Scottish myths and legends were the plan. Then Scotland went to the World Cup, the Tartan Army went to America, and everything else had to wait.

In this episode: Lesley Kennedy, who is not a football fan but is absolutely a Scotland fan and knows the difference, tells the story of the Tartan Army. The FIFA Fair Play Award they won for being good tourists. The philanthropy that never makes the headlines. The twenty-eight-year wait for a World Cup. And the summer of 2026, when Scotland's supporters descended on Boston and Miami and left both cities considerably better than they found them, ninety kegs of Boston Lager lighter, seventeen statues coned, one Miami city commissioner converted, one Major League Baseball pitcher moved to tears, and the Mayor of Boston standing on the steps of City Hall in a Scotland shirt saying they were the absolu ...