And their trip up to Edinburgh gave us the chance of our Euros rematch with Germany… at foosball.
Of course, damningly, the Germans were even better at the table football version.
And we lost 8-2, with the Germans as gracious in victory as they were after our Munich mullering.
Mine host Harald looked after us, for our double matchday function at Riddles Court, as well as any Munich bierkeller owner.
You’ll perhaps have heard how the 200,000-strong Tartan Army drank Munich dry.
And that is no small beer in boozy Bavaria.
Swiss timing
The Tartan Army, of course, packed up camp and moved on to their next base for the match against Switzerland in Cologne.
And the Swiss were outnumbered here among the Scottish guests at Riddles Court as they were in the Koln stadium.
Food for thought
With a point now in the bag and qualification still alive it’s now Hungary in Stuttgart.
Where we picked up a little local knowledge from the mayor of Stuttgart, no less, on what culinary treats await.
So that’ll be the Schwäbische Maultaschen then, a large ravioli, filled with meat, onions and spinach.
Or the Zwiebelrostbraten, literally an ‘onion roast’ with the beef cooked in a gravy flavored with garlic and the onions.
All washed down with the Stuttgarter Hobrau and a schnaps chaser which the Scots will learn about soon enough.
This Scot was a quick learner when he was presented with a shot glass and a stein at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.
A different ball game
Now, of course, that many Scots can’t be shoehorned even into the biggest stadium and that’s where fanzones come into play.
And the fanzone in Schlossplatz boasts a football pitch, beach football, foosball, e-sports and teqball.
Teqball, you say… well, it’s a cross between sepak takraw or foot volleyball and table tennis which will be new to all of us.
Bet the Germans are better than us and everyone else at that too.
Which we know all about from our Euros rematch with Germany… at foosball.
