INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 5-1 MORTON UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE - 19 MARCH 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 12 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � LIAM SLOAN, 5 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 6 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � PADDY MCCABE, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY � 4 GOALS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 10 � RYAN DONNELLY, 11 � FRASER KEAST
SUBS - ALL USED
14 � SEAN CLARK FOR 12 � JAMIE BAIN, 15 � SCOTT SALLY FOR 10 � RYAN DONNELLY,
16 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 8 � PADDY MCCABE, 18 � DAVID TAYLOR FOR 6 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
19 � TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE � 1 GOAL FOR 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
BACK ON
12 � JAMIE BAIN FOR 14 � SEAN CLARK, 6 � DOUGIE MACKAY FOR 5 � GRAEME FOX,
7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR 11 � FRASER KEAST
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S TOOK ON MORTON UNDER 18S FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON AND THEY KEPT UP THERE 100% WINNING RECORD AS THEY WON 5-1 THANKS TO FOUR GOALS FROM MAN OF THE MATCH STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND A GOAL FROM TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE.
FIRST HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS STARTED THE GAME BRIGHTLY AND DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAME THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED. THREE MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY WON A CORNER AS FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BACK POST AND UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0.
MORTON RESPONDED TO GOING A GOAL DOWN BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 6TH MINUTE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR FANTASTICALLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 20TH MINUTE AND WHEN IT DID IT WAS FOR AIRDRIE AS DOUGIE MACKAY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY AND CLEARED BY THE MORTON DEFENCE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED. FIVE MINUTES LATER MORTON HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR TURNED THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WAS TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME AND ON THE 28TH MINUTE THEY HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 35 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX FLICKED THE BALL ONTO RYAN DONNELLY AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WENT BY FOUR MORTON DEFENDERS WITH EASE AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HIT A SHOT AND AFTER TAKING A DEFLECTION IT WENT BY THE MORTON GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE NIGHT AS DAVID TAYLOR CAME ON FOR DOUGIE MACKAY. IT WAS MORTON WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH ON THE 37TH MINUTE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY PLAYED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY IN ON GOAL WITH AN EXCELLENT THROUGH BALL AND STEFAN EXCELLENTLY LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE MORTON GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET FOR HIS HAT TRICK. A MINUTE LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 19S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH A THREE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF COULD BEGIN OUR UNDER 19S MADE TWO MORE SUBSTITUTIONS AS TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE AND UNDER 17S PLAYER SCOTT SALLY CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY AND RYAN DONNELLY. OUR UNDER 19S BEST PART OF THE HALF CAME WITHIN THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF IT THOUGH AS ON THE 49TH MINUTE FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. FOUR MINUTES LATER IT WAS 5-0 AS FROM AN INCH PERFECT FRASER KEAST CROSS INTO THE BOX STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO GIVE THE MORTON GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE AND FOR HIS FOURTH GOAL OF THE GAME. ON THE 58TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S MADE A FURTHER TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS SEAN CLARK AND WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR JAMIE BAIN AND PADDY MCCABE.
THE NEXT CHANCE AFTER THESE SUBSTITUTIONS WAS FOR MORTON THOUGH AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM AN EXCELLENT SCOTT SALLY THROUGH BALL FRASER KEAST RACED IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 68TH MINUTE SCOTT SALLY HAD A GREAT CHANCE OF HIS OWN AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. AIRDRIE MADE A CHANGE AFTER THIS AS DOUGIE MACKAY CAME BACK ON FOR GRAEME FOX. IT WAS MORTON WHO WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES THOUGH AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS A MINUTE LATER WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE LEAD ON THE 73RD MINUTE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS MORTON CAME REALLY CLOSE TO EQUALIZING AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST. AIRDRIE BROUGHT JAMIE BAIN BACK ON FOR AN INJURED SEAN CLARK TWO MINUTES LATER. MORTON WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 79TH MINUTE WHEN A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FINAL CHANGE WITH SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AS KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME BACK ON FOR FRASER KEAST. IT WAS MORTON WHO HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME THOUGH DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT AS THEY WERE PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND EXCELLENTLY SLID THE BALL BY BOBBY WEIR AND INTO THE NET FOR A DESERVED CONSOLATION GOAL.