Airdrie Vs Falkirk preview


By Chris Mac
August 28 2004

Airdrie United travel through to Falkirk for our first look at their new stadum and when they are ready to allow fans to sit in decent seating, instead of a £15 a head circus tent your welcome to it.

Match of the  Day
Preview For Saturday, 28th August 2004

Falkirk

V

Airdrie

John Hughes

 

Sandy Stewart

A half decent display of defending, by a 10 man Airdrie team saw us going out of the CIS cup to Clyde once again going down finally 1-0 at the death. A silly mistake from Stephen McKeown  resulting in him receiving a straight red card and adding to Sandy Stewarts troubles for our visit to Falkirk.
We have our continuing injuries to Mclaren, Hardie and Gow to contend with but nothing knew.
Having won 1, lost 1, and drawn 1 in the bells 2nd division so far our team have gained a lot of experience in what is after all a learning curve at the moment, until the first quarter is over we won't have a true idea of where we stand or what we have to do to progress.
Owen Coyles shared management stint with John Hughes will add a little bit of bite to this match and i'm sure the best friends will share words after the game, but before it let the psychology begin.


Match Preview by Chris Mac

 

 

Referee: Kenneth Clark

Bus prices and time tables will be shown here for both
 A.I.S.A and West End Tour groups

 

 

 Airdrie Possible starting Line Up

 

 

 

Mark McGeown
Willie Wilson, Kevin Christie, Alan McManus, Paul Lovering
Jerome Vareille, Marvin Wilson, Stephen Docherty, Mark Roberts
Owen Coyle, Alan Gow

 

 

 

 Opponents News

Falkirk

  

John Hughes is expected to make very few changes to his team that beat Peterhead 6-1 in the CIS Cup during mid-week and there is good news for the Falkirk support.
With the signing of French 18 year old Manuel Kante, team captain Kevin James extending his contract until Christmas and John Henry is expected to sign a similar deal.
 

 

 Airdrie V Head To Heads

 
    Airdrie  wins   draws   Falkirk wins
League 61 43 56
FA Cup 3 0 2
Total 64 43 58

 

 

 Ref Review

Kenneth Clark

Games: 4 Yellow Cards: 11 Red Cards: 1

 

Kenny Clark has got of to a stormer this season, 12 cards in 4 games has got to be pushing the record for biggest card count of the season. Luckily we have not had to witness the exceptional skills of Mr Clark for quite a while.

Last seasons record: Games: 35 Yellow Cards: 95 Red Cards: 4

 

 Prediction

A win to bring back some confidence and to make a friend of mine some money, i'm going to join her in predicting a 2-1 win for Airdrie