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Daily Mirror
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Alex Spink

England's Keely Hodgkinson inspired by heroics of school pal and Euros star Ella Toone

At school Keely Hodgkinson was known as ‘mini Ella’, the younger of two sporting starlets.

A bundle of energy, she reminded teachers of a girl two years above at Fred Longworth High, who played football better than the boys.

At Wembley on Sunday evening Ella Toone scored the goal which helped England win the Euros. Two days later Hodgkinson, now a world and Olympic silver medal-winning athlete, took centre stage at the Commonwealth Games.

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