SCOTLAND supporters have voted in their thousands to select a new official tartan of the national team. 

The Scotland Supporters Club chose from five designs put forward by Edinburgh-based Gordon Nicolson kiltmakers on an online poll, with the winner being revealed on Tuesday. 

After keeping voting open for a week, a purple, white, yellow and red design came out on top ahead of four others based on colours used in previous Tartan Army jerseys. 

An email to the supporters read: "Thank you to the thousands of you who voted to help choose the new official national team tartan.

"We are pleased to announce that the above tartan (tartan number one) was the most popular and will now be going into production at Gordon Nicolson Kiltmakers. 

"Keep an eye out for more details in the near future as well as the opportunity to win some official national team merchandise."Glasgow Times: