Soccer-McTominay’s wonder goal lands on banknote as Scotland mark World Cup return


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group C - Scotland v Denmark - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - November 18, 2025 Scotland's Scott McTominay scores their first goal Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith

MANCHESTER, England, May 26 (Reuters) - ⁠Scotland's long-awaited World Cup return is being marked ⁠in unique fashion, with an image of Scott McTominay's ‌goal for the ages appearing on a limited-edition £20 banknote.

The Bank of Scotland has unveiled the note featuring McTominay's jaw-dropping overhead kick in a 4-2 ​victory over Denmark that sealed Scotland's place ⁠at next month's finals, ⁠their first appearance since 1998.

Only 100 of the commemorative notes ⁠have ‌been produced, with fans able to win them through a series of charity events in the coming ⁠weeks.

McTominay's acrobatic opener at Hampden Park in November ​quickly entered Scottish ‌football folklore as one of the national team's greatest ⁠goals, and ​now takes pride of place alongside an image of the Forth Rail Bridge on the new design.

The Napoli midfielder said it ⁠felt surreal.

"Things like that don't happen ​often, so to have the opportunity to put obviously a great goal on top of a banknote is something that is ⁠a bit surreal to be honest and I'm just extremely proud," McTominay told the BBC.

"I want to go to the World Cup and give a great account of ourselves and ​show everybody that Scotland is a really ⁠good team."

Scotland are in Group C with Haiti, Morocco and ​Brazil at the World Cup, which ‌kicks off on June 11 and ​is being played in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

(Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by David Holmes)

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