Earlier in the week, Uefa had acceded to a request to have a crowd at the game, which comes while the stadium is under their control in the build up to the delayed Euro 2020 tournament.

The Scottish FA proposal was submitted following the seating template used for Euro 2020 games at Hampden.

That would have housed all fans in the lower part of the south stand, with the rest of the stadium believed to be out of commission due to preparatory work.

However, the Scottish government says two-metre physical distancing will be needed, rather than the 1.5m that will allow 12,000 fans at the Euros.

As of Monday, at least 500 fans people can attend outdoor events in Scotland without specific permission.

That includes all of next week’s SPFL play-off finals, all of which will take place in stadiums significantly smaller than Hampden.

The Scottish FA had said in April that no supporters would be inside the national stadium for the final.

It was initially claimed that the preparatory work for the Euros would prevent Hampden receiving a safety certificate from the local authorities, then Uefa’s management of the stadium was cited as an issue.

Why are only 600 fans allowed?

BBC Scotland’s chief sportswriter Tom English

Confusion has reigned since the Scottish FA announced that only 600 fans will be allowed into Hampden. That’s 600 in a 52,000-seat stadium.

The head-scratcher comes in the fact that much, much smaller stadiums in Scotland – Dundee, Greenock Morton, Airdrieonians and Brechin City – will be allowed 500 fans for the divisional play-offs.

How come Hampden can only have 100 more fans than those grounds? And how come Hampden – only three weeks later – can suddenly have 12,000 at the Euros?

The available capacity for Euros matches is 12,000, with social distancing set at 1.5m. The Scottish FA applied to government for 2000 fans at the cup on the same operational plan.

Given Uefa building works are ongoing at Hampden, the available capacity for the final is actually between 8,000-12,000, with the realistic number a lot closer to the 8,000. Again, that’s at 1.5m distancing.

But the government has insisted on two metres. According to the Scottish FA, that government only revealed this after their application was submitted on the basis of 1.5m. There is some tension between the two around this.

At 2m, the maximum number of seats falls to between 4,000 and 5,000. So a long way short of the initial 52,000.

All of this, ultimately, means that the 600 tickets secured is between 12% and 15% of the available capacity.