Russell Martin's had a busy weekend...

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They''ve just read out a text on '' Canary Call '' from Russell Martin''s brother saying that the Norfolk Cafu had to rush back to Norfolk overnight for the birth of his new baby.Perhaps we''ll let him off his little mistake then....[;)]

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="......and Smith must score."]They''ve just read out a text on '' Canary Call '' from Russell Martin''s brother saying that the Norfolk Cafu had to rush back to Norfolk overnight for the birth of his new baby.Perhaps we''ll let him off his little mistake then....[;)][/quote]I wonder if his wife will........[;)]

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[quote user="lappinitup"][quote user="......and Smith must score."]They''ve just read out a text on '' Canary Call '' from Russell Martin''s brother saying that the Norfolk Cafu had to rush back to Norfolk overnight for the birth of his new baby.Perhaps we''ll let him off his little mistake then....[;)][/quote]I wonder if his wife will........[;)][/quote][:D]

[FenwayFrank 2,717]

Congratulations to Russ on a new son, he looked so pleased when he was interviewed on ssn

[OldRobert 38]

Congratulations to Russell and his wife on the birth of their son.[:D]

[hogesar 10,762]

So pleased for our legend of a captain! Great goal too.

[Katie Borkins 1]

I hope he calls his son Martin.

[Shyster 0]

[quote user="Bor Bor Bor"]I hope he calls his son Martin.[/quote]Just so long as he doesn''t call him Dean.

[Branston Pickle 4,150]

He said he travelled up on the plane with the directors today after his son was born last night. There''s two views to this:

- the ''romantic'' sporting angle - what a great weekend, what a captain and what a great guy, scoring the goal to gain the draw; certainly something he''ll never forget

....or....

- what the hell was he doing playing football today when he should be with his newborn son; he should have been on paternity leave.

[Unhinged Canary 375]

[quote user="Branston Pickle"]He said he travelled up on the plane with the directors today after his son was born last night. There''s two views to this:

- the ''romantic'' sporting angle - what a great weekend, what a captain and what a great guy, scoring the goal to gain the draw; certainly something he''ll never forget

....or....

- what the hell was he doing playing football today when he should be with his newborn son; he should have been on paternity leave.[/quote]Playing, and subsequently scoring, at Anfield for the club he loves against missing a few hours of screaming and pooing for something that''ll be around a lot longer than his playing career.....No contest.

[Branston Pickle 4,150]

Don''t disagree with that, necessarily -but my wife certainly doesn''t agree!

[Katie Borkins 1]

You wouldn''t be with your newborn son as typically you would not be discharged from hospital until the day after at best.

So, sit around drinking machine coffee and making small talk with fellow new fathers, or play the game you love at an iconic ground with the chance of scoring a fine goal?

Tricky one.

[Buh 0]

Something to tell the littlun when they grow up!

[Gainer the Gopher 0]

He''s not a doctor, and he can''t breastfeed the boy, so he really doesn''t need to be there, especially if there''s plenty of family already there for mom.

[lincoln canary (& Golden Coppel) 0]

So he left at 11pm last night to be with his wife who gave birth at 10am.

So he missed a nights sleep, and still managed to play!? That''s a pretty decent effort! He must be knackered.

[canary_1902 0]

The bloke is paid a fortune which means getting around isnt an issue and he was able to use a private jet.Good goal but he was at fault for LFC''s goal and was able to tap into resources the normal man on the street doesnt have.

Let''s not go over board..

[Buh 0]

When he scored how hard did you kick the dog?

[JF 694]

Russ and his family are the nicest people you could wish to meet. Great weekend for him

[ca 1]

The interview with Russ on canary call brought a big lump to my throat, one of the best post match interviews that Ive heard for years plus loved what he said about Sir Alex, have a listen if you havent heard it

http://t.co/rkvJTzdsXb

So Russ''s weekend went like this if I heard it right

8pm - Gets phone call to say Wife is in early stages of labour

10:30pm - Drives Back to Norwich

3:30am-Arrives at hospital

9am-Baby Boy is born

12 noon - Gets ncfc plane back to Liverpool with Directors

1:30pm-Back at Anfield with team

4.30-Scores the equaliser

What a captain !!

[ImDrunky 0]

[quote user="canary_1902"]The bloke is paid a fortune which means getting around isnt an issue and he was able to use a private jet.Good goal but he was at fault for LFC''s goal and was able to tap into resources the normal man on the street doesnt have.

Let''s not go over board..[/quote]Like to see you travel for 4 hours, stay up all night, fly back then play 90 minutes of football. No amount of money will make that easy.

Was a good goal, someone else might have over hit that.

[djc 0]

I remember John Polston had a very similar child birth - goal scoring experience for us, although it was a home match vs Aston Vile....

[Wiz 0]

Top play Russ..........on both accounts!

[lake district canary 4,830]

We want four...we want four.....(goals that is)