INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 2-1 ROSS COUNTY UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 18
VENUE � GLASGOW GREEN
KICK OFF TIME � 7:00PM
DATE � THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11
1 � ANDREW COLLIER, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � TRIALIST DAVID CANE,
5 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) � 1 GOAL � MAN OF THE MATCH, 6 � DAVID TAYLOR, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � PADDY MCCABE,
9 � KEVIN WATT, 10 � RYAN DONNELLY, 11 � MARK FITZPATRICK
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � DOUGIE MACKAY FOR 6 � DAVID TAYLOR, 14 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 10 � RYAN DONNELLY,
15 � TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY FOR 9 � KEVIN WATT
MAN OF THE MATCH
5 - GRAEME FOX
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S ENDED THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH AS THEY WON 2-1 AGAINST ROSS COUNTY AT GLASGOW GREEN THANKS TO GOALS FROM GRAEME FOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY.
FOR THE GAME THE YOUNG DIAMONDS INCLUDED FIRST TEAM SQUAD MEMBER KEVIN WATT AND UNDER 17S GOALKEEPER ANDREW COLLIER IN THEIR STARTING ELEVEN. MEANWHILE ROSS COUNTY INCLUDED FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S AND 19S GOALKEEPER PETER DONNELLY IN THEIR STARTING ELEVEN.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AS THE FIRST CHANCE OF IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE 8TH MINUTE FOR ROSS COUNTY WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDREW COLLIER MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON A FREE KICK AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND GRAEME FOX JUMPED HIGH ABOVE HIS MARKER TO HEAD THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 16TH MINUTE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT PETER DONNELLY GOT A STRONG HAND TO IT TO TURN IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER PETER DONNELLY PUNCHED THE BALL CLEAR.
ON THE 25TH MINUTE ROSS COUNTY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT ANDREW COLLIER PULLED OFF A FANTASTIC REFLEX SAVE TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER NO DANGER WAS CAUSED. FIVE MINUTES LATER ROSS COUNTY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT THE SHOT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. THEN WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING KEVIN WATT GOT AWAY FROM HIS MARKER AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR AND FROM THE REBOUND KEIRAN DONAGHY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. DURING THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF THE HALF RYAN DONNELLY AND DAVID TAYLOR WERE BOTH YELLOW CARDED AND OUR UNDER 19S WAS TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME WITH A ONE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 19S MADE THEIR FIRST SUBSTITUTION AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY. HOWEVER IT WAS ROSS COUNTY WHO CAME CLOSE TO EQUALIZING WITH THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 48TH MINUTE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THE ROSS COUNTY PLAYER LOBBED THE BALL OVER ANDREW COLLIER BUT IT HIT THE POST AND THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. IT TOOK OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS ANOTHER THREE MINUTES TO HAVE A CHANCE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. ROSS COUNTY HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES AFTER THIS BUT NONE OF THEM HIT THE TARGET AND ON THE 57TH MINUTE AIRDRIE MADE THEIR SECOND SUBSTITUTION AS TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY CAME ON FOR KEVIN WATT.
ON THE 64TH MINUTE AIRDRIE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THEIR FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS DOUGIE MACKAY CAME ON FOR DAVID TAYLOR AND A FEW MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. AIRDRIE WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL ON THE 74TH MINUTE AND FROM IT PADDY MCCABE CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND GOOD MOVEMENT BY STEFAN MCCLUSKEY LEFT HIM UNMARKED AT THE BACK POST AND HE HEADED THE BALL BY PETER DONNELLY AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. PAUL BYRNE HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE GOAL AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. ROSS COUNTY ONLY HAD ONE MORE CHANCE BEFORE THE END OF THE GAME THOUGH AND THEY SCORED THROUGH IT AS THE BALL HIT OFF OF DOUGIE MACKAY�S HEAD AND WENT INTO THE NET BUT IT WAS ONLY TO BE A CONSOLATION GOAL AND OUR UNDER 19S HELD ONTO WIN THE GAME 2-1.
MATCH PICTURES
FITZPATRICK
CANE
COLLIER
BYRNE
MCCLUSKEY