BRECHIN CITY V AIRDRIE UNITED

Scottish Irn Bru Second Division

Saturday 11th February 2012

Glebe Park. Kick-Off – 3.00pm

Referee Des Roache
Assistant Referees Paul Reid and Ross McIntyre

Admission Information : -

Adults - £12
Parent & Child - £15 plus £3 for each additional child
Concessions - £6

MATCH PREVIEW

Fingers are firmly crossed that City fans will at last be able to see their team in action after a lengthy three-week lay-off due to the arctic weather conditions.

Airdrie United come calling at the Glebe tomorrow and prospects of the game going ahead are a lot more hopeful than they were just a couple of days ago. At that time, the playing surface was very icy in places, but the ice has now melted although the pitch remains quite hard. However, weather conditions for the rest of the day, overnight and tomorrow appear to be quite favourable and we can only hope that the thaw continues and allows the game to get the go-ahead. As a precaution, the club have provisionally arranged an inspection at 11.30am but the hope is that this will not be required. Supporters should log onto this website tomorrow morning for the latest news.

City boss Jim Weir is expected to have a full squad at his disposal with the exception of Derek Carcary and home fans will be hoping to get a glimpse of new loan signings Rory McKenzie from Kimarnock and Partick Thistle’s Johnny Lindsay but the manager is keeping his team firmly under wraps until nearer kick-off time tomorrow.

Diamonds counterpart Jimmy Boyle has no injury worries and expects to field his full-strength team.

The teams have met twice already this season with the first game at Glebe Park ending in a 1-1 draw after a Charlie King penalty six minutes after the break cancelled out Ryan Donnelly’s 14th minute opener.

City had the upper hand at the Excelsior Stadium in December when Jim Lister, Paul McManus and David McKenna all found the net in a fine 3-2 win with danger-man Donnelly again netting both Airdrie goals.

So the stage is set for what promises to be an exciting game and we can only hope that City repeat the form that saw them win at Excelsior just a couple of months ago.

Brechin City - (Last Six League Results) – LDWWWL
Airdrie United – (Last Six League Results) – LWWLLW

Brechin City – 19 League games played.
Won 6 Drawn 6 Lost 7
Goals For 22 Goals Against 26 GD -4
League Position – 7th

Airdrie United – 22 League games played
Won 7 Drawn 6 Lost 9
Goals For 46 Goals Against 48 GD -2
League Position – 5th

Brechin City Top Scorer – Paul McManus ( 9 Goals)
Airdrie United Top Scorer – Ryan Donnelly (18 Goals)

Results This Season : -

Brechin City 1 (King (pen) Airdrie United 1 (Donnelly) Played on 15th October 2011. Attendance – 455

Airdrie United 2 (Donnelly (2) Brechin City 3 (Lister, McManus, McKenna)
Played on 17th December 2011. Attendance – 643

Brechin City’s Last Match

Dumbarton 1 (Prunty) Brechin City 0
Played at Strathclyde Homes Stadium on 14th January 2012
Attendance – 572

Airdrie United’s Last Match

Airdrie United 4 (Boyle, Lovering, McLaren, Sally) Stirling Albion 1 (Weir)
Played at Excelsior Stadium on 21st January 2012
Attendance - 730

Brechin City

Biggest win this season – 3-0 against Dumbarton at Glebe Park on 19th November.

Biggest defeat this season – 4-1 against Albion Rovers at Glebe Park on 12th November.

Airdrie United

Biggest win this season – 11-0 against Gala Fairydean at Excelsior Stadium on 19th November 2011

Biggest defeat this season – 7-2 against Albion Rovers at Cliftonhill on 5th November 2011 and 5-0 against Livingston at Excelsior Stadium on 23rd July 2011.