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Why are these fans taking a school bus to the World Cup?

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How do you get to the World Cup without shelling out a fortune?

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Well, maybe you take a school bus.

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That's where the Providence Tartan Army comes in.

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We were very disappointed in Boston.They robbed us blind.

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Instead of paying $80 for commuter rail tickets to and from Foxborough, these Scotland fans chartered a fleet of more than 20 yellow school buses.

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We spoke to a few bus companies, and the prices were incredible.So we then had a little bit of a joke.Let's get some school buses.The schools are off.And all of a sudden, we rented almost every school bus in Rhode Island.We've also got about $16 ,000 of beer.

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And then we've got the biggest backlog party in Steelgate you've ever seen.

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and onto the buses before we get on.

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I got to ride with the Tartan Army for game one against Haiti.

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And it's a lot more comfortable than I was expecting.And it's super fun out here.

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School buses and, well, back home are traditional larger buses.The yellow bus idea is more that we watch on The Simpsons, really.

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The ride was only about 45 minutes long, and the beer was flowing throughout.

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I've never been on a school bus like this before.

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Thousands more Scots descended on Providence this week for the World Cup, but not all of them will be watching at the stadium.

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It suddenly grew arms and legs, it became a monster, and we estimate now there's maybe 12 ,000 Scots in Providence.

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They're hoping to party the way Scots know best.

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I met this guy two days ago and he's like a brother already.We heard Scotland the Brave playing so we had to come find our way here and they immediately welcomed us in, gave us sunglasses, gave us a drink and made us feel at home.I'm so grateful that I live in this city that has put this event on.

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