An SPFL footballer thanked staff for going the ‘extra length’ to ensure his marriage proposal worked out.

Hamilton Accies Greek centre-back, Georgios Sarris, asked staff to dress his new-born baby daughter in a baby grow with ‘will you marry my daddy?’ written on the front.

Georgios said: “I had been planning on how I would ask Maria to marry me for ages and I eventually come up with the idea of putting the question on our daughter’s first baby grow.

“But not long after his partner Maria had given birth to their baby Nancy, she was taken to the neonatal unit for observation. I thought that the moment had gone.

“Once Nancy was given the all clear, I spoke with the staff and they were only too happy to help me out. I was so happy that the nurses and midwives were prepared to go the extra length to make sure my proposal could work out as planned.”

Neonatal staff dressed baby Nancy, who weighed 6lbs 15 Oz, in her special first outfit. They then placed her in an incubator and wheeled her round to the maternity unit where she was reunited with her mum and dad.

It was then that Georgios got down on one knee and asked the big question in front of maternity staff.

Maria said: “I will never forget that day as long as I live and I will also never forget the staff who helped bring Nancy into the world and make the proposal possible.”