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CRAIG LISTS IT AS HIGH POINT
Irish Daily Star
|November 21, 2025
CRAIG GORDON nearly hung up his gloves last summer.
The next one he hopes to be heading to the World Cup finals with Scotland.
The 42-year-old admitted he thought about calling time on his career.
He had just finished the campaign with Hearts and was questioning whether he had another season in him.
It was national coach Steve Clarke (inset) who helped convince him to play on and they hit the jackpot together on Tuesday when Scotland beat Denmark to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time in 28 years.
Gordon hasn't even been playing for Hearts' competitively, but answered Clarke's SOS in the last two camps.
The keeper confirmed: "No, I nearly called it a day at the end of last summer.
This story is from the November 21, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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