INFO
LIVINGSTON UNDER 19S 9-1 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - ALMONDVALE ASTROTURF
KICK OFF TIME - 7:30PM
DATE - 24 JULY 2008
STARTING 11
17) BOBBY WEIR, 2) GRAEME FOX, 3) PAUL BYRNE, 4) CHRIS MCKEE, 5) STEVEN MACMILLAN, 6) DAVID TAYLOR,
7) KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8) PADDY MCCABE, 9) STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, 10) RYAN DONNELLY, 11) MARK FITZPATRICK - 1 GOAL
SUBS - ALL USED
12) TRIALIST CHRIS RICARDO FOR 8) PADDY MCCABE, 14) JAMIE BAIN FOR 5) STEVEN MACMILLAN,
15) NORMAN CRUICKSHANK FOR 10) RYAN DONNELLY, 16) ALEXANDER MURRAY FOR 11) MARK FITZPATRICK,
17) ROBERT O�HANLON FOR 3) PAUL BYRNE
BACK ON:
8) PADDY MCCABE FOR 4) CHRIS MCKEE
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 19S SUFFERED A HAMMERING TONIGHT AGAINST LIVINGSTON UNDER 19S AT ALMONDVALE ASTROTURF AS THEY LOST 1-9. MARK FITZPATRICK SCORED OUR GOAL.
FIRST HALF
LIVINGSTON GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 4TH MINUTE THEY SENT A FANTASTIC CROSS INTO THE BOX AND FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT A HEADER WAS POWERED INTO THE NET TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD. THE NEXT CHANCE WAS OUR UNDER 19S FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME THIRTEEN MINUTES LATER AS MARK FITZPATRICK PLAYED KEIRAN DONAGHY IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST. HOWEVER THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS LIVINGSTON PLACED A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX INTO THE NET TO DOUBLE THEIR LEAD.
LIVINGSTON WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON THE 25TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SEVEN MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 35TH MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN GRAEME FOX SENT A DEEP CROSS TO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED RYAN DONNELLY WAS AND HE HEADED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL TO MARK FITZPATRICK AND FROM A FEW YARDS OUT HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. DURING THE FINAL FEW MINUTES OF THE HALF LIVINGSTON HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF IT WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 19S WENT IN ONLY ONE GOAL BEHIND.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF STARTED OUR UNDER 19S MADE THREE SUBSTITUTIONS AS ROBERT O�HANLON, NORMAN CRUICKSHANK AND ALEXANDER MURRAY CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE, RYAN DONNELLY AND MARK FITZPATRICK.
IT WAS LIVINGSTON WHO WAS TO DOMINATE THIS HALF THOUGH AND DURING THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF IT THEY HAD THREE SHOTS. FIRSTLY FROM THE KICK OFF THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE HALF WAY LINE BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE AFTER THIS THEY DRILLED A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER TO INCREASE THERE LEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY SCORED AGAIN AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET FOR THERE FOURTH GOAL OF THE GAME AND TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS THEY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 57TH AND 60TH MINUTES LIVINGSTON HIT SHOTS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THEY BOTH WENT WIDE
BEFORE THE GAME RESTARTED OUR UNDER 19S MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS JAMIE BAIN CAME ON FOR STEVEN MACMILLAN. HOWEVER IT WAS LIVINGSTON WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 63RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THERE LEAD. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT ON TRIALIST CHRIS RICARDO FOR PADDY MCCABE. HOWEVER AGAIN IT WAS LIVINGSTON WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AND FROM IT THEY SCORED AGAIN AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET TO STRETCH THERE LEAD. ON THE 69TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN TRIALIST CHRIS RICARDO HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS ALEXANDER MURRAY RACED INTO THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE LIVINGSTON GOALKEEPER TURNED IT AROUND THE POST FOR A CORNER AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED.
LIVINGSTON WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AFTER THIS. FIRSTLY ON HE 75TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER THEY RACED INTO THE BOX AND PASSED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL TO A TEAM-MATE AND HE TAPPED INTO THE NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT. OUR UNDER 19S WERE THEN FORCED TO BRING PADDY MCCABE BACK ON AS CHRIS MCKEE HAD TO GO OFF INJURED. A FEW MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD OUR LAST CHANCE WHEN HE NIPPED IN AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST.
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME LIVINGSTON HAD FIVE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 81ST MINUTE THEY BROKE INTO THE BOX AND PASSED THE BALL ACROSS GOAL TO A TEAM-MATE BUT THIS TIME A SHOT FROM A FEW YARDS OUT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER THEY BROKE INTO THE BOX AGAIN AND HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 85TH MINUTE THEY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BACK POST WHERE AN UNMARKED PLAYER AND HE SENT A FREE HEADER INTO THE NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT FOR THEIR EIGHTH GOAL OF THE GAME. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE AND WIN THE GAME NINE ONE.
MATCH PICTURES
DONAGHY
MACMILLAN