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• Following their 1-0 win over Haiti, Scotland are looking to win consecutive games in a single major tournament for the very first time. The Scots have never won more than one game in a single tournament.
• Since the 1990 World Cup, 73% of Scotland’s goals (excluding own goals) have been scored by players whose surnames start with Mc (8/11), with all scored by different players: McCall, McStay, McClair, McAllister, McCoist, McGregor, McTominay and McGinn.

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And the party has continued at home ...

Tens of thousands of Scotland fans have the day off as the nation celebrates a winning return to the World Cup stage after almost three decades.

The first match against Haiti - where the men's team secured a crucial 1-0 victory - finished at 04:00 BST on Sunday.

The Scottish government designated today as a national bank holiday.

There is no law requiring businesses to close on bank holidays so it has been left to firms to decide if their staff should have the day off.

Just five of Scotland's 32 councils are giving the public holiday. All schools and council services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire are closed.

About 16,650 people who work for the Scottish government have the day off, and it's also a holiday for all Scotland's health boards.

In total, 237,200 public sector workers are entitled to take the holiday - 74,000 council workers and 163,200 NHS workers.

You can read more here.

Scott Mullen
BBC Sport Scotland in Boston

You may have noticed, but Scotland fans are a bit excited to be here in Boston.

However, not everyone can be so lucky.

On Saturday night, we sent our reporter Samuel Ukah to the country's biggest Scotland v Haiti watchalong to capture the atmosphere.

The video is available on our BBC Scottish Football YouTube page, which you can watch HERE, external.

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland at Atrium Health Performance Park

The "wee man" had a good night on Saturday as Scotland picked up their first World Cup win in 36 years as they returned to the biggest stage of them all for the first time in 28 years.

Ben Gannon-Doak is 20, so this is all new ground to him. And me.

Read more about his night here.

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That is that from Steven Naismith.

We are expecting Ben Gannon-Doak any minute now.

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And finally, Scotland assistant Steven Naismith spoke on whether the team will be able to adapt to Friday's opponents Morocco: "The group understand what we want out of possession regardless of who is playing where to what formation.

"Since the manager has been here, there is not going to be a drastic change from one thing or another."

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More from Scotland assistant Steven Naismith on the mood in the camp: "Confidence is high, we played well, we won a game and it puts us in a confident position that we've maybe not been in for a while."

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Scotland assistant coach Steven Naismith: "The biggest learning is the surroundings that's the positive of having two games in the same city and the same stadium.

"Good connection between the fans and the players, pitch was good. We knew the fans would be there in their numbers. It's about harnessing that. There was a nervous energy for the first game but we stood up to the challenge.

"It wasn't our best performance, Bolivia the week before was better but one game, one win."

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On Friday's opponents Morocco: "Each opposition have different threats. Haiti on the counter-attack are lightning quick. We were defensively solid.

"Morocco have athletic and intelligent players. We probably need to control the opening stages better - that's down to the opposition and the heat.

"The game plan will be different, but we will be ready come Friday."

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Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland at Atrium Health Performance Park

In a right good mood today, Steven Naismith.

I wonder why...

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On whether he has seen social media videos of the Tartan Army, Steven Naismith said: "We've seen first hand how amazing a country we are.

"That's been a big change, we've embraced that we want to be part of that experience.

"The connection has been as good as it's been. The last few days in Boston have been brilliant.

"The locals only have good things to say about us, and long may it continue."

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Scotland assistant Steven Naismith on whether it matters about how the results are achieved: "Strip football back and it is about winning, simple as that.

"When you have a successful group, they demand more, they demand a performance, the demands are within.

"Do we want to play the most enjoyable football we can? Of course, everyone does. But the first, second and third games are all going to be totally different."

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On Steve Clarke, Naismith said: "Steve keeps everyone on their toes inside the camp. He's demanding.

"I think our process has been excellent, the manager realises how big his mood will effect everyone else."

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Scotland assistant Steven Naismith has started by giving an update on team news: "Squad wise, everyone is good from the game, Scott McKenna is continuing to progress.

"It looks like tomorrow's training will be a full house."

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We did think we were going to have a delay to the start of this news conference, but Steven Naismith is here.

Quotes to follow shortly.

Scott Mullen
BBC Sport Scotland at Fenway Park

It's hard to describe the night Scotland fans experienced on Sunday at Fenway Park.

A "Scottish celebration" evening took place where easily 10,000 Tartan Army fans flocked to baseball's old lady.

There was singing, dancing in the aisles, and just an incredible experience.

The fact 99% of them had zero clue what was going on, ach that's not important.

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It's fair to say that Scotland fans are having a party.

After watching their men's side win their first World Cup match in 36 years, with a 1-0 victory over Haiti, some of the fans decided to travel to Fenway in the summer sunshine for a 'Scottish Celebration' night as the Red Sox took on the Rangers.

Ending a 28-year absence on the world's biggest stage is certainly something to celebrate.

Have a look at the video below.

Amy Canavan
BBC Sport Scotland at Atrium Health Performance Park

While many Scots were having fun at Fenway last night, some of us - and more importantly the squad - headed back down to Charlotte to Scotland’s base camp.

We’ve just arrived at the home of Charlotte FC and we’re preparing to hear from assistant coach Steven Naismith and winger Ben Gannon-Doak.

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Scotland's World Cup adventure is underway, with their next game coming against Morocco on Friday.

The Scots sit top of Group C with three points after beating Haiti and are the only team to earn maximum points from the first round of fixtures.

Assistant boss Steven Naismith and Ben Gannon-Doak are speaking to the media shortly at 15:00 BST, and you can watch that news conference at the top of this page and follow our live text.

So don't go anywhere!

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