SUCCESS IS IN BOWIE'S JEANS

LIAM BUCHANAN remembers Kieron Bowie as a gangly 16-year-old with questionable fashion sense when he first rocked up at Raith Rovers.

- BY FRASER WILSON

But six years on he is certain the striker is ready to fill the Hibs and Scotland jerseys - despite his dodgy taste in jeans.

Buchanan made way for Bowies big entrance into the professional arena at Stark’s Park late on in a routine 4-1 win over Montrose.

Now, as he winds down his own career at Berwick Rangers, he's loving watching the rapid rise of a kid who was fast-tracked into the Raith top team by savvy John McGlynn that day in September 2019.

Bowie is living the dream at Buchanan's boyhood heroes Hibs after winning a move away from Raith to Premier League Fulham for two years.

His form since returning from injury saw him handed a call-up from Steve Clarke ahead of Scotland's June friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein.