By Chris Mac
March 22 2004

Four points separate second and third as the battle of the Stewart resumes, with two matches between Airdrie and Forfar within the last ten game this may be what is commonly known as a six pointer.

Again due to commitments to the Supporters Trust this will be only a short preview. The main news to come out of the Airdrie camp is the return to fitness of Alan Gow and Scott Wilson has also returned to training after his knee problem.

Possible Line Up

Mark McGeown
Kevin Christie, Alan McManus, Neil McGowan, Paul Lovering
Jerome Vareille, Stephen Docherty, David Dunn, Willie McLaren
Owen Coyle, Alan Gow

Ray Stewart of Forfar has more of a problem, he has a few players with niggling injuries but he hopes they will have recovered by tomorrows kick off time. Bigger news is the suspension of Darren Henderson and it is expected that Paul Tosh will also be suspended after Forfars game against Morton was postponed at the weekend.

Airdrie V Forfar Head to Heads

	Airdrie United wins	draws	Forfar Athletic wins
League	1	4	1
Other	1	0	0
Total	2	4	1

 

2003/2004
Scottish Division 2	Airdrie United	3-3	Forfar Athletic	13-12-2003
Scottish Division 2	Forfar Athletic	1-1	Airdrie United	04-10-2003
Scottish League Challenge Cup	Forfar Athletic	0-2	Airdrie United	26-08-2003
2002/2003
Scottish Division 2	Forfar Athletic	1-1	Airdrie United	26-04-2003
Scottish Division 2	Airdrie United	0-0	Forfar Athletic	25-02-2003
Scottish Division 2	Forfar Athletic	5-1	Airdrie United	26-10-2002
Scottish Division 2	Airdrie United	1-0	Forfar Athletic	03-08-2002

Refs Review

Callum Murray: Will be remembered as the referee who controlled (is that the right word) our game against St Mirren in the Scottish FA Cup. In that game he booked Kevin Christie shortly after he came on the park and David Dunn. During this season Callum has been the man in black in 17 games, during which he has produced 45 yellow cards and 7 red cards.

Prediction:

I hope we win this one to open up a bigger gap but i can see this being another 1-1 draw.

 

For an alternative point of view have a look at Robbie loons site at Loons Mad