Craig Gordon dedicated his Hampden heroics to his newborn baby boy after an incredible whirlwind 24 hours. The Scotland star had a sleepless night as he waited for the new arrival to come at 6.56am Friday morning.
Gordon was by his partner's side to welcome baby Axel into the world – and he was back in the sticks little over 12 hours later to help secure the Nations League win against Ireland. The 39-year-old revealed his lad is already the youngest member of the Tartan Army – as well as the nation's lucky charm.
Gordon said: “Yeah, that was for Axel. I got sent a picture of him watching on a laptop so he’s already seen his first game! I got the call at half 10 on Friday night, so I was at the birth, which was great. I came back through and slept most of the day, got up and played. I managed about five hours sleep during the day. I got up for the meeting before the bus departed and straight in to the normal routine of preparing for a match.
