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Mentions of the NYC Tartan Army in the press.

Glasgow Herald, May 2004

Sound Thinking - Out Of Touch
Ken Smith & David Belcher (page 2)

THE 12-strong East Village Tartan Army gatecrashed last month's Tartan Day Sixth Avenue Manhattan parade. Later, after the event's kilted fashion show, emigre TA footsoldier Colin Reid found a judge's scorecard, amending it by scrawling "0" on the back. Colin's zero verdict on one kiltie's dubious brown pinstripe two-piece provoked angry words. Modelling his own gear, the chap in question was designer Howie Nicholsby - creator of Jack McConnell's infamous pinstripe effort. Another guest, Craig Chalmers, showed an inebriated Colin admirable tolerance, "despite me repeatedly calling him Gavin - as in Hastings - to annoy him, and introducing him to a mate as 'some Borders clown that plays rugby'."

If you know Colin, you'll know that the C word used to describe Craig Chalmers was not 'clown'.

 

Daily Telegraph, November 2003

Fantasy football for far-flung acolytes of Tartan Army
By Robert Philip (note: you'll need to register to read it - but it's free)

Some selected quotes:

Whatever the quality of the musical prelude, the boys from the Big Apple were certainly enjoying their afternoon back home in the famous stands. The East Village TA were out in force dispensing copies of their new CD, Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls. "The Tartan Army is not an organisation," explained Colin Reid, "it's a dis-organisation. But somehow or other, we manage to meet up all over the globe, brought together by our love of fitba', beer and laughter." **

Around 70 of Colin's fellow Jocks in Manhattan, meanwhile, were following the action on a giant TV screen in Nevada Smith's Bar on Third Avenue. "There are seven of us over here for the two games, a couple taking a 'sicky', two on 'business trips' and three even on official vacation."

** Note that Colin did say the organisation bit, but credited it to its original author, Kenny Bell. The rest was, of course, completely made up. People from Macduff don't say "fitba"!


Sunday Mail, October 2002

Glasgow Herald, June 1998

What a difference a goal makes: so, back to work
By Tom Shields

Written following the 1-1 draw with Norway in Bordeaux. Contains the following:

The Tartan Army was always an amorphous, chaotic mass and I must confess I was worried to see it becoming too organized with the creation of the West of Scotland Tartan Army, the Borders Tartan Army and the Edinburgh Tartan Army (particularly since the last one has the same initials as the Basque terrorists). I thought it might be divisive. But it is really quite jolly and quite unifying when you see badges and flags of such as the Abu Dhabi Tartan Army, the Hong Kong Tartan Army and the New York East Village Tartan Army.

 

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