INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 3-0 LARKHALL THISTLE JUNIORS
FRIENDLY
VENUE � AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
KICK OFF TIME � 8:00PM
DATE - 18 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 3 -PAUL BYRNE, 4 � FRASER CRAIG, 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN,
6 � DAVID TAYLOR, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK � 1 GOAL � MAN OF THE MATCH,
10 � ANTHONY CLARKE � 1 GOAL,11 � RYAN DONNELLY � 1 GOAL
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 2 � GRAEME FOX, 14 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 8 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
15 � LIAM SMITH FOR 4 � FRASER CRAIG, 16 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 6 � DAVID TAYLOR,
16 � SHAUN PAUL QUINN FOR 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN, 18 � LEWIS BROWN FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE
BACK ON:
2 � GRAEME FOX FOR 10 � ANTHONY CLARKE, 3 � PAUL BYRNE FOR 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - MARK FITZPATRICK
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S BOUNCED BACK FROM THERE FRIENDLY DEFEAT AGAINST QUEENS PARK UNDER 19S FOUR DAYS AGO WITH A GOOD 3-0 VICTORY OVER LARKHALL THISTLE JUNIORS TONIGHT AT AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE THANKS TO GOALS FROM ANTHONY CLARKE, MARK FITZPATRICK AND RYAN DONNELLY.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 1ST MINUTE OF IT LARKHALL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWELVE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN ANTHONY CLARKE BROUGHT THE BALL DOWN IN THE BOX AND FLICKED IT OVER HIS MARKER AND CALMLY CHIPPED THE BALL OVER THE LARKHALL GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS GRAEME FOX HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
LARKHALL WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT THREE CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 19TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS LARKHALL HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. MARK FITZPATRICK WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 29TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S CONCEDED A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND BEFORE LARKHALL COULD HIT IT GRAEME FOX WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR AN OFF THE BALL INCIDENT WITH A LARKHALL PLAYER AND THEN FROM THE FREE KICK THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING LARKHALL HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 19S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH THE ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 19S MADE SIX SUBSTITUTIONS TRIALISTS SHAUN PAUL QUINN AND LEWIS BROWN CAME ON FOR STEVEN MACMILLAN AND PAUL BYRNE AND AS JAMIE BAIN, LIAM SMITH, PADDY MCCABE AND WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR GRAEME FOX, FRASER CRAIG, DAVID TAYLOR AND DOUGIE MACKAY.
IT WAS LARKHALL WHO HAD THE FIRST TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF THOUGH. FIRSTLY DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE HALF THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. SEVEN MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. LARKHALL HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 59TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER AT THE BACK POST SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 60TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT GRAEME FOX BACK ON FOR GOALSCORER ANTHONY CLARKE. HOWEVER A MINUTE LATER LARKHALL HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 65TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD A CHANCE AS MARK FITZPATRICK CHASED A LONG BALL DOWN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE LARKHALL GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS LARKHALL HAD A CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS LARKHALL WERE PUNISHED FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THERE CHANCES AS JAMIE BAIN EXCELLENTLY PLAYED MARK FITZPATRICK THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX MARK FITZPATRICK PLACED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE THE LARKHALL GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE AND MAKE IT 2-0.
MARK FITZPATRICK WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME FOR OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS. FIRSTLY ON THE 73RD MINUTE HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S MADE THERE FINAL CHANGE OF THE GAME AS PAUL BYRNE CAME BACK ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT BUT THE LARKHALL GOALKEEPER MADE ANOTHER SAVE. WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING LARKHALL HAD THERE LAST CHANCE OF IT AS FROM A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT SENT A POWERFUL HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND WENT OVER. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THE BALL WAS PLAYED TO RYAN DONNELLY INSIDE THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT HE CHEEKILY LOBBED THE BALL OVER THE LARKHALL GOALKEEPER AND IT CREPT JUST UNDER THE BAR AND INTO THE NET FOR THE GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO WIN THE GAME 3-0 FOR OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS.