European Qualifiers
Scotland v Poland
Thursday 8th October 2015, kick-off 7.45pm
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Gibraltar v Scotland
Sunday 11th October, kick-off 7.45pm
Estadio Algarve, Portugal
Gordon Strachan has named his 27-player squad for the final two UEFA European Championship Qualifiers against Poland and Gibraltar next month.
The squad contains four former Hibs’ players namely Steven Whittaker, Scott Brown, Leigh Griffiths and Steven Fletcher and two former Hearts’ players, Craig Gordon, Christophe Berra. Edinburgh born Allan McGregor has also been selected after recovering from injury.
Scotland squad to play Poland and Gibraltar:
Craig Gordon (Celtic)
David Marshall (Cardiff City)
Allan McGregor (Hull City)Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town)
Gordon Greer (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rover)
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa)
Russell Martin (Norwich City)
Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic)
Andrew Robertson (Hull City)
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen)
Steven Whittaker (Norwich City)Ikechi Anya (Watford)
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Darren Fletcher (West Brom)
James Forrest (Celtic)
Shaun Maloney (Hull City)
James Morrison (West Brom)
James McArthur (Crystal Palace)
Kevin MacDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth AFC)
Johnny Russell (Derby County)Steven Fletcher (Sunderland)
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic)
Chris Martin (Derby)
Steven Naismith (Everton)
Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers)
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.