{"id":648105,"date":"2026-06-20T00:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648105\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T00:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T00:54:13","slug":"scotland-fans-drink-boston-bars-dry-as-tartan-army-descends-for-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648105\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland fans drink Boston bars dry as Tartan army descends for World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boston<\/a>\u2019s pubs are facing an unexpected challenge as thousands of Scottish football fans<\/a> descend on the city for the World Cup<\/a>, reportedly causing a significant shortage of beer. <\/p>\n

Over 20,000 members of the Tartan Army<\/a> have travelled to Massachusetts for Scotland\u2019s opening two group stage matches.<\/p>\n

Beyond the pitch, these enthusiastic supporters have embraced American culture, including a visit to Fenway Park to watch a Boston Red Sox <\/a>game. <\/p>\n

The influx of thirsty fans has led to an unprecedented surge in demand, with numerous establishments across the city reporting dwindling beer supplies. <\/p>\n

\"Scotland\u2019sScotland\u2019s Tartan Army march to Boston\u2019s Fenway Park baseball stadium (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Noelle Somers, chief operating officer at Hennessy\u2019s Bar in central Boston, highlighted the scale of the phenomenon, stating that trade following the Scotland v Haiti match had tripled that of St Patrick\u2019s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She told the Boston Globe: \u201cWe\u2019ve been here for over 30 years and we\u2019ve never seen anything like it.\u201d <\/p>\n

The bar ran out of beer on Sunday night before being restocked on Monday morning. Another delivery is due on Thursday, ahead of the Scotland vs Morocco match on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Brewing company Sam Adams has also seen its Boston taproom running dry over the weekend as demand for its Boston lager was four times higher than during a holiday period.<\/p>\n

\"ScotlandScotland fans wearing kilts and playing the bagpipes during the march to Fenway Park (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Many bars in the city have been flooded with blue, tartan and the Saltire as the Tartan Army make Boston their home.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s only dedicated Scottish bar is The Haven, which has become a hub for Scotland fans.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the World Cup, owner Jason Waddleton ordered in more than 100 kegs of Tennent\u2019s to ensure fans can enjoy their favourite drink.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, hundreds of England<\/a> supporters in Dallas <\/a>reportedly defied police requests to disperse from a pub, having consumed over 5,000 beers<\/a> ahead of the Three Lions\u2019 World Cup opener.<\/p>\n

Many of those supporters stayed out until late on Tuesday night at the Londoner Pub in the US city, with some in fancy dress and draped in St George\u2019s flags.<\/p>\n

Despite the pub advertising a later closing time, fans were ordered to move on by bar staff and two police officers just before 10pm.<\/p>\n

The pub was eventually cleared, but many remained on the balcony outside the building for another couple of hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-648105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}