Under 19 Team News

The coaching team of Barry Sellars, Eddie and Arty Gray are busy at present putting together their Under 19 squad for the forthcoming season.

Their league campaign is due to begin in late August while in the SFA Youth Cup the young ‘Loons’ have been drawn away to Queens Park in the second round due to be played in mid September.

Last season, the Under 19’s had a great second half to the campaign which culminated in a place in the final of the SFL Under 19 League Cup in which they lost 5-2 to Hamilton Accies at Station Park in front of a 400 crowd.

Incidentally that match will go down in history as the last ever in their to be played under the auspices of the Scottish Football League.

Back to the new season and in their first pre-season fixture last week the youngsters lost 3-2 to Charlie King’s Brechin Vics side at Station Park.

They have three further games lined up on the Station Park 3G surface over the next week, all with 7 pm kick offs.

Fairfield Amateurs are the visitors on Tuesday 30th July with St. Johnstone’s youngsters supplying the opposition 48 hours later. On Tuesday 6th August, Kirrie Thistle are the opponents.