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Coyle lifted the trophy shortly after, but not before giving a deeply emotional interview to Sky. He took the moment to pay tribute to his dad, who died aged 59 four years ago, when he swore and Sky immediately stepped in to offer an apology. After the interview, Sky said: “Just to reiterate emotions are running very high, we apologise for any bad language”

“It’s tough,” Coyle admitted. “There’s just one man I want to celebrate this with. He’s not with us. I look up at the sky and I had a look up there today. He’s with me, I know he’s with me, for sure.

“The next best thing is I have my family, my beautiful partner, my little boy, my brothers and my friend that have been there since day one.

“I don’t think there’s many people that thought I could captain a side to the Premier League and even saying that out loud sounds a little bit wild. I’m just an honest, humble kid.

“But there’s certainly one man that would have believed in me and that’s my old man – and that’s all I told myself throughout the game.

“He would’ve been saying ‘you can do it, son, f*** them’. I know I swore and I shouldn’t, I apologise, but I had to get it in there because that’s how my old man spoke.

“I just kept replaying those words in my mind and he got us over the line today. I know for a fact my old man did it.”

Chris Coyle, father to Lewie, Tommy, Rocco and Joe, four sons who are all established figures in football, boxing and golf, died suddenly four years ago.

Chris was a well-known figure in Hull as the owner of fruit stall Coyle and Sons: The Original Barrow Boys.

Boxer Tommy said at the time: “It’s like you have a family jigsaw and the biggest piece is missing.”

He added: “My dad was like a snow plough for our family, he would lead off down the road clearing everything in our path to make sure we had the smoothest journey.

“He was a provider, a protector and our biggest fan. For me and all my brothers, making him proud was always our biggest motivation.”