Scotland fans dejected after loss to Morocco at World Cup

Other fan zones welcomed revellers across the length and breadth of the country.

In Glasgow large music venues like the OVO Hydro, Saint Luke’s and the O2 Academy screened the match, though they required tickets for entry, as did Dundee’s LiveHouse and the Ice Arena in Kirkcaldy.

In Aberdeen, fans flocked to places like the city’s Beach Ballroom while the Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh showed the fixture on a large screen.

Scores of smaller venues – like rugby and tennis clubs – also hosted watch parties.

An impromptu ceilidh broke out at the Inverness fan zone ahead of the match.

Revellers spun their partners for a Gay Gordon’s to the dance tune Bits N Pieces, performed by Jarad Rowan, a favourite with the Tartan Army.

A fan in Inverness told BBC Scotland News that the Scotland team was “unlucky”.

But he said he was “not deflated at all”, adding: “We’ll see what happens at Brazil.

“We’re in – next round for sure.”

Meanwhile fans at The Pitt fanzone in Edinburgh left downbeat.

Conor McCourt described the first 45 minutes as “awful”.

“It was dreadful,” he said. “Anything else would have been better than that.”