Stay or go home? Tartan Army in limbo as Scotland awaits fate

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. Selling cars & air miles conundrum - what now for Tartan Army? Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Scotland fans have seen their team score once in three group gamesByScott MullenBBC Sport Scotland in MiamiPublished2 hours agoNo Scotland, no party. But what happens to the party now?

Scotland's World Cup progression hangs in the balance, with multiple favours needed to make it out of Group C. Travelling fans may not know the outcome until Saturday night, so what are they going to do until then? What do Scotland need to make World Cup knockouts?

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Published4 hours ago'Think we're going home' - Clarke & McGinn rue Scotland mistakes Published12 hours agoScotland's World Cup hopes on brink after 3-0 defeat by Brazil Supporters weren't even back from the stadium before another nail was slammed into the Scotland World Cup coffin. Because over in Group A, South Africa stunned South Korea to leave the Koreans third on three points but with a better goal difference than Steve Clarke's side. With eight third place finishers progressing to the round of 32, Scotland are seventh best with only three of the 12 groups completed.

Can Scotland hang on to reach the knockout phase for the first time? Fans plan next moves Figure caption, Scotland hopes on the brink following defeat against BrazilIf Scotland make it through, there are three possible destinations. A return to Boston to meet the Group E winners, likely to be Germany, on Monday, 29 June (21:30 BST).

A second route already has the opponent confirmed - Mexico in Mexico City at 02:00 BST on Wednesday, 1 July. There is also a slim chance of facing the winner of Group I, France or Norway, at the New York/New Jersey Stadium on Tuesday, 30 June (20:00 BST). Dave Watson, who is a presenter on the No Scotland No Party podcast, had initially shown his ambition and booked a flight home after the final.

What Experts Say

He told Scotland his plan now is to go to New York on Thursday to hang about until Scotland's fate is decided. "My dad's got a flight home on Friday," Callum from Linwood told us, "He's away back to work, but I chucked my job and sold my car to come here, so I'm not going home now. I'll stay and see what happens.

"Spare a thought for Alan Horsburgh, who has a bundle of conundrums to work through. "I am going from Orlando to Reykjavik then home to Copenhagen where I live. "I have a five-hour bus journey from Miami up to Orlando tomorrow and on that five-hour bus journey I will be looking at the eight million different permutations to try to work out if we're going to get through and where we might play.

"I would do one of two things which is decide to get my flight home and then go home or look at options to book for my wife to fly back out. "I can get her with air miles some really cheap flights to Boston which would be absolutely perfect, not so perfect if we end up playing in Mexico City.

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