Preposition: as

• substitute: He signed for Lynn and made his debut as substitute in the 4-1 win over Banbury on 7th February 2004.

Preposition: for

• claret: It was a week when Colin Waldron made his debut for the Clarets in a 2-2 draw at Southampton.

Adjective modifier

• directorial: Twenty two year old Weeks ' directorial debut is an inspired work, adding a new slant on the famous tale.

• self-titled: Demon Hunter first emerged on the scene with their self-titled debut in the fall of 2002.

• eponymous: In 2001, Cara Dillon's eponymous solo debut was quietly released ( via Rough Trade ), on an unsuspecting audience.

• acting: His acting debut was made at a small London theater in 1939 when he was aged 19.

• promising: Tho imperfect, The Perfect Fool would be a promising debut from any nascent novelist.

• West: Now Nathan Lane ( on his West End debut ) has stepped into the breach, tickets are like gold dust.

Modifies a noun

• album: PB: You finished your debut album in only four months.

• ep: Our first release was the debut EP from Pedro back in 1999.

• solo: In July 2001, a remastered edition of Carl's debut solo album was released on CD by BMG Japan.

• novel: You released your incredible debut novel Trumpet at the end of the 90s.

• mini-album: Ignition, the debut mini-album from Andy Onyx was one of those records I had to ponder more than others.

• CD: However, in her debut CD, Empty Box, she shows just what she is made of.

Noun used with modifier

• first-team: He is yet to clock up 100 Swans appearances despite making his first-team debut way back in August 1996.

• big-screen: His big-screen debut came in The Runaway Bus in which he co-starred with Margaret Rutherford and a young Petula Clark.

• solo: In 2001, Cara Dillon's eponymous solo debut was quietly released ( via Rough Trade ), on an unsuspecting audience.

• league: With other center halves injured or young, Lennie Lawrence opted to give a league debut to Fan Zhiyi.

• directing: After writing Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, Richard Curtis makes his directing debut.

• concerto: She recently made her concerto debuts in St. Petersburg and Dublin.