My dad is a Premier League cult hero and we both scored iconic goals at Wembley – now I’m making my own way

HIS father is a Hull City legend known for his ability to score a wondergoal but now Josh Windass is making his own way in the game.

Josh, 29, inherited his father’s tendency to score both crucial and stunning goals and that was no better shown than in last season’s play-off final for Sheffield Wednesday.

Dean Windass’ Wembley volley sent Hull City to the Premier League in 2008Getty Images - Getty

Josh emulated his Dad’s Wembley heroics 15 years laterRex

He scored the 123rd minute goal in the League-One Playoff final to bring Sheffield Wednesday back to The Championship.

The attacking midfielder nodded Lee Gregory’s cross home as the final looked set to go to penalties against Yorkshire rivals Barnsley.

The goal came 15 years after Josh’s father Dean scored an iconic volley as Hull beat Bristol City to confirm their promotion to the Premier League in 2008.

That season, Dean became Hull City‘s oldest ever goalscorer and the second oldest scorer in the history of the Premier League when he scored against Portsmouth aged 39.

When Josh spoke about the fact that he and his Dad had both scored crucial goals in Playoff finals, he admitted to Sky Sports that his Dad “scored a better goal”.

When he was asked about his Dad’s reaction, with Dean watching from the stands, Josh said: “I don’t know, he’ll probably be five Jager bombs deep so I don’t know if he’ll say much.”

When Dean spoke to The Daily Mail after the game he quipped: “I wasn’t actually because I don’t drink jagerbombs, so he obviously doesn’t know his old man, does he?”

But he also spoke of how he was bursting with pride at son Josh’s achievement and said 24 hours after the game: “I can’t stop crying, man.

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“I thought my crying days were over after 2008 and then he’s just gone and done it to me again. It’s just so emotional.”

He added: “His goal was better than my volley because it was the last kick of the game. He will cause me a heart attack, the b******!”

Since earning promotion to The Championship it has been a tough time for Sheffield Wednesday, however.

Darren Moore was sacked before Wednesday even kicked a ball and his replacement, Xisco Munoz, was sacked last month after a disastrous start to the season that left the club bottom of the league.

There’s also been off-field issues relating to Dejphon Chansiri with concerns as to whether staff were going to be paid on time.

Windass has been in and out of the team this season as The Owls look to launch a great escape to stay in The Championship.

He’s played 10 times for Wednesday this season with the club still bottom on nine points after 15 games.