR 8 - PADDY MCCABE,
15 - SCOTT SALLY - 1 GOAL FOR 10 - KEVIN WATT
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - GRAEME FOX
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S PRODUCED ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE TO WIN 5-1 AGAINST EAST STIRLING UNDER 19S WHO HAD THREE PLAYERS SENT OFF DURING THE FINAL TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME.
FOR THE GAME THE YOUNG DIAMONDS INCLUDED FIRST TEAM SQUAD MEMBERS CALLUM BRADY AND KEVIN WATT IN THEIR STARTING ELEVEN AND UNDER 17S TOP GOALSCORER SCOTT SALLY ON THE SUBSTITUTE�S BENCH.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S GOT THE GAME OFF TO A FANTASTIC START AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAME FROM INSIDE EAST STIRLING�S BOX GRAEME FOX PASSED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL TO AN UNMARKED KEVIN WATT AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT. KEVIN WATT HAD A GOOD CHANCE TO GET A SECOND GOAL WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 14TH MINUTE AS HE RACED ONTO RYAN DONNELLY�S THROUGH BALL AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST.
THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES WERE ALL CREATED FROM CORNERS FOR AIRDRIE AND THE FIRST AND SECOND OF THESE BOTH HAD THE SAME OUTCOME AS ON THE 15TH AND 16TH MINUTES RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT BOTH TIMES THE BALL WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AGAIN AND THIS TIME STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT EAST STIRLING�S GOALKEEPER JAMIE NEWMAN MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 34TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND THE EAST STIRLING DEFENCE FAILED TO CLEAR THE BALL PROPERLY AND THIS ALLOWED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TO EXCELLENTLY LOB THE BALL OVER JAMIE NEWMAN AND INTO THE NET FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND MAKE IT 2-0.
THERE WAS TO BE ANOTHER TWO CHANCES BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF AND THE BOTH OF THESE CAME FOR OUR UNDER 19S. THE FIRST OF THE CHANCES WAS ON THE 36TH MINUTE AS KEVIN WATT PASSED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL TO AN UNMARKED RYAN DONNELLY AND SIMILAR TO KEVIN�S GOAL EARLIER IN THE GAME RYAN TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT. A MINUTE LATER PADDY MCCABE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND KEVIN WATT GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME WINNING 3-0.
SECOND HALF
THE SECOND HALF GOT OFF TO A VERY SLOW START AS THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT WASN�T UNTIL THE 59TH MINUTE FOR AIRDRIE AS FROM A PADDY MCCABE CROSS INTO THE BOX KEVIN WATT FLICKED THE BALL ON AND IT FELL TO AN UNMARKED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN HE GOT ONTO THE END OF A CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A HEADER BUT JAMIE NEWMAN MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AIRDRIE WERE DENIED A PENALTY WHEN KEVIN WATT WAS PULLED DOWN INSIDE THE BOX. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND CALLUM BRADY HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES BUT FROM BOTH OF THEM JAMIE NEWMAN MADE SAVES. ON THE 68TH MINUTE AIRDRIE WERE AWARDED A PENALTY AS EAST STIRLING DEFENDER BROUGHT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY DOWN INSIDE THE BOX WITH A RECKLESS LUNGE AND FROM IT STEFAN SENT JAMIE NEWMAN THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO INCREASE THE LEAD. OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FIRST TWO SUBSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AS MARK FITZPATRICK AND SCOTT SALLY CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE AND KEVIN WATT AND BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE THEY MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTATION ON THE 75TH MINUTE AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR UNDER 19S TOP GOALSCORER RYAN DONNELLY.
WITH ONLY NINE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING SUBSTITUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT JAMIE NEWMAN MADE THE SAVE. EAST STIRLING STARTED TO LOSE THEIR DISCIPLINE AND WITH SIX MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING CRAIG STEWART BECAME THEIR FIRST PLAYER TO BE SENT OFF. A MINUTE LATER DAVID TAYLOR HAD A GO FROM A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT JAMIE NEWMAN GOT DOWN LOW TO PARRY THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND WILLIAM ROSS WAS PULLED DOWN IN THE BOX AND THE REFEREE POINTED STRAIGHT TO THE SPOT AND THIS RESULTED IN EAST STIRLING�S GOALKEEPER JAMIE NEWMAN BEEN SHOWN A YELLOW CARD AND THEN A SECOND YELLOW CARD FOR DISSENT. THIS MEANT ONE OF THE EAST STIRLING OUTFIELD PLAYERS HAD TO BECOME THE GOALKEEPER AND FROM THE PENALTY SCOTT SALLY PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 5-0. BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART EAST STIRLING HAD A THIRD PLAYER SENT OFF. DESPITE ONLY HAVING EIGHT MEN ON THE PARK EAST STIRLING HAD THEIR ONLY CHANCE OF THE GAME WITH THE FINAL CHANCE OF IT AS DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT A MISTAKE BY THE AIRDRIE DEFENCE ALLOWED EAST STIRLING�S ALAN MCLACHLAN TO RACE THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE EXCELLENTLY HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE AND EAST STIRLING A CONSOLATION GOAL.
MATCH PICTURES
MCCABE
DONNELLY
BRADY
MCCLUSKEY