Meet a 93-year-old member of the Tartan Army of Scotland soccer fans

NPR | By Lauren Frayer

Published June 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM EDT

It's Scotland's first World Cup in nearly 30 years. Moira Brown, perhaps the oldest of Scotland's Tartan Army of soccer fans, will be in Boston when Scotland's team plays against Haiti on June 13.

Lauren Frayer

Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.

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