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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Kyle Hightower

Boston, Scotland World Cup fans brought together in soccer kinship, celebration and love of beer

Boston WCup Soccer Reaction - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Ever since Scotland fans learned they’d begin the country’s ninth World Cup appearance in Boston, plans were being made for a party.

“I knew there was going to be a tsunami of Tartan Army (Scotland fans),” said Jason Waddleton, a Scotland native and owner of The Haven, a Scottish restaurant and bar in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood since 2010.

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