Wigan striker Ryan Colclough was on a roll on Tuesday, having scored two of the three goals against Doncaster - which was why the fans at the stadium were perplexed to see him substituted.

The 22-year-old ran off the pitch down the tunnel and the fans only realised why some time later when the Wigan chairman David Sharpe posted a photo on Twitter of Colclough in hospital cradling his new born son.

He managed to get there just in time - still in his football kit - to welcome his second child into the world.

 

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