Born: Bellshill, 3rd July 1981
Signed: from Arbroath, July 2002
Height: N/A
Mass: N/A
Debut: vs. Elgin City, 03/08/02
Steve has looked a class act at the back so far and could well rate as one of John McCormack's smartest signings. A crisp passer, a cool player when dealing with opposing forwards, and a guy who pushes forward whenever possible. Started out at Ipswich, before Arbroath rescued him from obscurity to return him to his homeland. Not a regular at Gayfield, but if he keeps turning in the types of displays he has so far, then Queen's will do well to keep him at Hampden.
Born: Glasgow, 20th May 1982
Signed: from Queen's Park U'18s, August 1999
Height: 5ft 10in
Mass: 12st
Debut: vs. East Stirlingshire, 07/08/99
QP League Career Apps Goals
1999/2000 12 (3) -
2000/01 17 (3) -
2001/02 11 (1) -
Made his debut when just 17 years old, reflecting the belief in his potential, having been a championship winning skipper at U'16 level. But Richard has never been able to become a regular in the Queen's defence, and so far this season has been used as a substitute whenever he has been on the field- notably at Berwick in the Bell's Cup, where he did a sterling job as a makeshift left-back. Usually, Sinclair favours a central defensive position. Still only 21, he is one of the longest serving players on the books.
Born: Glasgow, 10th July 1984
Signed: on a Queen's Park Form D U-16, August 2002
Height: 5ft 11in
Mass: 11st
Debut: vs. Stirling Albion, 30/08/2003
One of the youngsters whom Kenny Brannigan envisages as part of Queen's Park's future, Thompson has filled in on the left-hand side of defence in the typical 3-5-2 formation. He is still finding his feet in the team and his inexperience is betrayed by a tendency to lose possession cheaply. Having said that, he tackles strongly, is mobile and clearly wants to push forward whenever he can even if he does appear limited in this respect. John broke through at a good time with McCallum struggling through injury and little other cover on the left.