In the 1998 football World Cup finals, Scotland played Norway in their second group match, final score 1-1. Bizarrely, Scotland were playing in yellow that day:
I watched the match in a gigantic marquee on Glasgow Green with around 3-5,000 other members of the Tartan Army. By kick-off time, 3pm, most attending had been partying and drinking alcohol of one sort or another for 3-4 hours. Then, from one side entrance came two guys in Norway football tops. You could have heard a pin drop.
The crowd parted like the Red Sea as the two lads made their way to one of the many bars. It must have felt like the longest walk, EVER! But, by the time they had gotten only halfway through the masses, some applause broke out, presumably at the thought that they had found the nerve/bottle to enter the fray. By the time they were nearing the bar, the whole place was in uproar, cheering away and patting them both on the back.
Suffice it to say, they never had to pay for a beer or whisky all through the match!
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