Owen Moffat’s season started off in the best possible way, with the 19-year-old going on pre-season with the first team to their training camp in South Wales.

Having impressed in the initial few days, he remained with Ange Postecoglou’s squad for the remainder of that trip. It was an experience that has been beneficial for the young attacker, while also giving him a glimpse of where he wants to get to in his career.

And in December, he has managed to do just that, making his competitive debut away to Ross County, following that up with an appearance in the League Cup Final and then making his first start in the game at St Mirren.

Now, as he gets set to turn 20 in early January, Moffat is determined to keep working hard for further first-team opportunities.

Speaking to the festive issue of the Celtic View which came out at the start of the month, he said, somewhat prophetically: “I just want to keep pushing every day and hopefully I could make my debut for the first-team at some point towards the end of the season. That would be amazing.

“I’ve been on the bench this season and that was a really good experience, so I’d like to push on and make my debut.”

That has now happened, and when the players report back for training in early January, the Youth Academy graduate will be aiming to hit the ground running.

As for relaxing away from the game, Owen Moffat explained: “I don’t really do much. I don’t go on nights out so I stay at home quite a lot. On a Saturday night I just like watching Match of the Day.

'I played golf in the summer. I’ve just really taken it up but I do enjoy it when I play it. There’s no better feeling when you hit a good shot, but then there’s 10 bad shots come with that – but you remember the good shot!'

“You get people in football who are just good at sport in general – Scott Robertson’s an example of that. I was in all his classes at school and he was just naturally gifted at almost every sport – table-tennis, golf, anything really. He’s good at all that stuff.

“I play the PlayStation now and again – we all used to play it quite a lot but it’s died down a bit.”

So for the festive issue of the Celtic View, we asked Owen Moffat to give us the lowdown on what he likes watching on the big and small screen…

FAVOURITE FILM AS A KID

My favourite film growing up is one called There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble. It’s based in Manchester and it’s about a boy who gets bullied at school, playing for his school team. He’s a Manchester City fan and all the rest of the team are Manchester United fans, so he gets a hard time from them, and then he gets a pair of old boots, which are magic boots… I always loved the film when I was a young boy. I really enjoyed it because it was a football film and I used to fall asleep watching it every night when I was about six or seven. When I got to high school, we were watching it and no-one else had seen it before, and I couldn’t believe it because I grew up watching it. They all enjoyed it, and the film has an anti-bullying message and how it can affect people if they are bullied.

ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FILM

I was thinking about this ever since I got the questions through, and the film I would probably choose would be In The Name of the Father, which is a brilliant movie. That’s one of my favourites. It’s an older film, but it’s really good. I think I watched it for the first time when I was 13 or 14, and it’s really educational as well because it is based on a true story. And my family like it too.

BEST CHRISTMAS FILM

I would have to go with Home Alone 2 because my favourite place to visit is New York. I’ve been there two or three times, and twice I’ve been at Christmas-time, and the city’s so famous for that time of the year. The first Home Alone is very good but just because I love New York so much, that’s why I’d choose Home Alone 2. And I’ll probably go and see the new one – Home Sweet Home Alone – but I’m not sure if it’ll be as good as the first ones because it’s got a lot to live up to.

Celtic View Exclusive: Owen Moffat on life on and off the park