FOOTBALL supporters will see armed cops outside Hampden Stadium this weekend for the Scottish Cup final.

Police Scotland confirmed that the specialist unit will be at the Southside sporting venue as Aberdeen prepare to take on Celtic on Saturday.

This is part of the policing plan which is always prepared for big events.

A policing plan will be in place for big shows at the SSE Hydro including a concert to celebrate the Lisbon Lions tomorrow, comedian Micky Flanagan on Friday and rockers Kiss on Saturday.

Chief Constable Phil Gormley said: “As part of the UK-wide response to these events, Police Scotland continues to review all safety and security plans and operations.

“This includes ensuring our armed policing and specialist resources are appropriately deployed.

“People will therefore see armed police on patrol at transport hubs and crowded places. There is no intelligence to suggest there is any threat to Scotland but I would ask the public to remain alert and report anything suspicious.

“We continue to liaise with the UK authorities in response to this incident.”

The venues have also reassured the public by signalling they will up security.

The Scottish Event Campus, which includes the SSE Hydro, said: “Our current security operation considers information provided to us by Police Scotland and is scaled appropriately to each event. We will be liaising with the police regarding our security arrangements with the necessary measures put in place to provide further reassurance to those attending or working at events in and around our venue.”

Meanwhile, Glasgow’s o2 Academy and o2 ABC venues have said they will not be defeated by what happened.

The o2 Academy in the Gorbals will host a sold-out Erasure show on Saturday.

They assured fans that security will be paramount.

A spokesman said: “For the next 48 hours, our social media activity will be silent in sympathy with all those that lost their lives or were injured, physically and/or mentally, by the devastating attack in Manchester last night. Our thoughts are with those effected as well as the emergency services working tirelessly to keep us safe in all that we do.

“We will update on Thursday morning with our updated plans for all our shows following a lead from the relevant police forces but we are certain we will not be defeated by such cowardice.

“All shows are scheduled to continue at this time and as part of our ongoing commitment to ensure safety of our customers, security measures have been enhanced to reflect yesterday’s events.”