New Year's Day 1990 - Sheffield Wednesday's David Hirst drinks 8 glasses of champagne, scores against Man City, ends up in goal and keeps a clean sheet...with a broken finger

The striker was featured on the Cult Heroes segment on BT Sport show 'Fletch and Sav' where David Hirst revealed what went on before and during the Owls' 2-0 win over Manchester City, 25 years ago.

And to say today's finely-toned footballing athletes would be gobsmacked, is an understatement.

Picking up the story, Hirst revealed: "Big Ron Atkinson was the manager and he made us come down for breakfast at seven in the morning. In the middle of each table was a nice bottle of pink champagne with glasses all around.

"So I had probably six or seven or maybe eight glasses that morning. In the first half I managed to scrape a goal that put us 1-0 in front and I was feeling a little bit weary by this time.

"In the second half unfortunately our goalkeeper Kevin Pressman had to be carried off with a cruciate knee ligament injury . I decided to say 'Gaffer, I'll go in goal' to which I managed to keep a clean sheet with a broken finger by the end of the game and we went on to win the game."

This article was first published in The Star on December 31, 2015