INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 5-1 NEWMAINS UNITED CFC
FRIENDLY
VENUE � AIRDRIE LEISURE CENTRE
KICK OFF TIME � 8:10PM
DATE - 26 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � MARTIN REILLY, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 5 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 6 � JAMIE BAIN,
7 � DAVID TAYLOR, 8 � PADDY MCCABE � 2 GOALS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY,
10 � RYAN DONNELLY � 2 GOALS, 11 � MARK FITZPATRICK � 1 GOAL
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � SEAN CLARK FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 14 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 8 � PADDY MCCABE,
15 � LIAM SLOAN FOR 4 � DOUGIE MACKAY, 17 � SCOTT SALLY FOR 11 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
ANDY COLLIER FOR 1 � BOBBY WEIR
BACK ON:
3 � PAUL BYRNE FOR 6 � JAMIE BAIN, 8 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 7 � DAVID TAYLOR
MAN OF THE MATCH
8 - PADDY MCCABE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S KEPT UP THEIR RECENT GOOD FORM BY WINNING 5-1 AGAINST JUNIOR TEAM NEWMAINS UNITED CFC WHO PLAY IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO IN THE WEST REGION.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S SHOWED THEIR INTENT FROM THE OFF AS TWO MINUTES INTO THE GAME MARK FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF A CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE NEWMAINS GOALKEEPER WAS IN CONTROL OF THE BALL INSIDE THIS BOX AND PADDY MCCABE RACED IN TO NIP THE BALL OFF HIM AND TAP IT INTO AN EMPTY NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES THROUGH MARK FITZPATRICK FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE NEWMAINS GOALKEEPER SAVED BOTH HIS ATTEMPTS. ON THE 20TH MINUTE NEWMAINS PLAYER / CO-MANAGER IAN RANKIN HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES LATER AIRDRIE DOUBLED THEIR LEAD AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY LAID THE BALL OFF TO PADDY MCCABE WHO WAS ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE DRILLED THE BALL INTO THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE THE NEWMAINS GOALKEEPER NO CHANCE AND FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON NEWMAINS AND ON THE 28TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS DAVID TAYLOR HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE NEWMAINS GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR THEIR THIRD GOAL AND ON THE 31ST MINUTE PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND MARK FITZPATRICK ROSE HIGH ABOVE THE NEWMAINS GOALKEEPER TO HEAD THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0. SHORTLY AFTER THE GOAL JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 34TH MINUTE NEWMAINS HAD A RARE CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER DOUGIE MACKAY PLAYED A FANTASTIC DIAGONAL PASS WHICH PLAYED MARK FITZPATRICK IN AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS TIPPED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. AIRDRIE WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER TWO CHANCES BEFORE HALF TIME AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 41ST MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE AND A MINUTE LATER GRAEME FOX HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 19S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH A THREE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 19S MADE FOUR SUBSTITUTIONS AS SEAN CLARK AND WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE AND PADDY MCCABE AND AS UNDER 17S PLAYERS LIAM SLOAN AND SCOTT SALLY CAME ON FOR DOUGIE MACKAY AND MARK FITZPATRICK.
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST HALF OUR UNDER 19S SHOWED THEIR INTENT FROM THE OFF AS THREE MINUTES INTO IT JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TIPPED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. A MINUTE LATER SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED AND CLEARED BY THE NEWMAINS DEFENCE. NEWMAINS HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE ON THE 50TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES LATER THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 55TH MINUTE DOUGIE MACKAY WHO HAD BEEN SUBSTITUTED AT HALF TIME CAME ON FOR NEWMAINS DUE TO THEM WANTING TO REST PLAYERS FOR THEIR NEXT GAME. IT WAS AIRDRIE WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE THOUGH A MINUTE LATER WHEN WILLIAM ROSS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. BEFORE THE GAME RESTARTED THOUGH MARK FITZPATRICK WHO HAD ALSO BEEN SUBSTITUTED AT HALF TIME CAME ON FOR NEWMAINS. NEWMAINS HAD THE NEXT THREE CHANCES AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 59TH MINUTE AS FROM ABOUT 40 YARDS OUT THEY ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER BOBBY WEIR BUT IT WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT AGAIN BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 62ND MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK WAS PLAYED IN FOR NEWMAINS AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HIS SHOT WENT INCHES BY THE POST.
NEWMAINS WERE MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THEIR CHANCES AS ON THE 66TH MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM INSIDE THE BOX TO MAKE IT 4-0. A MINUTE LATER GOOD PLAY BY OUR UNDER 19S LED TO JAMIE BAIN BEING PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND THE NEWMAINS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 19S MADE TWO CHANGES AFTER THIS AS UNDER 17S GOALKEEPER PADDY MCCABE AND PAUL BYRNE CAME BACK ON FOR DAVID TAYLOR AND JAMIE BAIN. THEN WITH THE NEXT ATTACK IT WAS 5-0 AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. A MINUTE LATER PAUL BYRNE CAME CLOSE TO SCORING HIS FIRST GOAL FOR AIRDRIE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTATION OF THE GAME AFTER THIS AS UNDER 17S GOALKEEPER ANDY COLLIER CAME ON FOR BOBBY WEIR. NEWMAINS HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES THOUGH AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 73RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK PULLED A GOAL BACK FOR NEWMAINS AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE PLACED A SHOT BY ANDY COLLIER AND INTO THE NET. WITH ONLY THIRTEEN MINUTES LEFT SCOTT SALLY HAD A GO FOR OUR UNDER 19S FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT AGAIN THE NEWMAINS GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 80TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS HACKED DOWN INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE REFEREE WAVED PLAY ON. A MINUTE LATER WILLIAM ROSS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. BOTH TEAMS HAD TIME FOR ONE AND ON THE 84TH MINUTE NEWMAINS HAD THEIRS WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT ANDY COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER RYAN DONNELLY CAME CLOSE TO GETTING HIS HAT TRICK AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BACK POST RYAN HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE GAME FINISHED 5-1 TO OUR UNDER 19S.