Under 18’s lead coach Scott Anderson and captain Alfie Stewart both took time to reflect on a brilliant team performance in Glasgow on Friday afternoon, which saw them return North with all three points after getting the better of Celtic 0-3.

Scott Anderson

“I am extremely pleased.

“I think we were well worth the 3-0 win.

“I’m really pleased to get a clean sheet, we score two good goals in the first half and then missed various opportunities to be further ahead at half time.

“To then manage the game the way we did, for me that is a real bonus.

“I’m really pleased with how we managed to see things through. As I said, some of the play in the first half was excellent, both when we had possession of the ball when we were in control, but also when we were breaking on them at real speed, we were creating a lot of chances off of the back of that as well.

“It was so hot. I said to them that’s why we worked so hard in pre-season, we saw the difference that made today. They are a super fit group, and they brought that into the game today. We saw the fitness levels for the full 90 minutes so credit to the players, I am also really pleased with that aspect.

“Fletcher Boyd is doing well; he has got lots to learn about the game, but he is working extremely hard for us which is the main thing. That being said, its not about one player, at the end of the day that result is earned of the back of a real team performance, and the individuals within that today were all very strong.

“Motherwell on Tuesday will be a different challenge for us. A tough challenge as they are always strong at this age level.

“They bring a different style of football as we saw today, so we need to stand up to that. First and foremost, we need to recover from today. It’s a home game, which we have only had one of so far, when I thought we done really well last week against Hearts. We are looking forward to it, but as I say we need to recover from today and then its straight into getting prepared for that.”

Alfie Stewart

“I’m very happy with that today, it was a great team performance, you couldn’t fault anyone, we were all pushed to our absolute limits.

“The sun was a big factor, but you can’t let that bother you. Even in the warmup we could tell it was going to be a problem. That’s why we worked hard in pre-season and put in the work in Portugal. It makes us feel like the graft we put in pre-season paid off.

“We all worked for each other, it was a real team performance, there wasn’t one individual out there – it was one team.

“I was very happy to score another free kick. Brendan Hamilton tries to claim he should be the free-kick taker, but he’s clearly not quite on my level just yet!

“No seriously, it is something we both practise a lot and stay back after training to work on, so it is nice to see them coming off in games. Today’s wasn’t as clean as my freekick last week, but a goal is a goal!

“It is amazing to captain the team. It is a whole different role to what I was used to last year, but I think I am adapting to it well. As I mentioned earlier there isn’t just one captain on the pitch, everyone gets onto each other when needed and act in the right way.

“Motherwell on Tuesday is another big game. After today we need to get some rest, see how the weekend goes and then we get back to work on Monday, do our match prep and take that into the game on Tuesday, where we need to try and get the three points.”