Bill Shankly once said, “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”

Well, a fan’s action laid testament to how true that quote was as he queued for tickets to Southampton’s FA Cup fifth-round match against Portsmouth.

He was queuing outside Southampton’s stadium, St. Mary’s on Wednesday night when his expectant partner went into labour there and then (!)

Husband pulls out a mobile phone from his pocket and did what Shankly would have been proud of – he found someone to accompany his wife to the maternity ward.

No bets on the baby being called Mary then.