INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 0-3 PARTICK THISTLE UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE � TORYGLEN ASTROTURF
KICK OFF TIME � 10:00AM
DATE � SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE, 5 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
6 � TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY, 7 � DAVID TAYLOR, 8 � PADDY MCCABE - MAN OF THE MATCH, 9 � TRIALIST STUART HASTIE,
10 � RYAN DONNELLY, 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
SUBS - ALL USED
8 � MARK LAFFERTY FOR 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 12 � GRAEME FOX FOR 4 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE
14 � BRIAN LEE FOR 9 � TRIALIST STUART HASTIE
MAN OF THE MATCH
8 - PADDY MCCABE
MATCH REPORT
DUE TO THE UNDER 19S NOT HAVING A LEAGUE CUP GAME THIS WEEKEND THEY ARRANGED A FRIENDLY AGAINST PARTICK THISTLE UNDER 19S BUT THEY LOST 3-0.
FOR THE GAME OUR UNDER 19S WERE WITHOUT THE INJURED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND THE UNAVAILABLE MARK FITZPATRICK.
FIRST HALF
THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE GAME WAS FOR OUR UNDER 19S AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS PARTICK HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. AIRDRIE WAS THEN DEALT ANOTHER BLOW ON THE 17TH MINUTE AS TRIALIST DAVID CANE WHO WAS FEELING UNWELL BEFORE THE GAME HAD TO COME OFF AND THIS MEANT GRAEME FOX CAME ON. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS SUBSTITUTION OUR UNDER 19S HAD A CHANCE WHEN RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND A MINUTE LATER FROM AN INCH PERFECT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX GRAEME FOX GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WAS SAVED.
ON THE 25TH MINUTE PARTICK HAD THEIR NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR REACTED QUICKLY AND PARRIED THE BALL AWAY. TEN MINUTES LATER TRIALIST STUART HASTIE BROKE IN ON GOAL AND FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. THEN WITH ONLY SIX MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS FROM A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX STUART HASTIE SLID ONTO THE BALL TO TURN IT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. PADDY MCCABE WAS TO HAVE THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF IT WHEN HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THE TEAMS HEADED INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
PARTICK THISTLE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD A GOOD CHANCE AS FROM A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX RYAN DONNELLY SLID ONTO IT AND GOT A SHOT AWAY BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 19S WERE MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THEIR CHANCES IN THE GAME THOUGH ON THE 50TH MINUTE AS PARTICK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY AND IT FELL TO AN UNMARKED PLAYER AND HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE PARTICK THE LEAD.
AIRDRIE TRIED TO RESPOND QUICKLY BUT GRAEME FOX�S EFFORT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE GOAL WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. ON THE 54TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS UNDER 17S PLAYER BRIAN LEE CAME ON FOR TRIALIST STUART HASTIE. HOWEVER ON THE HOUR MARK PARTICK HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AND DOUBLED THEIR LEAD WITH IT AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH BOBBY WEIR PARRIED AWAY BUT PARTICK REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET. OUR UNDER 19S CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO PULLING A GOAL BACK THOUGH A FEW MINUTES LATER AS FROM A TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY CROSS INTO THE BOX BRIAN LEE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED THEIR SEARCH FOR A GOAL AND ON THE 71ST AND 72ND MINUTES DOUGIE MACKAY AND DAVID TAYLOR HAD GOES FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX AND ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT BOTH OF THEM MISSED THE TARGET. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 17S PLAYER MARK LAFFERTY CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY. HOWEVER PARTICK AGAIN HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AFTER A SUBSTITUTION AND SCORED AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD. PARTICK WAS TO FINISH THE GAME STRONGER AND HAD THE NEXT THREE CHANCES OF IT ON THE 80TH, 82ND AND 83RD MINUTE BUT THE FIRST TWO OF THEM WAS OFF TARGET AND FROM THE OTHER BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVED. WITH FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT KEIRAN DONAGHY BACK ON FOR DAVID TAYLOR AND A MINUTE LATER HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR AND PARTICK WON THE GAME 3-0.
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