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STEWARTON ANNICK UNDER 21S 3-2 AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S
MATCH REPORT
OUR UNDER 19S TOOK ON STEWARTON ANNICK UNDER 21S IN THERE FIRST FRIENDLY OF THIS NEW SEASON AND LOST 2-3 DESPITE COMING BACK FROM TWO GOALS DOWN THANKS TO TWO STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOALS.
FIRST HALF
OUR UNDER 19S GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES OF IT HAD TWO CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 2ND MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS FROM A STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CORNER BUT IT WAS SAVED. THREE MINUTES LATER PADDY MCCABE HAD A GO WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS SAVED. STEWARTON ANNICK WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES BUT FROM BOTH SHOTS BOBBY WEIR MADE SAVES. THEN ON THE 16TH MINUTE ANTHONY CLARKE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS PARRIED AWAY BY THE STEWARTON ANNICK GOALKEEPER AND CLEARED BY HIS DEFENCE.
STEWARTON ANNICK HAD THE NEXT TWO CHANCES ON THE 22ND AND 25TH MINUTE BUT BOTH ATTEMPTS WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 28TH MINUTE STEFAN MCCLUSKEY WENT BY TWO PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER GRAEME FOX WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR DISSENT AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS AN EXCELLENT BALL OVER THE TOP OF OUR UNDER 19S DEFENCE LET A STEWARTON ANNICK PLAYER GO ONE ON ONE WITH BOBBY WEIR AND HE COOLLY SLOTTED A SHOT INTO THE NET TOG GIVE THEM THE LEAD.
ON THE 39TH MINUTE ALEXANDER MURRAY HAD A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO EQUALIZE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE ROUNDED THE STEWARTON ANNICK GOALKEEPER INSIDE THE BOX AND HIT A SHOT BUT ONE OF THERE DEFENDERS EXCELLENTLY THREW HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE BALL TO PREVENT IT GOING INTO THE NET AND TURN IT OUT FOR A CORNER. FROM THE RESULTING CORNER IT WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND ANTHONY CLARKE GOT ONTO THE END OF IT WITH A SHOT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 42ND MINUTE STEWARTON ANNICK HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX WHICH BOBBY WEIR PARRIED AWAY BUT A STEWARTON ANNICK PLAYER REACTED QUICKEST TO THE REBOUND AND TAPPED A SHOT INTO AN EMPTY NET TO SEND THEM INTO HALF TIME WITH A TWO GOAL LEAD.
SECOND HALF
AT HALF TIME OUR UNDER 19S MADE THREE SUBSTITUTIONS AS JAMIE BAIN, FRASER CRAIG AND MARK FITZPATRICK CAME ON FOR GRAEME FOX, TRIALIST #4 AND ALEXANDER MURRAY.
IT WAS OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS WHO STARTED THE HALF BRIGHTLY AS DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF IT THEY HAD THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 51ST MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THREE MINUTES LATER MARK FITZPATRICK HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. SHORTLY AFTER THIS RYAN DONNELLY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 19S MADE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTION STRAIGHT AFTER THIS AS SEAN CLARK CAME ON FOR RYAN DONNELLY. THEN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS DOUGIE MACKAY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. OUR UNDER 19S MADE ANOTHER TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AFTER THIS AS PAUL BYRNE AND WILLIAM ROSS CAME ON FOR DOUGIE MACKAY AND ANTHONY CLARKE.
THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 64TH MINUTE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN PADDY MCCABE PLAYED A DEFENCE SPLITTING PASS OUT TO SEAN CLARK ON THE RIGHT WING AND HE SENT A LOW CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH STEFAN MCCLUSKEY GOT ONTO ABOUT SIX YARDS FROM GOAL WITH A SHOT AND IT WENT INTO THE NET TO BRING OUR UNDER 19S BACK INTO THE GAME. TWO MINUTES LATER STEFAN MCCLUSKEY HAD ANOTHER CHANCE WHEN HE RACED BY THE STEWARTON ANNICK DEFENCE TO GET ONTO A LONG BALL AND HE EXCELLENTLY LOBBED THE BALL OVER THERE GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER AND HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME. STEWARTON ANNICK HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF ON THE 72ND MINUTE WHEN THEY WON A FREE KICK AT THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND FROM IT THEY HIT A SHOT BUT BOBBY WEIR WAS ABLE TO GET A HAND TO IT AND TIP IT OVER THE BAR. FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THEY CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND ONE OF THERE PLAYERS SENT A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS HANDBALLED ON THE LINE AND THE REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY AND FROM IT THEY SENT THE BALL HIGH INTO THE NET TO RETAKE THE LEAD.
OUR UNDER 19S ATTEMPTED TO RESPOND AND ON THE 76TH MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK WAS PLAYED THROUGH ONE ON ONE WITH THE STEWARTON ANNICK GOALKEEPER AND HE HIT A SHOT BUT IT RATTLED THE POST AND BOUNCED AWAY TO SAFETY. A MINUTE LATER JAMIE BAIN HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WAS SAVED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS TRIALIST #3 BROKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE GOALKEEPER AND PLACED A SHOT INTO THE NET FOR THE EQUALIZER BUT THE REFEREE DISALLOWED THE GOAL FOR OFFSIDE. OUR YOUNG DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION OF THE GAME AFTER THIS AS GRAEME FOX CAME BACK ON FOR STEVEN MACMILLAN. THEN ON THE 80TH MINUTE MARK FITZPATRICK HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE.
THERE WAS TO BE THREE MORE CHANCES LEFT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. THE FIRST OF THESE WAS ON THE 83RD MINUTE FOR STEWARTON ANNICK WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 86TH MINUTE SOME GOOD PLAY BY MARK FITZPATRICK LED TO SEAN CLARK HAVING A CHANCE WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER ANTHONY CLARKE HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE AND STEWARTON ANNICK WON THE GAME.
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