Josh O'Connor signs for Elgin City

Elgin City new boy Josh O'Connor talks about moving to Moray, being the son of a former Scotland star and life at his boyhood heroes Hibernian.

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00:00The move came about, obviously, I was in Northern Ireland at Crusaders and moved there in January.

00:05Obviously, I had a good season there. Well, half a season.

00:08And obviously, I just wanted to come back home and obviously get a phone call from my agent and see that, obviously, Elgin are interested.

00:17Obviously, the manager phoned me and kind of let him know his project.

00:21And what, obviously, on last season as well, getting in the playoffs and all that, and he wants to build on that.

00:26And hopefully bringing me in would help the team as well.

00:29So, I'm really invested in his project and that's pretty much what brought me here.

00:33Yeah, that was probably one of the peaks of my career, obviously, not being played football that long.

00:39But, yeah, obviously, coming on for Hibs, winning a penalty as well at Easter Road.

00:43That was my first game.

00:44Obviously, I played against Aberdeen as well at Pataudry, but I played against him at Easter Road, which was my home debut.

00:49And to come on and win a penalty and being a 6-0, which you don't really get often, it was just brilliant.

00:54Absolutely loved it.

00:55Yeah, there's always going to be pressure, but also there's advantages because he's had the highs of the highs and lows of the lows.

01:00And he can tell you everything.

01:03There's so much advice he can give you.

01:05It's pretty much unlimited.

01:06And it's brilliant, obviously, having him by my side is the best.

01:09Instead of travelling up every other day from Edinburgh, obviously, that's where I'm from.

01:15And that would be, what, four-hour journeys, four-hour back.

01:18It wouldn't be worth it.

01:19And, obviously, the opportunity to stay here is kind of what brought me here as well.

01:23That opportunity to really go all in into Elgin.

01:28That's brilliant, yeah.

01:29Like I said, just pace and power.

01:31Obviously, that eagerness to score goals as much as I can, always looking to go forward.

01:37And can play through the middle, left, right, and in the 10.

01:40So, can play me pretty much anywhere up the attacking area, which gives the manager kind of a headache of where to play me as well.

01:47But I feel like my technical ability should be able to shine through as well.