Youngsters In Scots Call
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
FIVE Rangers youngsters will make up a fifth of Ricky Sbragia's Scotland under-17 squad when the group meets next month.
The SFA youth coach named a 24-man squad for a get-together on February 13 and 14 as he finalises preparations for the under-17 European Championship in March.
Scotland will play host to three sides in late March as they aim to win a mini group involved Denmark, Lithuania and Iceland and progress to the UEFA finals in May.
And there is a strong influence from Murray Park on the squad with Liam Kelly among the goalkeepers and Stuart Urquhart again a candidate for captain among the defenders.
In midfield there are three exciting young prospects in the form of Darren Ramsay, Fraser Aird and Charlie Telfer.
Ramsay and Aird have both already had an impact at under-19 level for Rangers while Telfer is a highly regarded youngster, recently praised by the SFA's Performance Director Mark Wotte.
The full squad for the training camp is:
GOALKEEPERS
Ryan Crump (Liverpool)
Jordan Hart (Celtic)
Liam Kelly (Rangers)
DEFENDERS
Stuart Findlay (Celtic)
Ryan Finnie (Hamilton - on loan to Dumbarton)
Stephen Hendrie (Hamilton)
Lionel Stone (Brentford)
Kyle Turnbull (Falkirk)
Stuart Urquhart (Rangers)
MIDFIELDERS
Fraser Aird (Rangers)
Lewis Kidd (Celtic)
Jamie Lindsay (Celtic)
Malcolm Melvin (Aston Villa)
Darren Petrie (Dundee Utd)
Darren Ramsay (Rangers)
Craig Sibbald (Falkirk)
Scott Smith (Dundee Utd)
Charles Telfer (Rangers)
FORWARDS
Islam Feruz (Chelsea)
Ryan Gauld (Dundee Utd)
Denny Johnstone (Celtic)
Jack Kirwan (Celtic)
Mark Shankland (Ayr Utd)
Cameron Smith (Aberdeen)
