Cammy confident for future

"Everyone can see a path to the first team and it shows you that there is a place there for you if you try hard enough.

The Pars number two goalkeeper Cammy Gill was given his first senior appearance when he came on to replace Sean Murdoch for the final 25 minutes of the Irn Bru Cup tie at Buckie.

Despite manager Allan Johnston`s stated intentions to make wholesale changes to his starting eleven Cammy did not believe that he had any chance of a start. Consequently he had advised his parents, who have religiously followed his football career all over the country, not to take the long trip north.

"My Mum and Dad were going to come up for the game but I told them not to bother. It was their anniversary so I didn`t want them travelling up for nothing.

"It has been my target for the last few years and it was nice to get it. Obviously I was disappointed not to start the game but even for the 25 minutes I loved every minute of it."

Cammy had some work to do, even more than Sean Murdoch had done for the first hour, he joked.

"I don`t know if it gave Buckie a wee buzz seeing me coming on but they definitely picked up their game when I came on. I had one save and Jean helped me out with a block.

"I had to deal with a few through balls and a few goal kicks. I loved it.

Buckie Thistle brought on John McLeod, top goalscorer in the Highland League last season, Cammy continued:-

"We were a bit surprised that he was dropped out the team. Obviously a few of the boys played against him last year so they knew that he was a good player. When you see the stats he has scored loads and loads of goals.

"When we looked at video analysis the two strikers that Buckie started with were playing really well and scoring goals as well."

Being second choice keeper is a tough role but one that the nineteen year old means to make the most of:-

"I am enjoying it, obviously it is a step up but I am struggling a bit without the game time. It is hard without the Under 20s. If the 20s were there I would be playing week in week out.

"I have been told that we are going to start getting friendlies so hopefully that will keep me ticking over. If something happens to Murdo that will keep me ready to step in."

"Having Murdo in front of me is tough but good. We try to push each other every day in training.

While sitting on the bench every game Cammy always had the belief that it would take an injury or an illness if he was going to step in. Even with it being the Irn Bru Cup, he felt he would still be on the bench:-

"I thought to myself on the Sunday night that it was going to be a big week in training. We knew that it wasn`t going to be the starting eleven that it had been for the majority of the season so far.

"Monday to Friday I don`t think I could have trained any better. I was trying my hardest every day. I think training really well got me my 25 minutes."

Cammy has been at Dunfermline from the age of ten and goalie coach Dave Westwood has been pushing his development:-

"Everyone can see a path to the first team and it shows you that there is a place there for you if you try hard enough. When you are performing at 17s games, Potts can see that and knows what he can work on with you.

"When you come into the 20s training three times a week and in the warm up for the games it makes it an awful lot easier."

The young keeper went out on loan to Arbroath at the end of last season but did not make any appearances other than on the bench but back at Dunfermline he is optimistic for his future.

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