Others had taken over a business class flight from Dubai on their way here after a surprise upgrade saw several Scotland fans find themselves at the bar of an Emirates plane.
“It’s been trains, planes and automobiles and now beer,” said one person on board, while his friend added: “I’m not sure I can put a price on this trip, don’t tell the wife.”
They were sat next to Michael Wallace, 41, who had taken son Evan, 14, who was discreetly having a stein of Radler, and had travelled from Edinburgh via Stockholm, who added: “It’s a beer town, Scotland will drink its fair share of it. If there’s no Scotland, there’s no party.”
Throughout the day locals were treated to Tartan Army lyrics including “Diego Maradona, he put the English OUT, OUT, OUT”, numerous renditions of the Proclaimers and endless versions of Flower of Scotland on the bagpipes.
“We have every bit of hope about the game,” Stephanie Phinn, 34, who was with her wife Lizzie, in her late 30s, and friends said.
“These are better than we get in Glasgow,” she said as her wife and friends drank their latest stein. “Look around us, how good is this.”
While the German football team may be less easy going tomorrow, locals were enjoying the company of this week’s tourists including Helmut Wanner, 61, dressed in traditional German clothing, who decided to join in with the Scottish fans chants.
“Kein Schottland, keine Party,” he said to the delight of those wearing blue and white around him.