Watch: Scotland fan falls off pub table while playing bagpipes as Tartan Army descends on Munich

Thousands of supporters were already enjoying the German sunshine on Wednesday, before more and more followed over the past 24 hours as Marienplatz, the central square in Munich, became a sea of blue shirts.

Footage posted on social media shows how one bagpiper toppled off a table as he serenaded a packed bar of Scotland supporters in the city. The man in question was thankfully unhurt, and quickly returned to his musical performance.

There have been difficult moments for some supporters and the local authorities, however, with some Scotland supporters coming under attack on Wednesday night.

A reporter from the Daily Record witnessed an eruption of violence in Munich as two thugs began throwing chairs at a group of fans who were drinking in a beer garden in Marienplatz.

A scuffle then broke out, with the assailants proceeding to throw glasses at the group. Police soon arrived at the scene, with Scotland fans reportedly singing “cheerio, cheerio” as the two men were arrested and taken away.

Scotland face Germany on Friday before they meet Switzerland in Cologne on Wednesday and Hungary in Stuttgart on Sunday.

Scotland cheered on by enough fans to fill Aberdeen population

By Neil Johnston

Nearly four per cent of the population of Scotland could descend on Germany as the Euros get under way.

The British Consulate in Munich has estimated as many as 200,000 Scotland fans could arrive in Germany for the group stages.

Scotland take on hosts and four-time World Cup winners Germany in the opening game of Euro 2024, the first major tournament abroad for the Tartan Army since France 1998.

The number of Scotland fans descending on Munich for the tournament’s opener dwarfs the 40,000 England fans expected to arrive in Gelsenkirchen in northern Germany for the Three Lions’ first match against Serbia on Sunday.

Munich Tourist Board has said it expects up to 100,000 Scots over the next two days, nearly the equivalent of all of Dundee and around one in 50 of the nation’s entire population.

However the consulate’s upper estimate would see the equivalent of all of Aberdeen, Scotland’s third biggest city, visit Germany. Scotland has a population of 5.5 million.