Gary Croft was excused from the City team to travel home to be with his partner after she went into labour in the early hours of Saturday morning. Croft's absence meant a quick re-shuffle at the back seeing Tony Vidmar move to right back and Spencer joining up with Daniel Gabbidon as the centre back pairing.
Spencer came through it well and will have to wait and see if he will keep his place for the visit of Stoke this Saturday or whether new dad Croft will regain his place.
Croft had planned for such an occurance by driving himself to Burley so he could get back if needbe.
Congratulations to the Croft family on the birth of their son on Saturday afternoon.