Craig Gordon touch of class as Hearts hero offers brilliant gift to Auchinleck keeper's son
dailyrecord.co.ukAuchinleck goalkeeper Andy Leishman was delighted to get his mitts on Craig Gordon ’s jersey for his wee man after the Ayrshire side's heroic Scottish Cup run was brought to an end - even if he admitted his side didn’t lay a glove on Hearts.
Talbot's stalwart skipper is the only member of Tommy Sloan’s side to have faced the Jambos in all three of their Scottish Cup meetings in the past decade.
He has no doubt this Hearts side is the best yet as the Ayrshire junior side’s fairytale run came to an abrupt end in the fourth-round .But there was one last scrapbook moment as Scotland goalkeeper Gordon made a beeline for the giant Talbot number one at full-time and handed over his shirt for his eight-year-old son Oscar.Leishman said: “My wee boy was the mascot and big Craig made sure I got his shirt at the end.
He’d signed it ‘To Oscar from Craig Gordon’ with a wee number one.“Oscar’s not had it off since! He’s a goalkeeper too for his team in Cumnock.
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