Frail's joy with Spence scoring run

Youth boss Stevie Frail was delighted with his side's 2-1 win over high flying Motherwell at Bathgate earlier today.

The SPL u-19's is a a fiercely contested division with a run of four straight wins putting Motherwell in contention for the title.

A double from Greig Spence, taking his tally to five in three games, was enough to give Celtic the points ahead of two crucial games against Livingston in the SFA Youth Cup and Rangers in the league.

"It was an excellent result for us today," Frail admitted. "Motherwell are strong at this level, they had a few lads who've featured in their first team and they've been in good form recently.

"We were well prepared for the match, the players put everything into the game and got their reward. It would have been nice to record a clean sheet but the result was important.

"Everyone is looking forward now to playing Livingston at Celtic Park in the cup, we're hoping to progress into the final and that will give them confidence for the league game with Rangers."

After losing 2-1 to Rangers Frail's side have responded with three back to back wins thanks largely to the goalscoring run of Spence.

The striker was left out for the Rangers game but has bounced back from that decision to show the form that earned him his early season transfer from Alloa.

Frail added: "We discussed with Greig why he was left out against Rangers and he's came back stronger.

"He's upto 12 goals now for the season and is one of the top scorers in the division.

"He's working hard on his game and is putting the chances away.

"The team is playing well as a unit, we're getting a few players back from injury as well as younger ones coming into contention from the u-17 side.

"Callum McGregor scored twice for the 17s on Sunday and came into our side today and didn't look out of place."

SPL u-19 league table