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Paul McStay got pushed out of the way last month. Alex McLeish will need to move over tomorrow night.

Craig Gordon thought his souvenir shirt from his 75th Scotland appearance back in June might have been his last but now he’s relishing the chance to keep leapfrogging legends. The Scotland keeper is set to collect his 78th cap against Croatia to move above Aberdeen hero McLeish having bypassed Celtic favourite McStay earlier in the Nations League campaign and Darren Fletcher’s total of 80 is not far off either.

The 41-year-old cherishes every extra second after getting the feeling a line was drawn under his international career in the summer. Gordon came off the bench at Hampden for the final spell in the friendly clash against Finland – only to find out hours later he hadn’t made the cut for the Euros in Germany. The painful upshot took some of the shine on what was a remarkable night, where the shot stopper completed yet another miracle comeback in a career that could give Frank Sinatra a run for his money.

Eighteen months earlier, a horror leg break would have been the end for most mere mortals. But Gordon fought his way back to fitness, back into the Hearts side and now back between the sticks for Scotland.

And even though it feels like bonus time, the main man is not done yet and that shirt from his 75th can become just another sign post along the way. Gordon said: “Yeah, I still have it. Seventy-five is a great number. We get a medal for 25 and 50. I don't know, do we get one for 75? It is quite a big number to get to.

“It's still an important one. I probably didn't foresee how the next few months were going to pan out like this at that particular time – I thought that probably would be the last one.

“But football