One-legged fan on crutches wins goal of the month award

Having only one leg did not stop Dundee United fan Tommy McKay from scoring a sensational chip during a half-time competition.

And now the 32-year-old has won the Scottish Professional Football League's goal of the month for November for his extraordinary effort.

McKay had his right leg amputated as a child after he was found to have bone cancer but scored at half-time of last month's game against Dunfermline.

The 6,000-strong crowd at Tannadice Park saw McKay run half the length of the pitch on crutches before lobbing the ball over goalkeeper Brett Long.

The avid football fan beat professional players including Jayden Stockley, Tom Rogic and Joe Dodoo to win with 80 per cent of the public vote.

McKay did not mention his disability when he entered the McEwan Fraser Legal #HomeAdvantage Challenge competition and went on to take part.

He said he was overwhelmed to have won the award.

'To have been chosen as the Ladbrokes SPFL goal of the month for November is completely overwhelming and is truly beyond my wildest dreams, especially when all the goals this month were worthy winners,' he said.

McKay, from Monifieth in Angus, added: 'You will never know how much this means to me and my family and I am eternally grateful.'

Despite losing his leg, McKay plays football for Scotland's only amputee team, Partick Thistle Amputees FC.