Fans celebrate as Scotland qualify for the World Cup finals

The scene at the end was a thing of sheer beauty. For half an hour, the tartan-clad wave of humanity which had descended on Mount Florida felt as if they'd been taken to a celestial place by what they'd just witnessed. All around you, chaos ensued. Strangers embraced like long-lost brothers and sisters. Children were perched on shoulders so they could catch a glimpse of the magnificent mayhem which was unfolding on the pitch.