Airdrie United Football Club
Match Reports

Partick Thistle (1) Vs. (1) Airdrie United
Bells Scottish 1st Division
12th Febrauary 2005
Firhill

 

On an absolutely freezing day in Maryhill Airdrie United and Partick fought out a score draw to leave the league much the same as it had began.

Airdrie United started the game at a faster pace and Airdrie United were put under a lot of pressure, the first goal of the game came as a wind assisted corner was deflected off of Martin Hardie and spun by keeper Mark McGeown. The fact the Partick Thistle Armand One was blocking the Airdrie keepers route to the ball was not taken in to account. Airdrie United, now began to play some football, we took possession of the ball at every chance but just could not break down the Thistle defence.
Airdrie United scored our equalising goal from a corner taken by David Dunn. An in swinging cross to the far post found defender Alan McManus un-marked his simple powerful header burst the back of the net and Airdrie were back in the game.
Both teams had chances to score late in the half and Mark McGeown was forced to pull of an instinctive save after Armand One was given a free header in side the box.

All fans know that luck during a match can change the result one way or the other yesterday both teams if they had just a little could have walked away with three points. Partick Thistle could have taken all three points when a corner swung in and bounced of the cross bar and out of play. An Inch or two lower and it could have been 2-1. Airdrie United just needed the ball to hold up a little or for a player to be in a forward position at the right moment and we could have stolen all the points. Instead as attack after attack broke up on the defensive lines of both teams the game finished suddenly and the spoils were shared.
The game finished Partick Thistle 1 vs. 1 Airdrie United.

Attendance: - 3791
Match pictures supplied by: - Robert Dalzell
Next Game: - Raith Rovers at Home 19th February 2005. 15:00pm kick off