Manchester City Women manager leaves wife in labour to attend cup final

Manchester City Women manager Nick Cushing led his team into the Continental Tyres Cup final on Sunday while wife Claire went into labour.The Women's Super League champions were chasing a second trophy of the season as they faced Birmingham Ladies in a match beginning at 3pm.Cushing told BT Sport he had been with his wife at hospital on Sunday morning, saying: "She's in the start of labour at the moment." City posted a series of pictures of Cushing going through a range of emotions on their Twitter page, captioned: " When you find out your wife's gone into labour on @ContiUK Tyres Cup final day." A follow-up Tweet showed Cushing walking into the Manchester City Academy Stadium. The match was being played at the venue, which is adjacent to the Etihad Stadium. ".@nickcush has arrived. but his third child hasn't! What a day for the boss! #mcwfc" the club tweeted. Cushing had told the Women's Soccer United website ahead of the weekend he would face a difficult decision on whether to be with his wife, or with his team, if her labour and the match coincided. He said: "My wife is due with our third, she is actually due on Monday so if she goes over then there will be an actual dilemma. "Do I go to the hospital? Or do I go to the game? It's a big game though isn't it. If I could get to the hospital in time, then I would go but this is a big game."

Source: PA