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Ross County (1) v Airdrie United (2)
Bells Scottish 1st Division
20th November 2004
Victoria Park

What a difference a fortnight can make to the fortunes of a football club, languishing in eighth place for most of the season two victories on the bounce and we are sitting joint 5th in the Bells Scottish First Division.
On a very cold day in Dingwall, some estimate the temperature to have dropped to -6 during the game, Airdrie United took the field for a match that looked as if it was very luck to have gone ahead. The firm ground suited our play keeping the ball on the ground, our passing game soon began to pay dividends. We had possession of the ball for the majority of the half but breaking down the Ross County defence was proving harder than first thought. The break through came on 16 minutes, Owen Coyle as usual found himself in the penalty box, as he rose to attack the ball he was shoved in the back and his arm made contact with the ball, it landed perfectly for Martin Hardie to rush in and fire home his first goal for the Diamonds, it was a scrappy one but for a change we had a little bit of luck.
But luck in this game is very fickle and we should have capitalised on our possession before Ross County in a sweeping attack managed to equalise. Another Airdrie United attack broke down on the Ross County defence and a quick counter attack from Robbie Winters opened up our defence. A long cross field ball should have been dealt with by Stephen Docherty, but his sliced clearance spun in to the back of the net for Airdrie United third own goal of the season. Four minutes before half time is the perfect time to score especially when you have been under a lot of pressure to first half ended 1 Vs 1.
Airdrie United came out for the second half on fire, we basically laid siege to the Ross County goal mouth and I can't remember our opponents having any real chances in the second half until late on. The combination of Willie McLaren runs down the wing, Alan Gow ball control, who even when it seemed he had lost the ball still came away with it, the ever present Owen Coyle and the determination of Marvyn Wilson and Martin Hardie in mid-field meant eventually our chance to claim all three points would come.
Our first real opportunity came half way through the second half, Owen Coyle from where I was sitting only had to hit the ball on target and we would have been 2 Vs. 1 up, but instead the ball spun by the near post. It was estimated that Airdrie United had 14 corners, in the game most of which came in a ten minute spell in the second half. Ball after ball was fired in to the Ross County goal mouth by Willie McLaren on the near side, the fans giving him support every time he hit the ball and it was with the fourteenth and final corner of the game for us that the second goal was scored. We had reached the stage where even with all the pressure we had begun to accept that the game was going to end in a draw. Then the inevitable happened - Willie McLaren swung a final corner in to the box and our left back Paul Lovering rose up to head the ball in to the Ross County goal. It was backs to the wall then for the last three minutes. Owen Coyle was replaced by David Dunn to shore up the midfield in a tactical substitution but still Ross County threw everything at us. Lee Hollis proved his worth between the posts; a close range shot from a corner was superbly parried and then cleared of the line by Mark Roberts. As the ball bounced in to the midfield the referee blew for full time and Airdrie United celebrated our second victory in two weeks.
The game finished Ross County (1) Vs. (2) Airdrie United

Attendance:- 2345
Match pictures supplied by: - Robert Dalzell
Next Game: - Away to Hamilton on 27th of November at 3:00p.m.

	Airdrie United Football Club Match Reports Ross County (1) v Airdrie United (2) Bells Scottish 1st Division 20th November 2004 Victoria Park What a difference a fortnight can make to the fortunes of a football club, languishing in eighth place for most of the season two victories on the bounce and we are sitting joint 5th in the Bells Scottish First Division. On a very cold day in Dingwall, some estimate the temperature to have dropped to -6 during the game, Airdrie United took the field for a match that looked as if it was very luck to have gone ahead. The firm ground suited our play keeping the ball on the ground, our passing game soon began to pay dividends. We had possession of the ball for the majority of the half but breaking down the Ross County defence was proving harder than first thought. The break through came on 16 minutes, Owen Coyle as usual found himself in the penalty box, as he rose to attack the ball he was shoved in the back and his arm made contact with the ball, it landed perfectly for Martin Hardie to rush in and fire home his first goal for the Diamonds, it was a scrappy one but for a change we had a little bit of luck. But luck in this game is very fickle and we should have capitalised on our possession before Ross County in a sweeping attack managed to equalise. Another Airdrie United attack broke down on the Ross County defence and a quick counter attack from Robbie Winters opened up our defence. A long cross field ball should have been dealt with by Stephen Docherty, but his sliced clearance spun in to the back of the net for Airdrie United third own goal of the season. Four minutes before half time is the perfect time to score especially when you have been under a lot of pressure to first half ended 1 Vs 1. Airdrie United came out for the second half on fire, we basically laid siege to the Ross County goal mouth and I can't remember our opponents having any real chances in the second half until late on. The combination of Willie McLaren runs down the wing, Alan Gow ball control, who even when it seemed he had lost the ball still came away with it, the ever present Owen Coyle and the determination of Marvyn Wilson and Martin Hardie in mid-field meant eventually our chance to claim all three points would come. Our first real opportunity came half way through the second half, Owen Coyle from where I was sitting only had to hit the ball on target and we would have been 2 Vs. 1 up, but instead the ball spun by the near post. It was estimated that Airdrie United had 14 corners, in the game most of which came in a ten minute spell in the second half. Ball after ball was fired in to the Ross County goal mouth by Willie McLaren on the near side, the fans giving him support every time he hit the ball and it was with the fourteenth and final corner of the game for us that the second goal was scored. We had reached the stage where even with all the pressure we had begun to accept that the game was going to end in a draw. Then the inevitable happened - Willie McLaren swung a final corner in to the box and our left back Paul Lovering rose up to head the ball in to the Ross County goal. It was backs to the wall then for the last three minutes. Owen Coyle was replaced by David Dunn to shore up the midfield in a tactical substitution but still Ross County threw everything at us. Lee Hollis proved his worth between the posts; a close range shot from a corner was superbly parried and then cleared of the line by Mark Roberts. As the ball bounced in to the midfield the referee blew for full time and Airdrie United celebrated our second victory in two weeks. The game finished Ross County (1) Vs. (2) Airdrie United Attendance:- 2345 Match pictures supplied by: - Robert Dalzell Next Game: - Away to Hamilton on 27th of November at 3:00p.m.
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