McTominay Overhead Kick Lands on Rare £20 Charity Note

The Bank of Scotland has printed just 100 copies of a limited-edition £20 note carrying Scott McTominay’s overhead kick, the goal that sent Scotland to a World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Only 50 of them will ever reach the public, and every pound raised from the scramble to win one goes to a homelessness charity rather than the bank.

Most of the coverage has fixed on the souvenir and the strike behind it. The party with the most to gain sits one step back from the headline: Crisis, the charity now counting on football nostalgia to chip away at a 2040 deadline it set for itself.

A £20 Note Built Around a Third-Minute Bicycle Kick

The image comes from one of the most replayed moments in recent Scottish football. At a packed Hampden Park in November last year, Ben Doak floated a cross into the Denmark box and the Scotland midfielder launched himself backwards to volley it past goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. The clock had barely reached the third minute.

Scotland went on to win that qualifier 4-2, sealing it with two stoppage-time goals in front of more than 50,000 fans and ending a 28-year wait to return to the men’s World Cup. The note freezes the opening frame of that night. It was designed in collaboration with the player and drawn by Scottish illustrator Katie Smith, whose artwork wraps the familiar banknote layout around the airborne figure.

Each note is real money, classed as legal tender, so a winner could in theory hand it over for a round of drinks. Almost nobody will.

• 100 notes printed in total, each a £20 denomination
• 50 reserved for collectors and supporters
• 3rd minute the moment captured, from the 4-2 win over Denmark
• 28 years since Scotland last reached the men’s World Cup

Crisis Stands to Gain the Most From 100 Banknotes

Strip away the celebration and the practical story is a fundraiser. Bank of Scotland has committed 100% of the proceeds from the prize draw and auction to Crisis, its charity partner, with the money earmarked for the goal of ending homelessness in Scotland by 2040.

That target is the quiet engine of the whole exercise. A commemorative banknote would have generated a day of good press on its own. Tying it to a fixed-date pledge turns a marketing moment into recurring income for a cause that rarely competes with a World Cup goal for attention.

The charity has not hidden how much the cash matters to its frontline work.

Funds raised through the auction and prize draw of this special banknote will help Crisis support people to rebuild their lives.

That was Maeve McGoldrick, Head of Policy and Communications at Crisis Scotland. Emma Noble, Chair of the Scottish Executive Committee at Bank of Scotland, framed the player’s role plainly, thanking him “for his support in helping raise funds for Crisis as they work to end homelessness across Scotland.” You can read more about Crisis and its homelessness work on the charity’s own site.

How the 50 Public Notes Are Being Handed Out

The 50 notes set aside for supporters are split down the middle. Twenty-five go to a prize draw and 25 to an online auction, two routes with very different price tags and very different odds.

The prize draw is the cheap door. It carries a suggested entry donation of £10, with a free entry option available so the offer stays within UK lottery rules. The auction is the open-wallet door, where bidders compete for individual notes alongside signed memorabilia, including the player’s boots. Both opened at 09.00 on 22 May and close at 11.00 on 26 June, British Summer Time (BST, UK local time). The bank is also running two pop-up “vaults” in central Glasgow and Edinburgh for fans who want to see the design in person.

Full entry details and the closing rules sit on the McTominay note prize draw entry page, and the original launch is set out in Bank of Scotland’s banknote announcement.

What a Commemorative Note Is Worth to Collectors

Scarcity is the whole pitch. With only 100 printed and half of those never leaving the bank’s own hands, the public pool is tiny, and collectors of sporting memorabilia tend to pay well above face value when the supply is fixed and the moment is iconic.

The auction lots stack the deck further. A note on its own is a keepsake. A note bundled with signed boots from a player who has just carried his country to a World Cup is the kind of lot that draws serious bids, both from Scotland supporters and from collectors who never watch a match but track scarcity for a living.

The midfielder himself called the tribute “incredibly special” and said qualification meant everything to players and fans alike. That endorsement is part of the value too. Memorabilia with a documented link to the athlete, designed with his involvement, carries a provenance story that resale markets reward.

From Hampden to Foxborough: Scotland’s Road Ahead

The banknote lands weeks before the campaign it celebrates actually kicks off. Scotland sit in Group C at the 2026 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup, hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and the draw was not kind.

1. 13 June against Haiti, the opener at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough
2. 19 June against Morocco, a World Cup semi-finalist last time out
3. 24 June against Brazil, the five-time champions, in Miami Gardens

The 29-year-old at the centre of the note has become a fixture of that side since moving to SSC Napoli in 2024, where he won a Serie A title in his first season. His form for club and country is part of why his goal, rather than either of the two late strikes that actually finished Denmark off, became the image on the money. Fans wanting a warm-up read can revisit Scotland’s recent friendly against Liechtenstein and how to follow the squad before the tournament. The full group schedule is listed on Scotland’s World Cup 2026 fixtures page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Many McTominay £20 Notes Were Printed?

Exactly 100 were produced, making them genuinely rare. Half are kept by the Bank of Scotland, and the other 50 are released to the public through a prize draw of 25 notes and an online auction of 25.

How Can I Get One of the Notes?

There are two routes. You can enter the prize draw with a suggested £10 donation, or a free entry option, for a chance to win one of 25 notes; or you can bid in the online auction for the other 25, some of which come bundled with signed memorabilia.

When Does the Prize Draw and Auction Close?

Both opened at 09.00 on 22 May and close at 11.00 on 26 June, British Summer Time. That is more than two weeks before Scotland’s tournament opener on 13 June, so entries must be in well before the squad takes the field.

Where Does the Money Go?

Bank of Scotland is donating 100% of the proceeds from both the draw and the auction to Crisis, supporting the charity’s stated goal of ending homelessness in Scotland by 2040. None of the entry money is kept by the bank.

Are the Notes Legal Currency?

Yes. Each one is a valid £20 note classed as legal tender, so it can be spent like any other banknote. Given the scarcity and the sporting link, holders are far more likely to keep them as collectibles than to spend them.

The auction window shuts at 11.00 on 26 June, and the 50 public notes will be gone for good after that. Scotland’s first World Cup match in nearly three decades follows on 13 June, with Crisis collecting on a goal long after the final whistle.