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KNIGHTSWOOD UNDER 21S 3-3 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 19S TOOK ON KNIGHTSWOOD UNDER 21S WHO INCLUDED SIX FORMER UNDER 19S PLAYERS IN THERE SQUAD AND THEY DREW THANKS TO A GOAL FROM DANIEL TURNER, AN OWN GOAL AND A GOAL FROM PADDY MCCABE.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME BEGAN AT A FAST TEMPO AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME BOTH TEAMS HAD A CHANCE. FIRSTLY FOUR MINUTES INTO IT KNIGHTSWOOD HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD OUR UNDER 19S FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KNIGHTSWOOD HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A CURLING SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT NORRIE MCINTYRE MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 12TH MINUTE DANIEL TURNER HAD A GREAT CHANCE WHEN HE WENT ONE ON ONE WITH THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER DUE TO A DEFENSIVE ERROR AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER MADE A GOOD SAVE. KNIGHTSWOOD UNDER 21S HAD THE NEXT THREE CHANCES ON THE 14TH, 15TH AND 19TH MINUTES. FIRSTLY FROM A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER FORMER UNDER 19 PLAYER DAVID GREEN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AFTER THIS FORMER UNDER 19 PLAYER ROSS MCPHERSON HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 20TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN KIERAN DONAGHY SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX AND MARK FITZPATRICK SLID IN TO HIT A SHOT FROM A FEW YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ROSS MCPHERSON WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE FOR KNIGHTSWOOD A MINUTE LATER WHEN HE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A CROSS ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS KNIGHTSWOOD HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED.
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
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 19S MADE THREE SUBSTITUTIONS AS PETER DONNELLY, JAMIE BAIN AND ANTHONY CLARKE CAME ON FOR NORRIE MCINTYRE, ANTON TIFFANY AND DANIEL TURNER. HOWEVER IT WAS KNIGHTSWOOD WHO HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS TWO MINUTES INTO IT THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN ANTHONY CLARKE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER TIPPED THE BALL ONTO THE POST AND FROM THE REBOUND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TRIED TO HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS BLOCKED AND THEN CLEARED BY THE KNIGHTSWOOD DEFENCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ROSS MCPHERSON HAD A CHANCE FOR KNIGHTSWOOD WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT PETER DONNELLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND A KNIGHTSWOOD PLAYER HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 51ST MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT KIERAN DONAGHY PASSED THE BALL TO PAUL BYRNE WHO WAS ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER KNIGHTSWOOD HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT THEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-2. THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 61ST MINUTE WHEN PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT DANIEL TURNER BACK ON FOR ALEXANDER MURRAY. HOWEVER SHORTLY AFTER THIS KNIGHTSWOOD WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 71ST MINUTE ANOTHER FORMER UNDER 19S PLAYER TERRY HEWITT HAD A CHANCE FOR KNIGHTSWOOD WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER KNIGHTSWOOD SENT ANOTHER CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS THEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 76TH MINUTE DANIEL TURNER CUT THE BALL BACK TO PADDY MCCABE WHO WAS A FEW YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. HOWEVER FIVE MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE MADE UP FOR MISSING THIS CHANCE WHEN HE EXCELLENTLY RAN FROM THE HALF WAY LINE WITH THE BALL AND BURST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE KNIGHTSWOOD DEFENCE AND ROUNDED THE GOALKEEPER BEFORE TAPPING A SHOT INTO THE EMPTY NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE 3-2 LEAD. THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 87TH MINUTE KNIGHTSWOOD WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED BY PETER DONNELLY. A MINUTE AFTER THIS ALEXANDER MURRAY CAME BACK ON FOR MARK FITZPATRICK. HOWEVER SHORTLY AFTER THIS KNIGHTSWOOD WON A PENALTY AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT AND IT WAS BLOCKED BY GRAEME FOX BUT THE REFEREE SAID IT HIT OFF HIS HAND AND AWARDED A PENALTY. FROM IT FORMER UNDER 19 PLAYER CHRIS WILSON STEPPED UP TO HIT IT AND HE EXCELLENTLY DRILLED IT INTO PETER DONNELLY�S LEFT HAND SIDE TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 3-3. THEN DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME ALEXANDER MURRAY HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WITH THE LAST KICK OF THE BALL WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND THE GAME FINISHED 3-3.
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