{"id":67294,"date":"2026-02-25T11:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/scotland-fans-given-all-clear-to-wear-their-sporrans-at-world-cup-matches\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:55:17","slug":"scotland-fans-given-all-clear-to-wear-their-sporrans-at-world-cup-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/scotland-fans-given-all-clear-to-wear-their-sporrans-at-world-cup-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland fans given all-clear to wear their sporrans at World Cup matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Fifa to allow traditional Highland accessory into grounds<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Tournament rules only permit certain types of bags<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scotland fans have been given the all-clear to wear their sporrans at the team\u2019s matches at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament rules only permitted certain types of bags into stadiums, and the pouch traditionally worn by Scots at the front of their kilt was deemed too large to meet the strict criteria.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/feb\/25\/scotland-fans-allowed-wear-sporrans-world-cup-matches\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifa to allow traditional Highland accessory into grounds Tournament rules only permit certain types of bags Scotland fans have been given the all-clear to wear their sporrans at the team\u2019s matches at the 2026 World Cup. Tournament rules only permitted certain types of bags into stadiums, and the pouch traditionally worn by Scots at the &#8230; <a title=\"Scotland fans given all-clear to wear their sporrans at World Cup matches\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/scotland-fans-given-all-clear-to-wear-their-sporrans-at-world-cup-matches\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scotland fans given all-clear to wear their sporrans at World Cup matches\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}