A Clydebank-daft young boy’s dreams have come true after he was asked by his favourite football team to take to the field as their mascot.

Tyler-James Cervenka-Semple is said to be “over the moon” after discovering that he's been invited to join Clydebank FC on the pitch before one of their matches.

The Knightswood youngster came to the attention of the club after an article highlighting his charity work and role as his dad’s running guide featured in the Clydebank Post.

Jay Cruz Semple, Tyler-James’ dad, said: “I’m super proud of him. My mobile phone was reading out some of the comments from people on the Facebook article and I thought 'that’s really kind' and it just shows you how many people have seen him out and about at the running events.

“He’s over the moon, he’s really happy. He told me a little girl in his school told him he’s famous.

"It’s the happiest I’ve seen him in a long, long while. He came out of school today beaming.”

Tyler-James would love to play for the Bankies one day and is currently training hard every week in the hopes of reaching his goal.

The nine-year-old is now looking forward to meeting his favourite players in the new year.

Jay added: “It will be amazing, what an honour it is to be invited. I explained to him [Tyler-James] what a mascot is and the fact that he’ll get to go out with the team at one of the matches.

“He’s always asked that when we’ve been at other football games, he would say ‘why do some kids get to go out on the field?’ So now that he knows that’s what it is, he’s over the moon.”

Tyler-James took up the role of being his dad’s running guide last year. The pair crossed the finish line at the Santa Dash in Helensburgh for the first time as a father-and-son duo.

Jay was born with choroideremia, which causes progressive loss of vision due to a loss of cells within the retina and nearby blood vessels.

He lost his eyesight in 2014 when Tyler-James was just a year and a half old. Now, Tyler-James and his dad are raising awareness of his condition as well as Crowdfunding to try and restore his eyesight so he can see his little boy’s face again.

The duo’s story pulled on the heartstrings of thousands of people, including those at Clydebank Football Team.

The club told the Post that they were impressed with the youngster’s story and just knew they had to reach out.

A Clydebank Football Club spokesperson said: “Everyone at the club was impressed with young Tyler-James’ story and when we heard his dream was to be a Bankie, we knew we had to reach out.

“As a community club, it’s important that we recognise these sorts of things and we’re looking forward to hopefully welcoming Tyler-James and his family to a game in the new year.”