INFO
PARTICK THISTLE UNDER 19S 2-2 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 4
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE - 11 SEPTEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN), 3 � PAUL BYRNE - MAN OF THE MATCH, 4 � FRASER CRAIG,
5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN, 6 � DAVID TAYLOR, 7 � CALLUM BRADY, 8 � CHRIS MCMENAMIN, 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK - 1 GOAL,
10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 1 GOAL, 11 � DOUGIE MACKAY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � KEIRAN DONAGHY FOR 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK, 14 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 6 � DAVID TAYLOR
15 � RYAN DONNELLY FOR 11 � DOUGIE MACKAY
MAN OF THE MATCH
3 - PAUL BYRNE
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S WERE HELD TO A 2-2 DRAW AGAINST PARTICK THISTLE UNDER 19S TONIGHT AT GLASGOW GREEN. MARK FITZPATRICK AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WERE OUR GOALSCORERS.
FOR THE GAME THE YOUNG DIAMONDS INCLUDED FIRST TEAM SQUAD MEMBERS CHRIS MCMENAMIN AND CALLUM BRADY IN THE STARTING ELEVEN.
FIRST HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE GAME OFF TO A GREAT START AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT CALLUM BRADY SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH THE PARTICK DEFENCE FAILED TO CLEAR AND THIS LET MARK FITZPATRICK NIP IN AND FIRE THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD. FOUR MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN CHRIS MCMENAMIN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. PARTICK WERE THEN TO HAVE THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 8TH MINUTE WHEN CALLUM SELLARS SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH BOBBY WEIR PALMED AWAY BUT PHILIP MIDDLEMISS WAS ON HAND TO TAP THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER.
OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 11TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE PARTICK GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER CALLUM BRADY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 28TH MINUTE PARTICK�S SCOTT TULLY WAS TUGGED TO THE GROUND INSIDE THE BOX AND THE REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY AND FROM IT MARK BEGG SCORED TO GIVE PARTICK THE LEAD.
THE NEXT THREE CHANCES OF THE GAME WERE FOR OUR UNDER 19S. FIRSTLY ON THE 31ST MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. A MINUTE LATER DOUGIE MACKAY PLAYED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX STEFAN TURNED HIS MARKER AND PLACED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-2. ON THE 40TH MINUTE DOUGIE MACKAY HAD A GO OF HIS OWN FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. HOWEVER WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING PARTICK NEARLY RETOOK THE LEAD AS THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED ALAN VEZZA SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE REMAINING STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE HALF OF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE FIRST MINUTE OF IT CALLUM BRADY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER GRAEME FOX SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND CHRIS MCMENAMIN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. PARTICK WERE TO THEN HAVE THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 53RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER PAUL BYRNE WENT BY TWO MEN AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. BEFORE THE RESTART OUR UNDER 19S MADE THERE FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS RYAN DONNELLY CAME ON FOR DOUGIE. HOWEVER IT WAS PARTICK WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS ON THE 57TH MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE.
OUR UNDER 19S WERE TO DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 58TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER SUBSTITUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE PARTICK GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 61ST MINUTE STEVEN MACMILLAN WAS BOOKED FOR PERSISTENT FOULING. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S MADE THERE SECOND SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS KEIRAN DONAGHY CAME ON FOR MARK FITZPATRICK. THREE MINUTES AFTER THIS CHANGE CALLUM BRADY CREATED THE NEXT CHANCE AS HE SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT CHRIS MCMENAMIN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND FRASER CRAIG SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. BEFORE THE RESTART OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AS PADDY MCCABE CAME ON FOR DAVID TAYLOR.
BOTH TEAMS WERE TO HAVE ONE FINAL CHANCE BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME. FIRSTLY ON THE 83RD MINUTE KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD OUR UNDER 19S CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER PARTICK WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HAD THERE CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND GAME FINISHED 2-2.