Airdrie 6 Kelty 1: McGill hits hat-trick as Diamonds sparkle in Hearts hammering
dailyrecord.co.ukGabby McGill hit a hat-trick as Airdrie hammered Kelty Hearts to end a run of four games without a win in emphatic fashion.The Diamonds striker grabbed two in the first half and completed his treble in the second half after Jack Milne turned the ball into his own net for Airdrie's second goal.But the goal of the game came when Calum Gallagher produced some trickery on the edge of the box and lashed a stunning strike into the top corner to make absolutely sure of the points in under an hour, before Callum Smith added a sixth 12 minutes from time.
Jamie Barjonas netted a late penalty for Kelty's consolation.It's Airdrie's biggest win of the season, surpassing a 5-0 thrashing of Clyde back in September.Despite the morale-boosting win, Airdrie remain outside of the promotion play-off spots in League One and two points adrift of rivals Alloa and Edinburgh, who both sit on 45 points after the Wasps came out on top in today's meeting between the two sides.Player-boss Rhys McCabe wasn’t fit enough to start after feeling a tight hamstring in the defeat at Queen of the South and he was one of four changes from the 3-2 reverse at Palmerston.
Also dropping out were Lachlan Byrd, Charlie Telfer and Euan Deveney and in came Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Dean McMaster, Craig Watson and Justin Devenny.The Diamonds were the first to threaten in the fifth minute when Callum Smith cleverly cut into the box on the byline and saw his shot turned behind by Kelty keeper Darren Jamieson at his near post.In 12 minutes Joe Cardle almost found the opener when he showed some trickery to leave his marker for dead just inside the box.
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