Scotland left the World Cup with a lasting legacy. Of sorts, anyway. Boston mayor Michelle Wu signed a declaration of intent to make Glasgow a sister city. There should be closer economic and cultural ties for Scotland. The Boston economy certainly benefited from its week-long tartan takeover. The Scots colonised the colony of Massachusetts, making friends on the other side of the Atlantic.
The problem is, that as Steve Clarke and his players retreat to their homeland, most of the best memories of Scotland’s first World Cup for 28 years came from the kilts and the bagpipes and the tartans, from Flower of Scotland and Loch Lomond, from Fenway Park being taken over by Scots belting out The Proclaimers’ “500 Miles” as some Americans tried to get on with a bit of Major League Baseball.
