After bagging a brace on Friday night against North Macedonia John McGinn moved above fellow Hibs legend Lawrie Reilly and Hughie Gallacher in the list of Scotland’s all time top scorers for the Men’s national team.
The 32-year-old Aston Villa midfielder has been a stalwart in the Scotland side since his debut on the 29th March 2016 amassing 94 caps and has often been the source of crucial goals for Gordon Strachan, Steve Clarke and most recently Sebastien Pocognoli.
With still many years ahead of him in the national team there is a distinct possibility that McGinn will become the highest scoring Scotland men’s player of all time.
McGinn, who has featured for Scotland at three major tournaments most recently the World Cup during the summer is up against Scotland’s two biggest names to reach the top of the goalscoring charts.
Only Scotland greats of the late Denis Law and Kenny Dalglish who was in attendance at Hampden on Friday night are above McGinn as they both have 30 goals each to McGinn’s 24.
McGinn’s next chance to close the gap on the record is on Monday night when Scotland travel to St Gallen to face Switzerland in their final Nations League group game then after that Scotland play their EURO 2028 qualifiers that start in March of 2027.
With Andy Robertson taking the crown of Scotland’s most capped player of all time, this current crop of internationals who have taken Scotland to heights a generation hadn’t seen yet another long standing record could be broken in the very near future.
