TYLER Goodrham was delighted to net a corking equaliser for Oxford United on the same day he is expecting his first child.

Goodrham’s partner is due to give birth to a baby daughter, and was in attendance to see the 21-year-old grab a screamer in United’s 1-1 draw at home to Millwall.

Japhet Tanganga gave the Lions the lead with a back post header shortly before half-time, and just as it was looking to be one of those afternoons for the U’s, Goodrham stepped up with a sumptuous strike.

He collected the ball on the right-hand side and cut infield before unleashing a brilliant left-footed effort which flew past Lukas Jensen in the Millwall goal.

Goodrham said: “Obviously it’s really positive to get the goal that could potentially give us that little boost of confidence to keep going forward.

“I thought I’d messed it up. I thought I’d got caught taking too many touches and then it fell on my left, so I thought I was going to hit it, like I do with most stuff, and then I see it just go in.

“With it being her due date, it’ll be brilliant if she comes out now, and would top off a nice day.

“Knowing that we can say ‘your dad scored on your due date’, but she’ll come out when she wants to come out.”

On his partner, Georgia, who was watching from the stands, Goodrham said: “I looked up and saw her celebrating, and everyone up there was celebrating, so I was hoping it might induce something, but I’ll go and see how she is.”

He added: “I’ve been working a lot over the summer. I keep trying to practise it, and have other ways of scoring goals, so teams don’t necessarily say ‘show him on his right foot’.

“Knowing I can do it, and having that strength on my left foot, is really positive.”

Discussing the game against the Lions overall, Goodrham said: “They’re a big physical side. We knew what it was going to be like coming into it, so we knew it was going to be a tough test, and I felt like we dealt with it better in the second half than we did in the first half.

“I think there’s a bit of frustration knowing that how we played in the first half wasn’t us, and in the second half, it was more us.

“There’s a bit of frustration because we know we’re better than that, but also, to be able to get a point and now hopefully kick on and win more points.”