Stuart McLaren has named his first Scotland Under-16 squad for the forthcoming Victory Shield tournament in the Republic of Ireland.

Hibs’ youngster Jayden Fairley is the only Edinburgh based player in the squad for the three games in Tralee next month.

The full squad is as follows

Squad
Goalkeepers
Jay Hogarth (Rangers)
Alec McLachlan (Everton)
Tim Ritchie (Aberdeen)
Defenders
Lyall Booth (Aberdeen)
Adam Devine (Rangers)
Leon King (Rangers)
Mackenzie Lamb (West Bromwich Albion)
Liam Morrison (Celtic)
Calvin Ramsay (Aberdeen)
Lucas Reed (Middlesbrough)
Midfielders
Josh Adam (Celtic)
Matthew Craig (Tottenham Hotspur)
Michael Craig (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jayden Fairley (Hibernian)
Barry Hepburn (Celtic)
Cole McKinnon (Rangers)
Chris Mochrie (Dundee United)
Forwards
Adam Brooks (Celtic)
Jaden Ferguson (Celtic)
Kevin Hanratty (Aberdeen)
Liam Smith (Kilmarnock)

Victory Shield

Scotland v Wales
Monday, 12 November
St Brendan’s Park, Tralee, kick-off 1pm
Scotland v Northern Ireland
Wednesday, 14 November
Mounthawk Park, Tralee
Scotland v Republic of Ireland
Friday, 16 November
Dynamo FC, Tralee

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.