{"id":721401,"date":"2026-06-23T15:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/721401\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:34:09","slug":"world-cup-2026-can-england-fans-win-boston-hearts-after-scottish-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/721401\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: Can England fans win Boston hearts after Scottish party?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the Scottish fans who remain in the US have now moved on to Miami for their final group match against Brazil on Wednesday (23:00 BST), replaced by between 10,000 and 15,000 England supporters before their game against Ghana on Tuesday (21:00 BST).<\/a> <\/p>\n

So will the special relationship with British football supporters continue?<\/p>\n

“I think England plays more of a favourite’s role, whereas Scotland is more of an underdog, so I think it’ll be a little bit different,” added Brandon, who has now replenished his stocks of beer.<\/p>\n

“I think it’ll be a little less wild. We’ve taken Scotland under our wings. We’re in love with Scotland now, so we’re on their side. <\/p>\n

“I think there’s a lot of other teams that people here would vote for besides England. But I think Scotland definitely jumped the list coming here.”<\/p>\n

The feeling is similar at The Dubliner pub in the city centre, which became a hub for Scotland fans during their stay.<\/p>\n

“The Scots kind of really took us over,” said manager Brian McDonnell.<\/p>\n

“It’s been nothing short of crazy, you know. They’re an awesome crowd. <\/p>\n

“Very understanding that we were slammed, that we were all working long hours. So they’re a great gang to have and it’s sad to see them go, but I’m sure there’ll be other people rocking up to take their place.”<\/p>\n

When asked if England’s fans will be afforded the same welcome, he added: “We won’t maybe be hanging up an English flag outside as much as the Scottish flag, but they’re still welcome and will still have a good time.”<\/p>\n

On Monday night, footage appeared to show Marcus Mumford – lead singer of folk band Mumford & Sons – being booed during a gig at Fenway Park after jokingly blaming the rainy weather on Scotland.<\/p>\n

Indeed, chants of No Scotland, No Party could also be heard at one point. <\/p>\n

A sign perhaps, of the challenge England fans face to win over the city in the way that their Scottish counterparts managed.<\/p>\n

Some however, are confident that it can be done.<\/p>\n

“We knew from the off Boston would be one of the great cities to visit at this World Cup,” said Thomas Concannon, England Fans’ Embassy lead at the Football Supporters’ Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most of the Scottish fans who remain in the US have now moved on to Miami for their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-721401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}