Leading Hearts to cup glory would make this my best ever season – Craig Gordon

Craig Gordon is determined to make this his best season in football by captaining Hearts to Scottish Cup glory on the back of an impressive run of personal form.

The 39-year-old Scotland stopper has been nominated for the PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year after helping his boyhood club romp to a convincing third-place finish with a string of stunning saves.

Hearts face Rangers in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden next month and, although he has won trophies previously with the Jambos and Celtic, Gordon reckons this could end up being his finest campaign yet.

“It’s been a very good season for me so far,” he said. “If we can keep the momentum going and go on and lift a trophy, I don’t think there will have been many better seasons than that in terms of personally the way I’ve been playing and also the achievement for the team. The season has gone very well and I’d love it to be even better.”

Gordon won the Scottish Cup with Hearts in his first spell in 2006 and is eager to do it again.

“I’ve done it once before so to do it twice – not many people have done it twice (with Hearts) – would be very special,” he said.

“And as captain. We’ve got a few games to go before that, but it’s definitely something we’re all looking forward to. We’ll try and get there in the best possible shape and give it our best shot.”

Gordon believes his PFA nomination – alongside Celtic pair Callum McGregor and Tom Rogic – is a reflection of how well Hearts have done this season.

“I’ve never won this award so it’s great to be nominated,” he said. “We’ll see what happens on Sunday. There’s a great standard of players here (among the nominees). It’s great to be talked about with these guys.

“The team’s been doing well and personally I’ve been