Subs: -
12) Docherty (74)
13) Coyle (85)
14) Dunn (88)
15) Trialist Graeme Holmes ( formerly Dundee United )
16) Hollis

Brian McPhee set a standard today in fact an Airdrie United record was set with our first goal scored in sixteen seconds. Brian Prunty knocked a ball over the Dundee defence and Brian McPhee headed the ball down and then fired home to beat Soutar. What a start!
Dundee got there first touch of the ball when they restarted the match.
In a 4-4-2 formation Airdrie United seemed to match Dundee al over the park, our mid-field broke down their attack time after time and our defence were like a fortified wall today nothing was going to get through. With the noticeable absence of Willie McLaren and Stephen Docherty who had, both performed well last week. Steven McDougall and Alan McManus (suspended last week) came back in and never put a foot wrong. McDougall when he has played has been a revelation going forward and today was going to be no different. Does sublime cover it when he is on the ball?
Brian opened his goal scoring record for Airdrie United against Dundee in the Bells Challenge Cup 1-1 draw, his first goal in the league scored after sixteen second today and his second scored on 26 minutes. Brian Prunty had forced Soutar in the Dundee goalmouth to pull of a good save after he shot from outside the penalty box. The corner taken by McDougall, fell to Allan McManus his chip back in to the box gave McPhee his second goal as he rose above the Dundee defence and nodded the ball home. A two - nil score line and not even a quarter of the game gone.
The first half ended with Airdrie United well in charge and leaving Dundee with a record of one-corner, two-yellow cards and zero shots on target.

McPhee gets his second

Hardie get the fourth goal

There were no changes made at half time so the match continued as the first half had finished. Airdrie United in control of the ball but not really forcing the issue our build up play seemed to be quicker today as we went from defence to attack putting constant pressure on the already frail Dundee defence. Stephen McDougal on the left took every opportunity to run at the Dundee defence. Once again, McDougal was very unlucky not to open his account with the club and yet again forced Dundee's best player Soutar to pull off stop after stop.

I feel Paul Lovering should also get a mention here, after his broken ribs at the beginning of the season and then a suspected broken foot Lovering was back to his usual self up and down the wing looking a lot fitter than we have seen him this season.