New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has expressed interest to the NFL about playing a regular-season in Scotland following the Tartan Army’s takeover of Boston during the World Cup.
Thousands of boisterous Scotland fans descended upon the Massachusetts city for their opening two matches at the soccer showpiece, before they moved on to Miami for their third group match on Wednesday.
The Tartan Army, who are back at the World Cup for the first time in 28 years, overwhelmed the streets of Boston to down pints, belt out chants and party through the night as their team earned a 1-0 win over Haiti before losing by the same scoreline to Morocco.
Incredibly, local bars ran out of beer last weekend after the Scottish contingent drank four times as much as they usually sell.
And according to the Boston Globe, following the Scots’ lively stint in Boston, Kraft has informed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that the Patriots are interested in playing a regular-season game in the British country.
Scotland had not previously been floated as a potential site for the NFL’s International Series, which already includes games in England and Ireland.
The New England Patriots want to play an NFL game in Scotland after falling in love with the Tartan Army at the World Cup
Patriots owner Robert Kraft has reportedly expressed interest in playing in the British country
While this season’s international schedule is already decided, Goodell may well decide to add Scotland to the league’s 2027 slate.
Australia and France are set to stage regular-season games for the first time this coming year, while Spain and Ireland hosted their first in 2025.
If they do head to Scotland in the near future, Kraft and the Patriots will encounter some of the UK’s booziest supporters.
‘We’ve never seen anything like it,’ Billy DeCain of the Sam Adams Boston Taproom told NBC Boston about last weekend’s beer shortage.
‘The White Bull Tavern, there was no beer,’ Scottish fan Dave Orr told NBC. ‘The Scottish fans just drank the place dry and all they had was Bud Light.’
‘Pretty much everything. We ran out of everything,’ Paul Morris of The White Bull Tavern said. ‘Tennent’s being number one.
‘The fans have been unbelievable. They’re great — fun, drinking, partying — having a great time.’
