She was in impressive form all tournament - and now a bus through West Bridgford has been named after Mary Earps, the inspiring England goalkeeper who played a crucial role in winning the country's first major tournament silverware since in 1966.
She was born and raised in West Bridgford and bus company trentbarton saw it as a fitting tribute to name the mainline bus after the Lioness star who kept four clean sheets and made a string of important saves in the 4-0 semi-final win over Sweden to reach the final.
Jeff Counsell, trentbarton's managing director, said: “The whole country is rightly enormously impressed by the Lionesses and all they have achieved for women and girls, the women’s game and for the nation’s football supporters. Naming a mainline after Mary shows how proud we are as a local company of a local sporting hero. We hope next time Mary is back visiting friends and family she takes a ride on her bus.”
