Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland

Named in the last squad for the March friendlies against Japan and Ivory Coast - making his debut off the bench in the former - Findlay Curtis has propelled himself into the squad with sensational post-split form at Kilmarnock.

With four goals in five games for Neil McCann's side, the on-loan Rangers winger has captured the imagination of fans far beyond Ayrshire. He has also starred when Steve Clarke has been in the crowd at Rugby Park.

"It's very early in his career to be going to a World Cup, but we just don't have enough players throughout the squad who can come on and influence a game with that sort of pace and directness," said Sportscene pundit Scott Allan.

"He is someone who can get you up the pitch."

Here's the squad again, this time in fancy graphic form.

Happy with the selection?

Ten defenders to be exact.

As Tom points out, three of them are right-backs.

Both Aaron Hickey and Nathan Patterson have endured fitness issues this season, so I'm going to assume that's down to that.

Tom English
BBC Scotland chief sports writer on BBC Scottish Football YouTube

I'm delighted for Ross Stewart. He's had incredibly bad luck with injuries.

Every time he's played, he's been very good. He's a realistic option to start.

The three right-backs is maybe a reflection that Steve Clarke is worried about injury there. It is a lot of defenders.

Andy Halliday
Former Rangers, Hearts & Motherwell midfielder on BBC Scottish Football YouTube

I know Lennon Miller personally, so I'm gutted for him.

We are taking that fifth striker, and Ross Stewart deserves it.

There's disappointment for a fellow 19-year-old, though.

Udinese midfielder Lennon Miller doesn't make it.

Andy Halliday is gutted for his former Motherwell team-mate on our YouTube reaction show, external.

Findlay Curtis, man.

Imagine you told that young fella he was going to a World Cup when he left Rangers to join Kilmarnock on loan just a few months ago.

Incredible.

Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who has been working his way back to fitness, makes the squad.

He hasn't played a minute of football since a 2-2 draw with Celtic in January.

What a story that would be in the 43-year-old's career if he turns out at a World Cup.

Wow, OK.

Ross Stewart makes it off the back of an excellent 2026 with Southampton.

He has two caps for his country, both as a substitute in 2022.

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Goalkeepers: Craig Gordon, Angus Gunn, Liam Kelly.

Defenders: Grant Hanley, Jack Hendry, Aaron Hickey, Dom Hyam, Scott McKenna, Nathan Patterson, Anthony Ralston, Andy Robertson, John Souttar, Kieran Tierney.

Midfielders: Ryan Christie, Findlay Curtis, Lewis Ferguson, Ben Gannon-Doak, Billy Gilmour, John McGinn, Kenny McLean, Scott McTominay.

Forwards: Che Adams, Lyndon Dykes, George Hirst, Lawrence Shankland, Ross Stewart.

This announcement is going to be another fancy video rather than just a neat list of names, isn't it?

We might be just five minutes away.

This is getting serious...

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Let's rewind almost 30 years ago to when a Scotland boss last had to worry about this.

The most recent Scotland World Cup squad announcement came with a surprise, as Ally McCoist was left out of France '98 by the late, great Craig Brown.

The Rangers striker, then 35, had scored 15 goals in his final season of a record-breaking Rangers career.

McCoist had scored 19 goals in 59 games for his country to that point, but had not featured since September 1997. He played two more games for his country later that year.

Brown - speaking in 2018 - said he felt "great regret" over his decision not to pick McCoist.

Will there be any shock omissions this time?

We don't want to be responsible for breaking any hearts, Yusuf.

And nothing wrong with a bit of Bing, Colin. Just make sure young Aidan is watching it on the iPlayer.

To read more from Amy regarding the goalkeeping situation - will Craig Gordon be ready? - plus who else might be in the mix, visit here.

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland

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Southampton's Ross Stewart has enjoyed a superb 2026 since missing a huge chunk of the first half of the season with a hamstring injury.

With five goals in his last 10 - including in the Saints' much-talked about Championship promotion play-off semi-final against Middlesbrough - the 29-year-old is in fine form.

The two-cap striker - who last played for Scotland in 2022 - has the play-off final to look forward to, where he will come up against fellow World Cup wannabe Oli McBurnie.

Much like Stewart, the Hull City frontman has had a fruitful campaign, with 18 goals in 41 appearances.

The 29-year-old revealed last month he phoned Steve Clarke asking for the reasons behind his absence from the international set-up.

The in-form pair have dominated recent discourse among the Tartan Army and their respective cases have strengthened with an untimely injury for Boro forward Tommy Conway.

The 22-year-old limped off in tears, 73 minutes into last Tuesday's defeat to Stewart's Saints and though his club have not released details of his injury, there is wide belief he will miss out.

After back-to-back 1-0 defeats in March in friendlies against Japan and the Ivory Coast, there was chat about Scotland's lack of cutting edge.

It's easy to forget that Lawrence Shankland was missing for those matches as he made his return from injury, but those losses still also led to chat about Steve Clarke's striking options.

The names of Ross Stewart and Oli McBurnie have come up a bit.

Here's our Amy Canavan with more...

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After the squad is revealed, Scotland boss Steve Clarke is expected to face the media at 12:00 BST.

That's not a guarantee, these things can often get delayed.

We're also hoping to stream the head coach's presser right here and on the iPlayer, providing we don't have any technical difficulties.

Fingers crossed.