Wanted: Frame and box for Wigan Athletic starlet!

The Scotland Under-19 striker hit a magnificent hat-trick on Tuesday night as Latics fought back three times to eventually edge home 4-3.

And Joseph - who only made his first-team debut on October 31 against Northampton - is champing at the bit for more after fulfilling a childhood dream.

“It was unreal," he enthused. "It’s every kid’s dream to play for the first team and score a hat-trick.

"It’s something I dreamt of as a boy when playing football with my mates in the park.

“It’s a proud moment for me and I just can’t get over it, a moment I will always remember.

“The ball will get framed now and put in a box, but a proud moment for me.”

The nature of all three goals underlined Joseph's emergence as an all-round striker with the potential to reach the top in the game.

“The first one was just in and around the box, a poacher’s finish with the thigh, but I will take any way at the moment," he said.

“The second one the ball came in from Ollie (Crankshaw), I took a touch and thought to just hit it as hard as possible, and thankfully it went in off the bar.

“The third one was just movement in the box, something I have worked on with Leam (Richardson) and Adam Smith (analyst).

“Sometimes I can be a bit off with my movement in the box, maybe a bit too eager to get the ball at the front post, and sometimes I take myself beyond the goal.

"If you’re not in front of the goal you’re not going to score, so it’s something I have worked on.

"We’ve analysed other players and their movement and how they’ve got their goals.

"I’ve got to keep doing that now, staying in front of the goal.”