Oli McBurnie responds to Steve Clarke and Scotland World Cup snub after Hull City heroics

Oli McBurnie declared he’ll support Scotland “from a warm, sunny place with a beer” this summer after his £200million Wembley winner. The Scot struck in stoppage time to shatter Middlesbrough hearts and put the Tigers back in the top flight for the first time in nine years. Some at Hull wanted automatic promotion following SpyGate but jubilant Tigers fans lapped up the sunshine under the arch following McBurnie ’s priceless goal. The striker, who was left out of Steve Clarke’s squad for the World Cup , said: “For the first time ever, I’m speechless.

It’s been a long hard season but that game sums us up. “We felt we’d have one chance, I just tried to get a good contact, it’s popped up for me.” Admitting “I have to respect” Clarke ’s decision, he said of his Scotland pals: “I’ll be hoping they go as far as they can.” McBurnie’s goal meant heartbreak for Boro, who came in from the cold after Southampton were thrown out of the play-offs for spying on them. It also avoided the threat of more litigation from Hull, whose owner Acun Ilicali vowed to take legal action if his side were not promoted. His contention was that Hull should have gone up automatically when Saints were expelled, rather than face the team who had lost the semi-finals. In the end it was McBurnie who settled the matter by scoring their third Championship play-off final winner, emulating the Dean Windass-inspired side of 2008 and Mohamed Diame’s class of 2016.

Hull sub Yu Hirakawa played a major role in the winner when he jinked his way down the left wing and drilled in a cross that fell to the feet of McBurnie, who scrambled it home. Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google’s preferred sources . Click HERE . Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport's newest podcast, Game On , every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.

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