Albion hero Chris Brunt dedicated his brilliant second-half free-kick to his girlfriend and new-born son after he ended his dream week on a perfect note.
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The Northern Ireland international followed up his promotion-clinching goal against Southampton on Monday with the strike that made sure of yesterday’s win and the Championship title for Albion.
Brunt became a father between the two games when his partner, Cathy, gave birth to son Charlie early on Thursday.
“I didn’t get much sleep Wednesday, Thursday or Friday to be fair,” said Brunt. “They are both doing well at home and I was delighted to get the goal and that was for them.
“They weren’t at the game but I dare say I’ll have a copy of it sent to me by somebody.
“Hopefully they will get the chance to see the celebrations because it was nice for all the lads to be joining in and that was for them.”
Brunt’s fine goal eased any nerves and kicked off championship celebrations in earnest among the jubilant travelling Baggies fans, may of whom made the journey in fancy dress costume dressed as super heroes.
And the Ulsterman believes that Albion are worthy winners of the division.
“We have played really well through most of the season and we got our rewards in the end,” he said.
“We cracked a couple of times a couple of months ago and a few people said we had gone.
“But cerdit to all the staff and the boys, we dug right in and got ourselves back on track.
“Being called ‘the best team in the division’ all season was a hard tag to have. Teams want to beat you every week.
“A lot of teams raised their game against us.
“But we did absolutely brilliantly in the last few weeks to get ourselves the title. The away wins at Wolves and Norwich stick out as great performances along the way. They were turning points.
“A few teams maybe expected us to drop points.
“Strength of character and quality of squad saw us through.
“A lot of boys in that dressing room and on the pitch at QPR had not featured too much this season, but they are all an important part because everyone in the team knew that if they didn’t perform there were boys waiting to step in.
“That’s a good thing to have and it is something we will definitely need next season.
“Hopefully we will do ourselves justice. Looking at the Portsmouth game in the FA Cup we didn’t look out of place at all.
“We matched a team in seventh place in the Premier and that’s the target to aim for.
“If we can achieve something like that it would be absolutely great,” added Brunt.
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