{"id":272225,"date":"2026-06-19T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272225\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:29:11","slug":"scottish-world-cup-fans-issue-brutally-honest-review-of-nyc-after-drinking-boston-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/272225\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish World Cup fans issue brutally honest review of NYC after drinking Boston dry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scotland fans <\/a>who have traveled to the U.S. to watch their team compete in the World Cup already have strong opinions about two major cities.<\/p>\n

Both of Scotland\u2019s first-round matches have been slated for Boston Stadium, leading to a fan takeover \u2014 reportedly 20,000 strong \u2014 of that city. Scotland beat Haiti 1-0 last week and are slated to take on Morocco Friday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Social media has been ablaze with videos of Scotland\u2019s Tartan Army taking over the streets, marching with bagpipers to Fenway Park in the heart of the city, and, most notably, drinking the city dry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So when hordes of fans traveled to New York City during the week between Scotland\u2019s two first round matches, they were asked how it stacks up against Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve noticed it\u2019s not as good as Boston,\u201d one fan told ESPN of the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

\"Scotland<\/p>\n

Scotland fans took to the streets in Boston ahead of the team\u2019s match against Morocco (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

\"Scotland<\/p>\n

Scotland fans are preparing for the team\u2019s Friday night matchup against Morocco (PA)<\/p>\n

Another was eager to get back to Boston, saying: \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get back to the good American side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others were left with better impressions of New York City, saying the people were \u201cvery friendly, very welcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scotland fans have certainly been making the most of their time<\/a> in the Massachusetts state capital. Multiple bars have reported running out of beer and needing emergency shipments.<\/p>\n

Noelle Somers, chief operating officer at Hennessy\u2019s Bar in central Boston, told the Boston Globe that demand after Scotland\u2019s match against Haiti tripled that of St. Patrick\u2019s Day. The bar ran out of beer Sunday night and was restocked Monday morning. They were expecting another delivery Thursday ahead of Scotland\u2019s matchup against Morocco.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been here for over 30 years and we\u2019ve never seen anything like it,\u201d Somers told the publication.<\/p>\n

Brewing company Sam Adams also reported running out, with demand for its Boston lager four times what its taproom typically sees during a holiday period.<\/p>\n

\"Scotland<\/p>\n

Scotland fans have been drinking parts of Boston dry (PA)<\/p>\n

\"About<\/p>\n

About 20,000 Scotland fans have traveled to Boston to watch Scotland\u2019s World Cup matches (PA)<\/p>\n

Beyond the imbibing during their stay in New England, Scotland fans have also adopted a Rhode Island-based mascot: Dawn the Duck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The feathered supporter with a significant social media following donned a Scottish flag on his back, alongside his signature golden medallion, to lead the procession ahead of Friday\u2019s World Cup fixture<\/a> against Morocco.<\/p>\n

Dawn is well-known as a \u201crally duck,\u201d having first gained prominence in 2024 after attending a Providence College Friars basketball game. However, he was subsequently prohibited from the stadium due to animal welfare concerns.<\/p>\n

His participation follows a trend, with Mexico fans previously adopting a duck named Merlin as their own unofficial mascot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland fans who have traveled to the U.S. to watch their team compete in the World Cup already…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7064,104903,68725,9,104902,56,63,65,64,9360,104901,95879],"class_list":["post-272225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-boston","tag-boston-globe","tag-morocco","tag-new-york","tag-noelle-somers","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-scotland","tag-scotland-fans","tag-world-cup-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}