{"id":602854,"date":"2026-05-25T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/602854\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:03:08","slug":"scott-mctominay-overhead-kick-featured-on-new-20-banknote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/602854\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott McTominay overhead kick featured on new \u00a320 banknote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Emma Noble, chair of the Scottish executive committee at the Bank of Scotland, said: &#8220;Securing qualification in such dramatic fashion is a moment fans will never forget, and we wanted to mark it in a way that&#8217;s rooted in Scottish identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Like football, banknotes have long been part of our country&#8217;s story, and this limited edition \u00a320 note combines those two traditions with a modern, creative twist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Scott&#8217;s overhead kick is already regarded as one of the nation&#8217;s greatest ever goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been a privilege to work with him to bring it to life in such a unique way, and we&#8217;re grateful for his support in helping raise funds for Crisis as they work to end homelessness across Scotland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 2026 edition of the World Cup will feature 48 teams and be played from 11 June to 19 July in 16 cities across the US, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland are set to face Haiti on 14 June and Morocco on 19 June in Boston and Brazil on 24 June in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma Noble, chair of the Scottish executive committee at the Bank of Scotland, said: &#8220;Securing qualification in such&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-602854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}