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David Anderson

Tommy Conway jokes birthday cake from mum is responsible for fine goalscoring form

Maybe it was a birthday wish or the cake his mum made but Tommy Conway has not stopped scoring since hitting 20.

Conway celebrated the end of his teenage years five weeks ago by blowing out the candles and tucking into his favourite chocolate treat. Four days later the Bristol City striker scored twice against Coventry in the Carabao Cup and now has six goals and two assists.

“You need to ask my mum what was in that cake because she made it, I just ate it!” said Conway, smiling. “I feel I worked hard over the summer when I was away so I came back in as fit as I could be. I was flying in pre-season, scoring a couple of goals.

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