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Soccer Fan Makes Valiant Attempt to Conceal Premier League Match Ball as Baby Bump

A West Ham fan took her cue from one of her team’s stars on January 21, grabbing a Premier League match ball and concealing it as a baby bump after it was kicked into the stands by expectant dad Jarrod Bowen, who had just scored.

Jess Baker Smith, who appears in the footage here, grabbed the ball during her team’s 2-0 win against Everton.

Speaking to Storyful, Smith said she caught the ball after Bowen kicked it into the stands, just after he’d also used it as a pregnancy-mimicking prop. Bowen, who scored two in the game, is expecting twins with partner Dani Dyer. Unfortunately for Smith, despite valiant attempts to keep the ball, stewards made her give it back.

“Two goals for the twins, how magic,” Smith said. Credit: @jessbakersmith via Storyful

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