Ricky Sbragia has named his squad for the forthcoming UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against FYR Macedonia and Ukraine.
Heart of Midlothian are well represented in the shape of John Souttar, Sam Nicholson and Liam Smith, as well as Billy King and Jordan McGhee who are on loan at Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Middlesbrough respectively.
Hibs on-form striker Jason Cummings who has already scored five times this season is also included
There are also places for Swansea City defender Stephen Kingsley, Sunderland right-back Donald Love and Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser, who all started for their clubs at the weekend in the English Premier League.
Scotland remain in the hunt for a place at next year’s finals in Poland and know a win over FYR Macedonia at Tynecastle Stadium next Friday night will boost their hopes ahead of a trip to Kiev.
Entry to the match, which kicks off at 7.30pm, is just £5 for adults and £2 for concessions and our popular youth group offer is also available. To get full details on how to purchase tickets for the big match, click here…
Scotland Under-21 squad:
Goalkeepers
Mark Hurst (St Johnstone)
Liam Kelly (Rangers) *
Defenders
Dominic Hyam (Reading)
Stephen Kingsley (Swansea City)
Donald Love (Sunderland)
Callum McFadzean (Kilmarnock)
Jordan McGhee (Heart of Midlothian) **
Mark O’Hara (Dundee)
Liam Smith (Heart of Midlothian)
John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian)
Midfielders
Ryan Gauld (Sporting Clube de Portugal) ***
Liam Henderson (Celtic)
Lewis Macleod (Brentford)
Craig Slater (Colchester United)
Craig Storie (Aberdeen)
Forwards
Ryan Christie (Celtic)
Jason Cummings (Hibernian)
Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)
Billy King (Heart of Midlothian) ****
Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City)
Sam Nicholson (Heart of Midlothian)
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifiers
Scotland v FYR Macedonia
Friday, 2nd September 2016, kick-off 7.30pm
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Ukraine v Scotland
Tuesday, 6th September 2016, kick-off 6.30pm (local time)
Obolon Arena, Kiev
* on loan to Livingston
** on loan to Middlesbrough
*** on loan to Vitoria de Setubal
**** on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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.
