INFO
KNIGHTSWOOD UNDER 21S 3-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - ROBERTSON SPORTS CENTRE
KICK OFF TIME - 7:15PM
DATE - 31 JULY 2008
STARTING 11
1 � TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY, 2 - JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � GRAEME FOX, 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN,
6 � DAVID TAYLOR - MAN OF THE MATCH, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � PADDY MCCABE, 9 � ANTHONY CLARKE - 2 GOALS,
10 � MARK FITZPATRICK - 1 GOAL, 11 � RYAN DONNELLY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � NORMAN CRUICKSHANK FOR 4 � GRAEME FOX, 14 � SEAN CLARK FOR 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
15 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 1 GOAL FOR 10 � MARK FITZPATRICK, 16 � ALEXANDER MURRAY FOR 11 � RYAN DONNELLY,
16 � TRIALIST STEVEN WISHART FOR 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 18 � TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY FOR 9 � ANTHONY CLARKE
BACK ON:
2 - JAMIE BAIN FOR 8 - PADDY MCCABE, 8 - PADDY MCCABE FOR 15 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MAN OF THE MATCH
6 - DAVID TAYLOR
MATCH REPORT
ON A WET NIGHT AT ROBERTSON SPORTS CENTRE OUR UNDER 19S TOOK ON KNIGHTSWOOD UNDER 21S WHO INCLUDED FORMER UNDER 19 PLAYERS DAVID GREEN AND ROSS MCPHERSON IN THERE STARTING ELEVEN AND THEY WON 4-3 THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM ANTHONY CLARKE AND GOALS FROM MARK FITZPATRICK AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME BEGAN AT A FAST TEMPO AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME BOTH TEAMS HAD A CHANCE. FIRSTLY DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE GAME KNIGHTSWOOD HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER WE CLEARED. FOUR MINUTES LATER ANTHONY CLARKE HAD OUR UNDER 19S FIRST CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN ON THE 8TH MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE COOLLY PLACED THE BALL BY THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD. THE LEAD ONLY LASTED FOR FIVE MINUTES BUT AS ON THE 13TH MINUTE TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY DIVED DOWN INSIDE THE BOX TO COLLECT THE BALL BUT A KNIGHTSWOOD PLAYER BEAT HIM TO IT AND CROSSED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL FOR ROSS MCPHERSON TO HEAD INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
ON THE 17TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SEVEN MINUTES LATER KNIGHTSWOOD HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN THEY BROKE THROUGH ON GOAL AND ROUNDED TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY AND HIT A SHOT BUT STEVEN MACMILLAN EXCELLENTLY CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND FROM THE REBOUND THEY TRIED TO CHIP TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY BUT HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL ONTO THE BAR AND THEN CATCH THE BALL. A MINUTE LATER KNIGHTSWOOD HAD THE BALL IN THE NET AS ROSS MCPHERSON HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT TOOK A BIG DEFLECTION OFF ANOTHER KNIGHTSWOOD PLAYER AND WENT INTO THE NET BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED THE GOAL FOR OFFSIDE.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WERE NEXT TO HAVE A GO ON THE 27TH MINUTE AS FROM A JAMIE BAIN CROSS INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A VOLLEY BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER KNIGHTSWOOD HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 34TH MINUTE KEIRAN DONAGHY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH THE GOALKEEPER CAME OUT TO CATCH BUT HE DIDN�T CATCH IT CLEANLY AND DROPPED THE BALL AT ANTHONY CLARKE�S FEET AND HE TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE 2-1 LEAD. HOWEVER A MINUTE LATER IT WAS 2-2 AS IN DEFENCE OUR UNDER 19S GAVE AWAY POSSESSION CHEAPLY AND THIS LET A KNIGHTSWOOD PLAYER NIP IN AND PLACE A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
KNIGHTSWOOD WERE TO HAVE THERE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 37TH MINUTE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX THEY BROUGHT THE BALL DOWN AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT SCOTT CASSIDY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 39TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE FIRST OF THERE FINAL FOUR CHANCES OF THE HALF AS MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS PADDY MCCABE PLAYED MARK FITZPATRICK THROUGH ON GOAL AND MARK CALMLY SLOTTED THE BALL BY THE GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO RESTORE THE UNDER 19S LEAD. THEN WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE TO GO MARK FITZPATRICK WAS PLAYED THROUGH ONE ON ONE WITH THE KNIGHTSWOOD GOALKEEPER AND FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER TO ENSURE THE SCORE WAS ONLY 3-2 FOR OUR UNDER 19S AT HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 19S MADE SIX SUBSTITUTIONS AS SEAN CLARK, NORMAN CRUICKSHANK, ALEXANDER MURRAY, STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND TRIALISTS STEVEN WISHART AND STEPHEN CUDDIHY CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY, GRAEME FOX, RYAN DONNELLY, MARK FITZPATRICK, JAMIE BAIN AND ANTHONY CLARKE.
HOWEVER DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES KNIGHTSWOOD HAD THE FIRST THREE CHANCES OF THE HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 48TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER THEY BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY AND ROUNDED HIM AND PLACED A SHOT INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR THE EQUALIZER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY BROKE ONE ON ONE AGAIN WITH SCOTT CASSIDY AND ROUND HIM BUT THIS TIME THE SHOT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE DESPITE IT BEEN EASIER TO SCORE. THEN ON THE 62ND MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 63RD MINUTE KNIGHTSWOOD HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX THEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. HOWEVER A FEW MINUTES LATER IT WAS OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WHO HAD A CHANCE AS NORMAN CRUICKSHANK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT MARK FITZPATRICK BACK ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. HOWEVER IT WAS KNIGHTSWOOD WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 75TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER THOUGH OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD A CHANCE AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HELD OF A DEFENDER AND RACED IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE DRILLED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD AGAIN.
BEFORE THE GAME RESTARTED OUR UNDER 19S MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS JAMIE BAIN CAME BACK ON FOR PADDY MCCABE. THEN ON THE 78TH MINUTE ALEXANDER MURRAY HAD A GOOD CHANCE AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY GOT ONTO THE END OF A CROSS WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THE UNDER 19S THEN MADE THERE FINAL CHANGE OF THE GAME SHORTLY AFTER THIS AS PADDY MCCABE CAME BACK ON FOR THE INJURED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY. THERE WAS TO BE FOUR MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS FOR KNIGHTSWOOD ON THE 86TH MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD A CHANCE AS ALEXANDER MURRAY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN ON THE 88TH MINUTE KNIGHTSWOOD HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT TRIALIST SCOTT CASSIDY MADE THE SAVE TO ENSURE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WON THE GAME 4-3.