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Craig Gordon on verge of Scotland milestone as Hearts goalkeeper targets more caps for his country

Craig Gordon is on the verge of equalling Willie Miller's Scotland cap total, five years after the Aberdeen legend presented him with a medal for his 50th cap.

The Hearts goalkeeper will move on to 65 appearances if he features in the friendly against Poland at Hampden tomorrow, which would move him into the top 10 most capped Scotland players.

The 39-year-old isn't stopping there, however, and he has a number in his head that he would like to get to, before he calls it a day for Scotland.

"It’s quite a big one really when you think back to where I started back in 2004," Gordon said.

"I now have the chance of getting into the top 10 in the all-time list. It’s great to be getting towards that.

"Hopefully I have a few more. I’ve not got a number in mind that I want to stop at. So I would like a few more than that. But we’ll see where it gets me.

"Willie presented me with my medal for my 50th cap and now here I am another 15 caps later to join him on that figure. It’s quite something.

"He congratulated me on first of all reaching 50 caps but also on getting back into the Scotland squad after my first 39-40 caps the first time around and before the obvious break in the middle.

"He congratulated on getting to 50 and also on getting back to that level after injury.

"It was a nice moment to hear that from someone like him who had played so many times for Scotland. It was pretty special.

"I’m lucky to have had that moment and now join him on the same number of caps should I be selected on Thursday night."

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