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He was only 16 or 17 but I was thinking ‘Wow, who is this kid?’

FROM HEREFORD TO CHAMPION OF EUROPE
BY CHRIS DUNLAVY

HAMMERING IT HOME: Jarrod Bowen celebrates winning the UEFA Europa Conference League with his West Ham teammates after his winning goal, far right. Inset right, in action for Hereford
PICTURE: Alamy

ON Wednesday night, Jarrod Bowen became the first Englishman since Alan Smith in 1994 to score the winning goal in a major European final.
The 26-year-old’s 90th-minute strike earned West Ham United a 2-1 victory over Italian side Fiorentina to seal the UEFA Europa Conference League.
And everything about that momentous strike – the crafty...

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