Gordon received noisy backing from the Hampden crowd, who were cheering his name throughout the win, which was secured thanks to goals from Ross McCormack and Steven Fletcher.
Hoisting himself up on a step ladder above thenoisy elbow-to-elbow crowd, he gave a rousing speech laced with his trademark wit and intriguing brand of Republican populism ("I'm a conservative, but I'm not mad at anybody, " he likes to say).