Hirst On as Sub as Scotland Win Final Friendly
Saturday, 6th Jun 2026 23:48

Striker George Hirst won his 10th cap as Scotland beat Bolivia 4-0 in their final pre-World Cup friendly at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey.

Hirst came on as a sub in the 62nd minute with the Scots having blazed into a four-goal lead before half-time.

The 27-year-old came close to adding a fifth and claiming his second international goal when he shot just wide three minutes before the end.

Scotland open their World Cup group campaign against Haiti at the Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Boston in the early hours of Sunday 14th June, then face Morocco at the same venue five days later and then Brazil at the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens on Wednesday 24th June.

Meanwhile, Anis Mehmeti missed Albania’s 1-0 home defeat to Luxembourg in Tirana having been unwell earlier in the week.

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BangaloreBlues added 05:38 - Jun 7

Go on George, give the Brazilians hell and score a hattrick after coming on as a sub in the 70th minute. Win the group and knock them out!
Only four days until the World Cup, it seems a bit surreal.
I never miss a match of the World Cup, and this one's going to be tough with an extra 40 matches (104 instead of 64) and the odd kick off times. There's going to be a lot of alarm setting this year.
Come on England!

Bluebass added 09:32 - Jun 7 Finding it hard to get excited this year. FIFA are sucking the soul out of football and the fact that it's in the USA, well that just adds another level of money first fans second.
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Gforce added 12:20 - Jun 7 USA have now held the World cup twice, since the last time we had it. The FIFA decision making & the so called voting system seems so unfair. I doubt I'll ever see the World cup on home soil, certainly not in my lifetime.
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TimmyH added 12:31 - Jun 7

Gforce - it's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$, more nations in the finals means countries like Saudi and Qatar, and I'm sure like the Sepp Blatter years there's more corruption going on.

On another note these friendly matches never happened a couple of days before the tournament got underway, Premier league finished way too late in a World Cup year but that is in part down to UEFA (another $$$$$ organisation) making the European club trophies now too protracted having a knock on effect to when the season ends...

Linkboy13 added 13:07 - Jun 7 All those people knocking George Hirst will laughing on the other side of their faces when he scores the winner in the world cup final (mines another pint).
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oldelsworthyfan added 17:36 - Jun 7 After all the knocking from some of our fans I'm pleased for George he's getting to play in the World Cup showpiece (the only one of our First team squad to). These days Number 9s are not all about scoring goals and I'm sure he will continue to give his all. A decent bloke too.
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