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QUEENS PARK UNDER 19S 1-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 13
VENUE � LESSER HAMPDEN
KICK OFF TIME � 8:00PM
DATE - 14 JANUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 �JAMIE BAIN, 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 4 - DOUGIE MACKAY, 5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) - 1 GOAL,
6 - DAVID TAYLOR - MAN OF THE MATCH, 7 - KEIRAN DONAGHY - 1 GOAL, 8 - PADDY MCCABE,
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 1 GOAL, 10 - RYAN DONNELLY - 1 GOAL, 11 - FRASER KEAST
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � SEAN CLARK FOR 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 14 - CLARK RANKIN FOR 9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
15 - MARK FITZPATRICK FOR 11 - FRASER KEAST
MAN OF THE MATCH
6 - DAVID TAYLOR
MATCH REPORT
ON A SNOWY NIGHT AT LESSER HAMPDEN AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S PUT AN END TO QUEENS PARK UNDER 19S IMPRESSIVE
WINNING STREAK IN THE LEAGUE OF NINE GAMES BY PRODUCING A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE TO WIN 4-1 TO NOW MAKE
IT FIVE LEAGUE GAMES UNBEATEN.
FIRST HALF
THE YOUNG DIAMONDS GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 3RD MINUTE OF IT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER DAVID TAYLOR�S FANTASTIC THROUGH BALL PLAYED UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST IN ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT A QUEENS PARK DEFENDER DESPERATELY GOT A BLOCK IN TO SEND THE BALL OUT FOR A CORNER AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED TO THE BACK POST WHERE RYAN DONNELLY WAS AND HE ROSE HIGH ABOVE HIS MAN TO HEAD THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD AND FOR HIS 10TH LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON.
ON THE 20TH MINUTE QUEENS PARK HAD THEIR FIRST AND THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND KEIRAN DONAGHY CONTROLLED THE BALL AND HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE CROSSBAR AND FROM THE REBOUND A PENALTY APPEAL WAS TURNED DOWN FOR A FOUL ON STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND QUEENS PARK CLEARED THE DANGER.
WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING DAVID TAYLOR HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF IT FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM THE SAME DISTANCE BUT HIS SHOT WAS SAVED BY CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN. QUEENS PARK THEN HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WITH THREE MINUTES OF IT REMAINING WHEN GARY SMITH HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT AND IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT INTO THE NET SEND OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS INTO HALF TIME WINNING 2-0.
SECOND HALF
QUEENS PARK HAD THE OPENING CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 51ST MINUTE WHEN GAVIN LACHLAN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE HIS FIRST SAVE OF THE NIGHT. A MINUTE LATER AIRDRIE HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN TURNED IT AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND NOT CLEARED PROPERLY BY THE QUEENS PARK DEFENCE AND IT FELL TO RYAN DONNELLY AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE QUEENS PARK DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
QUEENS PARK RESPONDED TO NEARLY GOING THREE GOALS DOWN BY HAVING THE NEXT TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 54TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND A MINUTE LATER THEY WON A FREE KICK AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND FROM IT GARY SMITH HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. EIGHT MINUTES AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS SEAN CLARK CAME ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. OUR UNDER 19S THEN NEARLY INCREASED THEIR LEAD WITH THE NEXT ATTACK AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WENT BY HIS MARKER AND SQUARED THE BALL TO AN UNMARKED FRASER KEAST AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS CLEARED OFF THE LINE AND QUEENS PARK SURVIVED. STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS INVOLVED IN THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FOR AIRDRIE AS FIRSTLY ON THE 66TH MINUTE HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND TWO MINUTES LATER HE WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE CALMLY CHIPPED THE BALL OVER THE GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-0.
BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR FRASER KEAST. MARK FITZPATRICK WAS INVOLVED IN THE GAMES NEXT CHANCE ON THE 72ND MINUTE AS FROM A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX MARK GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A HEADER BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER MARK FITZPATRICK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND RYAN DONNELLY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT CRAIG CHAMBERLAIN MADE THE SAVE.
WITH FOURTEEN MINUTES REMAINING AIRDRIE HAD THE BALL IN THE NET AGAIN AS FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT GRAEME FOX SWEETLY STRUCK THE BALL AND IT WENT FLYING INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THE LEAD AND SPARK MORE CELEBRATIONS FOR AIRDRIE WITH GRAEME DOING A KLINSMANN CELEBRATION. AIRDRIE MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AS CLARK RANKIN CAME ON FOR STEFAN MCCLUSKEY. QUEENS PARK WERE TO PULL A GOAL BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME THOUGH AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH BOBBY WEIR DONE EXCELLENTLY TO PARRY AWAY BUT FROM THE REBOUND THEY TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR A CONSOLATION GOAL. AIRDRIE THEN SAW THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME OUT TO ENSURE THEY ENDED QUEENS PARK�S IMPRESSIVE NINE GAME WINNING RUN.