Queen's Park 15s Squad

Page last updated on Wednesday 17th March 2010

15s Squad

The 15s 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 continue to experience playing in a number of positions. Although by this stage most players will have a 'favourite' position, the coaches will be looking at the strengths of each player and testing them in potentially better positions.

Sports science plays a bigger role at this age group. Boys are growing fast at this age and need careful monitoring. 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 15s 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 15s as part of their pre-season programme. Below is the list of the games arranged so far and the friendly matches played throughout the season.

Date	Home	Away	Report
27 July	Rangers	Queen's Park	On-line
3 Aug	Kilmarnock	Queen's Park	On-line
10 Aug	Queen's Park	St Mirren	On-line
16 Aug	Queen's Park	Rangers	On-line
7 Feb	Queen's Park	Rangers	On-line
10 Feb	Kilmarnock	Queen's Park	On-line
17 Feb	Queen's Park	Jimmy Johnstone Acc	On-line
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Fixtures August - December 2009

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 15s August - December.

Date	Home	Away	Report
23 Aug	Queen's Park	Dumbarton	Not available
30 Aug	Clyde	Queen's Park	Postponed
6 Sept	Queen's Park	Alloa Athletic	Postponed
13 Sept	St Johnstone	Queen's Park	On-line
20 Sept	Ayr United	Queen's Park	Postponed
27 Sept	Queen's Park	Elgin City	On-line
4 Oct	Stranraer	Queen's Park	On-line
9 Oct	Queen's Park	Queen of the South	On-line
24 Oct	Arbroath	Queen's Park	On-line
1 Nov	Dumbarton	Queen's Park	On-line
8 Nov	Queen's Park	Clyde	On-line
15 Nov	Alloa Athletic	Queen's Park	Postponed
22 Nov	Queen's Park	St Johnstone	On-line
29 Nov	Queen's Park	Ayr United	Not available
6 Dec	Elgin City	Queen's Park	Not available
13 Dec	Queen's Park	Alloa Athletic	On-line
12 Mar	Ayr United	Queen's Park	On-line
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Fixtures February - June 1010

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 15s February - June.

Date	Home	Away	Report
14 Feb	Dumbarton	Queen's Park	On-line
21 Feb	Queen's Park	Clyde	On-line
28 Feb	Alloa Athletic	Queen's Park	On-line
7 Mar	Queen's Park	Stranraer	Pictures
14 Mar	Queen of the South	Queen's Park	On-line
21 Mar	Queen's Park	Arbroath
28 Mar	Queen's Park	Dumbarton
11 Apr	Clyde	Queen's Park
18 Apr	Queen's Park	Alloa Athletic
25 Apr	St Johnstone	Queen's Park
2 May	Ayr United	Queen's Park
9 May	Queen's Park	Elgin City
23 May	Stranraer	Queen's Park
30 May	Queen's Park	Queen of the South
6 Jun	Arbroath	Queen's Park
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