JOSH Windass has one motive tonight - to make his dad miserable.

Hull City legend Dean has been a regular at Accrington Stanley’s home games since his son broke into the first team towards the end of the 2013/14 season.

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He will be at the Wham Stadium for the Capital One Cup first round clash too, but duty calls on this occasion in his role as Hull’s official club ambassador.

“He’ll be here because he’s working for Hull so he’ll be in his Hull suit,” said Windass junior, who grew up a Hull fan, supporting his dad as he fired the Tigers to the Premier League in 2007/08.

Dean has a more complicated watching brief tonight, with an interest in both camps.

But there is no danger of divided loyalties for Josh. He wants a cup scalp.

“It’s a good game for me,” he smiled. “I’ve supported Hull since I was a boy so it’s a bit surreal playing against the players I was wanting to stay up in the Premier League last year. But I can’t wait to play.

“I always wanted to play against them though so it was weird when the draw came out.

“I either wanted my old club Huddersfield or Hull, so I was buzzing when we got Hull.

“They’ll bring a big crowd so it will be a good atmosphere as well.

“Hopefully we can cause an upset. I think we can. I hope my dad goes home miserable.”

It has not been easy for Josh growing up in Dean’s shadow. The 21-year-old even tried to get the name on the back of his shirt altered last season to add his initial.

It did not help that, despite playing in a different role to his dad, much was made of him waiting 36 games for his first professional goal.

But since scoring the winner against Burton last February he has gone on to hit seven goals in 16 games, including a penalty in Saturday’s opening day draw at home to Luton.

Confidence has been key for the attacking midfielder.

“People were saying I hadn’t scored in 30-odd games, or whatever it was. I was playing in more of a deep midfield role then, but people don’t see that,” said Josh.

“Then John Coleman pushed me further forward and I started scoring from there.”

He is determined to keep making a name for himself in his own right, while learning to live with inevitable father and son comparisons.

“I wouldn’t have Windass on the back of my shirt if I didn’t have to,” he revealed.

“I didn’t want to have the same name as my old man.

“It is annoying but it’s always going to be there so you’ve just got to deal with it.

“When I was younger it was worse because people said I was only playing because of my dad, but now it’s turned on its head - you get more attention because of it and it doesn’t really bother me. It’s fine.”