BOSTON (AP) — Fresh off Scotland capping its first World Cup appearance in 28 years with a historic victory, the Tartan Army marched to Fenway Park and joined Red Sox Nation on Sunday night.

Thousands of Scottish revelers marched from a public park about a half-mile away from Boston’s 114-year-old baseball stadium and down a street behind the center-field bleachers before filling the bars behind the fabled Green Monster.

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