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Weston-super-Mare to the world as Watkins living Euro dream with England

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May 21, 2024 — 1 min read

Euro 2024

By Sports Correspondent, Jill Dando News

England football sensation Ollie Watkins must be pinching himself just a decade after playing for Weston-super-Mare in the lower leagues.

As Watkins prepares to run out in an England shirt, the fans who once cheered him on at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset will be eagerly following every step of their homegrown hero's Euro journey.

The Aston Villa based top Premier League striker has now been chosen for England in the upcoming Euros.

Weston-super-Mare AFC are very proud of his meteoric rise.

While at the club Watkins, played predominantly as a left winger but still found a way to score 10 goals in 25 appearances.

WsM themselves have top ambitions to be a real force in Football in the years to come.

It’s proof that all things really are possible.

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