I made my Celtic debut at Wembley on the day I signed - then quit six months later to seal a dream exit

A six-month loan stint at Stranraer helped launch his career. Four years later, he made a dream debut at Wembley on the day he signed for Celtic.

But just like his spell at Stair Park, Danny Fox's second stint in Scotland proved to be short-lived as the £1.5million capture from Coventry City quickly headed back down south. Highly-rated Fox became the third summer signing of Tony Mowbray's reign in 2009 when he put pen to paper on a four-year deal. The set-piece specialist had come through the ranks at Everton and was given his first taste of senior football at Stranraer in 2005 - before being released by Davie Moyes as a teenager.

Yet rather than lick his wounds and wonder what could have been, the setback fired up Fox to salvage his career - starring at Walsall and Coventry before sealing a big switch to Celtic Park. He said: "I was young and complacent and was used to everything being done for me at Goodison Park. I needed a kick up the backside and the manager fixed it for me to go to Stranraer because he knew Neil Watt, who was boss there at the time.

"Being at Stair Park gave me a new lease of life and I'll always think of it as a great experience, even the away games at Forfar in the freezing cold. I managed to win a league championship medal while I was there and I'd love to add another one as a Celtic player."

An attacking full-back with a wicked delivery, Fox appeared to be an ideal fit at the Hoops. On paper, it seemed like a shrewd signing too, as the defender had just been voted into the PFA’s Championship Team of the Year. And no sooner had the new Bhoy posed with the scarf above his head was he thrown in for a dream bow in the famous Bumblebee kit at Wembley - coming on as a sub in the 5-0 thrashing of