\n A picture of Scott McTominay’s goal has been put on display in Edinburgh (Image: Stewart Attwood)\n<\/p>\n
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\n Calls for Glasgow mural near Hampden as ‘Scotland’s best goal’ scored<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n Mural depicting Scotland World Cup hero’s goal Paisley<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n Scotland fans party for 24 hours in Glasgow after World Cup 2026 group triumph<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n Scottish leaders hail national team following ‘momentous’ win<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n \n Ross, 29, grew up just a few miles from Hampden in Newton Mearns, and now lives in the Southside<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n As a freelance photographer with nearly a decade of experience, focusing on sport, he takes thousands of snaps every match, but he knew instantly that this one was special.\n<\/p>\n \n Ross said: “I could just tell something was about to happen\u2026 You have an intuition with sports photography that you’ve got to know where the ball’s going to go, and I knew it was heading to the middle of the box.\n<\/p>\n \n “It was quite strange how I almost felt it happening a second before it did because I captured the whole sequence of the goal.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cI think being a football fan, you do have a sense of what\u2019s about to happen, but as a sports photographer in general, you do develop, just by doing hundreds and hundreds of games, maybe even thousands, a feeling of what potentially could happen in five seconds\u2019 time.\n<\/p>\n \n “You take thousands of images at every game, and you do over a hundred games a season, so to have that split moment, to capture that split moment and have such an iconic split second in time, it’s great.\n<\/p>\n \n “It’s really great to see the reaction it’s had, and as a fan of the Scotland football team, it makes it even better.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n \n Ross regularly works for the national team and covered the whole qualifying group campaign at Hampden.\n<\/p>\n \n He sent 22 images of McTominay’s goal to the SFA and was happy they picked the one they did to hang in the prestigious gallery.\n<\/p>\n \n Ross said: “I think it might be to do with the fact that there’s an image of the ball in the moment it connects with his foot, but the one that’s been displayed is maybe about a metre away from McTominay’s foot and there’s bits of grass and bits of water, rain, hitting off the ball, which I think is quite nice just to see the impact of the kick.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n This is the first time Ross has had his work displayed in this sort of environment, and he admits it’s a special moment.\n<\/p>\n \n He said: “I’m pretty used to having my images used in newspapers, social media, online, and on TV<\/a>, but there’s something special about having your work displayed in there for the public to enjoy and observe.\n<\/p>\n \n “I’ve had so many people reach out and tell me there’s a queue to see it and people are all chatting about it, which is so lovely to hear.\n<\/p>\n \n “One of the biggest compliments has been how many other photographers have praised it and reached out.\n<\/p>\n \n “It’s been so nice to have other sports photographers tell me how much they like it.”\n<\/p>\n \n \n Ross left school and studied photography at City of Glasgow College while working for his lifelong club, Pollok<\/a> FC, where he cut his teeth.\n<\/p>\n \n He heaped praise on the club, saying: “They gave me free rein to do everything for five years.\n<\/p>\n \n “They let me get things wrong for a hundred games so that I could learn how to get them right.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n Ross in action at a game (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
Ross has had to brave all weather in pursuit of the perfect pictures (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
Ross’s camera screen after he caught the goal in a burst of snaps (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
People have been queuing up to view the framed photo in the gallery (Image: Stewart Attwood)\n<\/p>\n