Queen's Park 14s Squad

Page last updated on Tuesday 1st June 2010

14s Squad

The 14s 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 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 14s 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.

Friendlies

A number of games have been arranged for the 14s as part of their pre-season programme. Below is the list of the games arranged so far.

Date	Home	Away	Report
16 Aug	Rangers	Queen's Park	On-line
17 Sept	Rangers	Queen's Park	On-line
31 Jan	Queen's Park	Celtic	Pictures
7 Feb	Queen's Park	Rangers	On-line
4 Apr	Queen's Park	A Lithuanian Team	Pictures
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Fixtures August - December 2009

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 14s August - December.

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

The SFA have now released the fixtures for the 14s March - June.

Date	Home	Away	Report
7 Mar	Queen's Park	Alloa Athletic	Not Available
14 Mar	Ross County	Queen's Park	Postponed
21 Mar	Queen's Park	Dumbarton	Not Available
28 Mar	Stirling Albion	Queen's Park	Not Available
11 Apr	Queen's Park	Clyde	Not Available
18 Apr	Queen's Park	Ayr United	Not Available
25 Apr	Queen of the South	Queen's Park	Not Available
2 May	Partick Thistle	Queen's Park	Not Available
9 May	Queen's Park	Elgin City	Not Available
23 May	Cowdenbeath	Queen's Park	Not Available
30 May	Queen's Park	Arbroath	On-line
6 Jun	Alloa Athletic	Queen's Park
13 Jun	Queen's Park	Ross County
20 Jun	Dumbarton	Queen's Park
27 Jun	Queen's Park	Stirling Albion
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