From the archive: Father Steve Bull on target for Wolves

Oh and one of those goals happens to be up there with the very finest in your astonishing 306-goal career.

Yes, Steve Bull wasn't your average footballer.

And at Carrow Road, 20 years ago today, he produced one of the more far-fetched of his many Roy of the Rovers-type exploits.

Bull travelled with Mark McGhee's squad to Norwich on the Friday before the game.

But he received a call at 6.45pm that evening saying his then-wife Julie had gone into labour.

A three-hour taxi ride later Bully was back in the Midlands. And baby son Joe came into the world at 5.50am on Saturday morning, weighing in at 6lb 4oz at what was then called Stafford District General Hospital.

But, typical Bully, there was no thought given to not missing the match.

So Wolves' commercial manager Gary Leaver drove the striker back to Norwich, leaving the hospital at 8.30am.

And by 3.12pm Bull was scoring a magnificent 25-yard chip over Norwich keeper Bryan Gunn.

For good measure, at 3.37pm he added a second, more of a stereotypical Bully goal - a clinical finish from a Simon Osborn through ball.

At this point the scoreline was 2-2, but Wolves won it in the second half with a low Don Goodman free kick.

"That is quite a hat-trick," Bully said afterwards.

"The baby is fine. It was all a bit of a rush. I had one hour's sleep and set off again at 8.30am and had a catnap in the car.

"I scored two goals and became a father again - it has been a great day."

McGhee joked: "We will have to make sure Steve has no sleep before next weekend's match."