INFO
STENHOUSEMUIR AMATEURS 1-3 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
FRIENDLY
VENUE � OCHILVIEW
KICK OFF TIME � 2:00PM
DATE - 29 DECEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � SEAN CLARK, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � TRIALIST GRAEME FORBES, 5 - GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN),
6 � DAVID TAYLOR, 7 � KEIRAN DONAGHY, 8 � TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY,
9 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY � 2 GOALS � MAN OF THE MATCH, 10 � RYAN DONNELLY, 11 � TRIALIST GARY PEEBLES
SUBS - ALL USED
12 � ALLY MORGAN FOR 8 � TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY, 14 � DANIEL FITZPATRICK FOR 11 � TRIALIST GARY PEEBLES,
15 � CLARK RANKIN FOR 10 � RYAN DONNELLY, 16 � PADDY MCCABE FOR 2 � SEAN CLARK
BACK ON
8 � TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY FOR 14 � DANIEL FITZPATRICK
MAN OF THE MATCH
9 - STEFAN MCCLUSKEY
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S WON 3-1 IN A FRIENDLY AGAINST STENHOUSEMUIR AMATEURS AT OCHILVIEW THANKS TO TWO GOALS FROM STEFAN MCCLUSKEY AND A GOAL FROM UNDER 17S PLAYER CLARK RANKIN.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AND DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WAS PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND AFTER SHOWN HIS MARKER ONE WAY AND THEN ANOTHER HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SEVEN MINUTES LATER RYAN DONNELLY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND BOUNCED AWAY TO SAFETY. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STENHOUSEMUIR HAD THEIR FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO CHIP BOBBY WEIR FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR.
KEIRAN DONAGHY WAS TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S ON THE 11TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS A FANTASTIC THROUGH BALL BY PAUL BYRNE ALLOWED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY TO RACE ONTO IT AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX FIRE THE BALL ACROSS THE GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. OUR UNDER 19S LEAD WAS NOT TO LAST FOR LONG AS TWO MINUTES LATER STENHOUSEMUIR WERE PLAYED IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND BOBBY WEIR PUNCHED IT AWAY TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND STENHOUSEMUIR HIT A SHOT WHICH WENT INTO THE AIR AND WAS HEADED GOALWARDS AND INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER DESPITE BOBBY WEIR GETTING A HAND TO IT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STENHOUSEMUIR WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 25 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
RYAN DONNELLY WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 20TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THREE MINUTES LATER STENHOUSEMUIR HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR WAS ABLE TO TURN THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 29TH MINUTE STENHOUSEMUIR HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS AN ERROR BY THE GOALKEEPER ALLOWED STENHOUSEMUIR IN AND THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT WIDE.
ON THE 32ND MINUTE RYAN DONNELLY HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT W WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER STENHOUSEMUIR HAD A GO FROM 20 YARDS OUT BUT THEIR EFFORT WENT WIDE. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD THE NEXT CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE ON THE 39TH MINUTE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STENHOUSEMUIR BROKE IN ON GOAL AND FROM INSIDE THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE UP FOR HIS ERROR PREVIOUSLY IN THE GAME BUT TURNING THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND THE DANGER WAS CLEARED. WITH ONLY ONE MINUTE OF THE HALF REMAINING SEAN CLARK HAD TO COME OFF INJURED AND PADDY MCCABE CAME ON FOR HIM. THERE WERE NO CHANCES AFTER THIS THOUGH AND THE TEAMS WENT INTO HALF TIME LEVEL.
SECOND HALF
OUR UNDER 19S MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS FIVE MINUTES INTO THE HALF AS UNDER 17S PLAYERS DANIEL FITZPATRICK AND CLARK RANKIN CAME ON FOR TRIALIST GARY PEEBLES AND FOR RYAN DONNELLY. IT WAS STENHOUSEMUIR WHO HAD THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF A MINUTE LATER THOUGH AS FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX THEY HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WAS SAVED. A MINUTE LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD A GO FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS HAD THE NEXT CHANCE OF THE GAME ON THE 55TH MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AS FROM IT KEIRAN DONAGHY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND AN UNMARKED TRIALIST GRAEME FORBES SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER OUR UNDER 19S PRESSURE PAID OFF AS CLARK RANKIN EXCELLENTLY PLAYED STEFAN MCCLUSKEY IN ON GOAL AND STEFAN TURNED THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD.
AIRDRIE CONTINUED TO PUT STENHOUSEMUIR UNDER PRESSURE AND ON THE 62ND MINUTE DANIEL FITZPATRICK SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND DAVID TAYLOR SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A MINUTE LATER DANIEL FITZPATRICK WEARING HIS NEW PINK PUMA BOOTS SENT AN INCH PERFECT CROSS INTO THE BOX FOR CLARK RANKIN AND CLARK SENT A HEADER INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 3-1. BEFORE THE GAME COULD RESTART AIRDRIE MADE A SUBSTITUTION AS UNDER 17S PLAYER ALLY MORGAN CAME ON FOR TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY. ALLY MORGAN WAS TO HAVE THE GAMES NEXT CHANCES THREE MINUTES AFTER COMING ON AS FROM INSIDE THE BOX HE HIT A SHOT BUT THE STENHOUSEMUIR GOALKEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER. THEN ON THE 71ST MINUTES DANIEL FITZPATRICK SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH CLARK RANKIN GOT ONTO WITH A SHOT BUT IT WAS SAVED. DANIEL FITZPATRICK�S GAME CAME TO AN END A MINUTE LATER THOUGH AS HE HAD TO GO OFF INJURED AND THIS MEANT TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY CAME BACK ON.
STENHOUSEMUIR HAD A RARE CHANCE ON THE 75TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT FOR AIRDRIE BUT IT WAS SAVED. WITH ONLY NINE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING STENHOUSEMUIR SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT AGAIN BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER CLARK RANKIN HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT HIGH AND WIDE. THEN WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING ALLY MORGAN HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE STENHOUSEMUIR GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS KEIRAN DONAGHY AND TRIALIST DAVID BROPHY HAD GOES FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT KEIRAN�S WENT WIDE AND DAVID�S WAS SAVED. WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 3-1.