In 1969 not long after Doug arrived and Tommy Doc breezed through, our "academy" was started in Scotland. There were two youth teams from round the Glasgow area called Possil Park and Stanley Star.
We always had plenty of young prospects from north of the border, although I cannot recall any specifically from the above source.
But it did represent a statement of intent to put in place a proper youth policy which had been previously non existent.
The policy resulted in the winning of the Youth Cup in 1972 - a team which included Brian Little, John Gidman, Bobby McDonald and Jake Findlay.