Celtic u-19s face Tannadice cup test

Celtic's u-19 side face their toughest test of the season on Sunday (kick-off 2pm) when they face Dundee United at Tannadice in the SFA Youth Cup.

Stevie Frail's side haven't played a competitive match in two months and have lost just once this season in the league- away to United in October.

The Tannadice side moved into joint top place in the u-19 league with a 3-2 win over Hamilton Accies and will be confident of going through on home soil.

Frail's side had to make do with a friendly against Dunfermline after their league match at Motherwell was postponed but the hoops coach is confident that his side can progress.

He said: “It's a bit unfortunate that our first game back is a cup match but we'll just get on with it and are looking forward to the match.

“We'll have a good look at the players and have an extra day to prepare with the game on Sunday.

“The players have trained hard, we had two games down south and had a bounce game against Dunfermline, hopefully that will be enough.

“Everyone is dying to get involved and play again, hopefully they can take us into the semi-finals.

“There's nothing that we can do now about the league match against Dundee United.

“We were on top for a long time then lost it in the last five minutes. We are aware of what Dundee United can do, we watched them beat Hamilton 4-2 earlier this week so we know their strengths.”

Any non-loved up Celtic fans in the Tayside area looking for some non-romantic action on Sunday could do worse than take a look at James Forrest, the Twardzik brothers, Greg Spence, Richie Towell and the other young Celts.

Anyone between East Kilbride and Tannadice looking to go to the match can contact myself.