Airdrieonians FC                          Annan Athletic
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Cade Melrose              29  4  n     GK Wern Side                 36  8  n
DF Mason Hancock             29  6  n     SW Ever Rest                 29  6  n
DF Lewis McGregor            29  5  n     DF High-Cup Nick             29  6  n
DF Lachlan Byrd              25  4  n     DF A. Brasiliensis           27  6  n
DF Corrie Fellows            24  3  n     DF Peny Ghent                21  8  n
MF Steve Davis               22  4  n     MF Sgurr Alasdair            29  8  n
MF Dean McMaster             21  4  n     MF Matter Horn               29  8  n
WG Calum Gallagher           29  6  d     WG B. Cereus                 27  8  n
WG Gabriel McGill            25  5  d     FW Mownt Taranaki            37  8  n
FW Bright Prince             39  6  d     FW Mownt Cook                29  6  n
FW Kyan Gunn                 27  8  d     FW L. Lactis                 27  8  a

Min 0: Airdrie opens up with a 4-2-4 E while the Athletic will play a 4-2-4 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is David Blair (STRONG/FAIR).
Min 1: Peny Ghent (ANN) starts marking Bright Prince (AI).
Min 2: Mownt Cook (ANN) collects the ball from Mownt Taranaki on the corner of the penalty area...
        ...shrugs off a challenge...
        ...and fires in a bending shot to beat Cade Melrose! GOAL!...
        ...it's a lead that Daniel Fitzgerald's side deserve - can they add to it before the break?...
        ...score now: AI 0 - ANN 1
Min 3: The ball comes in to the area from Bright Prince...
        ...he rattles it off Wern Side...
        ...Gabriel McGill (AI) pauses and shoots but Wern Side recovers and the big eejit makes the save.
Min 4: Steve Davis (AI) surges forward with a weaving run...
        ...but A. Brasiliensis (ANN) brings it to an end with a well-timed tackle on the edge of the box.
Min 5: A. Brasiliensis loses the ball to Lewis McGregor (AI) on the right-hand side of the area...
        ...he takes it on and steers the coolest of shots at Wern Side%who makes a superb save.
Min 7: A. Brasiliensis gets overlapped by Dean McMaster (AI)...
        ...who threads it to Bright Prince...
        ...who slips it into the back of the net! GOAL!...
        ...Airdrie draw level....
        ...score now: AI 1 - ANN 1
Min 11: Lewis McGregor breaks up the play in the middle of the park...
        ...and puts Calum Gallagher on the attack down the right...
        ...the Scotsman cuts inside, evades A. Brasiliensis's challenge...
        ...and flights the ball towards the goal but Wern Side is there to punch the ball out of danger.
Min 12: Kyan Gunn (AI) picks up the loose ball...
        ...and slams it into the roof of the net!  GOAL!...
        ...the Airdrie side are up...
        ...score now: AI 2 - ANN 1
Min 12: Calum Gallagher (AI) has a bite at Matter Horn as the Swiss dribbles away...
        ...but it's a yellow card for the Scotsman.
Min 16: Gabriel McGill and Kyan Gunn weave a neat interchange...
        ...which sees the Scotsman scamper clear...
        ...he outpaces the Annan defense and lifts a classy ball high but Wern Side gets a hand to it!
Min 22: The ball is crossed in and Mason Hancock heads away but only to L. Lactis (ANN)...
        ...a neat hit and Cade Melrose just gets to it for the save.
Min 23: Kyan Gunn slides the ball under Wern Side...
        ...and into the right-hand corner of the net  GOAL!...
        ...Airdrie are looking strong now...
        ...score now: AI 3 - ANN 1
Min 23: Steve Davis clattered by B. Cereus (ANN)...
        ...a yellow card for the Englishman.
Min 25: Kyan Gunn (AI) seizes on a horrible clearance from the Englishman keeper...
        ...finds Mason Hancock busting into the box...
        ...who shoots...
        ...saved by Wern Side!
Min 29: Sgurr Alasdair (ANN) hacks Kyan Gunn to the floor with a wild challenge...
        ...no attempt to play the ball and that's a booking.
Min 33: L. Lactis (ANN) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Mownt Taranaki but it evades him...
        ...Lachlan Byrd (AI) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 39: Mownt Cook (ANN) finds L. Lactis...
        ...but he hesitates and Mason Hancock (AI) is able to make the tackle.
Min 40: The Diamonds sit back and absorb pressure...
        ...before Mownt Cook's (ANN) ball into the box is cut out by Lewis McGregor (AI).


HALFTIME SCORE: Airdrie 3 - Annan 1

Min 46: Dean McMaster (AI) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Kyan Gunn but it evades him...
        ...Wern Side missed it too but luckily for Annan it drifts wide.
Min 46: Cheeky back heel from Mownt Cook to release Sgurr Alasdair in the box...
        ...but the Scotsman is flagged to have been off-side.  Calls for VAR in SESL? 
Min 46: Gabriel McGill (AI) crashes into A. Brasiliensis and is yellow carded.
Min 48: A. Brasiliensis (ANN) has a bite at Kyan Gunn as the Scotsman dribbles away...
        ...but it's a yellow card for the Englishman.
Min 53: Mownt Cook finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Cade Melrose palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Mownt Taranaki who heads the ball...
        ...and it is collected by Cade Melrose for the save.
Min 57: One pass too many from Airdrie and Annan soon get a cross in...
        ...Matter Horn (ANN) gets his head to it...
        ...and knocks it past Cade Melrose.  GOAL!...
        ... and Annan are right back in it...
        ...score now: AI 3 - ANN 2
Min 59: Brilliant play by Calum Gallagher (AI) on the right...
        ...he whizzes clear and crosses low for Gabriel McGill...
        ...who tries to strike it but clumsily knocks it out of play.
Min 59: Lovely chip from Sgurr Alasdair (ANN)...
        ...High-Cup Nick was brave...
        ...and can't get it past the onrushing Cade Melrose.
Min 64: Terrible Diamonds defending as Mason Hancock gave it away to Mownt Cook (ANN)...
        ...his poor shot was parried by Cade Melrose...
        ...but it came back to B. Cereus and his shot took a deflection over the bar.
Min 65: Calum Gallagher (AI) passes a great ball to Kyan Gunn...
        ...whose low shot across goal is only parried by Athletic keeper Wern Side...
        ...and who else but Calum Gallagher is there to slot it in...
        ...Manager moaning to ref but all too easy...
        ...Airdrie are looking strong now...
        ...score now: AI 4 - ANN 2
Min 66: B. Cereus (ANN) finds Mownt Taranaki steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Corrie Fellows (AI) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 68: Bright Prince volleys a powerful shot from the right...
        ...Wern Side gets a touch but can't stop it...
        ...but his touch causes it to drift out of danger.
Min 69: L. Lactis (ANN) bends his shot towards the goal...
        ...but Cade Melrose just gets a touch on it...
        ...excellent save! 
Min 70: Gabriel McGill (AI) fires in a cross...
        ...which takes a deflection...
        ...and Bright Prince takes advantage to fire past Wern Side from close range GOAL!...
        ...yet another one for Airdrie; Coach Daniel Fitzgerald is furious...
        ...score now: AI 5 - ANN 2
Min 77: Calum Gallagher and Steve Davis weave a neat interchange...
        ...which sees the Northern Irishman scamper clear...
        ...he outpaces the Annan defense and lifts a classy ball high but Wern Side gets a hand to it!
Min 78: Steve Davis (AI) finds space for a cross from the left...
        ...Wern Side doesn't know whether to go for the ball or stay on his line...
        ...Kyan Gunn rises highest at the back post...
        ...and its punched over the bar by Wern Side who stayed on his line.
Min 81: Mownt Taranaki (ANN) knocks the ball in from the left wing...
        ...an emphatic finish for Matter Horn with a half volley on the penalty area...
        ...but he mishits it over the goal and into the crowd.
Min 82: Mownt Taranaki (ANN) and A. Brasiliensis break for Annan...
        ...A. Brasiliensis looks to have found space into which to recieve Mownt Taranaki's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Mason Hancock (AI) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 88: Bright Prince (AI) does well on the left and crosses towards Calum Gallagher...
        ...the Scotsman meets it with a neat header...
        ...past Wern Side and into the net GOAL!...
        ...Daniel Fitzgerald suggests to Wern Side that he might want to dust off his resume...
        ...score now: AI 6 - ANN 2
Min 89: Annan break quickly with High-Cup Nick...
        ...he only has Cade Melrose to beat...
        ...great save by Cade Melrose but the ball falls to Matter Horn...
        ...who kicks it right back at Cade Melrose...
        ...Airdrie were incredibly lucky there. What a stramash as they say in Scotland.
Min 90: The ball is hooked on towards Matter Horn (ANN)...
        ...who takes on Mason Hancock on the edge of the area...
        ...Mason Hancock  gets control to erase the opportunity.


FINAL SCORE: Airdrie 6 - Annan 2


Man Of The Match: Kyan Gunn (AI)

Airdrieonians FC
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Cade Melrose              29 29 29 13 -2  n  0  5  0  0 90  7
DF Lachlan Byrd              25 25 25 20 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Corrie Fellows            24 24 24 21 -3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Lewis McGregor            29 29 29 26 -1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Mason Hancock             29 29 29 23  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Steve Davis               22 22 22 19 -2  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Dean McMaster             21 21 21 18 -2  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
WG Gabriel McGill            25 31 31 22 -3  d  4  0  0  2 90  6
WG Calum Gallagher           29 36 36 26 -2  d  4  0  2  3 90  7
FW Bright Prince             39 48 27 39 -2  d  0  0  2  3 90  8
FW Kyan Gunn                 27 33 33 27  0  d  0  0  2  4 90  8

Annan Athletic
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Wern Side                 36 36 36 16  2  n  0  8  0  0 90  6
SW Ever Rest                 29 29 29 20  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  4
DF Peny Ghent                21 21  0 16  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  4
DF High-Cup Nick             29 29 29 23  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  4
DF A. Brasiliensis           27 27 27 21  0  n  4  0  0  0 90  4
MF Matter Horn               29 36 36 26  0  a  0  0  1  3 90  6
MF Sgurr Alasdair            29 36 36 26  0  a  4  0  0  0 90  4
WG B. Cereus                 27 33 33 24  0  a  4  0  0  1 90  6
FW L. Lactis                 27 33 33 27  0  a  0  0  0  2 90  6
FW Mownt Taranaki            37 46 46 37  0  a  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Mownt Cook                29 36 36 29 -2  a  0  0  1  1 90  6

Statistics        AI ANN
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Halftime           3   1
Fulltime           6   2
Shots On Target   14   7
Shots             16   9
Saves              5   8
Offsides           0   1
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       2   3
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      66  72
Revenue           72  72

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1   AI  E  64.20 172.28 277.33 
  1  ANN  N  57.00 143.02 210.17 
 13  ANN  N  57.00 150.02 245.37 

 Trainer's Report
AI paid 120k for a Home Bonus of 40.
Steve Davis (AI) was awarded a Captain's Bonus.
Corrie Fellows (AI) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Gabriel McGill (AI) was booked today, and now has 12 DP.
    He'll miss 1 game (starting next session).