As I sat down and flicked through the team sheet on a bitter summer’s night in Swindon, I noticed Billy Gilmour’s name on it. I’d set eyes on him in various media outlets, read reports and viewed club footage, but hadn’t had the privilege of watching him live. This was an added bonus to the players I was already there to watch. Having joined Chelsea in 2017 from the Rangers academy, 18-Year-Old Gilmour is continuing to make waves at Chelsea. Lampard recently hailed him a future prospect after giving him chances to play with the first team during pre-season. His stats at Chelsea aren’t much to ..read more

Club – Aston Villa Nationality - Scottish Age - 24 Height – 181 cm Position – Centre Midfield League Career Stats 2012/2013 – St Mirren – Scottish Premiership – 22 apps 1 goal 2013/2014 – St Mirren – Scottish Premiership – 35 apps 3 goals 2014/2015 – St Mirren – Scottish Premiership – 30 apps 0 goals 2015/2016 – Hibs – Scottish Championship – 36 apps 3 goals 2016/2017 – Hibs – Scottish Championship – 29 apps 4 goals 2017/2018 – Hibs – Scottish Premiership – 35 apps 5 goals 2018/2019 – Aston Villa – English Championship – 43 apps 7 goals Overview I generally try to profile lesser known players ..read more

Current Team - Getafe Nationality - Scottish Age - 23 Height – 185cm Position - Forward League Career stats 2016/2017 Malaga B – Spanish 4th Tier – 17 apps 11 goals 2017/2018 Malaga B – Spanish 4th Tier – 37 apps 13 goals 2018/2019 Malaga – Spanish Segunda – 24 apps 4 goals Overview Harper has long been viewed with intrigue from Scotland, the novelty of having someone Scottish on the books at Real Madrid but apparently not good enough to be called up for the Scottish Youth teams. It was yet another example of the archaic views employed by the SFA when Ricky Sbragia didn’t want to call him up b ..read more

Current Team - Hearts Nationality - Scottish Age - 22 Height – 186cm Position – Centre-Back League Career stats 2012/2013 Dundee Utd - Scottish Premiership – 8 apps 0 goals 2013/2014 Dundee Utd - Scottish Premiership – 22 apps 1 goal 2014/2015 Dundee Utd – Scottish Premiership – 13 apps 0 goals 2015/2016 Dundee Utd - Scottish Premiership – 20 apps 0 goals 2015/2016 Hearts - Scottish Premiership – 15 apps 0 goals 2016/2017 Hearts - Scottish Premiership – 22 apps 0 goals 2017/2018 Hearts - Scottish Premiership – 31 apps 1 goal 2018/2019 Hearts - Scottish Premiership – 24 apps 0 goals Overview So ..read more

Having spent the last few posts looking at individual youth players, I thought it would be interesting to try and rank the Premiership sides if they were only to use players brought through their own youth systems. To try and keep it fair, I’ve applied the following rules. 1) Only players brought through the club’s own youth system or bought from another team before the age of 19 will be eligible 2) Players must still be actively playing or looking for a new club. 3) If the player has played for another club’s first team before the move, they can’t be used – for example Tony Watt from Airdrie ..read more

Current Team - Motherwell Nationality - Scottish Age - 19 Height – 185cm Position – Central Midfielder League Career stats 2017/2018 Motherwell Scottish Premiership – 2 apps 0 goals 2018/2019 Motherwell Scottish Premiership – 30 apps 15 goals Overview Turnbull had a breakthrough 18/19 season with only Sam Cosgrove and Alfredo Morelos scoring more league goals than him. What made it even more impressive was the fact he achieved this from midfield and almost single handedly dragged Motherwell away from being caught up in the relegation mix. Rumours of a move to Celtic have persisted and a fee th ..read more

With the Betfred Cup group draw already completed, the start of the Scottish season is already on the horizon. With a bigger emphasis on youth in recent years due to the financial gulf between the Scottish and English leagues, let’s have a look at one player who could break through for each side next season and take on a key role. Aberdeen – Bruce Anderson Aberdeen look likely to go through a rebuild this summer with Gary Mackay Steven’s contract ending, the loans of James Wilson and Greg Stewart finishing, Stevie May and Niall McGinn struggling for goals and likely interest in top scorer Sam ..read more

Current Team – CSKA Sofia Nationality - Scottish Age - 25 Height – 182 cm Position - Forward League Career stats 2010/2011 Airdrie United Scottish League 1 – 15 apps 3 goals 2011/2012 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 3 apps 2 goals 2012/2013 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 20 apps 5 goals 2013/2014 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 2 apps 0 Goals 2013/2014 Lierse Belgian Pro-League – 15 apps 9 goals 2014/2015 Standard Liege Belgian Pro League – 13 apps 2 goals 2014/2015 Charlton Athletic English Championship – 22 apps 5 goals 2015/2016 Charlton Athletic English Championship – 14 apps 2 goals 2015/2016 ..read more

Current Team - Rangers Nationality - Scottish Age - 20 Height – 181cm Position - Winger League Career stats 2016/2017 Motherwell Scottish Premiership – 3 apps 0 goals 2017/2018 Airdrie (loan) Scottish League 1 – 31 apps 2 goals 2018/2019 Alloa Athletic (loan) Scottish Championship 19 apps 1 goal 2018/2019 Motherwell Scottish Premiership 14 apps 6 goals Overview Its easy to forget about Hastie because David Turnbull had such a phenomenal impact on the Motherwell side last season. Following a dire first few months of the season, Stephen Robinson decided to play more of his young players, and it ..read more

Current Team – Hellas Verona Nationality - Scottish Age - 23 Height – 183cm Position – Centre Midfield League Career stats 2013/2014 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 8 apps 1 goal 2014/2015 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 9 apps 1 goal 2015/2016 Celtic Scottish Premiership - 1 app 0 goals 2015/2016 Rosenborg Norwegian Tippeligaen - 9 apps 3 goals 2015/2016 Hibs Scottish championship – 32 apps 5 goals 2016/2017 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 10 apps 1 goal 2017/2018 Celtic Scottish Premiership – 1 app 0 goals 2017/2018 Bari Italian Serie B – 18 apps 2 goals 2018/2019 Hellas Verona Italian Serie B – 2 ..read more