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Scotland fans left fuming after farcical Youtube live stream blunder leaves even HAMPDEN staff struggling to find it

-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)
-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)


Scotland fans were left raging after the YouTube stream of their clash with Croatia was delayed in starting - and even the TV operators at HAMPDEN were struggling to find the game more than five minutes in.

After no major TV broadcasters in the UK were able to agree a deal to pick up the Nations League A clash - the game was once again made free to air via the national team's Youtube channel - as it had been for the previous two matches against Portugal and Croatia last month. The fixture was also live-streamed on Viaplay International's Youtube channel along with all the other Nations League fixtures on Friday night.

And it's just as well that punters had that second option, with a calamitous error seeing coverage on the Scotland Youtube channel not get underway until AFTER kick-off at the national stadium. A video on X was captured the farcical nature of the coverage, with Hampden officials frantically trying to search for the live stream on Youtube after the game got underway.

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Fans on the social media platform also voiced their fury about the big blunder which saw those watching on the Scotland stream miss the national anthems. One wrote: "Fantastic @ScotlandNT no national anthem and starts 10 seconds into the game. Surely we all deserve better?"

Another added: "Missed the anthems cause the YouTube stream hadn’t started - we are a joke". While a third said: "Stream was late, poor show."

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