Airdrie 1, Peterhead 1: Diamonds set club record as they go into play-off crunch
dailyrecord.co.ukAirdrie set a new club record of 20 games unbeaten as they head into the Championship play-off semi-finals next week, but were far from on form.it took a Si Ferry own-goal on the hour-mark to level Grant Savoury's spectacular opener on the stroke of half-time, and the Diamonds just didn't really get going.However, that record is all that matters, and they will have all of their big-hitters back for the clash in Montrose on Tuesday evening.Peterhead took the lead just before the interval through Grant Savoury, but a Si Ferry own-goal levelled things for Airdrie, before Scott Brown put a penalty over the bar for the visitors.That already made it a second half that was much more interesting than the first had been.After a fairly even first half, Peterhead took the lead on the stroke of half-time when Savoury let fly with an effort from 20 yards that flew into the right corner via the left post.While the visitors had their moments, Airdrie had dominated the first half, but simply not done enough with their chances, putting one wide through Dean Ritchie.As it was, Airdrie's Kyle MacDonald and Peterhead's Scott Brown were the only players to have a serious shot on goal each, as the game was played very much in the spirit of an end-of-season clash.Airdrie drew level and Peterhead missed a penalty in the second half, but there still wasn't actually too much happening.Airdrie boss Ian Murray made seven changes to the side that thrashed Clyde 5-0 last weekend.
Goalkeeper Jay Cantley came in for Max Currie, while Dean Ritchie, Scott Walker, Matty McDonald, Gabby McGill, Scott McGill and Jon Afolabi came in for Callum Fordyce, Brody Paterson, Rhys McCabe, Dylan Easton, Calum Gallagher and Callum Smith - clearly with an eye on that
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