Friday 4 December 2009

Youth's prepare for (Brora) Rangers test.

Celtic's u-19 side face Brora Rangers on Sunday in the SFA Youth Cup, kick-off 1pm at Lennoxtown.

After a 4-1 win away to Threave Rovers in the last round Stevie Frail's side will be confident of progress against their Highland League opponents.

Last Saturday the young hoops lost their unbeaten record in the SPL when they lost 2-1 to Dundee United at St Andrews University.

Celtic haven't won the SFA Youth Cup since 2006 when they defeated Hearts to win the trophy with Darren O'Dea, Simon Ferry, Charlie Grant and Scott Cuthbert in the side.

I spoke briefly to Grant before the Hapoel game and he seemed to be in good spirits and hopeful of picking up his career soon and is currently in full training.

'Growing problems' have halted his progress since the summer of 2006 but hopefully they are coming to an end and he'll be given the chance to resume his career.

As a red headed central midfielder the comparisons to Neil Lennon were obvious with Grant but was more of an attacking box-to-box midfielder than our former captain.

The SFA website has added match details on the Youth Cup going back to 1983/84 when Peter Grant captained Celtic to a 2-0 win over Rangers.

If the site can include team-lines as well as results it will become a haven for stattos!

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