Queen's Park 16s Squad

Page last updated on Saturday 13th March 2010

16s Squad

The 16s squad play in the combined 16/17s 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.

Tactical awareness plays a much bigger role at this stage of development. Players should by now have a detailed understanding of their individual strengths and weaknesses. Now they need to be able to play a specific role with a team. Coaches will work with players on how they can work within a specific formation.

Sports science plays a bigger role at this age group. There is regular testing of players to monitor their fitness, power and strength. 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 16s 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.

Pre-Season Games

A number of games have been arranged for the 16s as part of their pre-season programme. Below is the list of the games arranged so far.

Date	Home	Away	Report
3 Aug	Kilmarnock	Queen's Park	On-line
9 Aug	Queen's Park	Partick Thistle	Not available
16 Aug	St Mirren	Queen's Park	Not available
22/23 Aug	Queen's Park	Rangers	Not available
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Fixtures August - December

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 16s August - December.

Date	Home	Away	Report
23 Aug	Queen's Park	Partick Thistle	On-line
30 Aug	Free Week
6 Sept	Queen's Park	Cowdenbeath	On-line
13 Sept	Arbroath	Queen's Park	On-line
18 Sept	Queen's Park	Alloa Athletic	On-line
27 Sept	Ross County	Queen's Park	On-line
4 Oct	Queen's Park	St Johnstone	Pictures
11 Oct	Stirling Albion	Queen's Park	Not available
25 Oct	Clyde	Queen's Park	Postponed
1 Nov	Queen's Park	Ayr United	Pictures
8 Nov	Queen of the South	Queen's Park	On-line
15 Nov	Partick Thistle	Queen's Park	On-line
22 Nov	Free Week
29 Nov	Cowdenbeath	Queen's Park	Not available
6 Dec	Queen's Park	Arbroath	On-line
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Fixtures February - June 1010

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 16s February - June.

Date	Home	Away	Report
14 Feb	Ross County	Queen's Park	Not available
21 Feb	Queen's Park	St Johnstone	On-line
28 Feb	Stirling Albion	Queen's Park	On-line
7 Mar	Alloa Athletic	Queen's Park
14 Mar	Queen's Park	Ross County
21 Mar	St Johnstone	Queen's Park
28 Mar	Queen's Park	Stirling Albion
11 Apr	Queen's Park	Clyde
18 Apr	Ayr United	Queen's Park
25 Apr	Queen's Park	Queen of the South
2 May	Queen's Park	Partick Thistle
9 May	Free Week
23 May	Queen's Park	Cowdenbeath
30 May	Arbroath	Queen's Park
6 Jun	Queen's Park	Alloa Athletic
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