MEN IN KILTS SUFFER EURO ABUSE

PARIS It takes something extraordinary to turn heads in this city, particularly in the 10th arrondissement, which is repugnant in many areas.

Vagrants urinate next to mattresses situated along busy streets and “rough sleepers,” as they’re called here, are commonplace. There’s simply nothing extraordinary about walking past miniature tent towns of Roma. Nobody gives them a second look.

But drop two kilt-wearing men onto the streets and everyone stops to take a look. Heads turned along Boulevard Saint-Martin Sunday afternoon as a pair of Scotsman, Gary and Kevin, turned up donning aviators and Scotland jerseys. A little girl asked her mom about what she was seeing.

That fact Kevin and Gary support the only British side not involved at Euro 2016 didn’t matter. The 30-somethings have been parading around Paris, basking in the ridicule that’s been hurled their way from Irish, English and Welsh fans, who’ve had a laugh at their expense.

They’re two of the loneliest men at this tournament after booking this trip prior to Scotland officially being eliminated from Euro contention last September. The Scottish haven’t qualified for a major tournament since France 1998.

“We’ve just been telling people we never left after that World Cup,” Kevin joked.

The Scots are being represented solely by Kevin and Gary — the black sheep of Euro 2016. They’ve likely been wearing the same blue and white kit since they arrived at Euro 2016.

The British, the Irish, the Welsh all rip into them whenever they see them. It’s a kind of initiation before they join the festivities.