10,000 Scotland Fans Turn Fenway Park Blue After World Cup Win Over Haiti
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 15
10,000 Scotland Fans Turn Fenway Park Blue After World Cup Win Over Haiti
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 15
Summary
More than 10,000 Scotland supporters packed Fenway Park for a Red Sox "Scottish Celebration" night, far above an initial estimate of about 4,000.
Boston's baseball crowd was overtaken by Tartan Army songs, tartan Red Sox jerseys and Highland-themed pageantry after Scotland's World Cup win against Haiti.
The crossover atmosphere turned Fenway into a shared party, with Scots singing through the game, celebrating a child catching a ball and roaring at a live on-screen engagement.
The Red Sox lost 6-4 to Texas, but the result was largely secondary to a night that many fans treated as part of Scotland's wider World Cup pilgrimage in Boston.