Tartan Army's World Cup traffic cone high jinks are taking over Scotland

Tartan Army's World Cup traffic cone high jinks are taking over ScotlandImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Duke of Wellington's cone has been an iconic image of Glasgow for more than 40 yearsByJames DelaneyBBC ScotlandPublished3 hours agoThey came. They saw. They coned.The Tartan Army's coronation of statues in Boston baffled locals and global audiences alike, however the practice has divided opinion at home.Monuments across the country have now received the treatment usually reserved for the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow.But is this the last throes of World Cup fever? Or is the Scotland faithful's new calling card here to stay?The coning of the Duke, Arthur Wellesley, outside the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), is thought to have been started by students returning home from nights out in the 1980s.The monument, showing the Duke on his faithful horse Copenhagen, was designed by the Italian artist Carlo Marochetti and erected in 1844 to commemorate his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.Why are Scotland fans putting traffic cones on statues in Boston?Published18 JuneCouncil in road cone statue pleaOver the next 30 years, Glasgow city council and some residents engaged in their own conflict around the cone.Every time the local authority removed it, at a cost, the cone would reappear and appeals for it to stop only heightened resolve.The council eventually gave up after an attempt to raise the height of the statue's plinth was defeated.It has since become something of an iconic symbol of the city and was even named by artist Banksy as his "favourite" artwork.Image gallerySkip image galleryImage caption, Edinburgh's own Duke of Wellington statue has been conedImage caption, David Hume has also received the same treatment on the Royal Mile...Image caption, ...as has Adam SmithImage caption, The Robert Burns statue in Dumfries has also been coronated with a traffic coneImage caption, Nessie has also been...