Airdrie Vs Queen of the South (preview 3/9/04)
By Chris Mac
September 3 2004
Airdrie take on Queen of the South once again and this time the Diamonds have to win as the hounds seem to be barking at the heels of manager Sandy Stewart.
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Bells First Division
Preview For Saturday, 4th September 2004 |
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Queen of the South |
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Where do you go after a big defeat? Well for Airdrie it has to be up the way after a 5 - 0 defeat last week it's time Airdrie stood up and were counted and tomorrows match is the time to do it.
We have already lost to Queen of the South once this season a 2-0 defeat in the Bells Challenge cup and I'm sure we won't se a repeat of that.
Sandy and Kenny have had the team in for extra training this week but we are still left with a few injury problems. Long term injuries to Martin Hardie and Willie Mclaren don't seem to be lessoning. There are also a few more players that will be given late fitness tests to see if they will make it. On that list I would probably put Neil McGowan, David Dunn, Alan Gow and Stephen McKeown, but there is no official confirmation of this.
Match Preview by Chris Mac |
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Referee: Eddie Smith |
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Airdrie Possible starting Line Up |
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Mark McGeown
Kevin Christie, Alan McManus, Neil McGowan, Paul Lovering
Jerome Vareille, Marvin Wilson, David Dunn, Mark Roberts
Owen Coyle, Alan Gow |
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Opponents News |
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Ian Scott the Queens manager has his own selection headache Emilio Jaconelli, Willie Gibson, Brian Reid and Eric Paton are all injured, while Craig Sampson is on international duty with the Scotland Under-21s, With so many first team players missing Scott thinks that Airdrie will have the advantage and it will be difficult to take all three points. |
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Airdrie V Head To Heads |
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Airdrie wins |
draws |
Queen of the South wins |
| League |
22 |
17 |
13 |
| FA Cup |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| League Cup |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Other |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
28 |
19 |
16 | |
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Airdrie United wins |
draws |
Queen of the South wins |
| Other |
0 |
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1 |
| Total |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 2004/2005 |
| Scottish League Challenge Cup |
Airdrie |
0-2 |
Queen of the South |
31-07-2004 |
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Ref Review |
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We have never had Eddie Smith as a referee before and he is usually to be found in either the second or third division last season he had made a total of 26 booking and only one red card. This season with his promotion he has made 14 booking and three of them red. Prepare for the game to be start stop all the way |
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Prediction |
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We have toget our second win of the league season and i think it will be 2-0 to the Diamonds |
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