Lioness star Chloe Kelly's 'Omagh blood' helped win Euros says relative
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"I'm trying to work that out myself", Liam laughed when asked his exact relation to the England international. "Chloe's great grandfather Henry was my first cousin and her grandfather Brendan was my second cousin," he told BBC News NI.Chloe's grandfather Brendan was originally from Gortrush Park in Omagh. When his father Henry got a promotion, the family moved from the Nestle factory in Omagh to the outskirts of London. Brendan used to visit Liam and his family in Omagh before he passed away but Chloe herself has never been. "I've never met the wee girl to tell you the truth. I'd love to meet her."
'Very proud of her'
"I'm very proud of her. I'm delighted for her to tell you the truth.""I think she's a fabulous player, she makes a wild difference when she comes on there's no doubt about it. That's my opinion anyway but I'm probably a bit bias but I think she's fabulous.""I think she did brilliantly and she gave a great interview after."Liam said he couldn't watch the screen during Kelly's Euro winning penalty. "I just closed my eyes and just prayed because she missed a penalty a couple of days before and I thought, please don't miss it and God I heard the roar and opened my eyes and the ball was in the net. It was great."My son and my grandchildren think she's fabulous and they would be big into football."Football appears to run through the family, with Chloe's great grandfather Henry playing for one of the local Omagh teams in the 1930s and 40s."He played football here and was supposed to be very good," Liam said.He insisted that being from Omagh has "definitely" helped Chloe. "She's got the Omagh blood in her, we're all great people down here you know."You can listen back to Liam's pre-match interview on BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday with Anna Curran.
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