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Gordon to be oldest player at World Cup but Gunn handed No 1
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Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon started Scotland's 4-1 friendly win against Curacao on Saturday

ByNick McPheatBBC Sport Scotland
  • Published54 minutes ago

Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon will be the oldest player at the World Cup this summer, but the 43-year-old has not been handed the No 1 shirt.

Following the submission of each of the 48 nations' official squad lists, Gordon will wear No 21, with fellow goalkeepers Angus Gunn and Liam Kelly assigned numbers 1 and 12 respectively.

Manchester United's Tyler Fletcher has taken No 8 after the teenage midfielder became a surprise replacement for the injured Billy Gilmour on Sunday.

Striker Lyndon Dykes will wear Scotland's No 9, fellow forward Che Adams No 10, and Lawrence Shankland No 20.

It remains to be seen how much those choices hint at the thinking of head coach Steve Clarke regarding his starting line-up, with centre-back Grant Hanley given No 5.

Scotland have travelled to the US and will play their final World Cup warm-up game against Bolivia - live on the BBC - on Saturday at 21:00 BST.

They will then kick off their tournament schedule the following weekend against Haiti in Boston on Sunday 14 June (02:00) before facing Morocco and Brazil.

Scotland's World Cup squad numbers

  1. Angus Gunn

  2. Aaron Hickey

  3. Andy Robertson

  4. Scott McTominay

  5. Grant Hanley

  6. Kieran Tierney

  7. John McGinn

  8. Tyler Fletcher

  9. Lyndon Dykes

  10. Che Adams

  11. Ryan Christie

  12. Liam Kelly

  13. Jack Hendry

  14. Ross Stewart

  15. John Souttar

  16. Dominic Hyam

  17. Ben Gannon-Doak

  18. George Hirst

  19. Lewis Ferguson

  20. Lawrence Shankland

  21. Craig Gordon

  22. Nathan Patterson

  23. Kenny McLean

  24. Anthony Ralston

  25. Findlay Curtis

  26. Scott McKenna

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Originally reported by BBC Sport