Joe Day, the goalkeeper for Newport FC swiftly left the pitch to be with his wife who just delivered a twin.
Joe Day was not in any way overwhelmed with his club’s winning over Middlesbrough, as he ran out of the pitch at the sound of the final whistle.
The game started at 7:45, while a Twitter post revealed that the babies were delivered at 8:13 and 8:35 respectively
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The club had tweeted this morning congratulating the stopper and revealing mum Lizzie and the girls are “all healthy and looking forward to the fifth round”.
The club manager, Michael Flynn had earlier praised Day for staying focused on the game, saying: “The professional he is, he turned his phone off.
“I didn’t hide it, believe it or not, he turned his phone off.
“As soon as the game was over and we’d won and said thank you so much gaffer, ‘can I go please?’ I said, ‘of course you can, do you need a lift?’.”
