“Maybe it was him climbing in the air to get that goal that did it, but we just decided that it was going to be Bobby,” Peter said. “It was really surreal.”
The couple plan to complete the formal paperwork to change his name to Bobby Peter James.
The baby, already dressed in blue, is set to grow up with a story few can match.
“We’ll show him that header,” Peter said. “It’s one of those days that you don’t think’s real – a 25-year wait.”
He added: “If Jack [Rudoni] scores the next home game on Tuesday, what am I going to do?”