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SCOTLAND fan Ryan Pearson yesterday paid the ultimate price for Kenny Miller’s super strike against the Auld Enemy.

He promised on Twitter that he would get the veteran striker’s name tattooed on his bum if he scored against England last week.

And he was as good as his word yesterday, going through with the painful procedure – thanks to Kenny’s brilliant goal at Wembley.

Ryan, 20, of Falkirk, was the only member of the Tartan Army not celebrating when Miller hit the

back of the net to put Gordon Strachan’s men 2-1 up.

The hospital worker had been so sure Miller had no chance of scoring, he boasted to followers on Twitter he would get Kenny Miller Goal Machine tattooed on his backside if he did manage to find the net.

After Miller scored, the tweet went viral, and left Ryan with no option but to get inked.

(Image: Phil Dye/Daily Record)

Ryan was joined at the tattoo parlour by his dad, Sean, 46, and brother Cameron, 19, who came along to offer him support.

He said: “I was a bit nervous at first but I’m glad it’s over. It was a bit sore, but it will probably take a few days for it to sink in what I have done.

“I’m glad I did it though. I wasn’t even drunk when I sent out the tweet, so I don’t even have that as an excuse.

“When Kenny scored, I did celebrate at first, but then my mates remembered what I had promised – and they weren’t going to let me renege.”

The tattoo was done by Kevin Mooney, of Oldtime Classic Tattoos, who waived the usual £50 fee.

Kevin has worked as a tattoo artist in Falkirk for the last eight years and opened his own shop in the town just two weeks ago.

He said: “This is one of the more unusual requests we have had. We generally don’t do football tattoos, but once Ryan’s tweet went viral we decided to do it for him.

“The tattoo went really well, he sat still very well.

“The bum is a bit of a nippy place to get done but Ryan hardly flinched.”

Ryan’s dad Sean added: “Ryan did well to go through with it, although he didn’t have much of a choice after everyone on the internet saw what he had been boasting about.”