INFO
MORTON UNDER 19S 0-1 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 12
VENUE � BATTERY PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 3:00PM
DATE - 23 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � SEAN CLARK, 3 - MARTIN REILLY, 4 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 5 - SHAUN MCKAY - MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 - DAVID TAYLOR, 7 - DANIEL FITZPATRICK, 8 - CLARK RANKIN - 1 GOAL, 9 - MARK FITZPATRICK, 10 - VOJTA BEDNAR,
11 - RYAN DONNELLY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � BRIAN MCKINLAY FOR 9 - MARK FITZPATRICK, 14 � DOUGIE MACKAY FOR 10 - VOJTA BEDNAR
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - SHAUN MCKAY
MATCH REPORT
AN UNDER STRENGTH AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S WON 1-0 AGAINST MORTON UNDER 19S AT BATTERY PARK IN THEIR 12TH LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON THANKS TO A GOAL FROM UNDER 17S PLAYER CLARK RANKIN.
FOR THE GAME SIX CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE STARTING ELEVEN FROM THE DUMBARTON GAME TWO DAYS AGO AS SEAN CLARK AND UNDER 17S PLAYERS MARTIN REILLY, DANIEL FITZPATRICK, CLARK RANKIN, VOJTA BEDNAR AND SHAUN MCKAY CAME INTO THE STARTING 11 FOR THE UNAVAILABLE JAMIE BAIN, PAUL BYRNE, KEIRAN DONAGHY, PADDY MCCABE AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND ALSO FOR DOUGIE MACKAY WHO WAS ON THE BENCH DUE TO AN INJURY INCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS GAME.
FIRST HALF
THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME CAME FOR MORTON ON THE 6TH MINUTE WHEN A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BY KENNY MACKAY BUT IT WENT WIDE FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT. EIGHT MINUTES KENNY MACKAY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR MORTON WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. CLARK RANKIN HAD OUR UNDER 19S FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 23RD MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER MORTON WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE.
AIRDRIE WERE TO DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE HALF AND ON THE 30TH MINUTE DAVID TAYLOR HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY SIX MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING RYAN DONNELLY WENT BY A MORTON DEFENDER WITH EASE AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. A MINUTE AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY SET UP A CHANCE AS HE CUT THE BALL BACK TO DAVID TAYLOR INSIDE THE BOX AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT MORTON GOALKEEPER KIERAN CANNON MADE THE SAVE. WITH THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM DISTANCE BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS CLARK RANKIN SET UP THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS HE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND VOJTA BEDNAR SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
OUR UNDER 19S PICKED UP FROM WHERE THEY LEFT OFF IN THE FIRST HALF AS TWO MINUTES INTO THIS HALF RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SIX MINUTES LATER CLARK RANKIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 57TH MINUTE MORTON WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND DAVID TAYLOR WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD FOR PERSISTENT FOULING AND FROM THE FREE KICK THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 61ST MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS DOUGIE MACKAY SHOWED COMMITMENT TO HIS TEAM BY COMING ON DESPITE BEEN INJURED IN THE PREVIOUS GAME AND HAVING STITCHES IN HIS HEAD AND HE CAME ON FOR VOJTA BEDNAR. TWO MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BACK POST WHICH RYAN DONNELLY TURNED INTO THE NET BUT THE GOAL WAS CHOPPED OFF AND RYAN WAS SHOWN A YELLOW CARD FOR TURNING THE BALL INTO THE NET WITH HIS HAND. MORTON HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 65TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY PLAYED MARK FITZPATRICK IN ON GOAL WITH AN EXCELLENT THROUGH BALL AND DESPITE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM A DEFENDER MARK GOT A SHOT AWAY WHICH KIERAN CANNON TURNED AROUND THE POST BUT THE REFEREE AWARDED AIRDRIE A FREE KICK AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND FROM IT MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
WITH ONLY 14 MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING LEE MITCHELL HAD GO FOR MORTON FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY BROKE IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER MORTON HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS BOBBY WEIR WAS CALLED INTO ACTION AGAIN AS THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR AGAIN MADE THE SAVE.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THE NEXT FOUR CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 80TH MINUTE DANIEL FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT WHICH WAS GOING INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET BUT KIERAN CANNON PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT DIVING SAVE TO TURN THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER MARTIN REILLY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND RYAN DONNELLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AGAIN AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING SEAN CLARK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH CLARK RANKIN GOT ONTO THE END OF WITH A SHOT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S A DESERVED LEAD.
MORTON RESPONDED TO THIS BY HAVING THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 85TH MINUTE KENNY MACKAY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR HAD NARROWED THE ANGLE WELL AND THE SHOT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER HE HAD ANOTHER GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. DURING INJURY TIME AIRDRIE�S GOALSCORER CLARK RANKIN HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE AND AIRDRIE WON 1-0 TO MAKE IT TEN POINTS OUT OF THE LAST POSSIBLE TWELVE.