Celtic fans react to Joey Dawson senior debut

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A number of Celtic fans have hailed Joey Dawson after the Bhoys youngster made his Hoops debut on Boxing Day.

The 18-year-old only joined Celtic a few months ago, but now has his first senior appearance under his belt.

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou brought Dawson on as a replacement for Kyogo Furuhashi at St Johnstone.

The Japan international hobbled off clutching his hamstring after just 14 minutes, and Dawson took his place.

The former Scunthorpe academy talent did well as Celtic ran out 3-1 winners at McDiarmid Park.

Dawson looked confident throughout, showed some nice touches and kept the play flowing.

He even came close to capping off his debut with a goal, but his dink was cleared off the line.

Plenty of Celtic fans liked what they saw from Dawson during and after the game:

Dawson came through the Scunthorpe academy, joining at 8 years old and earning a scholarship at 16.

He became the youngest player in the Iron’s history when he played against Derby aged 16 and 75 days.

Arsenal reportedly wanted Dawson but he ended up moving to Celtic.

He has been playing for the Hoops B team in the Lowland League and earned a senior call-up due to an injury crisis.