Scottish Premier under-19 League
Encyclopedia
The Scottish Premier Under-19 League is the top level of youth football in Scotland
. It is contested by the Under-19 teams of Scottish Premier League
clubs.
originally being an under-21 league. The competition was changed in 2003 when it became the present day under-19 League, at the same time as the under-21 league became the present day Reserve League. Since then teams play 22 matches rather than 30.
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! Coach(es)
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under-19s
| Neil Cooper
| Balgownie Playing Fields, Aberdeen
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| Stephen Frail
| Lennoxtown training centre, Glasgow>
| Stevie Campbell
| University of St Andrews sports centre
>
under-19s
| Hamish French
| Stirling University>
| Darren Murray
| Hearts Academy, Heriot Watt University>
under-19s
| James McDonaugh
| Hibernian Training Centre
, Ormiston
>
under-19s
| Duncan Shearer
| Highland Football Academy
, Dingwall
>
under-19s
| Alan Robertson
| Kilwinning Sports Centre>
| Gordon Young
| Creamery Park
, Bathgate
Hannah Park
, Shotts>
| Billy Kirkwood
| Murray Park
, Milngavie>
| Alec Cleland
| Westview Park
, Kirriemuir>
| David Longwell
| McKenna Park, Glasgow>
Source: Scottish Premier under-19 League – General information
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| Aberdeen
under-18s>
| Celtic under-18s
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| Heart of Midlothian
under-18s>
| Rangers under-18s
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| Celtic under-18s
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| Celtic under-18s
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| Celtic under-19s
>
| Celtic under-19s
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| Celtic under-19s
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| Rangers under-19s
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| Rangers under-19s
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| Hibernian
under-19s>
Source: Scottish Premier under-19 League – General information
Football in Scotland
Association football is the national sport in Scotland and highly popular throughout the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of these include carrying the ball and passing by hand, and despite...
. It is contested by the Under-19 teams of Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
clubs.
History
The league was founded as the Scottish Premier under-18 League in 1998. Clubs fielded Under-18 teams, with the Scottish Premier Reserve LeagueScottish Premier Reserve League
The Scottish Premier Reserve League was the top reserve team league for Scottish football teams. The competition started at the same time as the inauguration of the Scottish Premier League in the 1998–99 season. It was initially an under-21 league, with a quota of five players over the age...
originally being an under-21 league. The competition was changed in 2003 when it became the present day under-19 League, at the same time as the under-21 league became the present day Reserve League. Since then teams play 22 matches rather than 30.
Current participants
The participants for the 2011–12 season in the Under-19 League are:! Coach(es)
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Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
under-19s
| Neil Cooper
| Balgownie Playing Fields, Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
>
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
| Stephen Frail
Stephen Frail
Stephen Frail is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently the Celtic under-19s coach.-Playing career:...
| Lennoxtown training centre, Glasgow>
Dundee United F.C. Under-19s
Dundee United Under-19s are the under-19 team of Dundee United Football Club.They have been members of the Scottish Premier Under-19 League since its foundation in 2001 , and generally finish each season in mid-table, although they have finished as high as fifth and as low as bottom...
| Stevie Campbell
Stevie Campbell
Stevie Campbell is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a youth coach at Dundee United, where he has been since January 2006.-Player:...
| University of St Andrews sports centre
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
>
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....
under-19s
| Hamish French
Hamish French
Hamish Mackie French is a former Scottish footballer who is currently head of youth development at Dunfermline Athletic.-Playing:He was born in Aberdeen and brought up in Methlick, Aberdeenshire, where his family still own a shop...
| Stirling University>
| Darren Murray
Darren Murray
Darren Murray is a Scottish former professional footballer.-Career:Murray began his senior career with Cowdenbeath. He had a short spell with Maryhill, and in the summer of 1998, he was part of the Junior revolution which swept through Clyde, being one of eleven players coming from the junior...
| Hearts Academy, Heriot Watt University>
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
under-19s
| James McDonaugh
| Hibernian Training Centre
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
, Ormiston
Ormiston
Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston, located on the north bank of the River Tyne at an elevation of about 276 ft....
>
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from Inverness who compete in the Scottish Premier League. They are currently managed by Terry Butcher and assistant manager Maurice Malpas...
under-19s
| Duncan Shearer
Duncan Shearer
Duncan Nichol Shearer is a former Scottish footballer and the brother of fellow former player Dave Shearer. He played shinty as well as football as a youth.-Playing career:...
| Highland Football Academy
Victoria Park, Dingwall
Victoria Park is a football stadium situated in the town of Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is the home stadium of Ross County F.C. who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. It is the most northerly ground in the Scottish Football League.There are two stands; the West ...
, Dingwall
Dingwall
Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It was formerly an east-coast harbor but now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts...
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Kilmarnock F.C.
Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park...
under-19s
| Alan Robertson
| Kilwinning Sports Centre>
Motherwell F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
In addition to the Motherwell F.C. first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, Motherwell also have a reserve team and an under-19 side.-History:The reserve team of Motherwell is known simply as Motherwell Reserves....
| Gordon Young
| Creamery Park
Creamery Park
Creamery Park is a football ground located in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. It serves as the home ground of East Region Super League outfit Bathgate Thistle, as well as serving as the home ground for the Motherwell Under-19 team. Previously it had been home to the Rangers Reserve team, until a...
, Bathgate
Hannah Park
Hannah Park
Hannah Park is a football ground in Shotts, a town in North Lanarkshire midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. It has one of the largest pitches whilst remaining within the regulation sizes for football grounds....
, Shotts>
Rangers F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
In addition to the first team, Rangers F.C. also have a reserve team and an under-19 side.On 20 April 2004, Rangers Football Club announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players. The company, called Rangers Youth Development Limited, is...
| Billy Kirkwood
Billy Kirkwood
Billy Kirkwood is a Scottish former football player. He is currently a Rangers youth coach.- Playing career :Kirkwood made his name with Dundee United, where over 400 appearances saw him clinch the Scottish Premier Division title and two League Cup wins, alongside five domestic cup runners-up...
| Murray Park
Murray Park
Murray Park is the training ground of association football team Rangers F.C. Located in Auchenhowie, Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow.- History :...
, Milngavie>
| Alec Cleland
Alec Cleland
Alexander 'Alex' Cleland is a Scottish former professional footballer.-Playing career:Cleland started his career with Dundee United, for whom he made 159 appearances, lifting the Scottish Cup in 1994. He signed for Rangers in a joint deal with Gary Bollan in 1995 and established himself in the...
| Westview Park
Kirriemuir Thistle F.C.
Kirriemuir Thistle F.C. are a Scottish junior football club based in Kirriemuir, Angus. Their home ground is Westview Park.Up until the end of the 2005–06 season, they played in Tayside Division One of the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region.The SJFA restructured prior to the...
, Kirriemuir>
| David Longwell
| McKenna Park, Glasgow>
Source: Scottish Premier under-19 League – General information
Under-18 League
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| Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
under-18s>
| Celtic under-18s
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
>
| Heart of Midlothian
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...
under-18s>
| Rangers under-18s
Rangers F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
In addition to the first team, Rangers F.C. also have a reserve team and an under-19 side.On 20 April 2004, Rangers Football Club announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players. The company, called Rangers Youth Development Limited, is...
>
| Celtic under-18s
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
>
| Celtic under-18s
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
>
Under-19 League
! width=200|Winner>
| Celtic under-19s
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
>
| Celtic under-19s
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
>
| Celtic under-19s
Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also have reserve and under-19 sides.-Reserve team:Celtic Reserves are the reserve team of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-19 players at the club and fringe first team players...
>
| Rangers under-19s
Rangers F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
In addition to the first team, Rangers F.C. also have a reserve team and an under-19 side.On 20 April 2004, Rangers Football Club announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players. The company, called Rangers Youth Development Limited, is...
>
| Rangers under-19s
Rangers F.C. Reserve and Youth squads
In addition to the first team, Rangers F.C. also have a reserve team and an under-19 side.On 20 April 2004, Rangers Football Club announced the creation of a new company which would oversee the development of the club's youth players. The company, called Rangers Youth Development Limited, is...
>
| Hibernian
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...
under-19s>
Source: Scottish Premier under-19 League – General information