FIRST football matches are always a memorable occasion but one Dunfermline youngster netted a memorable debut on Saturday.
Young Daniel Cornet, 8, saw the Pars clinch promotion and knock five goals past Queen of the South.
He enjoyed the match with great, great uncle and Dunfermline Athletic legend Bert Paton and even went home with a signed ball and shirt.
The St Margaret's Primary pupil, who won the Press Bonny Baby competition in 2014 and was named one of our community champions four years later, was born with end stage renal failure and has now had to undergo 31 operations including a kidney transplant in 2017.
After spending much of March in hospital, the trip to East End Park was a great tonic for Daniel, whose favourite Pars player is now Matty Todd.
Mum Louise said: "He has not had a great time lately – he spent the whole of March in hospital bar six days. He had an unexpected operation in March then planned major surgery three weeks ago. It was all a bit out of the blue but he went back to school yesterday for the first time since February.
"Saturday was his first game. Bert Paton is my great uncle so he has been down to the house and given him Pars strips and he has been up and seen his medals. Uncle Bert wanted to take him to a game and he absolutely loved it.
"The guys in the box were all singing with Daniel and made it such a good afternoon.
"He got a signed ball and a signed strip – the perks of mum who worked at the club and and a famous great, great uncle."
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