U19s v Inverness CT

Friday, 26th Aug 2011

SPL U19 League: Pars end up all square with Caley Thistle at Stirling

DUNFERMLINE 2 INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE 2

For the third match of the U19s SPL Youth League season Inverness Caley Thistle were the visitors. The game was pretty even right from the kick off. Caley Thistle took the lead in just nine minutes when an attempted cross field pass hit off Referee Stewart MacAulay and broke to the opposition. Inverness fed the ball right and Andrew Greig drilled the ball past Ryan Goodfellow.

Dunfermline`s equaliser came from a 34th minute corner. Initially the cross was headed out by a defender but Ross Millen returned the ball for Kerr YOUNG to head home. The goal was a fair return for a good first half performance with good play and good passing.

Half Time: Dunfermline 1 Inverness Caley Thistle 1

Six minutes into the second half Allan Smith evaded tackles down the wing and finished the move by crashing the ball past keeper, Ed Baldy.

Hamish French`s team began to look commanding and Smith made the keeper pull off a good save to keep the lead at just one.

However, Caley Thistle scored an equaliser in 61 minutes, but it was a poor goal from the Pars point of view. A corner from the left was not dealt with. Matthew Murphy was not picked up as he ran in and was allowed to send a looping header from the far side of the six yard box into the Dunfermline net.

Both teams had chances in the last half hour; Blair Henderson coming closest for the home side and the visitors nearly clinching it with a long range shot that hit the top of the crossbar.  Coach Hamish French commented:- "It is a pity, given all our possession that we didn`t trouble the keeper more than we did."

INVERNESS CT: Edward Baldy; Andrew Skinner, Tom Smith, Matthew Murphy, Stephen MacKenzie (Kevin Buchan 68), Harry Stewart, Ryan Watson, Liam Polwarth, Calum Dingwall, Kyle Whyte, Andrew Greig
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Mathieson (GK), Mark Noble, Ryan Christie.
SCORERS: Greig (9), Murphy (61)

DUNFERMLINE: Ryan Goodfellow; Jamie Birnie (Jordan Brown 72), Kerr Young, Scott Campbell, Grant Munro; Trialist (Scott Mercer 63), Ross Millen, Shaun Byrne, Ross Drummond (Jack Bruce 89); Blair Henderson, Allan Smith
SUBS NOT USED: Scott Mercer, Andy Ritchie, Scott McIntosh, Calum Howie, Steven Mayne (GK),
SCORERS: Young (34), Smith (51)

REFEREE: Stewart MacAulay
WEATHER:
ATTENDANCE

NEXT MATCH: (away) v St Johnstone
Friday 2nd September 2011, kick off 1.00pm at Stirling University

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