INFO
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S 2-1 STIRLING ALBION UNDER 19S
LEAGUE GAME 9
VENUE � FORTHBANK ASTROTURF
KICK OFF TIME � 2:15PM
DATE - 30 NOVEMBER 2008
STARTING 11
1 � BOBBY WEIR, 2 � JAMIE BAIN, 3 � PAUL BYRNE, 4 � GRAEME FOX (CAPTAIN) � MAN OF THE MATCH, 5 � LIAM SMITH,
6 - DAVID TAYLOR, 7 � SEAN CLARK, 8 � PADDY MCCABE � 1 GOAL, 9 - MARK FITZPATRICK, 10 � DOUGIE MACKAY,
11 � KEIRAN DONAGHY
SUBSTITUTES ALL USED
12 � STEFAN MCCLUSKEY FOR 7 � SEAN CLARK, 14 - ANTHONY CLARKE � 1 GOAL FOR 9 � MARK FITZPATRICK,
15 � WILLIAM ROSS FOR 5 � LIAM SMITH
MAN OF THE MATCH
4 - GRAEME FOX
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 19S RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS IN THEIR LEAGUE CAMPAIGN TODAY AS THEY WON 2-1 AGAINST STIRLING ALBION UNDER 19S AT FORTHBANK ASTROTURF THANKS TO GOALS FROM PADDY MCCABE AND ANTHONY CLARKE.
FIRST HALF
STIRLING ALBION GOT THE GAME OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE 4TH MINUTE OF IT THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. DOUGIE MACKAY HAD OUR UNDER 19S FIRST CHANCE FOUR MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. STIRLING HAD THE NEXT CHANCE ON THE 11TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT ANOTHER SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT SIMILAR TO THE FIRST EFFORT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JAMIE BAIN HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT FOR OUR UNDER 19S BUT IT WENT WIDE.
THE GAME CONTINUED TO BE AN END TO END AFFAIR AND ON THE 16TH MINUTE STIRLING SENT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND THEN A SHOT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS SEAN CLARK HAD A GO FROM DISTANCE FOR AIRDRIE BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. A FEW MINUTES AFTER AIRDRIE HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. STIRLING HAD THEIR NEXT CHANCE ON THE 20TH MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. FOUR MINUTES LATER PAUL BYRNE SENT A DANGEROUS CROSS INTO THE BOX WHICH MARK FITZPATRICK HEADED GOALWARDS BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT JUST WIDE AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE DANGER WAS CLEARED.
WITH FIFTEEN MINUTES OF THE HALF REMAINING STIRLING HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. PADDY MCCABE HAD A CHANCE FOR AIRDRIE TWO MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS KEIRAN DONAGHY HAD OUR UNDER 19S LAST CHANCE OF THE HALF AS HE WENT BY TWO STIRLING PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT JUST OVER THE BAR. THEN ON THE 40TH MINUTE STIRLING HAD THEIR FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE AND THE TEAMS WAS TO HEAD INTO HALF TIME GOALLESS.
SECOND HALF
BEFORE THE SECOND HALF BEGAN OUR UNDER 19S MADE TWO SUBSTITUTIONS AS WILLIAM ROSS AND STEFAN MCCLUSKEY CAME ON FOR LIAM SMITH AND SEAN CLARK. TWO MINUTES INTO THE HALF THE STIRLING GOALKEEPER RACED OUT HIS GOAL TO CLEAR THE BALL BUT A POOR CLEARANCE MEANT THE BALL FELL TO PADDY MCCABE WHO WAS ABOUT 35-40 YARDS FROM GOAL AND HE EXCELLENTLY LOBBED THE BALL OVER THE STIRLING GOALKEEPER AND INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 1-0. A FEW MINUTES LATER DOUGIE MACKAY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT THE STIRLING GOALKEEPER MADE THE SAVE. ON THE 56TH MINUTE OUR UNDER 19S WERE DEALT A BLOW AS MARK FITZPATRICK HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF INJURED AFTER A LATE CHALLENGE FROM FORMER AIRDRIE UNITED UNDER 17S / UNDER 19S PLAYER MARK MILLER WHICH RESULTED IN MARK BEING SHOWN A YELLOW CARD AND ANTHONY CLARKE COMING ON FOR THE INJURED MARK FITZPATRICK.
THE NEXT CHANCE DIDN�T COME UNTIL THE 73RD MINUTE AND IT WAS FOR OUR UNDER 19S AS PADDY MCCABE TRIED TO LOB THE STIRLING GOALKEEPER FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TIPPED OVER THE BAR AND FROM THE CORNER THE BALL WAS CLEARED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STIRLING HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR EXCELLENTLY TURNED THE BALL AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A FREE HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT WIDE. ON THE 77TH MINUTE STIRLING GAVE POSSESSION AWAY CHEAPLY AND THIS LET ANTHONY CLARKE GO ONE ON ONE WITH THE STIRLING GOALKEEPER AND PLACE THE BALL INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 2-0. A MINUTE LATER KEIRAN DONAGHY WENT BY A FEW STIRLING PLAYERS AND HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WAS TURNED AROUND THE POST AND FROM THE RESULTING CORNER STIRLING CLEARED THE DANGER.
ON THE 79TH MINUTE JAMIE BAIN WAS YELLOW CARDED. SHORTLY AFTER THIS STIRLING WON A PENALTY AND FROM IT THEY SENT BOBBY WEIR THE WRONG WAY AND THE BALL INTO THE NET TO PULL A GOAL BACK. ON THE 84TH MINUTE STIRLING HAD ANOTHER CHANCE AS FROM A CROSS INTO THE BOX A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT BOBBY WEIR MADE THE SAVE. TWO MINUTES LATER JAMIE BAIN HAD A CHANCE FOR OUR UNDER 19S WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 30 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. THEN WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING STIRLING HAD A CHANCE AS THEY HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT BOBBY WEIR AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. DURING STOPPAGE TIME ANTHONY CLARKE WAS YELLOW CARDED FOR BOOTING THE BALL AWAY AND STIRLING HAD TWO MORE CHANCES. FIRSTLY THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR AND THEN A CROSS WAS SENT INTO THE BOX A SHOT GOALWARDS FROM ABOUT TEN YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE AND OUR UNDER 19S WON THE GAME 2-1.
MATCH PICTURES
FITZPATRICK
BYRNE