INFO
QUEENS PARK UNDER 19S 0-0 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE CUP GAME 1
VENUE � LESSER HAMPDEN
KICK OFF TIME � 4:35PM
DATE - 22 MARCH 2009
STARTING 11
1 - BOBBY WEIR, 2 - JAMIE BAIN, 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 4 - DOUGIE MACKAY, 5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) - MAN OF THE MATCH,
6 - CALLUM BRADY, 7 - KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 - DAVID TAYLOR, 9 - KEVIN WATT, 10 - PADDY MCCABE, 11 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 - WILLIAM ROSS FOR 6 - CALLUM BRADY, 14 - MARK FITZPATRICK FOR 8 - DAVID TAYLOR,
15 - TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE FOR 7 - KEIRAN DONAGHY
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - GRAEME FOX
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S BEGAN THEIR LEAGUE CUP CAMPAIGN WITH A GAME AGAINST QUEENS PARK UNDER 19S AND BOTH TEAMS EARNED A HARD FOUGHT POINT AS THEY DREW 0-0.
FIRST HALF
BOTH TEAMS HAD FIRST CHANCES DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME AND IT WAS TO BE QUEENS PARK WHO HAD THE FIRST OF THESE ON THE 9TH MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX GARY SMITH ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER BOBBY WEIR FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS DOUGIE MACKAY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. IT WAS A FURTHER FIFTEEN MINUETS UNTIL THE NEXT CHANCE AND IT WAS FOR QUEENS PARK AS THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND HEADED GOALWARDS BY PAUL GALLACHER BUT JAMIE BAIN CLEARED THE BALL OFF THE LINE.
AIRDRIE RESPONDED BY HAVING THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 23RD MINUTE WHEN KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. TWO MINUTES LATER GARY SMITH HAD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR QUEENS PARK FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT HIS SHOT WENT WIDE. THE GAME CONTINUED TO BE END TO END AND ON THE 28TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID TAYLOR HIT A SHOT BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 36TH MINUTE BOTH TEAMS WERE DEALT A BLOW AS DAVID TAYLOR AND GIUSEPPI CAPUANO HAD TO GO OFF AFTER A NASTY HEAD COLLISION WHICH REQUIRED DAVID TAYLOR TO GET FOUR STITCHES. MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON DUE TO THE INJURY TO DAVID TAYLOR AND WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING KEVIN WATT HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. A FEW MINUTES LATER QUEENS PARK WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GARY SMITH SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THE TEAMS HEADED INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
QUEENS PARK HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE HALF FOUR MINUTES INTO IT WHEN GARY SMITH HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER QUEENS PARK HAD THEIR BEST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH BOBBY WEIR AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY EXCELLENTLY PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND HE DIVED DOWN TO THE QUEENS PARK PLAYERS FEET TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER NO DANGER WAS CAUSED. AIRDRIE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE 59TH MINUTE FOR THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AND WHEN IT CAME KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN MADE A GOOD SAVE FROM IT.
BOTH TEAMS CONTINUED SEARCHING FOR AN OPENING GOAL AND ON THE 69TH MINUTE QUEENS PARK WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THERE BUT IT WENT FLYING HIGH OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK OUT ON THE LEFT WING AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT A SHOT AWAY BUT AGAIN CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS THEN MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS TRIALIST CHRIS TEMPLE CAME ON FOR KEIRAN DONAGHY. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
WITH TWELVE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING QUEENS PARK HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF IT AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX AN UNMARKED STEVEN BAILLIE GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION BEFORE THE RESTART AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR CALLUM BRADY. WILLIAM WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT CHANCE WITH FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT INCHES BY THE POST. DURING STOPPAGE TIME OUR UNDER 19S HAD THEIR BEST CHANCE OF THE GAME AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND BOTH TEAMS HAD TO SETTLE FOR A HARD FOUGHT POINT.
MATCH PICTURES
BYRNE
MCCLUSKEY
WATT
MACKAY
BAIN
FOX