Dunfermline defender Scott Morrison will achieve a long-held ambition when he walks out for Saturday's Tennent's Scottish Cup final against Celtic at Hampden Park.

The left-back signed from Aberdeen at the start of last season but suffered a cruciate ligament injury playing for Scotland Under-21s in Austria which kept him out for the rest of the campaign and cost him a place in the CIS Insurance Cup final against Celtic.

However, the 23-year-old has made a full recovery and is champing at the bit to start against the Bank of Scotland Premier League champions at the national stadium.

He said: "When you are a young boy you watch the Scottish Cup final on the television and hear people talking about it and it's something that you want to take part in.

"If you win it, you write a bit of history for yourself and that's why every player wants to be play in it.

"The year that Aberdeen were in two cup finals, 1999-2000, I was signed as a schoolboy for the club and I was down at both of those games which was really good.

"I played at Hampden for Aberdeen when we beat Celtic in the Youth Cup final but that's been it.

"The Scottish Cup is the one that you want to get your hands on so it's going to be a new experience for me and I can't wait."

Morrison admits the debt of gratitude he owes Dunfermline will prevent him abandoning the club as they attempt to battle out of the First Division next season.

The Pars' relegation has prompted one player so far, Souleymane Bamba, to admit he will be leaving after the Scottish Cup final.

Morrison is out of contract at the end of the season but he will pledge his future to the Fifers.

"It has been difficult with the club not knowing what league they were going to be in next season but I would love to stay because I feel I owe them," he said.

"I'm really grateful to how they treated me throughout the spell I was injured and so I feel that I have something to give back to them.

"I haven't been able to show the form that made them sign me.

"But I've had a full season back and it's good to be playing injury free.

"It's about taking the next step now and I'm looking forward to pushing on and getting back to where I was before the injury."