The streets of Boston were flooded with kilts and bagpipes Sunday as Scotland’s ‘Tartan Army’ marched to Fenway Park — a victory lap after the team won its first World Cup game at Boston Stadium the night before.
Thousands Join the Celebration
Thousands of Scottish supporters made their way from Evans Way Park to Fenway for the Red Sox game, taking over Lansdowne Street to celebrate their 1-0 victory over Haiti.
Though some fans did skip the march, opting to head straight to the bar instead. ‘I’m wearing my what we call our falling down kilt, this is our drinking kilt, OK? This is so we get buried and don’t have to worry about it,’ John Dunne said.
Fans used a different mode of transportation to get to the World Cup game in Foxborough on Saturday. The MBTA is offering 20,000 tickets for every match at Boston Stadium, and they were sold out on Saturday.
World Cup tickets start at around $1,000 depending on which game you’re going to, but bleacher seats at Fenway are closer to $50. Fans say they’re a lot more affordable and they wanted to see the American way of life.
Original reporting: NBC10 Boston — read the source article.
