Celtic’s development squad were on the road again today winning 4-1 away to Queen of the South.
New bhoy Paul Slane scored on his Celtic debut with the other goals coming from Paul McGowan (see picture below), Niall McGinn and Greg Spence.
By all accounts Neil Lennon was well pleased with the display against Queen of the South’s first team who are sitting in fourth place in Division One.
Charlie Grant got another run out, playing for the last twenty minutes while the team was captained by Niall McGinn playing as a very attacking right back.
Scott Fox played in goals for Queen of the South in the second half. Fox was a key member of Celtic’s 2006 double winning youth team but appears to be in some sort of contractual dispute with the club.
Rocco Quinn, Tony McParland and Craig Reid, who have all been at Celtic, all played at some stage in the match.
Elsewhere there were debut goals for Danny Fox as Burnley beat West Ham 2-1 and for Ben Hutchinson in Dundee’s 2-1 win over Ayr United in the Scottish Cup.
In the Championship Stephen McManus made his Middlesbrough debut in the 1-1 draw at Ipswich with Willo Flood and Chris Killen also in the ‘Boro side.
Barry Robson had to sit the game out due to suspension while Scott McDonald has still to recover from his recent hernia operation.
The result leaves Gordon Strachan’s side in mid-table with a win badly required from Tuesday’s home match with Barnsley.
Paul Lambert’s long unbeaten run at Norwich came to a halt with a 2-1 defeat at Millwall although they stay at the top of the Division One after Leeds could only draw 2-2 away to Hartlepool United.
Finally three former Celts were involved in Ross County’s emphatic 9-0 win over Stirling Albion in the Scottish Cup.
Goalkeeper Michael McGovern picked up an easy bonus with Michael Gardyne scoring two first half goals and former reserve captain Paul Lawson also involved.
Celtic XI at Queen of the South: Cervi; McGinn, Kurakins, Vallers, Lafferty, Forrest, Towell, Tolmie, Keatings; McGowan, Slane. Substitutes, Grant, Fairley, Spence, Gallagher