INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 4-1 RAITH ROVERS UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 16
VENUE - MERKLAND SPORTS PARK
KICK OFF TIME � 7:30PM
DATE � FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2009
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � DOUGIE MACKAY - MAN OF THE MATCH, 5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN),
6 � SEAN CLARK, 7 - PADDY MCCABE, 8 � DAVID TAYLOR, 9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY - 1 GOAL, 10 � RYAN DONNELLY - 2 GOALS, 11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 8 - DAVID TAYLOR, 14 - VOJTA BEDNAR FOR 7 - PADDY MCCABE,
15 - SCOTT SALLY - 1 GOAL FOR 6 - SEAN CLARK
MAN OF THE MATCH
4 - DOUGIE MACKAY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S RETURNED TO ACTION AGAINST RAITH ROVERS UNDER 19S IN A REARRANGED LEAGUE GAME AT MERKLAND SPORTS PARK AND PRODUCED A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE TO WIN 4-1 THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM TOP GOALSCORER RYAN DONNELLY AND GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND UNDER 17S TOP GOALSCORER SCOTT SALLY.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME BEGAN AT A FAST PACE AND DURING THE 3RD MINUTE OF IT AIRDRIE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE AS PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. RAITH HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE A MINUTE LATER WHEN JAMIE MACKIE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. FROM AIRDRIE�S NEXT ATTACK A MINUTE LATER RYAN DONNELLY WAS PULLED DOWN IN THE BOX BY RAITH GOALKEEPER ROSS LAIDLAW AND THE REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY AND YELLOW CARDED THE RAITH GOALKEEPER AND FROM THE PENALTY STEFAN MCCLUSKEY SENT THE GOALKEEPER THE WRONG WAY THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE OUR UNDER 19S THE LEAD.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WENT IN SEARCH OF A SECOND GOAL AND ON THE 8TH MINUTE PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT ROSS LAIDLAW MADE THE SAVE. TEN MINUTES LATER RAITH DANGER MAN LEE BRYCE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE WITH HIS LEGS AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. LEE BRYCE HAD HIS SECOND CHANCE OF THE GAME FOR RAITH ON THE 23RD MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE. RAITH CONTINUED THERE SEARCH FOR THE EQUALIZER AND ON THE 27TH MINUTE WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED PLAYER SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS LEE BRYCE TRIED TO LOB BOBBY WEIR FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT HIS CHIP RATTLED THE BAR AND WENT OVER.
AIRDRIE�S RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WITH ONLY NINE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES AIRDRIE�S RYAN DONNELLY AND DAVID TAYLOR WERE BOTH SHOWN YELLOW CARDS AND THEN ON THE 42ND MINUTE AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT JAMIE BAIN CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. DURING STOPPAGE TIME AIRDRIE HAD A STRONG PENALTY APPEAL FOR A FOUL ON STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TURNED DOWN AND THEY HEADED INTO HALF TIME WINNING 1-0.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF COULD BEGIN OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 17S TOP GOALSCORER SCOTT SALLY CAME ON FOR SEAN CLARK. IT WAS RAITH WHO HAD THE FIRST TWO CHANCES OF THE HALF THOUGH AND THE FIRST OF THESE CAME FOR LEE BRYCE DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE HALF AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THEN ON THE 54TH MINUTE RAITH WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER RAITH WERE MADE TO PAY FOR NOT TAKING ANY OF THERE CHANCES AS RYAN DONNELLY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE FIRED THE BALL HIGH INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE ROSS LAIDLAW NO CHANCE AND DOUBLE AIRDRIE�S LEAD.
ON THE HOUR MARK OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT ROSS LAIDLAW GOT FINGERTIPS ONTO IT TO TIP IT ONTO THE BAR AND FROM THE REBOUND SCOTT SALLY SHOWED A GOOD STRIKERS INSTINCT TO REACT QUICKEST AND HEAD THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET FOR HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON FOR THE UNDER 19S. A MINUTE AFTER THE RESTART GRAEME FOX BECAME THE THIRD AIRDRIE PLAYER TO BE SHOWN A YELLOW CARD. RAITH ROVERS TRIED TO FIND A WAY BACK INTO THE MATCH AND HAD THE NEXT FEW CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 64TH MINUTE JAMIE MACKIE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND A MINUTE LATER LEE BRYCE BROKE IN AND HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR EXCELLENTLY TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND JORDAN MCKECHNIE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SEVEN MINUTES AFTER THIS AIRDRIE HAD A CHANCE WHEN SCOTT SALLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ROSS LAIDLAW MADE THE SAVE.
AIRDRIE MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTATION OF THE GAME ON THE 73RD MINUTE AS WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR DAVID TAYLOR. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THAT THEY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. RAITH HAD THERE NEXT CHANCE THROUGH LEE BRYCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. THEN ON THE 78TH MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 17S PLAYER VOJTA BEDNAR CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE. HOWEVER TWO MINUTE LATER RAITH PULLED A GOAL BACK AS FROM A LONG BALL THE BALL WAS FLICKED ON AND DANIEL CARTER TURNED IT INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT SIX YARDS OUT. RAITH WENT IN SEARCH OF A SECOND GOAL AND HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AND JORDAN MCKECHNIE HAD THE FIRST OF THESE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE AND THEN FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT BUT AGAIN BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. WITH ONLY FOUR MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING OUR UNDER 19S KILLED OFF ANY HOPE OF RAITH GETTING BACK INTO THE GAME AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WENT BY TWO MEN AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX CUT THE BALL BACK TO AN UNMARKED RYAN DONNELLY AND HE TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 4-1 AND FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME AND HIS 16TH GOAL OF THE SEASON. DURING STOPPAGE TIME STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 4-1.