Chloe Kelly: From rupture to rapture for England’s Euro 2022 match-winner

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As a child growing up in Ealing, west London, Chloe Kelly would catch a number 92 bus to Wembley on FA Cup final day to buy a matchday programme and feel the “vibe” around the stadium. After 11 months out, Kelly returned action on 2 April and had just six weeks to convince England head coach Sarina Wiegman that she was worth a place in her provisional Euro 2022 squad. “Obviously I came back a lot sooner than her, and got my place back in the team but I knew for Chloe, she had a mountain to climb and I stood by her side and watched her climb that mountain.” Kelly’s determination to get back to fitness in time for the European Championship came as no surprise to those who knew her background, the youngest of seven whose five older brothers took their little sister to play football in cages in inner-city London. “I loved it and I think I have carried that throughout my career.” Kelly celebrates her extra-time winner Kelly joined childhood club Queens Park Rangers before switching to Arsenal’s centre of excellence.