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The Bank of Scotland has unveiled a limited-edition £20 statement featuring an image inspired by Scott McTominay’s celebrated overhead kick. It has been created to observe Scotland’s return to nan World Cup, and fans will person a chance to triumph 50 of nan 100 notes successful nan coming weeks.
The creation blends accepted banknote elements pinch imagery inspired by McTominay’s World Cup qualifying extremity for Scotland against Denmark. The squad sealed their spot astatine a first men’s World Cup since 1998 pinch a melodramatic 4-2 win astatine Hampden Park successful Glasgow past November, erstwhile McTominay scored nan first extremity pinch an overhead kick.
The midfielder said: “Moments for illustration that beryllium to everyone who follows nan team, truthful seeing my extremity featured connected a Scottish banknote feels incredibly special.
“Being capable to activity pinch Bank of Scotland to move it into thing that besides supports Crisis, and nan activity they do to tackle homelessness, makes maine moreover much proud.”
Emma Noble, chair of nan Scottish executive committee astatine nan Bank of Scotland, said: “Scott’s overhead footwear is already regarded arsenic 1 of nan nation’s top ever goals. It’s been a privilege to activity pinch him to bring it to life successful specified a unsocial way.”
Fifty notes are up for grabs done a operation of collector auctions and a prize draw, pinch nan proceeds supporting Crisis Scotland.
The online auction is unrecorded and runs until 11am connected Friday 26 June, and fans tin participate nan prize tie until 11am that day.
