Let’s hope we can all keep on partying for at least another seven days - Vladimir McTavish


And I’m sure most of Europe will be rooting for us too, because nobody wants to see the Tartan Army heading home early. Pretty much everyone bar the Hungarians wants our party to continue.
And we’re still partying despite that dreadful opening night, when the fans turned up with all their predictable noise and colour, but the players didn’t. Even our solitary goal was scored by a German player, I’m told. I don’t remember. I started drinking heavily before half-time.
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Hide AdI have lots of mates who have shelled out loads of hard-earned cash to actually be at the tournament. At the start I was envious of them. This time last week, I was glad I stayed at home. It was bad enough to watch on TV back here in Scotland, so goodness knows how it must have felt for the faithful to have witnessed the massacre of Munich.
A friend of mine is at the Euros with his seven-year-old son. After the opening match, the poor child could have been scarred for life. Now, after the Swiss game the boy will have memories with which to bore his own grandkids in years to come about Scotland’s heroic 1-1 win in Cologne.
The Scotland fans have been quite simply superb ever since they started arriving in Germany. Even in the midst of the depressive debacle of the 5-1 thumping by the hosts, they have done their best to put a smile on the nation’s face, and the whole of the rest of Europe’s face too.
At last, on Wednesday the team gave them the performance the supporters deserved. It was nerve-wracking stuff but at least we’re still in the tournament. And we’re raring to do it all again tomorrow.
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Hide AdLet’s hope we’re all still partying a week from now. After the mauling in Munich and the comeback in Cologne, let’s hope and pray we don’t see a stutter in Stuttgart tomorrow. Come on, boys, No Scotland, no party. Let’s hope we can all keep on partying on for at least another seven days. Mon, Scotland!