Glasgow awash with kilts

[Jock Scot]

EB, I agree, when the Tartan Army are on "manoeuvres" they are a wonder to behold!

[Jimmy]

I was once in Amsterdam when the Tartan Army came a callin' on the Dutch. You're not wrong about the atmosphere Jimmy, it's electric, There was a sea of Kilts and Bagpipes in every boozer and the Dutch were almost as nuts.

Fascinating thing though. There were Scotland Blue and Netherlands Orange shirts everywhere, all getting along soundly and despite the river of beer that was flowing amongst them, not a sniff of trouble. Unfortunately the same can't be said for a minority of travelling England supporters.

I was in Birmingham in 1996 when we met Holland in our section, and their fans are amazing and nuts as you say. Scots and Dutch fans really get on well together

[James Hood]

Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGVCjf6B8c

[DrCelt]

I was downtown Glasgow that day (I'm still here, actually). I've never seen so many kilted men, even at a highland games. They wore a very wide variety of shoes and "hose" with their kilts, though nearly everyone had a Scotland home kit shirt on. Good to see that even the Scots do some stuff "wrong" when they're going casual.

[Jock Scot]

I was downtown Glasgow that day (I'm still here, actually). I've never seen so many kilted men, even at a highland games. They wore a very wide variety of shoes and "hose" with their kilts, though nearly everyone had a Scotland home kit shirt on. Good to see that even the Scots do some stuff "wrong" when they're going casual.

Ah yes, but you need to understand that there is; the right way, the wrong way and the Tartan Army's way of doing things.

[Jimmy]

Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGVCjf6B8c

Thanks for that clip, I was in that crowd somewhere, and Paris is where many Scots had the Marilyn Monroe moment ( seven year itch) including myself as we stood over the huge vents from the metro with the gendarmes laughing their heads off

[LeeAnne]

Thanks for that clip, I was in that crowd somewhere, and Paris is where many Scots had the Marilyn Monroe moment ( seven year itch) including myself as we stood over the huge vents from the metro with the gendarmes laughing their heads off

So was my man! Unlike many, he gets VERY bashful when these sorts of things happen and his face goes redder than his tartan.

Which makes me laugh even more!

[Jimmy]

Tuesday October 11 when Scotland are in Spain for the do or die match should be a busy day for kilties in Glasgow and other Scottish cities

[DrCelt]

Tuesday October 11 when Scotland are in Spain for the do or die match should be a busy day for kilties in Glasgow and other Scottish cities

Och! Wish I would be here for that. Oh well, I'll just have to wear it at home in the States anyway. Go Scotland!

[Jimmy]

So was my man! Unlike many, he gets VERY bashful when these sorts of things happen and his face goes redder than his tartan.

Which makes me laugh even more!

Leeanne, if your man and the rest of us done this thing in Glasgow or anywhere in Scotland we would be arrested, the Tartan Army mostly gets away with it abroad. A few years ago when Scotland played Portugal in Lisbon, (Ally McCoist broke his leg in that game) a lot of fans where staying down in the Algarve and had an impromptu football match on the beach in front of some restaurants, a couple of dozen fans were arrested for guess what and spent the night in the cells, missing the game