What They're Saying: Michael Flynn

• by Soccer America , Feb 7, 2019

"'Please, can I leave, gaffer?' He asked me that straight after the game finished. He sprinted off the pitch, and it's the quickest I've ever seen him move."

-- Newport County manager Michael Flynn on keeper Joe Day, who turned on his phone after the 2-0 upset win over Middlesbrough in the English FA Cup to get the news that his wife had gone into labor. When he got the hospital, he was greeted by twin girls. Day had missed the first match in Middlesbrough because his wife was expecting but decided  -- with his wife's blessing -- to stay with Newport County for the replay. The League Two (fourth division) team will face Premier League champion Manchester City in the fifth round. (BBC Sport)