Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Airdrie United 1 Dundee 1,Excelsior Stadium, First Division, 29/August/09

Dundee again dropped 2 points for the third game in a row, but at least we did not get beat. I missed the game due to work so can only go by reports, to the game Dundee took the lead in 36 mins when Colin McMenamin picked up possession in midfield and was allowed to run forward before sending an unstoppable 20-yard shot high into Stephen Robertson's top right-hand corner.Airdrie hit back before the break when Darren Smith's cross was deflected into his own net by Jim Lauchlan.Play grew scrappy on the restart as Dundee struggled to break down a dogged Diamonds defence. Leigh Griffiths went close to finding a winner for the visitors when he forced a fine diving stop by Robertson. But Airdrie might have snatched it at the death when Smith's angled shot was saved by Tony Bullock.
Dundee: Bullock, Paton, Malone, McHale, Benedictus, Lauchlan, Cameron (Hart 68), Kerr, McMenamin, Griffiths (Higgins 76), Harkins. Subs Not Used: MacKenzie, Forsyth, Geddes.
Att: 1,516
Ref: S Nicholls