The bagpipes have fallen silent in Boston but the rows of empty beer taps tell the story: the Tartan Army has moved on, leaving a ghost town of drained kegs in its wake.
England fans descended on the city chanting "we'll drink all your beer" only to discover the departing Scotland supporters had left the shelves almost completely dry, a consequence of a week-long celebration that turned train stations into singalongs and Fenway Park into a football ground.
“England fans arrive in Boston to find Scotland's Tartan Army drank the city's beer supplies before partying with a robot in Miami.”
Earlier, Boston officials had marvelled at the scenes. The Boston Globe dedicated an emotional farewell, writing: "You came for the World Cup, but gave us something more… for a week, you turned an ordinary June into something we'll be talking about for years."
Now the party has migrated south. In Miami's Little Havana, Scotland fans marched with the Tartan Army on Monday 22 June 2026 to watch the Miami Marlins play the Texas Rangers, a bagpipe band parading in the outfield before the first pitch. Fans had earlier crammed into the Ball and Chain music bar, chanting and dancing, embracing amid confetti after a bagpipe session.
The team itself faces a do-or-die World Cup Group C finale against Brazil on Wednesday, knowing a loss could send them home. Steve Clarke's side beat Haiti 1-0 before losing 1-0 to Morocco.
Ahead of the Brazil clash, supporters were spotted partying alongside a dancing robot wearing a kilt and a traffic cone on its head — the cone prank, a tradition dating back to the 1980s, had been a common sight in Boston during Scotland's first two games.
But not every city has welcomed the antics. In Miami, a police officer foiled one fan's plan to plant a cone on a statue's head, a minor hiccup in an otherwise euphoric tour that has earned the Tartan Army admirers from Boston to Miami.