Background
McQueen was born in Southampton and attended The Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire.
McQueen was born in Southampton and attended The Mountbatten School in Romsey, Hampshire.
Originally from the Southampton area, McQueen joined the Southampton Academy at the age of eight years and has remained with the club ever since. Handed his senior debut for the club in 2014, he plays primarily as a left-sided winger. He was scouted by Southampton when he was eight years old whilst playing for Oakwood Rangers, a local youth side.
He was part of the Southampton Football Club Academy U13 side that were runners up in the prestigious Doctor Pepper Dallas Cup Tournament in Texas where they lost 1–0 to Football Club Barcelona California in 2008.
The same team included other academy products James Ward-Prowse, Luke Shaw, Calum Chambers, Harrison Reed, Jordan Turnbull and Jake Sinclair, all who gained professional contracts in later years with the club McQueen signed a new four-year contract on 17 June 2014.
In January 2016, McQueen made his first loan move to Southend United until the end of the season. He scored his first league goal as a professional 11 days later in his first full league start in the Essex derby versus Colchester United on his 21st birthday.
McQueen was named in the Southampton senior team for the first time on 15 February 2014 for the FA Cup fifth round match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, wearing the squad number 45. He came on in the second half for his debut, playing the last 8 minutes of the 0–1 loss in place of Adam Lallana. He made his first league start for Southend United in the 3-0 home win versus Coventry City coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
