{"id":772361,"date":"2026-09-16T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772361\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:32:11","slug":"oli-mcburnies-scotland-return-can-be-new-experience-says-sebastien-pocognoli-scottish-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772361\/","title":{"rendered":"Oli McBurnie&#8217;s Scotland return can be &#8216;new experience&#8217;, says Sebastien Pocognoli &#8211; Scottish gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hull City forward Oli McBurnie was &#8220;excited&#8221; and &#8220;emotional&#8221; after being recalled to the Scotland squad after five years, says new head coach Sebastien Pocognoli. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/oli-mcburnie-potentially-perfect-scotland-37666178\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Record &#8211; subscription required, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pocognoli says McBurnie is &#8220;older&#8221; and his return to the Scotland fold will be &#8220;a new experience&#8221; for the 30-year-old. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/sport\/football\/international\/oli-mcburnie-emotional-scotland-reaction-squad-recall-alternate-motive-revenge-9058177\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotsman &#8211; subscription required, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brondby defender Luis Binks, 25, says being called up by Scotland is &#8220;different to any other sort of feeling you get within football&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16823406\/luis-binks-breaks-silence-scotland-call-up\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Raith Rovers manager Dougie Imrie backs Calum Adamson, the 19-year-old midfielder on loan from Rangers, for a call-up by Scotland Under-21s. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/5580203\/calum-adamson-raith-rovers-call-up\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courier &#8211; subscription required, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Liverpool supporters rose to welcome former player Andy Robertson on to the field as the Scotland captain came on as a substitute in Tottenham Hotspur&#8217;s EFL Cup defeat at Anfield. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/16824169\/andy-robertson-anfield-moment-liverpool-tottenham-crowd\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dundee United defender Michael Forbes exemplifies Northern Ireland&#8217;s pathway, says national boss Michael O&#8217;Neill, after the 22-year-old was recalled to the senior squad. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/dundee-united\/5580276\/michael-forbes-northern-ireland-michael-oneill-united\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courier &#8211; subscription required, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hull City forward Oli McBurnie was &#8220;excited&#8221; and &#8220;emotional&#8221; after being recalled to the Scotland squad after five&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-772361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}