Scotland fans took over the concourse at the iconic Fenway Park baseball ground after their 1-0 win over Haiti in the World Cup.
The Tartan Army were invited to a match between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers and filled the stands and corridors with The Flower of Scotland and ‘Super John McGinn’.
Supporters danced around, got on each other’s shoulders, and stood triumphantly on top of bins throughout the concourse.
It was hard luck for anyone who wanted to go the toilet in peace, as even the bathrooms were filled with fans singing of McGinn’s conquests.
An estimated 5,000 fans took part in a march from the Evans Way Park to the baseball ground as the Red Sox put on ‘Scotland Day’.
Free shirts combining the Scotland flag with the logo of the Red Sox were handed out, while the mascots were wearing kilts.
Scotland fans filled the Boston Red Sox’s iconic stadium with the name of John McGinn
Around 5,000 Tartan Army members marched from a park to the baseball ground
Scotland’s fans, enjoying a first World Cup since 1998, have been popular in North America, with many wowed by their passion.
Their rendition of The Flower of Scotland before their match against Haiti was spine-tingling, and their fervour for the game so irrepressible that even a police officer joined in with the fun and games outdoors, doing keep-ups to entertain the crowd.
They have also been adopting new fans thanks to their generosity.
One bartender from Boston named Kaleigh said she generated at least $950 in tips during the course of one day shift, mostly serving Scottish fans.
‘As a girl who bartends in Boston, I am not complaining,’ she said on TikTok.
‘Shout-out to Scotland. They were most of my cutomers today and now I’m rooting for them so… let’s go Scotland!’
The Scots have been backed by some high-profile followers including Gordon Brown and Rod Stewart.
Former Prime Minister Brown watched the 1-0 win over Haiti alongside Daily Mail Sport’s chief football writer Oliver Holt.
A bartender named Kaleigh says she generated $950 in tips, mostly from Scottish fans
Holt wrote: ‘Outside and inside the ground, fan after fan came up to him to have their pictures taken with him. Groups of lads clustered around him for mass selfies.
‘Most greeted him as if he were an old friend, someone they had not seen for some time, someone they had missed. When John McGinn scored, one guy rushed over and tousled Brown’s hair. One fan shook his hand earnestly and said Brown was his hero.
‘Brown was never known for being a particularly demonstrative politician but that changes subtly at football, whether that be watching Raith Rovers or Scotland.
‘When the names of the Scotland players were read out an hour or so before match and their faces appeared on the giant screens at each end of the ground, Brown gave a thumbs-up at the mention of each one.’
Elsewhere, Scotland fans have been settling into American neighbourshoods by sharing beers with those around them.
An American man who shared viral footage of Scottish football fans playing the bagpipes at 6.30am has furthered relations between the two countries by treating them to beers.
Last week Mike Morrison, a communications director for hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, awoke to find the house across the street had been transformed into a corner of Scotland and bedecked in Saltires.
Members of the Tartan Army arrived at the property ‘in the dead of night’ on Wednesday before treating the neighbourhood to a musical performance early the next day.
After Mr Morrison shared footage of the piper – named on social media as Lewis – on X, the group have gone viral and celebrated their newfound fame with none other than the man himself.
He took to social media again on Friday to share a cheerful picture of himself with his new – temporary – neighbours, updating his followers: ‘I have made contact with the Scots and was offered an 8:00 am World Cup beer. If only I had taken the day off.’
He later returned, sharing a picture of himself heading across the street with a box of beers, adding ‘Viva Scotland’ – and said he even cooked the group breakfast.
