The Scotland team gearing up for their first World Cup game since 1998 were paid a visit by a certain Gordon Ramsay in Boston on Friday.
Scotland are set to make their first appearance in a World Cup since exiting at the group stages at France 1998.
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The Tartan Army are out in full force across the west coast as Steve Clarke’s side play Haiti in Boston on Saturday night.
While all eyes initially were on Scott McTominay’s fitness after the midfielder missed training earlier this week, Ramsay’s appearance was another noteworthy development.
Ramsay is Scottish and supports Scotland
The world-renowned chef has almost 20million Instagram followers but the fact he is Scottish might be lost on some people.
Ramsay was born in the Scottish city of Johnstone and moved to England at an early age.
Before becoming a chef, a young Ramsay had a trial with Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers before a knee injury stopped his dream of becoming a professional footballer in its tracks.
To say Ramsay recovered from that particular setback would, of course, be quite the understatement.
Speaking on talkSPORT: “I’ve always been a Scot through and through, right? That’s obvious.”
Ramsay has also teamed up with Uber Eats ahead of the tournament.
Scotland are in Boston training before they play Haiti at the Boston Stadium (otherwise known as the Gillette Stadium) on Saturday night.
After that, they play Morocco in Boston on June 19 before finishing Group C with a mouth-watering clash against Brazil in Miami on June 24.
The Scottish fans will no doubt be out in full force for this year’s World Cup and the hope is that their team progress into the knockout stages for the first time in history.
With the eight best third-ranked teams set to qualify for the newly-created round of 32 match because this World Cup has been expanded to 48 teams, that does feel like a genuine possibility.
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