OLLIE Watkins last-gasp wonder goal against the Dutch sent the Three Lions to the final of Euro 2024. If you were wondering how the England ace got his start in football , here's everything you need to know about his parents. England hero Oliver George Arthur Watkins was born in Torquay, Devon to parents Steven and Delsi-May on December 30, 1995.
His parents divorced when he was a child — Ollie and his siblings were raised by their mother Delsi. Not much is known about his dad Steven, as he prefers to keep his personal information out of the public spotlight. Ollie has three brothers, Richie, Dale and Jordan, and a sister named Charlotte.
In 2021, speaking about how her "football mad" boy got into the beautiful game, Delsi told the Times : “We used to take the kids out, and there was a little machine where you put a 2p in, and a little rubber ball fell out. “He’d stand there and you’d drop it, and he’d kick it. He never used to miss.
He was only nine months old. “And he never wavered from saying, whenever I asked him what he wanted to do when he was older, ‘I want to be a professional footballer.’ “He used to do a bit of skateboarding but that didn’t last long.
He used to do BMX-ing but that didn’t last long either. “And every time he went out, he used to come back with a blinking football. “I’ve got a photograph somewhere of about 20-odd footballs that Oliver collected out playing.
” And speaking about Ollie calling to inform her of his first c.