Our Safe Hands are in Safe Hands

First team goalkeeper Calum added: “The day was brilliant, and it was great fun to do something with the goalkeepers in the Academy. Everyone knows about the Goalkeeping Union, and it is great to have that connection at Queen’s Park from U11’s all the way to the First Team.”

“It was good to get to know them a bit better and it was good that their parents were willing to give up some of their Holidays to come in for it. It is important to have a connection running through the club so that the goalkeepers can see a clear pathway. Sometimes in Academy’s the First Team can feel a million miles away but in reality, it is just a few years.”

Calum explained that it was not just the physical training that was important as he said: “Goalkeeping is a specialised position. The physical demands on a goalkeeper are different to outfield players in that they are less demands in some areas but more in others however the mental demands are massive.

“What you experience as a ten-year-old goalie is the same you experience as a senior goalkeeper. There is a lot of responsibility, so it was good to spend the day and support people in the same boat.

“Our Safe Hands are in Safe Hands as there are a lot of good goalkeepers in the Academy.”