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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colin Drury

Flags and free drinks: Tiny village where Beth Mead grew up buzzing ahead of Euro 2022 final

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In the rusting goal posts on a scrap of grass in the North Yorkshire village of Hinderwell, Noreen Flanagan stood hanging red and white bunting on Friday afternoon.

This is where Lioness hero Beth Mead would come for a kick about long before she became a household name by helping fire England to this Sunday’s Euro 2022 final against Germany.

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