INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 1-6 LIVINGSTON UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 6
VENUE � ALMONDVALE ASTROTURF
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE - 09 OCTOBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � DAVID TAYLOR � MAN OF THE MATCH,
5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN, 6 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � PADDY MCCABE, 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
10- STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, 11 � RYAN DONNELLY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � ALEXANDER MURRAY � 1 GOAL FOR 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 14 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN
15 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE
MAN OF THE MATCH
4 - DAVID TAYLOR
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S TOOK ON LEAGUE LEADERS LIVINGSTON UNDER 19S AT ALMONDVALE ASTROTURF IN THE FIFTH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON HOWEVER THEY WERE HAMMERED 6-1.
FIRST HALF
LIVINGSTON DOMINATED THE OPENING HALF OF THE MATCH AND ON THE 18TH AND 23RD MINUTES HAD CHANCES FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT AND THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT BOTH OF THEM WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER THEY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ON THE 28TH MINUTE LIVINGSTON MADE THERE PRESSURE COUNT AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX A SHOT WAS PLACED INTO THE NET.
LIVINGSTON WAS TO HAVE FIVE MORE CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME. FIRSTLY ON THE 36TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. WITH THE NEXT TWO CHANCES ON THE 38TH AND 40TH MINUTES FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT SHOTS AND BOTH OF THEM WENT INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. THEN ON THE 40TH MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE BOBBY WEIR NO CHANCE. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING LIVINGSTON HAD THE FINAL CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER AND OUR UNDER 19S WENT INTO HALF TIME FOUR GOALS DOWN.
SECOND HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WERE TO HAVE THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE MATCH DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE MATCH AS FROM A LONG BALL INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT THE LIVINGSTON GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. FOUR MINUTES LATER THOUGH OUR UNDER 19S CONCEDED A PENALTY AND FROM IT LIVINGSTON SCORED TO INCREASE THE LEAD.
DURING THE NEXT THREE MINUTES OUR UNDER 19S MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS ALEXANDER MURRAY AND JAMIE BAIN CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY AND STEVEN MACMILLAN. ON THE 57TH MINUTE SUBSTITUTE ALEXANDER MURRAY WAS TO PULL A GOAL BACK AS FROM A TIGHT ANGLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT AND IT SWERVED INTO THE NET. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. LIVINGSTON WERE TO SCORE AGAIN WITH THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 63RD MINUTE THOUGH AS THERE PLAYER RACED AWAY OF THE DEFENCE AND PLACED A SHOT BY BOBBY WEIR AND INTO THE NET.
ON THE 65TH MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. DURING THE NEXT FIVE MINUTE AFTER THIS DAVID TAYLOR AND DOUGIE MACKAY WERE YELLOW CARDED FOR LATE CHALLENGES. THEN ON THE 74TH MINUTE LIVINGSTON HAD A CHANCE FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GOOD CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE ROUNDED THE GOALKEEPER AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST BY THE POST. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED.
WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING LIVINGSTON HIT A SHOT WHICH BEAT BOBBY WEIR BUT GRAEME FOX WAS ON LINE AND EXCELLENTLY STOPPED THE BALL FROM GOING IN AND CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HAD A CHANCE FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN ON THE 86TH MINUTE JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND BOUNCED AWAY TO SAFETY. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME LIVINGSTON WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND CURLED IT AROUND THE WALL BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE AND LIVINGSTON WON THE GAME 6-1.