Category: Player Pathway

Committee Member Board Involvement

We’ve been meaning to share this news for a little while, but the eve of a Scottish Cup Second Preliminary Round match seems as good a time as any to do so.

As well as working hard to ensure Camelon Juniors FC keeps going through these challenging times, two of the Club’s committee members have been helping shape the wider picture of the game.

Firstly, Club Secretary Tony Smith has been welcomed onto the East of Scotland Football League board and has a responsibility for Sponsorship and Events. He is also on the working group for planning the safe return of fans back into grounds.

Secondly, Under 20s Secretary Allan Morrison has been welcomed onto the Scottish Lowland Football League Under 20 Sub Committee. This is a further step in the work undertaken to obtain Club Academy Scotland Lite accreditation last year and recognises the commitment of Camelon Juniors to ensuring the strength and success of our player pathway.

It is great to see our committee members gaining these seats at the higher level, recognising just where Camelon Juniors FC has come and where it can go to in the future.

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Under 20s News – Cole Cattanach

Camelon Juniors FC are pleased to announce that u20s defender Cole Cattanach has signed his Pro Contract at the Club.

Cole featured in our u20s Cup victory against East Fife which took us to the Cup Final last season. He has also featured in first team friendlies.

Cole has a great opportunity to push himself into senior football as he still has another 2 seasons at u20s level.

Thanks to Steven Allison(Santa) for helping in moving Cole to Camelon last season.

Player Pathway News – Ryan Duffy

Camelon Juniors FC are pleased to announce news of another u20s player that has shown his commitment and demonstrated that hard work pays off.

Defender Ryan Duffy has signed for Bathgate Thistle Juniors on a development loan until the end of the season. Ryan featured in first team friendlies this season and was more than ready to step up and play for Bathgate.

We are also pleased to announce that Ryan has completed his professional contract extension to keep him with the Club until 2022.

Our thanks to Bobby at Bathgate for making things go very smoothly.

Under 20s Update

Football is slowly getting going again and the Under 20s Development Squad are due to start their season on 6 November. So this seems a good point to bring some updates from our very successful player pathway.

Firstly Kai Wilson, who played for 2 seasons with our 2002s squad and a further season in the Under 20s, secured a fantastic move to Livingston FC.

Also making the move to senior football is Drew Cummings, who was signed by Tweedmouth this summer. This is a great move for Drew to continue on his Development.

Thirdly, following a spell on loan, Keir Young also secured his professional contract by signing with Oakley this summer.

This is really great success for the Camelon Juniors player pathway that can celebrate 8 players moving to senior football in our first 2 seasons. This is a sign of our commitment to the players development and our Club Academy status that the Under 20s have also achieved.

In another highlight last season, the Under 20s reached their first Cup Final with a memorable win against East Fife and with victories against the top 4 finishing teams.

Everyone at Camelon Juniors would like to wish these boys every success in their development into being fine young professional footballers.

Moving on – Blair Sneddon

Camelon Juniors FC can announce the transfer of defender Blair Sneddon to Falkirk FC on a three-year deal.

Club Secretary Tony Smith said “we’re really pleased for Blair and his family. I will miss standing with his dad at games. It really does show that you can achieve your goals if you work hard and don’t give up. I’d like to thank Andy Thomson and Gary Deans at Falkirk for their professionalism and the way they conducted the business with us.”

Manager Gordon Herd said “we’re proud to see Blair secure this full-time contract. He took some early knocks in his career but he came to us, worked hard, and allowed us to help develop him. We are delighted he’s found his form again that was backed up by him securing his place in the Scottish School Boys squad last season. He’s a great example that if you take early knocks, the door is not always shut. This is a key focus of the club to develop young players and enable them to work their way up the leagues.”

We will miss you Blair but wish you every success at Falkirk. Here’s his interview for FalkirkTV.

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U17s graduate to U20s

Camelon Juniors would like to congratulate graduates from our Under 17s Academy team who have made the move over to our Under 20s Development Squad. Throughout the 2019/20 season, many of the U17s were featured in Friday night games and training as part of their pathway at the Club. One of the biggest games our U17s featured in was the SFA U18 Scottish Youth Cup.

Part of our U20s Development plan is to bring players in from within our Academy over the season and integrate them into the system and environment of senior football, helping to prepare them for the step up while enjoying their football within our youth program. This Development Plan is also geared towards our older players to make the move into senior football within Camelon or the wider senior game, and we celebrated as Keir Young and Kai Wilson both made the move from U20s to their pro contracts at senior level. All this is part of our commitment to Club Academy Scotland criteria, which Camelon Juniors was accredited with in November 2019, thanks to the hard work and diligence from U20s Secretary Allan Morrison.

Our Structure is a clear pathway to a higher level of football with Camelon Juniors FC and over the past 2 seasons our U20s have enabled 5 players to move into the senior game.

So, here are the players that have graduated to the u20s Development Squad. Congratulations to them all.

Frazer Wicox
Owen Gallacher
Cameron Hamilton
Luke Crosbie
Euan Arthur
Robbie Simpson
Adam MacDonald
Callum Wylie
Keigan McCaffery
Ermuir Ismaili
Kai Reed

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u20s Player News – Keir Young

Camelon Juniors Under 20s can announce that Keir Young has been released on a development loan to Oakley for the rest of the season.

Keir has been at Camelon Juniors for the past 3 years and is now on his last season with the u20s, so as part of the CAS exit strategy we are pleased to give him full support into Senior football.

We wish you every success Keir.

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Under 20s Signing – Cole Cattanach

Camelon Juniors Under 20s Development Squad are pleased to announce the signing of defender Cole Cattanach on loan from Syngenta Juniors.

Cole plays centre back and will make a valuable addition to the squad for the rest of the season.

Our thanks to all at Syngenta for their help in securing Cole his development loan.

Welcome to the mighty Mariners Cole.

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Under 20s Signing – Jack Gray

Camelon Juniors Under 20s Development Squad are pleased to announce the signing of defender Jack Gray on loan from Syngenta Juniors.

Jack plays left back and on his debut for us against East Fife last week, he notched up 2 assists.

Our thanks to all at Syngenta for their help in securing Jack for the remainder of the season on his development loan. Welcome to the mighty Mariners Jack.

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