INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 4-1 ELGIN CITY UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 1
VENUE � MERKLAND SPORTS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 1:45PM
DATE - 17 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � CHRIS MCKEE, 4 � FRASER CRAIG � 1 GOAL, 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN,
6 � DAVID TAYLOR (CAPTAIN), 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � PADDY MCCABE, 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY � 1 GOAL, 11 � RYAN DONNELLY � 2 GOALS - MAN OF THE MATCH
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � DOUGIE MACKAY FOR 8 � PADDY MCCABE, 14 � PAUL BYRNE FOR 4 � FRASER CRAIG,
15 � ANTHONY CLARKE FOR 10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MAN OF THE MATCH
11 - RYAN DONNELLY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S GOT THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN OFF TO A WINNING START TODAY AS THEY WON 4-1 AGAINST ELGIN CITY AT MERKLAND SPORTS PARK THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM RYAN DONNELLY AND GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND FRASER CRAIG.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF CHANCES IN THE MATCH AND THE FIRST OF THESE CAME ON THE 6TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND RYAN DONNELLY SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK BEAT THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER TO THE BALL ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AND LOBBED THE BALL OVER HIM BUT IT BOUNCED INSIDE THE BOX AND WENT INCHES OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND FRASER CRAIG SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
OUR UNDER 19S CONTINUED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND ON THE 18TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT BY THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD. FIVE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A CORNER RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND MARK FITZPATRICK SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE.
ELGIN WAS TO HAVE THERE ONLY CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 31ST MINUTE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX THEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT KEIRAN DONAGHY SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE REFEREE AWARDED ELGIN A FREE KICK AFTER IT WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX FOR A FOUL. THEN WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE AND OUR UNDER 19S WENT INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
OUR UNDER 19S GOT THIS HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE SECOND MINUTE OF IT KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER ELGIN HAD THERE SECOND CHANCE OF THE GAME AS THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND WAS NOT CLEARED BY THE ELGIN DEFENCE AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT FRASER CRAIG SENT THE BALL HIGH INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0.
DURING THE NEXT EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THIS GOAL OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE ALL THEIR SUBSTITUTIONS AS DOUGIE MACKAY, PAUL BYRNE AND ANTHONY CLARKE CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE, FRASER CRAIG AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY. THEN ON THE 60TH MINUTE KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE UNDER 19S AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS CHANCE OUR UNDER 19S SCORED DIRECT FROM A CORNER AS RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND IT WENT BY EVERYONE AND INTO THE BACK OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0. FIVE MINUTE AFTER THIS GOAL RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE ELGIN GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. ELGIN WERE TO HAVE A RARE TWO CHANCES ON THE 69TH MINUTE AS FIRSTLY THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT JUST OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 75TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DOUGIE MACKAY WAS YELLOW CARDED.
BOTH TEAMS WAS TO HAVE FOUR MORE CHANCES EACH DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME AND FIRSTLY ON THE 77TH MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 19S FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WELL WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER ELGIN HAD A CHANCE AS THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ELGIN HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY BROKE IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR TURNED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER OUR UNDER 19S CLEARED THE DANGER. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 42ND MINUTE ELGIN WON A PENALTY AND FROM IT THEY SCORED. WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING MARK FITZPATRICK HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND ELGIN CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THOUGH OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS DID INCREASE THE LEAD AS THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED RYAN DONNELLY WAS AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. DURING INJURY TIME ELGIN HAD THE FINAL CHANCE THOUGH AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE GAME FINISHED 4-1 TO OUR UNDER 19S.
MATCH PICTURES
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