Queen's Park 13s Squad

Page last updated on Sunday 14th March 2010

13s Squad

The 13s squad play in the Scottish Football Association Youth Initiative League. This league is designed to develop boys' individual skills and tactical awareness within a non-competitive environment.

Each game is divided into three periods of thirty minutes. Rolling substitutions are allowed to be made and each player will play an equal amount of time over the season. What this means is that a player might play two period in one game and one period in the next. Over the entire season players should have played an equal amount of time. Careful records are kept to ensure this happens.

Players also will experience playing in a number of positions. This is especially the case in younger players, who come to us thinking that they are a midfielder or a defender when in fact their best position might ultimately be centre forward!

Sports science also kicks in at this age group. Players and their parents age given advice on diet and nutrition. Players are monitored on strength, power and flexibility and individual programmes are devised to correct any deficits.

Queen's Park youth players also have access to the first team physiotherapist Bob Findlay who will treat any injuries sustained throughout the season. The club doctor, Alan Hutchison, takes a keen interest in the youth teams also helps with diagnosis of injuries.

The 13s play against other senior clubs throughout Scotland. Under the terms of the SFA Youth Initiative League we are not allowed to report the scores of the matches. However we will provide summaries of matches highlighting the key points of progress the boys are making.

Friendly Games

A number of games have been arranged for the 13s as part of their pre-season programme. Below is the list of the games arranged so far and the friendly games played during the season..

Date	Home	Away	Report
2 Aug	Queen's Park	Kilmarnock	On-line
9 Aug	St Mirren	Queen's Park	On-line
15 Aug	Queen's Park	Rangers	On-line
23 Aug	Queen's Park	East Kilbride	On-line
6 Feb	Rangers	Queen's Park	On-line
1 Mar	Queen's Park	Drumchapel BC	On-line
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Fixtures August - December 2009

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 13s August - December.

Date	Home	Away	Report
23 Aug	Dumbarton	Queen's Park	Postponed
28 Aug	Queen's Park	Clyde	On-line
6 Sept	Queen's Park	Cowdenbeath	On-line
13 Sept	Queen's Park	St Johnstone	On-line
18 Sept	Queen's Park	Stirling Albion	On-line
27 Sept	Elgin City	Queen's Park	On-line
4 Oct	Queen's Park	Stranraer	On-line
11 Oct	Queen of the South	Queen's Park	On-line
25 Oct	Queen's Park	Ross County	Postponed
1 Nov	Queen's Park	Dumbarton	On-line
8 Nov	Clyde	Queen's Park	On-line
15 Nov	Queen's Park	Cowdenbeath	On-line
22 Nov	St Johnstone	Queen's Park	On-line
29 Nov	Stirling Albion	Queen's Park	On-line
6 Dec	Queen's Park	Elgin City	On-line
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Fixtures March - June 1010

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 13s March - June.

Date	Home	Away	Report
7 Mar	Stranraer	Queen's Park	On-line
14 Mar	Queen's Park	Queen of the South	On-line
21 Mar	Ross County	Queen's Park
28 Mar	Dumbarton	Queen's Park
11 Apr	Queen's Park	Clyde
18 Apr	Cowdenbeath	Queen's Park
25 Apr	Queen's Park	St Johnstone
2 May	Queen's Park	Stirling Albion
9 May	Elgin City	Queen's Park
23 May	Queen's Park	Stranraer
30 May	Queen of the South	Queen's Park
6 Jun	Queen's Park	Ross County
13 Jun	Queen's Park	Dumbarton
20 Jun	Clyde	Queen's Park
27 Jun	Queen's Park	Cowdenbeath
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