INFO: ST ROCH'S JUNIORS 3-4 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY, VENUE - PROVANMILL PARK, KICK OFF TIME - 6:30PM, DATE - 09 APRIL 2009
STARTING 11: 1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 4 - TRIALIST DAVID CANE, 5 - LIAM SLOAN,
6 - FRASER KEAST - 1 GOAL, 7 - DAVID TAYLOR - MAN OF THE MATCH, 8 - PADDY MCCABE, 9 - RYAN DONNELLY - 1 GOAL,
10 - KEIRAN DONAGHY, 11 - TRIALIST GRANT EASTON
SUBS - ALL USED:
12 - MARK FITZPATRICK - 2 GOALS FOR 11 - TRIALIST GRANT EASTON, 14 - STEPHEN SWEENEY FOR 2 - JAMIE BAIN,
15 - GRAEME FOX FOR 5 - LIAM SLOAN, 16 - TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY FOR 9 - RYAN DONNELLY
BACK ON: 2 - JAMIE BAIN FOR 3 - PAUL BYRNE, 3 - PAUL BYRNE FOR 2 - JAMIE BAIN
MAN OF THE MATCH: 7 - DAVID TAYLOR
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 19S PRODUCED AN EXCELLENT COMEBACK TONIGHT AS THEY CAME FROM THREE GOALS DOWN TO WIN 4-3 AGAINST ST ROCH�S IN A FRIENDLY AT PROVANMILL PARK THANKS TO A GOAL FROM RYAN DONNELLY, TWO GOALS FROM MARK FITZPATRICK AND A GOAL FROM UNDER 17S PLAYER FRASER KEAST.
FIRST HALF
ST ROCH�S BEGAN THE GAME AT A FAST TEMPO AS DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF IT THEY HAD THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 3RD MINUTE THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS THEY HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER ST ROCH�S WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT AGAIN BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. OUR UNDER 19S HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 10TH MINUTE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX TRIALIST GRANT EASTON GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. ST ROCH�S PUT THE PRESSURE BACK ONTO OUR UNDER 19S THOUGH AND ON THE 15TH MINUTE HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER ST ROCH�S HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT PAUL BYRNE RACED BACK TO CLEAR THE BALL OFF THE LINE DESPITE PROTESTS FROM THE ST ROCH�S PLAYERS AS THEY THOUGHT THE BALL HAD CROSSED THE LINE. ST ROCH�S WAS NOT TO BE DENIED THOUGH AND ON THE 21ST MINUTE THEY TOOK THE LEAD AS FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED TRIALIST ALAN CAMERON RACED IN ON GOAL AND PUT GOALKEEPER BOBBY WEIR OFF AND THEN SLOTTED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. SIX MINUTES LATER ST ROCH�S DOUBLED THEIR ADVANTAGE AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT WHICH BOBBY WEIR WAS ABLE TO PARRY AWAY HOWEVER ST ROCH�S REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND TAPPED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO INCREASE THERE LEAD. OUR UNDER 19S THOUGHT THEY HAD PULLED A GOAL BACK ON THE 31ST MINUTE AS FROM A LONG JAMIE BAIN BALL RYAN DONNELLY SLID IN ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT TO GUIDE THE BALL PAST FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S AND 19S GOALKEEPER WILLIAM MORRISON TO GIVE HIM NO CHANCE BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED THE GOAL FOR OFFSIDE DESPITE PROTESTS FROM OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS. A FEW MINUTES LATER ST ROCH�S WON A CORNER AND FROM IT THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE NEAR POST AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT PAUL BYRNE WAS ON THE LINE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE NEXT CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED ST ROCH�S PLAYER FIRED A SHOT HIGH INTO THE NET FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT TO GIVE THEM A THREE GOAL LEAD. THERE WOULD BE THREE MORE CHANCES BEFORE THE END OF THE HALF AND THE FIRST OF THESE CAME FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 40TH MINUTE AS FROM RYAN DONNELLY�S THROUGH BALL FRASER KEAST RAN ONTO IT AND ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE BALL OVER THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER BUT IT RATTLED THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER ST ROCH�S HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN GRANT EASTON GOT ONTO THE END OF A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE AND ST ROCH�S HEADED INTO HALF TIME WITH A THREE GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 19S MADE THREE SUBSTITUTIONS AS GRAEME FOX, MARK FITZPATRICK AND UNDER 17S PLAYER STEPHEN SWEENEY CAME ON FOR UNDER 17S PLAYER LIAM SLOAN, TRIALIST GRANT EASTON AND JAMIE BAIN. WHATEVER THE MANAGEMENT SAID TO THE PLAYERS AT HALF TIME CLEARLY HAD AN EFFECT THOUGH AS DURING THE OPENING MINUTE OF THE HALF RYAN DONNELLY RAN ONTO KEIRAN DONAGHY�S THROUGH BALL AND SLOTTED IT BY THE ST ROCH�S SUBSTITUTE GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A FANTASTIC CHANCE TO PULL ANOTHER GOAL BACK A MINUTE LATER AS HE BROKE IN ON GOAL AND HIT A SHOT BUT THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND HIS DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS A ST ROCH�S PLAYER ATTEMPTED TO LOB BOBBY WEIR FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 53RD MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S SCORED AGAIN AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX MARK FITZPATRICK COMPOSED HIMSELF TO CALMLY SLOT THE BALL BY THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET. ST ROCH�S TRIED TO RESPOND TO OUR UNDER 19S AND ON THE 54TH MINUTE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S WERE NEARLY LEVEL AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX MARK FITZPATRICK GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A DIVING HEADER BUT IT WAS EXCELLENTLY SAVED. SEVEN MINUTES LATER ST ROCH�S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE WHEN THEY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART OUR UNDER 19S MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS TRIALIST RYAN MURPHY CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY AND AS JAMIE BAIN CAME BACK ON FOR PAUL BYRNE. OUR UNDER 19S CREATED A NUMBER OF CHANCES AFTER THIS AND THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 67TH MINUTE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX GRAEME FOX ATTEMPTED AN OVERHEAD KICK BUT IT WAS WELL SAVED BY THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER. TWO MINUTES LATER DAVID TAYLOR ATTEMPTED TO LOB THE GOALKEEPER FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT AGAIN THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. ST ROCH�S HAD A RARE CHANCE SHORTLY AFTER THIS AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX ONE OF THERE PLAYERS SENT A SCISSOR KICK SHOT GOALWARDS BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. WITHIN THE NEXT MINUTE AFTER THIS OUR UNDER 19S HAD TWO CHANCES THE FIRST OF THESE CAME FOR RYAN MURPHY BUT HIS SHOT WENT HIGH AND WIDE AND A MINUTE LATER FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX FRASER KEAST GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. OUR UNDER 19S BROUGHT PAUL BYRNE BACK ON FOR JAMIE BAIN ON THE 73RD MINUTE DUE TO AN INJURY. HOWEVER IT WAS ST ROCH�S WHO HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WAS SAVED AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS ST ROCH�S HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. WITH ONLY NINE MINUTES REMAINING OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS FROM A KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSS INTO THE BOX FRASER KEAST GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A VOLLEY BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE AND TWO MINUTES LATER EXCELLENT MOVEMENT BY RYAN MURPHY ALLOWED HIM TO GET ONTO A PADDY MCCABE THROUGH BALL AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS REFUSED TO GIVE UP THOUGH AND WITH ONLY SIX MINUTES REMAINING FRASER KEAST HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER MADE ANOTHER SAVE. A MINUTE LATER OUR UNDER 19S GOT A DESERVED EQUALIZER AS MARK FITZPATRICK RACED THROUGH ON GOAL AND SLOTTED THE BALL BY THE ST ROCH�S GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-3. BOTH TEAMS WAS TO HAVE ONE MORE GO AT WINNING THE GAME AND ON THE 86TH MINUTE ST ROCH�S HAD THERE OPPORTUNITY AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S HAD THE GAMES FINAL CHANCE WHEN FRASER KEAST WAS PLAYED THROUGH ON GOAL AND HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY HOWEVER THE REBOUND FELL TO FRASER AND HE FIRED THE BALL INTO THE NET TO WIN THE GAME 4-3 AFTER AN EXCELLENT COME BACK.
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