INFO
ST ROCH'S JUNIORS 1-3 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE - PROVANMILL PARK
KICK OFF TIME - 7:00PM
DATE - 04 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � TRIALIST STEPHEN WISHART, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 15 � CHRIS MCKEE, 5 � STEVEN MACMILLAN,
6 � DAVID TAYLOR (CAPTAIN), 7 � RYAN DONNELLY, 8 � PADDY MCCABE � MAN OF THE MATCH,
9 � TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY � 1 GOAL, 10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, 11 � MARK FITZPATRICK
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � SEAN CLARK FOR 7 � RYAN DONNELLY, 14 � ANTHONY CLARKE � 1 GOAL FOR 10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY,
8 � DOUGIE MACKAY FOR 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 16 � ALEXANDER MURRAY FOR 11 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
17 � NORMAN CRUICKSHANK FOR 8 � PADDY MCCABE
BACK ON:
10 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY � 1 GOAL FOR 9 � TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY
MAN OF THE MATCH
8 - PADDY MCCABE
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 19S TOOK ON ST ROCH�S JUNIORS AT PROVANMILL PARK AND WON 3-1 THANKS TO GOALS FROM TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY, STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND ANTHONY CLARKE.
FIRST HALF
THE GAME BEGAN AT A FAST TEMPO AS DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE GAME OUR UNDER 19S HAD TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 4TH MINUTE A CORNER WAS WON AND FROM IT RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BACK POST WHERE STEVEN MACMILLAN WAS AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER PAUL BYRNE SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. THEN ON THE 12TH MINUTE OF THE GAME ST ROCH�S HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE AS THEY WON A PENALTY AND FROM IT THEY SENT THE BALL INTO THE NET AND BOBBY WEIR THE WRONG WAY TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD. WITH OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS NEXT CHANCE ON THE 19TH MINUTE THOUGH THE GAME WAS LEVEL AS PADDY MCCABE EXCELLENTLY PLAYED TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX STEPHEN DRILLED A SHOT OFF THE POST AND INTO THE NET TO GIVE FORMER AIRDRIE UNDER 17S AND 19S GOALKEEPER WILLIAM MORRISON NO CHANCE.
ON THE 27TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT WILLIAM MORRISON WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER RYAN DONNELLY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND FROM A FEW YARDS OUT STEVEN MACMILLAN GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN WITH ONLY SIX MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF IT WHEN PADDY MCCABE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED AND THE TEAM WENT IN LEVEL AT HALF TIME.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 19S MADE FOUR SUBSTITUTIONS AS SEAN CLARK, ANTHONY CLARKE, DOUGIE MACKAY AND ALEXANDER MURRAY CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY, STEFAN MCCLUSKEY, PAUL BYRNE AND MARK FITZPATRICK.
HOWEVER IT WAS ST ROCH�S WHO HAD THE FIRST TWO CHANCES DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF THIS HALF. FIRSTLY ON THE 47TH MINUTE THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND TWO MINUTES LATER THE REFEREE AWARDED ST ROCH�S A PENALTY FOR A HAND BALL BY SEAN CLARK DESPITE SEAN CLEARLY BLOCKING THE BALL WITH HIS BODY HOWEVER JUSTICE WAS DONE THOUGH AS FROM THE PENALTY ST ROCH�S BLASTED THE BALL OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 51ST MINUTE OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS ANTHONY CLARKE WENT BY TWO PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. SEVEN MINUTES LATER ALEXANDER MURRAY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND HE ROUNDED THE GOALKEEPER AND TRIED TO SQUEEZE THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM AN ACUTE ANGLE BUT THE BALL DID NOT CROSS THE LINE AND ST ROCH�S CLEARED.
ON THE 60TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY BACK ON FOR TRIALIST STEPHEN CUDDIHY AND ALSO MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS NORMAN CRUICKSHANK CAME ON FOR PADDY MCCABE. STRAIGHT AFTER THIS THEY HAD A CHANCE AS FROM A CORNER SEAN CLARK CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND ANTHONY CLARKE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS IT WAS 2-1 THOUGH DOUGIE MACKAY EXCELLENTLY PLAYED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY THROUGH ON GOAL AND STEFAN ROUNDED THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE EMPTY NET TO MAKE IT 2-1 FOR OUR UNDER 19S. SIX MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WON ANOTHER CORNER AND FROM IT SEAN CLARK CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND STEVEN MACMILLAN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER ST ROCH�S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THE BALL IN THE NET AGAIN ON THE 75TH MINUTE AS STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE LIFTED THE BALL OVER THE GOALKEEPER AND SEAN CLARK TAPPED THE BALL INTO AN EMPTY NET FROM A FEW YARDS OUT BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED THE GOAL FOR OFFSIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ST ROCH�S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 78TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS SEAN CLARK HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SEAN CLARK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX FROM THE LEFT WING AND IT RATTLED THE BAR AND FELL TO ANTHONY CLARKE AND AFTER SOME GOOD SKILL HE FIRED THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-1 FOR OUR UNDER 19S.
THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES IN THE GAME AFTER THIS AND THEY WERE ALL FOR OUR UNDER 19S. FIRSTLY ON THE 85TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER ALEXANDER MURRAY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING SEAN CLARK HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER GOT FINGERTIPS TO IT AND TURNED IT OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THEY CLEARED AND THE GAME FINISHED 3-1 TO OUR UNDER 19S.