BOSTON — Donny Strathie, a 76-year-old Scotland supporter from Grangemouth, died after collapsing at a hotel in Boston on Sunday. Strathie had traveled to Boston with friends and family members from Canada, and the Scotland vs. Morocco match would have been his first Scotland World Cup game.

Friends and family plan to honor Strathie with applause during the 76th minute of the Scotland vs. Morocco match, which will take place on Friday at Boston Stadium. A bagpipe player will perform Flower of Scotland outside the hotel where Strathie died on Friday morning.

Scotland men's national team manager Steve Clarke addressed the media at a press conference ahead of the Morocco match. "Among all the great news around the World Cup for Scotland this is obviously very sad. It's sad for his family, his daughters and his grandchildren. I think Donny's ambition was to see Scotland at a World Cup again." Clarke said. Scotland has not previously advanced to the World Cup knockout stages.

Strathie was best friends with Stewart Easton, who is the father of family friend Lynne Connell. Strathie and Easton grew up watching Scotland and Falkirk football matches. Strathie held a season ticket for Falkirk football club. They had traveled together with the Tartan Army to attend matches in Wembley, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Malta, and Lithuania.

Easton recently suffered a heart attack and could not travel to the World Cup. He commented on his long-standing friendship with Strathie. "Since we started going to away games, the two of us have always travelled together. This is the first time he's been away without me." Easton said. He added that Strathie had planned for this World Cup trip. "You only get the World Cup every four years, and there's always something that can crop up and stop that. But this year he was ready for it, we qualified for a change, and he wanted to go there and fulfil his life dream." Connell explained the origin of the tribute. "We thought what can we do to try and get Donny to the game. So, we basically has this idea about the 76th minute campaign - trying to bring Donny there in spirit."