Half Boro, half Hull babygrow made for play-off

Beatrice's parents support opposing teams in the Championship play-off final [Supplied] Parents with opposing team allegiances have made a half Middlesbrough, half Hull babygrow for their daughter ahead of Saturday's Championship play-off final. Boro were reinstated as finalists earlier this week and will face Hull City for a place in the Premier League, after Southampton were expelled for spying on other clubs' training sessions. Emma Willingham, from Middlesbrough, is a Boro season ticket holder and her husband Simon is a Hull City season ticket holder leaving their daughter Beatrice in an awkward position this weekend.

She said the seven-month-old was "over the moon" with the compromise, despite her parents having tickets to Wembley on opposite sides of the stadium. A family member would baby-sit Beatrice during the match, she added. Emma told Radio Tees: "We didn't anticipate that we'd both be trying to get to Wembley at the same time.

"Certainly not this short notice either. " Couple Emma and Simon are on opposite sides of the stadium this weekend [Supplied] In her frustration with Southampton's spying allegations, Emma purchased a Hull City babygrow last week and had initially planned to support the Tigers in the original match-up "like every other Boro fan". "I admitted gracious defeat," she said.

"But now I can't have her wearing a Hull City babygrow on Saturday, can I? " She sourced a Boro babygrow from a friend and came up with a creative solution. Emma said: "Were all just ecstatic to just be going to Wembley and hopefully it'll just be a good, friendly occasion between both sets of fans who, for the integrity of the game, are just going to have a lovely day out in the sun.