Oxford United forward Tyler Goodrham delivered the U’s a bundle of joy with a late equaliser – on the same day his first child was due to arrive.
The 21-year-old’s partner is pregnant and her due date was on Saturday, when Goodrham was netting an 85th-minute leveller in the 1-1 draw with Millwall.
The striker revealed that Oxford’s coaching staff were monitoring his phone in the dugout, ready to send him off to the maternity ward if need be.
“I think [only] five per cent of babies are born on their due date but the coaching staff were going to tell me during the game,” Goodrham told BBC Radio Oxford.
“But Georgia (his partner) is quite good at gauging it and knowing how her body feels so she’d have only actually called me off if the time was right and we had to go.”
Goodrham’s equaliser ended a three-match losing run for the U’s, who have slipped to within three points of the Championship’s relegation zone.
Oxford face back-to-back away games against fellow strugglers Plymouth and QPR in the next 10 days.
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Oxford United and Millwall at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday; Tyler Goodrham scores late equaliser to earn Des Buckingham’s U’s a point after Japhet Tanganga had scored for Lions.
Tyler Goodrham’s brilliant 86th-minute equaliser brought Oxford United a 1-1 draw with play-off chasers Millwall at the Kassam Stadium – and their first point in four games.
The Lions had looked comfortable as they led through Japhet Tanganga’s 45th-minute header and the home side had created very little in an uninspiring encounter.
