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-Hey, Jamie.
-Hey. You okay?

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Fucking hell.

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I need a fucking drink.

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-All right, lad?
-So, um, I'm curious.

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In one word, what do you think
comes to mind for most people

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when they hear the name Jamie Vardy?

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Wow.

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One word.

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One word?

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That's a tough one.

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Speed.

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Aggression.

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Goals.

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Loyal.

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-Friend.
-Good friend.

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Friend.

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Legend.

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Incredible.

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One word?

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Probably think "twat."

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It's Vardy!

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Terrific from Vardy.

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People see a wind-up merchant

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teasing the opposition fans,

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but there's much more to him
than all of that.

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He's the biggest underdog story
of all time.

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For a boy who came
from non-league football,

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it is the ultimate footballing fairy tale,
isn't it?

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To make that jump to the Premier League
is Everest without oxygen.

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That's when it really got real.

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There was a load of red flags.

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Police record, drinking,
partying, fighting.

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His personality
has a self-destruct button.

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Jamie Vardy has been fined.

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Shit. Like, what have I done here?

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You are gonna screw everything up
that you've worked so bloody hard for.

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Hello.

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And that's when everything changed.
Everything.

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Vardy volley. Oh, what a goal!

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Something special is happening here.
We could achieve the impossible.

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We can win the league.

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Anything can happen.
Anything can happen in football.

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Jamie Vardy has made history!

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From non-league prince
to Premier League king!

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It's Jamie Vardy!

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Okay, so where did this all
start for you, Jamie?

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Oh, can I ju--
Can I just get a beer first?

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Yeah, definitely. Uh, where are they?

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-Cupboard just behind you. The little one.
-Yeah.

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Should be Modelos at the bottom.

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Yeah.

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-Right, this is where it gets weird.
-Yeah.

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And can you get my big wooden cock out
in my drawer that the lady's leaning on?

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Oh, yes, found it.

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There you go.

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Cheers. Thank you.

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Right, ready.

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Okay, so where does your story begin?

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-As in football or just life?
-Life.

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They're definitely intertwined.

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So it started in Sheffield,
just outside of Hillsborough.

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I was probably 19, 20 years old,
living with my parents.

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Family life was fine.
I was working in the factory.

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Making crutches, Zimmer frames,
anything to help people who couldn't walk.

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It was really hard work. It was long days
and an absolute killer on my back.

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Definitely wasn't my dream as a kid,

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but I just thought
that was the way my life was going.

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That's the path I was on.

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So when you were a little kid,

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what is it that you wanted to be?

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My dream as a little kid
was to play for Sheffield Wednesday.

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Every week,
I'd go to the Sheffield Wednesday matches

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and then see David Hirst.

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And Hirst. It's a great goal.

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He was a striker.

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To play the one-two
with Waddle. Hirst through! Hirst scores!

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And seeing him score,

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then all the fans
were up jumping and celebrating.

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Remembering what that feeling was like.
It was, I wanna emulate what he's done.

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I wanna be a striker.

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So when I was ten,

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I got asked to sign
for Sheffield Wednesday's youth academy,

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which is virtually the next step

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to make the path
and become a professional footballer.

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It's a lot of work,
a lot of sacrifice and dedication.

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But signing for the academy
was everything.

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At school, any breaks we had, football.

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Lunch break, football.

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Three times a week. After that, training.

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I really, really wanted it.

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I'd got all the way up to the under-16s.

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I was quite small for my age.
Not had a little growth spurt yet.

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But at that point, when you get that far,

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it's like, "Oh, yeah, I'm fine.
I'm gonna play football when I'm older."

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But they said no.

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"You're not big enough
to make it as a professional."

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"I know you dreamed of doing this,
but no, you're not good enough."

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It was hard to take.

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After that, pro-football wasn't even
crossing my mind if I'm honest.

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At 20 years old, if you've not made it
to the Premier League by that age,

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chances are you're not gonna make it.

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But I was still playing part-time football
for a team called Stocksbridge.

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It was the eighth tier.

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The eighth tier. It's crazy, innit?

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It's a long way to the top.
No chance that was gonna happen.

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Stocksbridge is a non-league
South Yorkshire club.

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It's called non-league because
it's not actually a professional league.

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Water's been turned off or turned cold,
and lights are dimming,

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and pitches are heavy.

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There's only 100 to 200 fans turning up,

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but it was just mates, football,

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and let's have a giggle.

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I signed for the first team
and ended up on a contract

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at 120 quid a week, I think it was.

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I remember the first time
he came training, we did a 12-minute run.

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I can't remember how many times
he passed me.

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He were just like a racing snake.

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He were passing me and going,
"Keep going, Brett."

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"Keep going. You're doing well."

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Needs to play it left. Brings it inside.

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Oh. Oh, what a good goal.
What a good goal.

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He brought it from his own half.
Jamie Vardy…

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What Jamie had was everything.
Pace, power, ability, tenacity, bravery.

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My God, he made up for what he lacked
in physicality, body-wise,

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with his aggression.

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I was always one of the smaller ones.

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Against fully-grown blokes, who you think
they're gonna kick the shit out of you,

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you've gotta keep getting back up,

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letting them know
that nothing's gonna faze you

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and that you can also give it back.

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He were just such
a talisman for us every single week.

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We were telling him all the time,
"You've got something. You can make it."

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But he were just so blasé about it all.

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"Yeah, all right, yeah.
Yeah, thanks for that, Brett."

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"We're having a beer."

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I don't quite think he grasped
the fact that he'd got a special talent

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that needed to be thought about
and progressed upon.

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I was never, ever thinking something
more serious with football could happen.

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An average week for me
was work eight till five,

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then straight from work to training.

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Then home, bed, ready to go to work again.

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And drinking sessions with your mates
were normally Saturday, Sunday.

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So literally,
after the game on a Saturday,

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I'd go straight to the pub
with The Inbetweeners.

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Everyone had the same interests.

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We liked to drink, we liked football.

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-Yeah. And Wednesdays.
-We liked Wednesdays.

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-So everyone had a common interest--
-What about girls?

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Yeah, we liked girls.

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Why are you called The Inbetweeners?

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-From the program.
-From the program The Inbetweeners.

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-Oh, friend. Oh, new friend.
-Oh, new friend.

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-Friend.
-Oh, friend.

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Look at us. We're a set of oddballs.

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Where did the name Sick Note come from?

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Who the fuck have you been talking to?
Uh, yeah, Sick Note.

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No, I was very, uh…
I was very good at having Mondays off.

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Very, very good.

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At that point in my life,
there was no stability whatsoever,

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and it got me in a world of trouble.

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One night, I was out with one of my mates.

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Someone started taking the piss out of him
for… for wearing a hearing aid.

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So we started having a scuffle with him,

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and, then before you know it,
in the back of a cop car.

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Got charged with assault.

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The judge gave me six months
on an ankle tag.

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So basically, I had to be
in the house from 6:00 p.m.

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and weren't allowed to leave till 6:00 a.m

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And he couldn't play midweek games.

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He'd have to come off early
on Saturday games

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to make sure he got home in time.

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That then hindered scouts coming
to this football club to watch him,

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to progress him to that next level.

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At some point, I pinned him up
in the changing room and said,

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"You need to grow up
and realize what talent you've got."

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It was still all about enjoyment,
the football.

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Still wasn't thinking
anything could happen from it.

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But it was more,
I've got myself in this shit.

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I've let people down.
I've let all my teammates down.

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It really isn't a nice feeling to have.

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Mindset moving forward from that was…
don't be a dick and do it again.

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I think if I didn't have football,
I'd have probably

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carried on going down that route
of getting in trouble,

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which leads to a place you don't wanna be.

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Prison.

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We got to play-offs
in his first season together.

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The second season,
we were just sort of unbeatable,

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and we won the Sheffield Senior Cup
at Hillsborough

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and won promotion together.

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Jamie played a massive part in that.

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I'd got to a stage
where, yes, I was enjoying myself,

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but I just-- I needed something new.

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That's when
I eventually signed for Halifax.

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Sad time for us when we lost him.

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But I think it came at the right time
for him to take that opportunity.

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They were a bigger club.

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The stadium was… It was a stadium.

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It was definitely a step up.

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It was never on me mind
about going higher or anything like that.

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The normal path to the Premier League

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would be through an academy.

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So to make that jump from non-league
to the top of the pyramid

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is an unthinkable mountain.

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Everest without oxygen.

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But we knew he could do it.

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I'd already been told two years before
that football weren't for me,

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so it was more of the same,
just enjoy myself.

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-How pleasing was that?
-Yeah, very pleasing.

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We were told before the game
they were scoring a lot of goals.

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They weren't leaking a lot, so to keep
a clean sheet and score six,

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very impressive.

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Did you…

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I was based in Sheffield still,
still living with my parents.

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Working at the factory.

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So you've done your full-time shift
in the day.

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Jump in the car, one hour to Halifax,
train, and drive home,

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getting ready to start another shift
the next morning.

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It takes it out of you, but I was able
to play a sport that I loved

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and score goals.

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I first heard about Jamie from a player.

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He was playing for Halifax Town
at the time.

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He said, "Look, we've just signed
this player, uh, called Jamie Vardy."

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"He's an absolute lunatic, but we're gonna
win the league because of this boy."

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And I remember going, "Halifax, what--
What division are they in?"

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And I'm-- I'm looking down the leagues,
and they're in the seventh tier.

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I'm thinking,
"There can't be particularly good players

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in the seventh tier of English football."

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Football was my life.
I wanted to be a football agent.

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But I was struggling to even get a meeting
with a player, let alone sign one.

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I thought, "I'm gonna get in my car
and have a look

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at this lunatic called Jamie Vardy."

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Go on, Jamie.

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Seeing this player
with just electrifying pace,

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and then you saw the magic.

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And the magic is, is when the ball's
played in behind, he was in.

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And when he's in, he didn't miss.

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What a goal by Jamie Vardy! Who else?

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I'm looking, like,
"Has anybody else seen this?"

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I had no doubt in my mind
this kid had a real chance.

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The big problem then
was trying to track him down.

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He never answered his phone.

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I'm going,
"How can I not get hold of a player

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that's playing in the seventh tier
of English football?"

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Probably in the pub. Know what I mean?
That's probably where he was.

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Yep.

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Did eventually get him,
and he eventually did take a meeting.

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Just got out of bed
when the doorbell was going.

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I remember knocking on the door
and I'm wearing a suit,

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you know,
'cause I wanna make a good impression.

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Yeah, he come to the door
and he's just wearing a pair of shorts.

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Yeah, just answered the door
in me underwear.

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Just looking at me, this no-hair skinhead
going, "What do you want?"

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I said, "Well, you know, I'm--
It's John. I've come to see you."

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"Oh yeah, yeah. Come in."

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I remember talking to him and saying,
"Look, I think you're incredibly talented,

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and if you can focus on football
and, you know, take it seriously,

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you can go all the way,
and you can play for England."

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I hear a chuckle in the background,
his mum laughing in the kitchen.

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That's literally dreams
on top of dreams. It's…

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It's stupid to even…
to even consider, I think.

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Basically said he wanted to be my agent.
And I think I said yeah to get rid of him.

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So I ended up with… with John Morris.

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Been together ever since.

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Would you like to clarify,
you will be here next year?

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Uh, no, I'm signing for Ibiza Town.

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Going to Ibiza on holiday,
and I'm never coming back.

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We got promoted, won the league.

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So I spoke to John, I just said,
"Listen, I'm quitting my job."

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He's like, "What?" I went, "I'm just gonna
give football a go for a year."

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"If it don't work, it don't work."

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It was my job then
to get him in the football league.

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I had to just hound people.

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I was cold-calling, speaking to people,
texting them, messaging them.

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But nobody wanted him.

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You had to try and convince people
to look beyond the problems.

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He wasn't young, he was… he was 24.
That's old in football.

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Police record, drinking,
partying, fighting.

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Then I got a phone call,
and this team came out of nowhere.

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John just said,
"Do you know where Fleetwood is?"

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To which I replied, "No."

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He's like, "Search it up.
That's where you're going."

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Fleetwood at the time
were in the fifth tier.

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But, again, anything beyond that
was not even a consideration

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in my mind at all.

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I've always believed
that I'm a good player.

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I've just never wanted
to get carried away.

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This is Jamie Vardy.

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And Vardy all the way. It's in!

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That's it for Fleetwood!

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The Fleetwood Town season,
for me, was where the magic happened.

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…for the first time in their history.

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Straight to the Fleetwood
danger man. Vardy scores!

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He was happy. He was loving life.
It was like cheating with him in the team.

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Jamie Vardy!

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I think I scored 31 in 34 games,
I think it was.

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Jamie Vardy
scored nine goals in his last nine games.

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Has been watched
in recent weeks by scouts.

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Because he was doing well
in that first half of the season,

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instead of me chasing people,
people were now calling me.

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He went on, they won the league.
Another medal for him.

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He was player of the year.
He was the main man.

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One day, I got a call
from the chairman of Fleetwood saying,

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"I have agreed terms with three clubs
from the Championship,"

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which is the second tier
of English football.

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This is happening. It's coming.

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Maybe I am right.

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You know? Maybe I am right.

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And one of those clubs was Leicester City,
managed by Nigel Pearson,

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who, Jamie won't admit it,
is a big hero of his.

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Nigel was the captain
of Sheffield Wednesday.

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It was exciting.

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Obviously, I'd seen him play
for Sheffield Wednesday,

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so that was quite a massive thing for me.

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His story was interesting.
Meeting him was interesting.

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He was very quiet and very…

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Just very quiet when he came in,

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but he's got a glint in his eye,
let's put it like that.

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I think the quiet side of it
is, obviously,

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I had a couple of drinks the night before.

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Feeling a bit rough.

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Nigel was going, "So come on then.
Are you signing for us?"

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And that was it.
There was only one place I was gonna go.

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We got there. We got there.

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It was a contract around £8,000 a week.

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More money
than he's ever earned in his life.

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I was so excited. I mean, this is it.

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You know, I've gone from the seventh tier
to the second tier.

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Jamie's reaction was one of, "Okay."

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But not,
"I can't believe it, John. We're there."

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"We're going to the Championship."
No hugs, no high-fives. Just, "Okay."

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When Leicester put the bid in,

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I'd say that was me starting to think
that I might actually be good at football.

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But I was 25 and only just turning pro.

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Now going the unchartered waters
'cause the jump now has gone massive.

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It's gonna be a big step,
but I think I can do it meself.

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And obviously,
the gaffer's obviously been watching me.

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He thinks I can do it as well,
so I just hope I can repay him.

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He wasn't a stereotypical academy product.

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There was an edge to him.

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And you could see it in his eyes,
in his mannerisms,

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the way he carried himself.

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The way he attacks a game of football

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is significantly different
to any other player that I've worked with.

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Strikers don't tackle. Jamie tackles.

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I think it got announced three days later.

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I was in the pub back home
with The Inbetweeners.

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We were in here.
There used to be a telly in the back.

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We're all just sat round the table,
and it come up on the news.

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He has rewritten the record books,

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but the £1 million price tag
doesn't faze Jamie Vardy.

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It's obviously an honor. I must have been
doing very well this season.

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And if they're willing to pay the money,
then I've just gotta make sure

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I can play on the pitch
and prove I'm worth it.

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Went crazy on news channels, papers.

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There'd never, ever been
a non-league player

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go for a million pounds.

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Probably say at that moment in time,
that's when it really got real.

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What did you know
about Leicester City as a club

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at that point?

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If I'm honest, as a club, not a lot.

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There is a lot of pride
coming from Leicester.

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But at the time, they'd won nothing.

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No FA Cup,
uh, no Premier League title. No--

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They'd never been champions of England.

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It's a very middle-of-the-road,
average Midlands club.

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They'd reached the depths really.
In 2008, they dropped to League One,

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to the third tier of English football,
for the first time in their history.

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Aside of bereavement in your family,
it's the next worst feeling I've ever had.

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And it's been a slow rise
for a number of years after that.

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They are back
in the Championship once again.

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They fought their way
back into the Championship,

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and there was fresh hope.

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They are the ultimate underdog team.

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Except for the people of Leicester,
everybody writes them off.

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We were never really talked about
as contenders for anything.

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A lot of the players we had
were deemed surplus to requirements.

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They'd been at other clubs,
their contracts had run down.

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They were free agents
that nobody else really fancied.

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But they like to surprise people.

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Every season,
there's something that happens.

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There's always a drama,
there's always a story.

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At first, walking
into the dressing room, it's…

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You see the caliber of players in there.
You're like, "Fuck. Wow."

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I was, I wouldn't say star-struck,
but I'd probably say in awe of it all.

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I'll be totally honest,
I'd not heard of him beforehand.

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I've heard the news, I saw the media,
and you expect a lot.

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You know, you're expecting,
okay, this guy can score goals.

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Can he score goals at this level?

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It must've been daunting
when he first went in there.

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Turning up in a shit car, shit clothes,
and a shit haircut.

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Came in the changing room,

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:08.280 align:center
dressed like he'd just been woken up
in Malia and come back to football.

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He had crinkle-bottom jeans,
big V-neck T-shirt, jewelry on his wrist.

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It was almost endearing seeing him
with those clothes.

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It was almost like,
"Bless him, he's trying his best."

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The first game was Torquay
in the Cup. Managed to score.

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I was just thinking, "Right."
Just carried on as normal.

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Just done what I was doing last year,
started it again now.

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It doesn't work like that,
unfortunately, in football.

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He didn't quite find his feet,
didn't quite make his mark.

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He's come from non-league where
he knows how the hustle and bustle works.

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He can outsmart defenders in that league.

00:22:51.919 --> 00:22:54.360 align:center
Vardy trying to use
his pace to full effect.

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:56.200 align:center
When you step into the Championship,

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the defenders will read your movement.

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They will match you.

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And I know he definitely did struggle
a little bit in his first season.

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In goes the cross.
And Vardy's header! Off the bar!

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.679 align:center
-He looked miles off it.
-Looked off it.

00:23:10.760 --> 00:23:13.760 align:center
-His touch weren't there.
-The level looked too far of a level.

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.919 align:center
-Yeah.
-To where he was--

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-Out of his depth.
-Yeah, he looked out of his depth.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:20.200 align:center
Martyn Waghorn will replace Jamie Vardy.

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.280 align:center
Wasn't like I wasn't trying.

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I was giving it my all.
It just wasn't good enough.

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And it was tough, because now,
all of a sudden, everyone's involved.

00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:40.640 align:center
More fans, papers, everything.

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You do start letting it
get into your head that,

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"Right, okay.
Maybe I'm not good for Championship."

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:53.600 align:center
The biggest test when he came
to Leicester was to be a professional.

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:55.520 align:center
When I interviewed him
in that first season,

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:57.640 align:center
he just seemed to be a little bit lost.

00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:01.120 align:center
He was still trying to find
the measure of the standard of football

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.560 align:center
he was now being asked to play.

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.360 align:center
I think he suffered a culture shock.

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:07.919 align:center
The level's gone up a couple of notches
to what he's used to,

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:10.200 align:center
and he's trying
to still live that lifestyle.

00:24:10.280 --> 00:24:12.280 align:center
Some of the stuff
I saw him do in the first year,

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:15.320 align:center
you would never believe
that would be a professional footballer.

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:21.320 align:center
Just used to go and have a drink
to forget about it as much as I can.

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:25.720 align:center
Being with your mates, talking about,
like, the past, the old memories.

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:29.520 align:center
But that drink could turn into two days.

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:32.840 align:center
He openly admitted
about how he used alcohol

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:34.880 align:center
to address some of the pressures
he was feeling,

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:38.320 align:center
and about how he would go about
manufacturing his own alcohol,

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.520 align:center
the Skittle vodka.

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:42.040 align:center
He'd sit at home,
massive bottle of Belvedere,

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:46.080 align:center
and he'd just tip packs of Skittles
in the top, leave it in there to dissolve.

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:48.520 align:center
Then he'd say, "It tastes unbelievable.
Tastes like Skittles."

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.960 align:center
It didn't. It tasted horrific.

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:52.840 align:center
I remember going into the apartment.

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:55.640 align:center
There were pizza boxes,
mail all over the floor.

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:58.159 align:center
I remember sorting out his bills,
'cause he wasn't paying his bills.

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:04.120 align:center
He'd been late for training
a couple of times in a row.

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:07.159 align:center
And I said, "Look, Jamie,
you're gonna be back in non-league."

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:10.399 align:center
"You've got one chance in life.
And you either take it or you don't."

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:14.120 align:center
But Nigel was incredibly lenient to Jamie.

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.280 align:center
Almost like a father-son relationship.

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:21.199 align:center
We knew he was having a tough time.

00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:26.080 align:center
There's an element of his personality
which has a self-destruct button.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.240 align:center
Challenged, but unfairly.

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:31.640 align:center
It felt the right thing to do

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:35.360 align:center
to give him that added support
which he desperately needed.

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:39.560 align:center
It was tough. At one point,
I asked him to send me back to Fleetwood.

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:44.320 align:center
I thought I could go back there
and go straight back to scoring goals.

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:50.360 align:center
But Nigel turned around and said,
"Look, it's not happening."

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.919 align:center
"We believe in you."

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:54.760 align:center
"We think you're good enough,
so you're going nowhere."

00:25:57.520 --> 00:26:02.480 align:center
At that point, if I was gonna go
any further, I needed that stability,

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:05.199 align:center
that someone to be there with me,

00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:08.040 align:center
and to help.

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:14.919 align:center
I'd just come out of
a not-a-great relationship.

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.360 align:center
I'd had a little boy,

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:22.520 align:center
and I was working at a nightclub
in Sheffield.

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:25.280 align:center
And I had a call from someone

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:29.159 align:center
who said, "I've got a birthday party
I need you to organize."

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.840 align:center
"Can't tell you who it is at the minute."

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:33.320 align:center
At which point I'm thinking,
"Oh, for God's sake."

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:35.199 align:center
You know, car crash.

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:40.679 align:center
I found out it was Jamie Vardy,
and I was like, "What's the big deal?"

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:44.080 align:center
I didn't even know who he was
at that point.

00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:49.280 align:center
But when I learnt that Jamie
was a professional sports player,

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:52.960 align:center
it made me wanna run
the other direction very quickly.

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:56.679 align:center
There's this kind of preconception
that they're all idiots,

00:26:56.760 --> 00:26:58.040 align:center
they're all arseholes.

00:26:58.120 --> 00:27:01.080 align:center
So Jamie's birthday came round,

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:06.159 align:center
and sure enough,
Jamie rocks in shit-faced.

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:10.120 align:center
He had one friend on each side
holding him up basically.

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:12.520 align:center
And I'm thinking, "Oh my God."

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:16.800 align:center
Yeah, I turned up to my own party
absolutely steaming.

00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:19.320 align:center
The next thing I see,

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:22.159 align:center
his friend's ordering
big bottles of champagne.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:24.880 align:center
They're now out on the dance floor,

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.520 align:center
tipping them over
other members of the public.

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.560 align:center
That were mad.

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.080 align:center
-It was a good one.
-Yeah.

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:34.040 align:center
I'm actually fucking over this now.

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:37.280 align:center
Like, these group of lads
are not a normal group of lads.

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:40.800 align:center
They're like mental cases.
They are like yobs.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:44.280 align:center
Yeah, it sounds like all my mates,
if I'm honest.

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.600 align:center
-Is it that?
-No.

00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.760 align:center
Is it?

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.919 align:center
-Is it that side?
-No.

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:50.159 align:center
-It's all the same signature.
-Very similar.

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:55.439 align:center
Wes Morgan's on the dance floor
with this bottle of champagne,

00:27:55.520 --> 00:27:58.560 align:center
pouring it into anyone's mouth
that would be willing.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.760 align:center
The next thing I see

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:06.679 align:center
is Jamie being literally carried out
of the club by two of his friends.

00:28:06.760 --> 00:28:10.360 align:center
And I was like, "Oh, thank God for that.
At least one down."

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:18.480 align:center
Later that evening,
I get a text message from Jamie saying,

00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:21.480 align:center
"I really wanna see you,"
and I was like, "Nah, delete."

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:26.520 align:center
One of the first things I did
soon as I woke up was message her.

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:29.560 align:center
She was good-looking.
She had this aura about her.

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:33.600 align:center
I legitimately thought
that that's the one.

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.679 align:center
Jamie keeps messaging me.

00:28:35.760 --> 00:28:37.560 align:center
And it was relentless,
then it was calling.

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:40.679 align:center
I'd responded a couple of times
going, "Look, just forget about it."

00:28:40.760 --> 00:28:42.480 align:center
He just would not leave me alone.

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:45.439 align:center
No, I weren't-- I weren't letting it go.

00:28:45.959 --> 00:28:48.320 align:center
There was no chance that was gonna happen.

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:51.840 align:center
It got to the point where I was like,
"Oh, fuck it."

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:54.959 align:center
"Just respond, go meet him,
and then that'll be the end of it."

00:28:56.840 --> 00:29:00.600 align:center
And the more I sat with him,
the more I realized that actually,

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:06.399 align:center
behind this crazy, alcohol-loving,
wild, party boy,

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:10.560 align:center
was actually a guy that was really kind,

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:14.560 align:center
was really good at listening,
and he was really good to talk to.

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:19.919 align:center
We decided to go on a couple more dates,
see what happens.

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:23.439 align:center
Just being around her,
it was, like, an unbelievable feeling.

00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:25.439 align:center
Then it started getting serious.

00:29:26.760 --> 00:29:28.040 align:center
There were other girls.

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:31.159 align:center
People are gonna latch on.
He's a famous footballer. That's it.

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:36.199 align:center
So he never knew how to take any of it
because it might come, it might go.

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:39.840 align:center
I felt like Bex was different though.
Within weeks, he was calling her wifey.

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:42.919 align:center
In the time I'd been with him,
I'd never seen girlfriends.

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.280 align:center
Like, proper girlfriends.

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:47.760 align:center
But it soon came
that Becky was then coming to games.

00:29:48.280 --> 00:29:51.240 align:center
I thought,
"Ooh, this one might be staying around."

00:29:51.760 --> 00:29:56.399 align:center
And then she told me she was pregnant
on the second time that I saw her.

00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:00.959 align:center
Your natural reaction is to think,
"Is she in it for the right reasons?"

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.360 align:center
Wasn't planned,

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:07.720 align:center
but we decided that, you know,
we were gonna give it a real go.

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:12.159 align:center
But he kept getting really, really drunk.

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:14.439 align:center
Every weekend, disappearing.

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:19.480 align:center
I had a scan coming up
and couldn't get hold of him.

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.760 align:center
Nowhere to be seen.

00:30:21.520 --> 00:30:23.520 align:center
So I called John Morris, and I was like,

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:26.879 align:center
"John, go and find him.
I need to speak to him."

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:33.120 align:center
Some people have a drink for eight hours.
Jamie had gone on a bender for 36 hours.

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:35.720 align:center
And it would always be
with The Inbetweeners.

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:37.840 align:center
So I could ring them and say,
"Look, where is he?"

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:41.679 align:center
We were all sat in his local pub
having a drink.

00:30:41.760 --> 00:30:44.199 align:center
And we were, like,
round the table downstairs,

00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:46.480 align:center
and then she just stormed in
out of nowhere.

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:48.480 align:center
-Her face was thunder.
-She were mad.

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:50.280 align:center
-Yeah, she were mad.
-She were mad.

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:55.000 align:center
I went, "You, me, conversation now."

00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:57.040 align:center
Like a little schoolboy. "Come on."

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:59.159 align:center
He moved faster than he did on the field.

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.560 align:center
I just said to him, "What is your deal?"

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.959 align:center
"Like, what is going on?"

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:09.679 align:center
I knew I could tell her anything,
and it was never too much for her.

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:15.199 align:center
He really started to open up then
about why he behaved the way he did.

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:18.320 align:center
He was like,
"I've got all this pressure on me now

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:21.080 align:center
because, you know,
they've spent all this money."

00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:24.560 align:center
"And I just don't think
I can live up to those expectations."

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:27.080 align:center
And I'm like,
"Why do you doubt yourself so much?"

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:32.919 align:center
"You have an incredible opportunity
to do something really special."

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:35.199 align:center
I was like, "How do you feel about that?"

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:38.919 align:center
And he goes,
"Oh, it's probably never gonna work."

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:46.280 align:center
He said he'd always been rejected
and been told he wasn't good enough.

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:50.840 align:center
And so, naturally,
we do start to believe that's true.

00:31:51.719 --> 00:31:54.679 align:center
But I said to him,
"You are gonna screw everything up

00:31:54.760 --> 00:31:57.520 align:center
that you've worked so bloody hard for

00:31:57.600 --> 00:32:00.399 align:center
if you don't change
your lifestyle choices."

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:04.639 align:center
I'm not telling you to stop drinking.
I'm just telling you to rein it in.

00:32:04.719 --> 00:32:08.840 align:center
And what she was saying was right.
It needed to stop. It really did.

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:10.360 align:center
I needed to hear it.

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:14.600 align:center
We talked for hours and hours,
and it was like therapy for him.

00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:17.399 align:center
And it was at that point

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:20.240 align:center
that things really, really
did turn around.

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:23.199 align:center
And in quite a short space of time then.

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:27.520 align:center
She had his interests at heart.
That's when I feel like--

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:29.840 align:center
-We lost him.
-Yeah, and then we lost him.

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:33.760 align:center
Vards had gone.
We had to buy our own pint.

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:40.560 align:center
Vards pre- and post-Becky
is two completely different people.

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:45.000 align:center
Having that stability,
that calmness in his life,

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:46.919 align:center
reflected in his performance.

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:49.639 align:center
Still with Vardy.
Still with Vardy. Takes his man on.

00:32:49.719 --> 00:32:53.199 align:center
Jamie Vardy, there it is!
That's the goal with Jamie Vardy!

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:56.959 align:center
Goes to strike it. Goal. Jamie Vardy.

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:58.360 align:center
She'd always be pushing me

00:32:58.439 --> 00:33:00.639 align:center
to better myself
and go in the right direction,

00:33:00.719 --> 00:33:02.719 align:center
and it's 100% what I needed.

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:04.520 align:center
Poor back-pass from Jay Tabb.

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:07.840 align:center
A Jamie Vardy
who's in a good place mentally

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:11.800 align:center
is then gonna have
a positive effect on other people.

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:16.040 align:center
Still Jamie Vardy.
There was only gonna be one outcome.

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:19.159 align:center
Here's Vardy. Goal.

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:22.000 align:center
The goal that season was to get promoted
to the Premier League.

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:24.320 align:center
And we flew through that league,

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:27.719 align:center
got 102 points,
and Vards was a massive part of that.

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:31.879 align:center
He really emerged as the player
that could be the spark for the team.

00:33:31.959 --> 00:33:34.679 align:center
Jamie Vardy, such a romantic story.

00:33:34.760 --> 00:33:38.080 align:center
Two years ago, he was a member
of the Fleetwood Town side.

00:33:38.159 --> 00:33:41.760 align:center
Then he came to Leicester last season
for a million pounds,

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:44.439 align:center
but he's really delivered
in this campaign.

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:46.639 align:center
In just five years,

00:33:46.719 --> 00:33:50.360 align:center
you climbed from the eighth tier
of football

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:52.159 align:center
to the top flight.

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.840 align:center
How many years? Five?

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:55.320 align:center
-Five.
-Fucking hell.

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:03.240 align:center
There's a gulf between every division,

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:06.560 align:center
but the biggest jump is from
the Championship to the Premier League.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.920 align:center
Players from all over the world,
the best of the best,

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.839 align:center
come and play in the Premier League.

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:16.760 align:center
They're playing Man United,
Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City.

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:21.000 align:center
It is the richest league in the world,

00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:25.159 align:center
and there's a definite link between
money and success in the Premier League.

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:28.319 align:center
Clubs like Leicester are not expected

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.280 align:center
to compete with the elite
of English football.

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:33.679 align:center
A promoted team going up,
it's a struggle all season.

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:37.400 align:center
Your main aim is to stay in that league.

00:34:38.040 --> 00:34:41.600 align:center
For me, personally, it was, now let's see
if I can do it at this level.

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.799 align:center
A sense of energy and expectation

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.880 align:center
around the King Power Stadium
ahead of this one.

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:51.319 align:center
The sun has come out right on cue.

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:55.639 align:center
It was a bit of excitement
more than anything in the dressing room.

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:58.400 align:center
Lads were excited
to be playing against Man United.

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.920 align:center
Everybody watches Man United
all over the world,

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:06.760 align:center
so all of a sudden, the audience
isn't just England, it's worldwide.

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:09.799 align:center
By and large, these
Leicester players have plied their trade

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:11.920 align:center
in and around the Championship.
Some of them…

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:14.360 align:center
This was a huge David versus Goliath game.

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:17.080 align:center
Little old Leicester had been
out of the Premier League for a decade.

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:19.360 align:center
And now they were gonna take on
Manchester United,

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:21.360 align:center
royalty in English football.

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:23.319 align:center
That's when it felt real.

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:26.080 align:center
Here they come,
Leicester against Manchester United.

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:27.880 align:center
I don't care who I'm playing against.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.200 align:center
That's how I've always been.

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:33.880 align:center
You need to be just focusing on yourself.
That was the main focus that day.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:37.520 align:center
I will never forget the Man United game
as long as I live.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.240 align:center
One, 'cause he's got
the stupid bloody mohawk.

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:42.440 align:center
Jamie Vardy starts a Premier League game

00:35:42.520 --> 00:35:44.160 align:center
for the very first time.

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:46.600 align:center
Coming out with a haircut like that,
what a knobhead.

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:48.240 align:center
Yeah.

00:35:48.319 --> 00:35:50.920 align:center
Honestly, when he came home
from the barbers, I was like,

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:54.080 align:center
"What is wrong with you?
Why can you not just be normal?"

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:56.160 align:center
It was just me being me.

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:57.120 align:center
I thought, why not?

00:35:57.200 --> 00:36:00.680 align:center
Let's just go into this new season
and give it as good as I can.

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:04.799 align:center
Falcao, he's looking for van Persie.

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:10.360 align:center
Right on cue, Robin van Persie
off and running for the season.

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:15.120 align:center
Rooney. Di María has continued his run.

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:19.200 align:center
And Di María goes for the finish,
and that is a sensational goal.

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.760 align:center
They score early doors.

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.799 align:center
You think, "Here we go."

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:24.799 align:center
"This is gonna be one of those
where it's just, don't get pumped."

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:27.640 align:center
Manchester United
must've thought, "This is gonna be easy."

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:29.560 align:center
This could be 4, 5, 6 - nil.

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:33.200 align:center
But suddenly,
then Jamie Vardy came to the floor.

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:43.760 align:center
There's only one goal in it.
Let's keep pushing and see what happens.

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:48.080 align:center
Van Persie. Di María. Deflected and in.

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:50.600 align:center
Herrera, wheels away.

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:54.799 align:center
3-1 down. This is not looking good.

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.400 align:center
It was like the game was done.

00:36:57.120 --> 00:37:00.400 align:center
I could see Jamie looking back
at the bench to say, "Are you sure?"

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:02.720 align:center
"There's still plenty of time."

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:04.680 align:center
You can still get something here.

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:08.400 align:center
He was running his heart out
to try and create something for the team,

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.960 align:center
try and create something for himself.

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:14.000 align:center
He looked like a thug
on the pitch, this raw, caged animal

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:16.960 align:center
with power, pace, energy.

00:37:18.040 --> 00:37:19.720 align:center
It was just him everywhere.

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:23.560 align:center
It felt like there was two Jamie Vardys
on the pitch. And he bullied them.

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.760 align:center
Rafael responds and gives away a penalty.

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:36.400 align:center
There's Cambiasso!

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:40.720 align:center
And then what happened next
was miraculous.

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:43.440 align:center
Ritchie De Laet
has got Vardy up ahead and free!

00:37:43.520 --> 00:37:45.520 align:center
Vardy could win it here for them!

00:37:45.600 --> 00:37:47.640 align:center
He scores!

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:50.080 align:center
The comeback of all comebacks!

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:53.000 align:center
I was buzzing, not gonna lie.
Absolutely buzzing.

00:37:53.080 --> 00:37:56.760 align:center
Jamie Vardy
with his first ever Premier League goal.

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:58.600 align:center
It's hard to score goals at any level,

00:37:58.680 --> 00:38:00.920 align:center
but to do it
in the best league in the world,

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:03.720 align:center
it shows that this is
where I'm supposed to be.

00:38:04.560 --> 00:38:06.720 align:center
I think the haircut might have helped.

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:10.200 align:center
Jamie Vardy's having a party
Bring your vodka and your Charlie

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:13.440 align:center
It's a fairy tale, and, uh,
he deserves great credit, this guy,

00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:17.000 align:center
for showing people that he can be a player
in the Premier League.

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:19.839 align:center
Leicester five, Manchester United three.

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:22.319 align:center
It was something that
we never thought we'd really see.

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:26.839 align:center
It was, you know, really Jamie Vardy five,
Manchester United three.

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.760 align:center
How big a day was this for you?

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:30.680 align:center
Three years ago this weekend,

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:32.560 align:center
playing for Fleetwood
against Kidderminster.

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.760 align:center
Incredible, isn't it?

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:37.480 align:center
Yeah, it's massive. Obviously, it's not
been an easy journey to come here.

00:38:37.560 --> 00:38:40.440 align:center
Now we're at the top,
but it's all about staying here now.

00:38:40.520 --> 00:38:42.520 align:center
Managed to get three points.
Moves us up the table.

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:48.000 align:center
A lot of people had never heard of him,
but that was the game

00:38:48.080 --> 00:38:50.680 align:center
where everybody's turning round, going,
"Who the fuck is that guy?"

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:56.720 align:center
Everyone wanted to find out more
about the man behind the name.

00:38:56.799 --> 00:39:01.480 align:center
And he absolutely despised
doing interviews.

00:39:01.560 --> 00:39:02.960 align:center
Oh, for fuck's sake.

00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:06.640 align:center
He wasn't confident enough
in front of cameras.

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:08.080 align:center
Are we recording?

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.760 align:center
-I was shite.
-You'd cringe.

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:11.920 align:center
You'd watch him,
and you'd be like, "Oh no."

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:14.560 align:center
I've settled in to the standard of foot--

00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:15.480 align:center
Wahey.

00:39:15.560 --> 00:39:17.319 align:center
Sorry, booty call.

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:20.120 align:center
When you're brought through the academy,
you get all that training.

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:22.560 align:center
He's been chucked in from Fleetwood,
like "Yeah, go for it."

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:23.520 align:center
Uh… Uh…

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:27.000 align:center
Youngsters now have to do media training,

00:39:27.080 --> 00:39:29.120 align:center
whereas I did what any normal kid does.

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:31.480 align:center
Just got to the swimming pool,
jumped in the deep end.

00:39:31.560 --> 00:39:34.160 align:center
Swim. Swim.

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:36.560 align:center
Can you do that again?
But don't look in here.

00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:38.760 align:center
But I like looking in there. I'm a poser.

00:39:39.359 --> 00:39:41.960 align:center
There's no better way of learning,
I'll be honest.

00:39:42.040 --> 00:39:43.080 align:center
Hey, Becky.

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:44.680 align:center
Just saw a bit of shine.

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:48.120 align:center
-How've you seen a shine from there?
-I asked.

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.760 align:center
-You asked?
-Yeah.

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:52.799 align:center
-Fucking hell. You got spies in here?
-I was waiting till you'd finished.

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:55.400 align:center
I'd not finished.
I was just halfway through it.

00:39:57.560 --> 00:39:59.640 align:center
Stop frowning. Just relax your face.

00:40:01.359 --> 00:40:02.200 align:center
Right.

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:05.799 align:center
No one likes a shiny Vardy.

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:09.640 align:center
No one likes an unshiny Vardy either.
Do I look better on camera now?

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.880 align:center
Beautiful.

00:40:15.319 --> 00:40:17.480 align:center
After the Manchester United game,

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:20.600 align:center
Sofia came into the world.

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:24.640 align:center
There was a real air of excitement.

00:40:25.520 --> 00:40:27.000 align:center
It was new beginnings.

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:30.600 align:center
And new beginnings for everyone as well.

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:33.319 align:center
Oh, are we… are we on a swing?

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:36.400 align:center
Smile. Hello.

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.960 align:center
The both of us, over the moon.

00:40:38.040 --> 00:40:38.880 align:center
Hello.

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:41.440 align:center
The family side of it were great.

00:40:41.520 --> 00:40:44.720 align:center
Me and Bex had now
got our own little bundle of joy.

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:49.960 align:center
But the football side of it was…
was a bit more tough.

00:40:51.520 --> 00:40:54.160 align:center
Leicester currently bottom of the league,

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:57.880 align:center
and scratching around for a goal,
never mind a victory.

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.880 align:center
We were in a bad run.

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:02.319 align:center
We were in a run of games
where we couldn't get a result.

00:41:04.520 --> 00:41:07.160 align:center
They were bottom of the table
for 140 days.

00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:10.839 align:center
There was no chance of survival.
They were absolutely rock bottom.

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:13.640 align:center
The dream looked like
it was gonna turn into a nightmare.

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:15.600 align:center
Leicester have lost again.

00:41:15.680 --> 00:41:20.080 align:center
They stay bottom, and they have
an almighty fight on their hands

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:22.480 align:center
to stay in the Barclays Premier League.

00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:24.880 align:center
Any chance for you for them staying up?

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:27.960 align:center
I think they've gotta win four
of their remaining eight games to, uh…

00:41:28.040 --> 00:41:29.160 align:center
to give themselves a chance.

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:32.280 align:center
They've only won five all season,
so I think it's a tough ask.

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:36.640 align:center
Towards the end
of that season, we were dead and buried.

00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:39.560 align:center
People had written us off. I think
the bookies had stopped taking bets.

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:42.120 align:center
And we were… we were doomed.

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.920 align:center
So Leicester City get us off and underway…

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.440 align:center
If they didn't win that day,

00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:50.359 align:center
they would really be staring
down the barrel of relegation.

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:52.240 align:center
Time was running out for them.

00:41:52.839 --> 00:41:56.560 align:center
Four minutes to be added.
We are into those four minutes now.

00:41:56.640 --> 00:42:00.319 align:center
It was 2-2. It was over 90 minutes.
Yeah, we were down and out.

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:06.000 align:center
If I'm being told I can't do something,

00:42:06.600 --> 00:42:10.600 align:center
then I'm doing everything
physically possible to prove that I can.

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:22.960 align:center
Left-footed, Jamie Vardy!
What a goal from Jamie Vardy!

00:42:23.040 --> 00:42:27.880 align:center
Has he just got Leicester City
a huge Premier League lifeline?

00:42:29.080 --> 00:42:31.680 align:center
That goal gave us the spark we needed

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:33.839 align:center
to start believing
we can do this, you know?

00:42:35.520 --> 00:42:38.200 align:center
"Fuck this. We're not getting relegated."

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:41.280 align:center
That was his mantra.
He would say it, he would shout it.

00:42:41.359 --> 00:42:43.880 align:center
He would get people
to where they needed to be.

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:49.359 align:center
"We are staying up"
is the cry echoing around the King Power.

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:51.319 align:center
Yeah, Ulloa!

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.400 align:center
Finds the bottom corner.

00:42:54.520 --> 00:42:57.000 align:center
Can they do it? Can they escape?

00:42:57.520 --> 00:43:02.280 align:center
There was a lot of pressure,
but Vards just made everyone relax

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:05.200 align:center
because of his personality
and his character,

00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:07.080 align:center
and that was infectious.

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:10.040 align:center
And if I'm more relaxed,
I'll perform better.

00:43:12.799 --> 00:43:15.480 align:center
What a chance! And Vardy was there.

00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:18.520 align:center
Vital win for Leicester City.

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:29.040 align:center
They can almost taste safety now.

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:33.480 align:center
Looking for Vardy again. Oh, Mahrez!

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:36.600 align:center
Yet another win for Leicester City.

00:43:37.120 --> 00:43:42.040 align:center
They've almost doubled their tally
in just over a month. Incredible.

00:43:43.040 --> 00:43:46.280 align:center
And that is the full-time
whistle here at the Stadium of Light.

00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:51.280 align:center
Leicester City have guaranteed their place
in the Premier League next term,

00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:53.160 align:center
with a point here at Sunderland

00:43:53.240 --> 00:43:57.240 align:center
and a run that defies all runs
in the Premier League.

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:05.280 align:center
I don't know how it happened.
Unbelievable achievement.

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:07.760 align:center
"The Great Escape," they call it.

00:44:09.359 --> 00:44:10.720 align:center
The club was gonna be playing

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:12.359 align:center
Premier League football
the following season.

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:14.160 align:center
That was incredible for… for everyone.

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:17.600 align:center
And Vards was very much
at the heart of that.

00:44:32.680 --> 00:44:35.280 align:center
I was out shopping for holiday clothes,

00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:38.760 align:center
and I got a text message saying that
I'd been called up to the England squad.

00:44:38.839 --> 00:44:44.120 align:center
And I just looked at it and closed it,
thinking someone was taking the piss.

00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:46.200 align:center
Have you had to pinch yourself at all?

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:48.319 align:center
I've been pinching myself every day,

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:51.520 align:center
obviously, since, uh,
the squad got mentioned, and…

00:44:51.600 --> 00:44:55.920 align:center
I expected it. If you believe it
in the seventh tier of English football,

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:58.240 align:center
why am I gonna change
when you get to the first tier?

00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:01.280 align:center
I remember him saying back in the day,

00:45:01.359 --> 00:45:03.400 align:center
"You're gonna play for England."
I'm laughing at him.

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:08.200 align:center
But he was right. He's…
First time he's been right.

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:10.280 align:center
Vardy and Rooney up front for England.

00:45:10.359 --> 00:45:13.240 align:center
That's something that wouldn't
have been said a year or two back.

00:45:13.319 --> 00:45:16.760 align:center
A year or two? I don't think
it'd have been said three months ago.

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:20.040 align:center
That's the ultimate honor.
Playing for your country.

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:23.799 align:center
Pulling that jersey on
with them three lions on.

00:45:23.879 --> 00:45:25.520 align:center
It's stuff of dreams.

00:45:25.600 --> 00:45:28.200 align:center
It probably was stuff of his dreams,
and he made them reality.

00:45:29.879 --> 00:45:32.680 align:center
Jamie's different to the players
that normally play for England,

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:34.560 align:center
because they've come through academies.

00:45:34.640 --> 00:45:36.640 align:center
They're gonna have
the best nutrition advice.

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:38.280 align:center
Strength conditioning as well.

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:41.600 align:center
And here comes
this freak of nature, Jamie Vardy,

00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:44.440 align:center
living off pizza, Pringles, and Red Bull.

00:45:46.120 --> 00:45:48.600 align:center
Everybody wanted a piece of Jamie Vardy.

00:45:49.120 --> 00:45:51.400 align:center
But he weren't ready.
You know, we weren't expecting it,

00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:52.920 align:center
and it just went "poof."

00:45:55.359 --> 00:45:57.200 align:center
They're interested in everything.

00:45:57.799 --> 00:46:01.400 align:center
Somebody trawled through his Facebook
and found this "chat shit get banged."

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.280 align:center
What's "chat shit get banged"?

00:46:05.040 --> 00:46:07.000 align:center
This is the problem, I don't know.

00:46:07.080 --> 00:46:10.040 align:center
I really don't know. It's doing me head--
Everyone asks.

00:46:10.120 --> 00:46:12.160 align:center
I would imagine it would've been

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:16.160 align:center
a pretty standard Tuesday night
for Jamie Vardy and the boys.

00:46:16.240 --> 00:46:17.960 align:center
Somebody chatting shit,
somebody got banged.

00:46:18.040 --> 00:46:19.720 align:center
-He put it on Facebook.
-Twitter.

00:46:19.799 --> 00:46:21.879 align:center
-"Chat shit get banged."
-Yeah.

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:23.440 align:center
So then he took it as like…

00:46:23.520 --> 00:46:26.120 align:center
Then people ran with that.
"Vards chat shit get banged," but--

00:46:26.200 --> 00:46:28.240 align:center
I've no idea why I wrote it.

00:46:28.319 --> 00:46:31.200 align:center
I think it was from, like,
2012 or something.

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:35.839 align:center
So I've literally not got a Scooby-Doo.
But it sounds good.

00:46:36.359 --> 00:46:37.680 align:center
Chat shit get banged

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:40.480 align:center
Banged
Chat shit get banged

00:46:40.560 --> 00:46:43.879 align:center
It just became an instant slogan,
and the fans embraced it.

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.799 align:center
Banged

00:46:44.879 --> 00:46:47.640 align:center
Internet memes and songs people recorded.

00:46:47.720 --> 00:46:50.839 align:center
And you did see T-shirts and tattoos.
There was all sorts.

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:52.600 align:center
…get banged
Line 'em up, line 'em up

00:46:52.680 --> 00:46:54.680 align:center
Jamie Vardy was becoming a cult figure,

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.640 align:center
and, uh, it just summed him up.

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:58.680 align:center
Talk nonsense to me,
you're gonna get something.

00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:01.040 align:center
I think it was a message to defenders
in the Premier League.

00:47:01.120 --> 00:47:02.200 align:center
-They get what?
-Banged.

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:03.319 align:center
Chat shit, chat shit get--

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:04.480 align:center
-Banged.
-Banged.

00:47:08.200 --> 00:47:09.040 align:center
Whoo.

00:47:09.120 --> 00:47:12.120 align:center
Going into the new season, we were
confident we knew how to win games.

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:13.520 align:center
Whoo-hoo.

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:16.160 align:center
Floating on the moon

00:47:16.240 --> 00:47:18.839 align:center
We've still got this momentum
from the year before.

00:47:20.319 --> 00:47:21.680 align:center
Can we carry that on?

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:26.680 align:center
There are various media

00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:30.560 align:center
reporting that Nigel Pearson
has been, quote, "sacked"

00:47:30.640 --> 00:47:34.720 align:center
as the manager of Leicester City.
Unconfirmed reports at the moment.

00:47:35.520 --> 00:47:37.359 align:center
The reason it comes as such a shock

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:39.760 align:center
is that Pearson had done
such a fantastic job

00:47:39.839 --> 00:47:42.319 align:center
in rescuing Leicester
and keeping them in the Premier League.

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:46.680 align:center
He managed to achieve the greatest escapes
that we've seen in Premier League history.

00:47:47.680 --> 00:47:50.720 align:center
I was utterly shocked,
knowing what he'd done for myself,

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:54.920 align:center
taking me there
and backing me and believing in me.

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:58.000 align:center
I was… Probably say I was devastated.

00:47:58.080 --> 00:48:00.080 align:center
He's the man who steered Leicester City

00:48:00.160 --> 00:48:01.839 align:center
clear of relegation
from the Premier League.

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:04.560 align:center
One month later,
he's been sacked by the club.

00:48:05.879 --> 00:48:10.839 align:center
It was difficult leaving, yeah,
under the circumstances as well, but…

00:48:12.080 --> 00:48:17.760 align:center
It was not an easy period to come through,
in all honesty. It was a tough time.

00:48:20.080 --> 00:48:24.200 align:center
It was a shock to everyone,
and I think it's like with anything.

00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:27.240 align:center
When there's a big change like that,
there's the unknown.

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:32.040 align:center
There was an expectation
after the great escape

00:48:32.120 --> 00:48:33.520 align:center
that they could build on that.

00:48:33.600 --> 00:48:37.680 align:center
But then when Nigel Pearson left,
there was a lot of doubt,

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:41.040 align:center
and the big question then was
"Who's next?"

00:48:41.760 --> 00:48:44.920 align:center
Leicester City's search
for a new manager is over,

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:48.960 align:center
as they've announced the appointment
of Claudio Ranieri.

00:48:49.040 --> 00:48:50.520 align:center
-Really?
-Claudio Ranieri.

00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:52.480 align:center
-Claudio Ranieri?
-Claudio Ranieri.

00:48:52.560 --> 00:48:54.960 align:center
-What the fuck?
-This is a bit of a shock.

00:48:55.040 --> 00:48:57.879 align:center
I think people thought
they'd seen the last of Claudio Ranieri.

00:48:57.960 --> 00:49:01.080 align:center
It's a strange appointment.
I think they've taken a massive risk.

00:49:01.160 --> 00:49:04.720 align:center
For me, it's very…
it's very good and very exciting

00:49:04.799 --> 00:49:08.520 align:center
to start the new, uh, season.

00:49:08.600 --> 00:49:12.720 align:center
He has a CV blessed
with 14 different teams he's managed.

00:49:12.799 --> 00:49:17.240 align:center
Most recently Greece where he only
took charge for, I think, four games.

00:49:17.319 --> 00:49:20.200 align:center
They lost to the Faroe Islands.
He was subsequently sacked.

00:49:21.359 --> 00:49:23.040 align:center
They were different personalities.

00:49:23.120 --> 00:49:25.839 align:center
Nigel's approach
was to foster this team spirit,

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:28.920 align:center
whereas Claudio was a man
that used to chop and change a lot.

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:30.640 align:center
"The Tinkerman," as he was known.

00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:33.520 align:center
It just felt like
this could be a recipe for disaster.

00:49:34.040 --> 00:49:37.960 align:center
There was not a lot I knew, if I'm honest.
Just knew he'd been at Chelsea. That's it.

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:40.520 align:center
We didn't know what to expect.

00:49:40.600 --> 00:49:44.120 align:center
It was gonna be a lot different
to the regime that we was currently in.

00:49:44.200 --> 00:49:46.640 align:center
-I want to don't change too much.
-Yeah.

00:49:46.720 --> 00:49:51.520 align:center
But just to give my…
the Italian tactical way.

00:49:52.319 --> 00:49:56.240 align:center
Coming into the '15-'16 season,
we didn't have a particularly big squad.

00:49:56.319 --> 00:49:58.720 align:center
We didn't have any marquee signings.

00:49:58.799 --> 00:50:03.400 align:center
It was a… a band of brothers, really,
assembled on a shoe-string budget.

00:50:04.839 --> 00:50:07.839 align:center
Everything seemed to be
stacked against them that season.

00:50:07.920 --> 00:50:12.080 align:center
The odds of Leicester City winning
the Premier League title was 5,000 to 1.

00:50:12.160 --> 00:50:15.640 align:center
It means for every pound,
you can get £5,000 back.

00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:19.040 align:center
It was the longest odds ever
in the history of the Premier League

00:50:19.120 --> 00:50:20.640 align:center
on a team winning the title.

00:50:20.720 --> 00:50:24.280 align:center
Famously, you could've got shorter odds
on finding Elvis Presley alive.

00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:27.319 align:center
You were literally betting
on the impossible.

00:50:28.799 --> 00:50:31.640 align:center
A team like Leicester's
not gonna win the Premier League.

00:50:31.720 --> 00:50:34.480 align:center
How do you say impossible?
Why is it impossible?

00:50:34.560 --> 00:50:37.160 align:center
It's not gonna happen.
It's not imp-- It's not gonna happen.

00:50:37.240 --> 00:50:43.120 align:center
I think in us heads deep down
the main target was to avoid relegation.

00:50:43.200 --> 00:50:44.560 align:center
But I love being an underdog.

00:50:44.640 --> 00:50:47.319 align:center
At the end of the day, it's 11 versus 11.

00:50:47.399 --> 00:50:51.120 align:center
It doesn't matter what team it is,
anything can happen.

00:50:51.640 --> 00:50:53.280 align:center
Anything can happen in football.

00:50:53.359 --> 00:50:56.879 align:center
After 11 years
away from English football, he's back.

00:50:57.399 --> 00:51:01.280 align:center
Former Tinkerman of Chelsea
now in charge of Leicester City.

00:51:05.560 --> 00:51:08.240 align:center
The first game of a season
is always very unknown.

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:11.280 align:center
You don't know where you are
in terms of fitness levels

00:51:11.359 --> 00:51:13.440 align:center
and where you are compared to other teams.

00:51:14.040 --> 00:51:15.560 align:center
But we got off to a great start.

00:51:15.640 --> 00:51:19.040 align:center
Albrighton has delivered.
Knocked on by Huth.

00:51:19.120 --> 00:51:22.799 align:center
It's found a way in! Jamie Vardy!

00:51:24.160 --> 00:51:25.319 align:center
Leicester lead!

00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:31.160 align:center
Carrying on
from where they left off last season.

00:51:31.720 --> 00:51:34.040 align:center
I remember it being
a bit of a muted celebration.

00:51:34.120 --> 00:51:37.640 align:center
Was it because he'd been with England
and he's now used to scoring goals,

00:51:37.720 --> 00:51:40.319 align:center
or was it something
which was going on in the background?

00:51:43.680 --> 00:51:45.160 align:center
A few weeks before that game,

00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:51.319 align:center
I was just out with my wife,
teammates there, their partners,

00:51:51.399 --> 00:51:52.920 align:center
playing poker in the casino.

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:57.920 align:center
There was a guy walking around,
looking at people's cards,

00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:02.240 align:center
and going and telling another guy
on the table virtually what we had.

00:52:04.680 --> 00:52:08.120 align:center
It literally just kicks off.

00:52:08.200 --> 00:52:09.280 align:center
F*** off.

00:52:10.399 --> 00:52:13.240 align:center
Shot glasses go flying everywhere.

00:52:14.040 --> 00:52:18.040 align:center
Cards go everywhere, and Jamie…

00:52:18.120 --> 00:52:22.280 align:center
Just the Sheffield lad
came out in full force that night

00:52:22.879 --> 00:52:26.120 align:center
and said a few things
that he shouldn't have said.

00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:32.359 align:center
I remember being sat in bed one night,
and we get a phone call saying

00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:38.000 align:center
the security cameras
had been provided to the media.

00:52:38.520 --> 00:52:40.640 align:center
They're running a racism story.

00:52:41.160 --> 00:52:44.200 align:center
Shit, like, what's… What have I done here?

00:52:46.200 --> 00:52:47.879 align:center
Jap.

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:49.399 align:center
Walk on…

00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:53.480 align:center
Used a term that
I didn't think was offensive.

00:52:53.560 --> 00:52:57.240 align:center
Thought it was just
an abbreviation of Japan.

00:52:58.319 --> 00:53:01.080 align:center
And it got me in a bit of trouble.

00:53:04.120 --> 00:53:08.160 align:center
You're like "racist," what?
Like, no, that's not me.

00:53:08.680 --> 00:53:11.080 align:center
-He were gutted about it, to be fair.
-Yeah.

00:53:11.839 --> 00:53:12.879 align:center
-'Cause it's not him.
-No.

00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:15.399 align:center
-He's not like that at all.
-No, he's nothing like that.

00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:21.120 align:center
We shared a dressing room every day.

00:53:21.200 --> 00:53:25.040 align:center
We're on the pitch fighting
for each other, you know, every weekend.

00:53:25.560 --> 00:53:28.960 align:center
In terms of being labeled a racist,
you know, never in a million years.

00:53:33.319 --> 00:53:36.520 align:center
He didn't say those words
because he was being racist.

00:53:37.560 --> 00:53:39.960 align:center
He said those words
because he's uneducated.

00:53:40.040 --> 00:53:42.799 align:center
It was a kind of
throwaway comment for him,

00:53:42.879 --> 00:53:46.080 align:center
but he openly admitted to us straightaway
that he'd done it,

00:53:46.160 --> 00:53:49.720 align:center
and, uh, I think the club took action
to try and redress that.

00:53:51.160 --> 00:53:55.960 align:center
They could terminate my contract
or massive fines, even sold.

00:53:56.040 --> 00:53:58.560 align:center
So to be in that situation was horrific.

00:53:59.120 --> 00:54:02.319 align:center
Leicester City has confirmed
Jamie Vardy has been fined

00:54:02.399 --> 00:54:05.160 align:center
and will receive
diversity awareness training.

00:54:05.240 --> 00:54:08.640 align:center
And it definitely helped me.
It's not something you get taught.

00:54:10.359 --> 00:54:11.480 align:center
Like especially in…

00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:16.920 align:center
In school, growing up and stuff,
you get taught what a racist is,

00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:19.160 align:center
what terms are not to be used.

00:54:19.240 --> 00:54:22.680 align:center
And, you know… 100% should never be used.

00:54:23.359 --> 00:54:28.000 align:center
So I think that was a massive,
massive learning curve for myself.

00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:32.200 align:center
After that moment,
it was go training, go home.

00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:34.399 align:center
Don't even bother putting yourself

00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:38.520 align:center
in a situation where anything stupid
or anything bad could happen.

00:54:39.040 --> 00:54:43.280 align:center
We realized, like,
we were not normal people anymore.

00:54:43.359 --> 00:54:48.359 align:center
As much as we tried to pretend
and, you know, live our lives normally,

00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:50.960 align:center
we just couldn't do it anymore.

00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:55.680 align:center
That event definitely showed
how everything had changed.

00:54:55.760 --> 00:54:57.799 align:center
Someone's messaged you.

00:54:57.879 --> 00:54:58.839 align:center
Everything.

00:54:59.399 --> 00:55:00.640 align:center
See you later.

00:55:02.120 --> 00:55:04.399 align:center
The club had to move on
very quickly from that.

00:55:04.480 --> 00:55:08.160 align:center
Although, it was definitely a feeling that
he'd have to win some people back over.

00:55:08.240 --> 00:55:10.879 align:center
But people didn't expect
what was gonna happen next.

00:55:14.280 --> 00:55:17.600 align:center
That one hammered home by Jamie Vardy.

00:55:19.720 --> 00:55:22.000 align:center
Here's Vardy. Jamie Vardy!

00:55:22.080 --> 00:55:25.200 align:center
He was unbelievable.
He went on this goal-scoring run.

00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:28.839 align:center
Vardy is breaking through. Astonishing.

00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:30.160 align:center
He just couldn't stop scoring.

00:55:30.240 --> 00:55:31.720 align:center
Vardy!

00:55:33.399 --> 00:55:36.440 align:center
His scoring spree continues.

00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:41.319 align:center
That's five in a row from Vardy.

00:55:41.399 --> 00:55:43.440 align:center
The way he was playing,
you couldn't stop him.

00:55:43.520 --> 00:55:45.839 align:center
And it drove the team forward.

00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:47.280 align:center
Then it was like,

00:55:47.359 --> 00:55:50.240 align:center
let's see how many points we can get
and how high we finish on the table.

00:55:50.319 --> 00:55:52.640 align:center
Takes over, Vardy. He's in here!

00:55:52.720 --> 00:55:56.440 align:center
He scored again! He's on fire!

00:55:57.280 --> 00:56:01.000 align:center
The first time I realized
I was on the consecutive goal-scoring run

00:56:01.080 --> 00:56:02.920 align:center
was when we played Crystal Palace at home.

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:07.480 align:center
He's done it yet again.
Seven games running.

00:56:07.560 --> 00:56:09.440 align:center
But up until then, I'd not a clue.

00:56:09.520 --> 00:56:14.600 align:center
Here he is, Jamie Vardy.
In the clear to score again.

00:56:14.680 --> 00:56:18.080 align:center
The goals just keep on coming
for Jamie Vardy.

00:56:18.160 --> 00:56:20.879 align:center
The record for scoring
in consecutive games in the Premier League

00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:24.359 align:center
was Ruud van Nistelrooy.
And he scored in ten consecutive games.

00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:27.359 align:center
Surrounded by white shirts
and still going.

00:56:27.440 --> 00:56:30.120 align:center
What a run by Ruud van Nistelrooy.
What a goal.

00:56:30.200 --> 00:56:32.359 align:center
Ruud van Nistelrooy
was royalty in football.

00:56:32.440 --> 00:56:34.600 align:center
Scored at some of the biggest clubs
in the world.

00:56:34.680 --> 00:56:37.760 align:center
Then you've got Jamie Vardy
coming from the backstreets of Sheffield.

00:56:37.839 --> 00:56:40.000 align:center
There was no chance
that he was gonna break that record.

00:56:41.879 --> 00:56:45.440 align:center
Is this the moment for Jamie Vardy?

00:56:46.040 --> 00:56:48.120 align:center
This is the moment!

00:56:48.200 --> 00:56:50.799 align:center
His remarkable run continues.

00:56:51.319 --> 00:56:54.879 align:center
He scores for the ninth match running
in the Premier League.

00:56:54.960 --> 00:56:58.720 align:center
Getting to number nine, and I was one…
one away from matching the record.

00:56:59.319 --> 00:57:02.919 align:center
Much of the build-up,
of course, has centered on this man.

00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:04.680 align:center
Jamie Vardy goes for the record.

00:57:04.760 --> 00:57:07.919 align:center
Ten successive
Barclays Premier League games.

00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:10.280 align:center
Everyone's talking
in the dressing room, like,

00:57:10.359 --> 00:57:13.520 align:center
"This is the equal-record game."
It's in the back of everyone's mind.

00:57:14.600 --> 00:57:17.080 align:center
The previous record set by van Nistelrooy

00:57:17.160 --> 00:57:19.200 align:center
was actually done
against Newcastle as well.

00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:21.759 align:center
So it was all along the same lines.

00:57:21.839 --> 00:57:23.440 align:center
Here's Vardy.

00:57:24.759 --> 00:57:27.640 align:center
Games that are as tight as this,
he's often the one to separate them.

00:57:27.720 --> 00:57:29.520 align:center
This is Jamie Vardy!

00:57:30.759 --> 00:57:32.200 align:center
History maker.

00:57:32.919 --> 00:57:34.560 align:center
Ten out of ten.

00:57:35.240 --> 00:57:40.399 align:center
And the fairy tale goes on.
Jamie Vardy is living the dream.

00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:42.560 align:center
All the headlines
will be about Jamie Vardy

00:57:42.640 --> 00:57:44.640 align:center
who scored in ten consecutive
Premier League games.

00:57:44.720 --> 00:57:47.080 align:center
But what about
this Leicester City side as well,

00:57:47.160 --> 00:57:48.839 align:center
unbeaten in ten away Premier League games?

00:57:48.919 --> 00:57:51.799 align:center
Oh, ain't going anywhere.
I don't think they're going anywhere.

00:57:51.879 --> 00:57:53.399 align:center
It's hard to explain.

00:57:53.480 --> 00:57:56.680 align:center
Obviously, cheers, boys. Wouldn't have
been able to do it without all of you.

00:57:56.759 --> 00:58:00.240 align:center
But, um, the gaffer's just said he's gonna
put some beers on the coach and the plane.

00:58:00.319 --> 00:58:01.720 align:center
Yeah!

00:58:04.040 --> 00:58:06.080 align:center
He's equalled the record,
everyone's buzzing.

00:58:06.160 --> 00:58:07.799 align:center
But can you break the record?

00:58:07.879 --> 00:58:11.200 align:center
If it didn't have
a fairy-tale feel about it enough,

00:58:11.279 --> 00:58:14.919 align:center
the fact that it was Manchester United,
Ruud van Nistelrooy's team,

00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:17.919 align:center
that Jamie Vardy could score
his eleventh against,

00:58:18.000 --> 00:58:19.839 align:center
that just made it even sweeter.

00:58:19.919 --> 00:58:22.839 align:center
The toss is up,
the stage is set, the lights are on.

00:58:22.919 --> 00:58:27.240 align:center
These are the days of our lives,
ladies and gentlemen.

00:58:27.319 --> 00:58:30.000 align:center
It does not get better than this.

00:58:30.080 --> 00:58:34.480 align:center
Everything surrounding the game was…
Just felt huge. It felt massive.

00:58:35.480 --> 00:58:38.480 align:center
Everybody was just rooting for him
to go and get it.

00:58:39.600 --> 00:58:42.120 align:center
But nobody really spoke about it.

00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:45.759 align:center
It was almost like
we didn't wanna interrupt what he's doing

00:58:45.839 --> 00:58:47.319 align:center
and put too much pressure on one game.

00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:53.399 align:center
But, to be honest, he didn't
look like he was feeling any pressure.

00:58:55.120 --> 00:58:59.279 align:center
I remember the night before
the Man United game, I called him

00:58:59.879 --> 00:59:02.600 align:center
and just said, "Look, if you don't
break the record, it's okay."

00:59:02.680 --> 00:59:05.080 align:center
"You've got to ten.
It's an incredible achievement."

00:59:06.799 --> 00:59:08.240 align:center
He was just deadpan straight back.

00:59:08.319 --> 00:59:10.640 align:center
"Don't worry about tomorrow.
I'm getting one."

00:59:11.480 --> 00:59:14.680 align:center
Everybody was desperate to try
and make that pass for that goal.

00:59:16.600 --> 00:59:17.440 align:center
Just look for him.

00:59:17.520 --> 00:59:20.200 align:center
You almost sacrifice a goal
to make sure he scores.

00:59:21.960 --> 00:59:24.440 align:center
It was an evening game under the lights.

00:59:25.240 --> 00:59:27.560 align:center
Everybody was rooting for Vardy
to score that night.

00:59:29.160 --> 00:59:30.359 align:center
He's in.

00:59:30.440 --> 00:59:33.960 align:center
And Christian Fuchs clips that pass
straight into his path.

00:59:34.879 --> 00:59:35.919 align:center
Fuchs.

00:59:36.520 --> 00:59:38.759 align:center
What were you thinking
when Fuchs passed you the ball

00:59:38.839 --> 00:59:39.960 align:center
and you took the shot?

00:59:40.480 --> 00:59:41.799 align:center
Don't miss.

00:59:44.560 --> 00:59:46.200 align:center
Vardy!

00:59:47.399 --> 00:59:51.720 align:center
It's 11. It's heaven for Jamie Vardy.

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:56.000 align:center
Hold the back page. Hold the front page.

00:59:56.080 --> 00:59:58.879 align:center
A Leicester player has smashed the record.

01:00:02.160 --> 01:00:05.200 align:center
When I scored,
the emotions were through the roof.

01:00:05.839 --> 01:00:07.200 align:center
Mine, fucking mine.

01:00:08.080 --> 01:00:10.000 align:center
I just… I get in the moment.

01:00:11.240 --> 01:00:13.240 align:center
We won't all get to break records,

01:00:13.319 --> 01:00:17.440 align:center
but seeing one of our close friends
and our teammates be able to do it,

01:00:17.520 --> 01:00:20.359 align:center
is huge,
and we were just so happy for him.

01:00:21.440 --> 01:00:23.080 align:center
We felt like we'd scored it.

01:00:23.160 --> 01:00:25.560 align:center
And the cheer was the loudest
I'd ever heard in the stadium.

01:00:28.319 --> 01:00:31.200 align:center
During the run,
everyone was fully behind me.

01:00:31.279 --> 01:00:34.799 align:center
It made me wanna do it, but… for them.

01:00:37.040 --> 01:00:40.120 align:center
He sent me a message from the dressing
room saying, "Well, that ended well."

01:00:42.879 --> 01:00:45.200 align:center
Ruud sent me a Tweet at the time.

01:00:45.720 --> 01:00:48.879 align:center
It was officially my record
at that moment in time.

01:00:50.160 --> 01:00:52.600 align:center
Yeah, it's pretty good. Pretty good.

01:00:53.720 --> 01:00:56.000 align:center
And after the run that he went on,

01:00:56.080 --> 01:00:59.120 align:center
we found ourselves
near the top of the table.

01:00:59.640 --> 01:01:01.120 align:center
It was amazing.

01:01:01.799 --> 01:01:04.600 align:center
My wife said to me, "You know,
you could win the Premier League."

01:01:04.680 --> 01:01:07.560 align:center
I just gave her a look
and said, "Don't be ridiculous."

01:01:11.520 --> 01:01:13.399 align:center
We had our Christmas do just after,

01:01:13.480 --> 01:01:15.520 align:center
so we went to jump on a flight.

01:01:15.600 --> 01:01:18.799 align:center
And then just as I landed,
got a phone call off my wife

01:01:18.879 --> 01:01:21.600 align:center
saying, "Your agent's trying
to get hold of you. You need to ring him."

01:01:21.680 --> 01:01:24.200 align:center
So I rang him up and he was like, um,

01:01:24.720 --> 01:01:27.799 align:center
"Just letting you know, there's a story
coming out in the papers tomorrow."

01:01:27.879 --> 01:01:31.399 align:center
So I'm like, "Well, about what?
I've not done anything wrong."

01:01:31.480 --> 01:01:32.759 align:center
And he's like,

01:01:32.839 --> 01:01:35.919 align:center
"No, they've, um…
They've found your real dad."

01:01:36.000 --> 01:01:37.839 align:center
And I was like, "What?"

01:01:39.240 --> 01:01:42.319 align:center
I'd had a call
from the MailOnline and they said,

01:01:42.399 --> 01:01:46.040 align:center
"We've had Jamie's father
at his game today."

01:01:46.120 --> 01:01:48.600 align:center
And I'm thinking, "His father?" Well…

01:01:48.680 --> 01:01:49.919 align:center
…his father wasn't at the game.

01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:53.799 align:center
And they went, "Oh no.
His biological father was at the game."

01:01:53.879 --> 01:01:55.960 align:center
I was like, "Mm. Right, okay."

01:01:56.040 --> 01:01:57.480 align:center
I didn't know if he knew.

01:01:58.919 --> 01:02:02.839 align:center
So I rung his mum first,
and she's crying her eyes out saying,

01:02:02.919 --> 01:02:06.480 align:center
"You have to stop this.
You have to stop this. This isn't fair."

01:02:07.080 --> 01:02:11.279 align:center
He's like, "Yeah, they've been
and done loads of research,

01:02:11.359 --> 01:02:14.960 align:center
and they've found your real dad,
tracked him down,

01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:18.040 align:center
paid for him to get to Swansea,

01:02:18.120 --> 01:02:21.680 align:center
paid for him to have his ticket,
so that they could get pictures of him

01:02:21.759 --> 01:02:23.200 align:center
in Swansea Stadium,

01:02:23.919 --> 01:02:26.440 align:center
and then done
a big, massive interview with him."

01:02:27.160 --> 01:02:31.520 align:center
So the press, the photographers, paparazzi
started turning up in Copenhagen

01:02:31.600 --> 01:02:33.359 align:center
to get pictures of Jamie.

01:02:33.440 --> 01:02:35.600 align:center
I'm thinking, "I need to get him home."

01:02:36.879 --> 01:02:40.279 align:center
Yeah, I flew back home
just to get away from it all.

01:02:40.960 --> 01:02:43.480 align:center
Trying to get my head around everything

01:02:43.560 --> 01:02:47.440 align:center
and work out
basically what the fuck was going on.

01:02:48.040 --> 01:02:51.000 align:center
Did you have any idea
that the dad that raised you

01:02:51.080 --> 01:02:53.160 align:center
wasn't your biological father?

01:02:53.680 --> 01:02:57.680 align:center
I had a slight inkling
from when I was younger.

01:02:57.759 --> 01:02:59.600 align:center
Used to get people saying,
"We know your dad,"

01:02:59.680 --> 01:03:04.080 align:center
but they were from completely
different areas, so I was like…

01:03:04.600 --> 01:03:06.680 align:center
And they'd go, "No, no, your real dad."

01:03:06.759 --> 01:03:10.640 align:center
I just used to bat it off, if I'm honest.
Like, didn't wanna know.

01:03:11.160 --> 01:03:14.399 align:center
But then, obviously, this came out
and it was like… "Fuck."

01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:17.799 align:center
I don't understand why
that was in the public's interest…

01:03:19.359 --> 01:03:20.879 align:center
…to traumatize someone.

01:03:21.759 --> 01:03:23.359 align:center
It was just cruel. It was cruel.

01:03:24.799 --> 01:03:27.839 align:center
You break a goal-scoring record
one day, everything's amazing,

01:03:27.919 --> 01:03:30.759 align:center
and the next day, the media
are looking to knock you down

01:03:30.839 --> 01:03:33.480 align:center
and derail all the great stuff
you've done.

01:03:33.560 --> 01:03:35.080 align:center
And it was… it was a tough time.

01:03:36.600 --> 01:03:39.399 align:center
I was then getting letters
sent to the club

01:03:39.480 --> 01:03:44.759 align:center
from my so-called dad's family,

01:03:46.040 --> 01:03:49.319 align:center
who were saying,
"If you do wanna speak, I'm…"

01:03:49.399 --> 01:03:51.080 align:center
"I'm basically your auntie."

01:03:52.720 --> 01:03:55.279 align:center
No. Not, uh… Not for me.

01:03:56.839 --> 01:03:59.240 align:center
-Has he tried reaching out?
-Not tried reaching out.

01:03:59.319 --> 01:04:00.759 align:center
Not tried doing anything.

01:04:00.839 --> 01:04:03.759 align:center
Probably got a bit of cash for doing
that paper, and he was happy, so…

01:04:04.319 --> 01:04:05.279 align:center
leave him to it.

01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:10.480 align:center
I was proper pissed off
because I just thought,

01:04:10.560 --> 01:04:15.319 align:center
how can anyone allow their child
to go through life thinking one thing

01:04:15.399 --> 01:04:19.680 align:center
without ever solidly confirming that
that thing isn't actually correct?

01:04:21.120 --> 01:04:22.680 align:center
It's just unforgivable.

01:04:25.200 --> 01:04:27.439 align:center
Yeah, it was…
it was tough hearing it all.

01:04:29.600 --> 01:04:33.439 align:center
Probably one of the hard…
harder things I've had to get through.

01:04:33.520 --> 01:04:36.319 align:center
I think I did have a pop at my mum.

01:04:37.359 --> 01:04:39.799 align:center
I thought I should've been told
if it was true.

01:04:40.319 --> 01:04:42.839 align:center
I've still--
I've still not heard it from them now.

01:04:43.680 --> 01:04:46.160 align:center
They've still not seen the kids.

01:04:47.120 --> 01:04:49.439 align:center
So I made the decision I was done with it.

01:04:52.120 --> 01:04:54.080 align:center
I've got my wife, got my children.

01:04:54.160 --> 01:04:55.640 align:center
-Was it good?
-Yeah.

01:04:56.319 --> 01:04:57.759 align:center
We're here, we're happy.

01:04:58.520 --> 01:04:59.520 align:center
-Hey.
-Yeah?

01:04:59.600 --> 01:05:01.839 align:center
Saw your volley.

01:05:01.919 --> 01:05:04.080 align:center
And that… that's all that matters.

01:05:04.160 --> 01:05:07.919 align:center
That legitimately is
all that matters to me.

01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:09.120 align:center
Making sure they're happy.

01:05:12.759 --> 01:05:15.759 align:center
After the news broke,
he had a game coming up.

01:05:16.359 --> 01:05:19.359 align:center
And I thought he is not
in the right frame of mind.

01:05:19.439 --> 01:05:25.120 align:center
And I was worried that
the built-up resentment and anger

01:05:25.200 --> 01:05:29.439 align:center
was gonna manifest in a really bad way.

01:05:32.359 --> 01:05:36.000 align:center
Could this derail him,
derail Leicester's season?

01:05:38.480 --> 01:05:39.319 align:center
I was worried.

01:05:46.399 --> 01:05:48.680 align:center
Mahrez! Vardy!

01:05:48.759 --> 01:05:50.040 align:center
But it didn't.

01:05:50.120 --> 01:05:55.560 align:center
He managed to switch off everything,
like it was not even going on.

01:05:56.279 --> 01:05:58.000 align:center
Where does he bury hurt?

01:05:59.000 --> 01:06:02.759 align:center
You know, where does he bury being sad?
I don't know where he puts it.

01:06:03.799 --> 01:06:06.160 align:center
He's had trauma,
and he crosses the white line,

01:06:06.240 --> 01:06:07.279 align:center
and he performs.

01:06:08.359 --> 01:06:09.640 align:center
Maybe that's the therapy.

01:06:10.680 --> 01:06:13.040 align:center
It's like I step over the white line
and it's like right,

01:06:13.120 --> 01:06:15.879 align:center
focus in, win, play well, score.

01:06:15.960 --> 01:06:18.359 align:center
I think that's how I've dealt with it all.

01:06:19.200 --> 01:06:23.080 align:center
His confidence
and the way that he played was infectious.

01:06:23.160 --> 01:06:25.120 align:center
He was the one
that was setting the tone, and…

01:06:26.240 --> 01:06:27.919 align:center
everyone had to follow that.

01:06:29.240 --> 01:06:31.399 align:center
Ricochet here has come the way of Vardy.

01:06:31.480 --> 01:06:33.200 align:center
Okazaki. They're in again.

01:06:33.279 --> 01:06:35.439 align:center
They scored again!

01:06:35.520 --> 01:06:37.600 align:center
Leicester are flying.

01:06:37.680 --> 01:06:40.439 align:center
This is Vardy who's in.
And around Butland!

01:06:42.120 --> 01:06:44.319 align:center
When they hit the summit
of the Premier League

01:06:44.399 --> 01:06:47.759 align:center
and you saw that on your screen,
it looked like a typo.

01:06:48.839 --> 01:06:51.279 align:center
I think we can do it.
It's destined for Leicester.

01:06:51.359 --> 01:06:53.040 align:center
We're top of the league!

01:06:53.120 --> 01:06:55.520 align:center
You're pinching yourself thinking,
"Should this be happening?"

01:06:55.600 --> 01:06:56.839 align:center
"Is this really happening?"

01:06:56.919 --> 01:06:59.640 align:center
All nationalities and faiths
have caught the football bug.

01:06:59.720 --> 01:07:03.720 align:center
And their success has created
local, adventurous entrepreneurs.

01:07:03.799 --> 01:07:06.480 align:center
At one takeaway,
you can get a Mighty Mahrez,

01:07:06.560 --> 01:07:07.799 align:center
or the Vardy Burger,

01:07:07.879 --> 01:07:09.879 align:center
and a Vardy coffee to go with it.

01:07:10.680 --> 01:07:12.560 align:center
We could never prepare,
we could never plan

01:07:12.640 --> 01:07:14.279 align:center
for how this had panned out this year.

01:07:14.359 --> 01:07:16.439 align:center
Um, I think everyone's
just enjoying it for what it is.

01:07:16.520 --> 01:07:18.000 align:center
We were just enjoying ourselves,

01:07:18.080 --> 01:07:20.480 align:center
just playing football
with smiles on our faces.

01:07:21.240 --> 01:07:24.560 align:center
And that's why the results were coming.
But the pundits were saying,

01:07:24.640 --> 01:07:27.520 align:center
"Oh, they'll lose to Liverpool,
then it's over."

01:07:28.040 --> 01:07:31.040 align:center
They had three fixtures
which looked particularly challenging.

01:07:31.120 --> 01:07:33.520 align:center
Liverpool, Manchester City, and Arsenal.

01:07:34.200 --> 01:07:36.960 align:center
If you lose three games at that stage,
you're gonna fall away.

01:07:37.919 --> 01:07:40.399 align:center
It would really mean
the end of your title dream.

01:07:40.919 --> 01:07:43.640 align:center
And everybody thought
that Leicester would fail this test.

01:07:43.720 --> 01:07:46.799 align:center
Riyad Mahrez. Over the top.
Will he find Vardy? Yes, he will.

01:07:46.879 --> 01:07:47.879 align:center
Vardy volley!

01:07:49.160 --> 01:07:51.839 align:center
Oh yes! The goal of the season!

01:07:51.919 --> 01:07:54.080 align:center
Jamie Vardy, what a finish!

01:07:54.160 --> 01:07:57.560 align:center
It was like, "Go fuck yourself.
Bang, there you go. 1-0, see you later."

01:07:57.640 --> 01:08:01.640 align:center
I've seen some goals. I'm not sure
I've ever seen a better goal this season.

01:08:01.720 --> 01:08:03.759 align:center
This is one of the best goals
I've ever seen.

01:08:08.000 --> 01:08:12.000 align:center
Leicester continue
to write this hugely unlikely tale

01:08:12.080 --> 01:08:14.160 align:center
to defy expectations.

01:08:14.240 --> 01:08:16.120 align:center
Beating Liverpool at home was one thing,

01:08:16.200 --> 01:08:19.200 align:center
but to win a title, you've gotta go
to the toughest places in the country

01:08:19.279 --> 01:08:20.240 align:center
and get a result.

01:08:20.319 --> 01:08:22.880 align:center
And at that point,
going to Manchester City

01:08:22.960 --> 01:08:25.319 align:center
was the biggest test
they would face that season.

01:08:25.840 --> 01:08:28.479 align:center
Manchester City
are one of the richest clubs in the world.

01:08:28.560 --> 01:08:30.439 align:center
They're buying up the best players.

01:08:30.520 --> 01:08:34.120 align:center
They're building a super team,
and they're dominating English football.

01:08:34.200 --> 01:08:37.040 align:center
And here's Leicester rocking up
at Manchester City

01:08:37.120 --> 01:08:40.920 align:center
with a squad that's nearly a tenth
of the cost of the Manchester City squad.

01:08:41.000 --> 01:08:44.599 align:center
It looked ominous, and it looked like one
that might be beyond them.

01:08:44.679 --> 01:08:47.599 align:center
If Leicester, in the next
three years, spend 500 million quid,

01:08:47.679 --> 01:08:49.880 align:center
they'll have a chance of winning.
Until that point, no.

01:08:49.960 --> 01:08:52.720 align:center
-But this is their best chance.
-They're not gonna win.

01:08:52.800 --> 01:08:54.639 align:center
No, but this is their best chance.

01:08:54.720 --> 01:08:56.960 align:center
Not in three years' time.
It's now, isn't it?

01:08:57.880 --> 01:09:00.720 align:center
Everyone was going Man City are gonna
beat Leicester, go back to the top,

01:09:00.800 --> 01:09:03.240 align:center
Leicester will fall down, and Man City
will run away with the league.

01:09:03.840 --> 01:09:06.080 align:center
Leicester were 5,000-to-1 outsiders

01:09:06.160 --> 01:09:08.319 align:center
to win the title
at the start of the campaign.

01:09:08.399 --> 01:09:10.359 align:center
Already a remarkable story.

01:09:10.439 --> 01:09:11.760 align:center
Who will have the happy ending

01:09:11.840 --> 01:09:14.639 align:center
in the final chapter
of this tale of two cities?

01:09:16.240 --> 01:09:19.479 align:center
There was no fear.
Everything was so relaxed.

01:09:19.560 --> 01:09:21.399 align:center
Bless you.

01:09:23.439 --> 01:09:25.679 align:center
Lifted in beyond Okazaki
and squeezed home!

01:09:26.479 --> 01:09:31.160 align:center
Robert Huth has scored for Leicester City
inside two and a half minutes.

01:09:31.920 --> 01:09:33.840 align:center
Riyad Mahrez!

01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:35.639 align:center
2-0 Leicester.

01:09:37.040 --> 01:09:40.359 align:center
Huth with the header.
It's three. Sensational.

01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:43.960 align:center
They're not just beating
the richest club in the land,

01:09:44.040 --> 01:09:47.120 align:center
they're ripping them up
on their own patch.

01:09:47.639 --> 01:09:50.560 align:center
The one thing
that we had over a lot of teams

01:09:50.639 --> 01:09:52.639 align:center
was just that togetherness.

01:09:53.120 --> 01:09:57.200 align:center
We had a group of lads that
would just do anything for each other.

01:09:58.200 --> 01:10:01.360 align:center
After the Man City game, the odds
on Leicester City becoming champions

01:10:01.440 --> 01:10:04.240 align:center
started to shift in their favor
for the first time.

01:10:04.320 --> 01:10:08.240 align:center
They can do it. We can win the league.

01:10:08.760 --> 01:10:10.840 align:center
I thought something special is happening.

01:10:10.920 --> 01:10:15.040 align:center
We could achieve the impossible,
but pressures started to creep up on us.

01:10:17.120 --> 01:10:19.599 align:center
We may never, ever
be in this position again.

01:10:19.679 --> 01:10:21.160 align:center
We can't let this slip now.

01:10:21.240 --> 01:10:25.480 align:center
We've got ourselves this far.
We have to take this opportunity.

01:10:25.560 --> 01:10:28.000 align:center
We have to, like,
snatch it with both hands.

01:10:28.080 --> 01:10:30.480 align:center
Leicester, having won at Manchester City,

01:10:30.560 --> 01:10:32.560 align:center
were winning at Arsenal.

01:10:33.080 --> 01:10:35.760 align:center
Then they lost a man.
Now they've lost a goal.

01:10:37.760 --> 01:10:40.120 align:center
Arsenal, with an extra man, need this.

01:10:40.200 --> 01:10:42.639 align:center
Özil clips it in. Welbeck!

01:10:44.200 --> 01:10:46.080 align:center
There's your fairy tale.

01:10:46.960 --> 01:10:50.360 align:center
You could weep for Leicester.
You could weep for them.

01:10:50.880 --> 01:10:56.040 align:center
But Arsenal have squeezed it all up
in the very last seconds.

01:10:56.120 --> 01:10:58.960 align:center
Everyone was probably like…
"Right, that could be it."

01:10:59.040 --> 01:11:00.800 align:center
"Their balloon's burst. It's done."

01:11:01.320 --> 01:11:04.720 align:center
But the Leicester crowd
are like we've just won the game 3-0.

01:11:04.800 --> 01:11:09.240 align:center
So, out of their seats, standing ovation.
Still going mad like we've won.

01:11:09.320 --> 01:11:11.240 align:center
Our fans were unbelievable.

01:11:11.320 --> 01:11:15.679 align:center
The one thing they love is seeing,
whatever the result, you give your all.

01:11:16.480 --> 01:11:18.880 align:center
And that's what we did.
We gave it everything.

01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:22.040 align:center
We're thinking, "We're top of the table."

01:11:22.120 --> 01:11:23.880 align:center
"If we get this amount of points
from that,

01:11:23.960 --> 01:11:25.560 align:center
we can actually win the league."

01:11:26.080 --> 01:11:29.880 align:center
When you sense that the fans have got
that belief, and the players have got it,

01:11:29.960 --> 01:11:34.040 align:center
that's when something, like, underneath
just starts bubbling up.

01:11:34.639 --> 01:11:37.120 align:center
Everyone was all of a sudden,

01:11:37.200 --> 01:11:39.880 align:center
at that moment in time,
turning into a Leicester fan.

01:11:39.960 --> 01:11:42.440 align:center
People who didn't know
about football knew about Leicester

01:11:42.520 --> 01:11:44.840 align:center
because it became a worldwide story.

01:11:44.920 --> 01:11:47.160 align:center
Everyone wanted Leicester to do it.

01:11:47.760 --> 01:11:50.880 align:center
Rather than it being corporate money
taking over everything,

01:11:50.960 --> 01:11:53.280 align:center
and just whoever has
the most expensive squad wins,

01:11:53.360 --> 01:11:57.240 align:center
it was almost like you know what, passion
and love for the game can still win.

01:11:57.320 --> 01:11:59.880 align:center
And I think that's what a lot of people
bought into it with.

01:11:59.960 --> 01:12:03.280 align:center
If Leicester do win,
it'll be the first time in 12 years

01:12:03.360 --> 01:12:06.400 align:center
that the Premier League
hasn't been won by the big beasts,

01:12:06.480 --> 01:12:09.840 align:center
Manchester United,
Manchester City, or Chelsea.

01:12:09.920 --> 01:12:13.960 align:center
If it's someone like us,
it gives people a dream

01:12:14.960 --> 01:12:17.080 align:center
that things can actually happen to them.

01:12:17.160 --> 01:12:20.280 align:center
We know you won't believe us
We know you won't believe us

01:12:20.360 --> 01:12:22.280 align:center
We know you won't believe us

01:12:22.360 --> 01:12:24.360 align:center
We're gonna win the league

01:12:24.440 --> 01:12:27.639 align:center
Something as a fan you never dreamed of.
You watch other clubs do it.

01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:29.960 align:center
It's never gonna be your turn
to win the Premier League.

01:12:30.040 --> 01:12:32.320 align:center
And suddenly it is. It just could be.

01:12:33.320 --> 01:12:37.320 align:center
Not just
outside the stadium, but inside as well.

01:12:37.400 --> 01:12:40.800 align:center
They feel that
they are within touching distance.

01:12:41.880 --> 01:12:44.840 align:center
You're so close to it,
and then things changed.

01:12:49.000 --> 01:12:49.960 align:center
Vardy.

01:12:50.040 --> 01:12:52.280 align:center
Um, had a ball put through…

01:12:52.360 --> 01:12:54.240 align:center
…and tangle of legs.

01:12:54.320 --> 01:12:56.240 align:center
Soon as I was on the ground,
I heard the whistle.

01:12:56.320 --> 01:12:59.160 align:center
I automatically thought
that he'd given a penalty.

01:13:00.200 --> 01:13:04.360 align:center
And then he started waddling in
and pointed the other way.

01:13:05.000 --> 01:13:08.480 align:center
Gave a free kick to them and…
and booked me for diving.

01:13:08.560 --> 01:13:12.400 align:center
Striker, Jamie Vardy,
controversially is sent off.

01:13:12.920 --> 01:13:14.840 align:center
The red mist kicked in, and…

01:13:15.720 --> 01:13:16.840 align:center
yeah, I called him a cunt.

01:13:19.880 --> 01:13:24.400 align:center
The news started coming out,
Vardy's gonna miss the next two games.

01:13:25.080 --> 01:13:29.320 align:center
How are Leicester gonna cope?
That's taking their main man out the team.

01:13:32.720 --> 01:13:34.520 align:center
'Cause of my reaction to the ref,

01:13:34.599 --> 01:13:37.160 align:center
I was gonna miss
Swansea at home and Man U away.

01:13:38.320 --> 01:13:41.840 align:center
After that, I thought it's done.
This is what everyone's waiting for.

01:13:43.320 --> 01:13:45.560 align:center
Timing was horrific. Like, horrific.

01:13:46.520 --> 01:13:49.480 align:center
Four games left,
and it was still really close.

01:13:50.080 --> 01:13:52.040 align:center
Tottenham were right behind us.

01:13:55.560 --> 01:13:58.160 align:center
Harry Kane,
Tottenham's main striker and captain,

01:13:58.240 --> 01:14:01.880 align:center
posted on social media
an image of some lions on the hunt,

01:14:02.480 --> 01:14:04.240 align:center
suggesting "We're coming for you."

01:14:06.639 --> 01:14:08.280 align:center
No one can replicate Vards,

01:14:08.360 --> 01:14:09.719 align:center
but the signs of a good team

01:14:09.800 --> 01:14:13.920 align:center
is can you cope
when the unexpected happens?

01:14:14.000 --> 01:14:15.800 align:center
The man they wish could play.

01:14:15.880 --> 01:14:18.679 align:center
They're missing 22 goals worth
of Jamie Vardy.

01:14:18.760 --> 01:14:21.040 align:center
Today, he is a fan.

01:14:21.120 --> 01:14:23.599 align:center
There was tension
going into the Swansea City game.

01:14:23.679 --> 01:14:26.280 align:center
They'd been denied their talisman striker.

01:14:27.040 --> 01:14:29.360 align:center
I'll be honest,
it was nerve-wracking. I hated it.

01:14:29.880 --> 01:14:33.360 align:center
He probably felt he was letting
us down, but we didn't see it like that.

01:14:33.440 --> 01:14:35.639 align:center
The reason we were in the position
was because of him.

01:14:35.719 --> 01:14:38.719 align:center
Right now, it's on us to make sure
we're in that position when you're back.

01:14:38.800 --> 01:14:40.000 align:center
To Mahrez.

01:14:40.800 --> 01:14:43.160 align:center
And Mahrez scores!

01:14:44.040 --> 01:14:45.960 align:center
I was just buzzing watching the lads.

01:14:46.560 --> 01:14:47.960 align:center
They did unbelievable.

01:14:48.040 --> 01:14:51.440 align:center
Gray. And lashed in by Albrighton!

01:14:51.520 --> 01:14:53.320 align:center
That shut everyone up.

01:14:53.400 --> 01:14:55.920 align:center
You can say what you want,
but we're not going anywhere.

01:14:56.520 --> 01:14:58.960 align:center
With Vardy, without Vardy,
we're a good side.

01:14:59.560 --> 01:15:02.920 align:center
Leicester's momentum is unstoppable.

01:15:04.360 --> 01:15:07.080 align:center
It begins to feel inevitable.

01:15:09.400 --> 01:15:12.160 align:center
Going into the Man U game,
if you win that,

01:15:12.240 --> 01:15:15.679 align:center
then nothing could stop us
from being crowned champions.

01:15:16.280 --> 01:15:18.880 align:center
Leicester have been doubted throughout.

01:15:18.960 --> 01:15:22.760 align:center
They've answered every awkward question
thrown in their direction.

01:15:23.280 --> 01:15:26.360 align:center
But it's not the easiest game
to go into knowing you need a win,

01:15:26.440 --> 01:15:28.040 align:center
especially at Old Trafford.

01:15:28.639 --> 01:15:31.200 align:center
Confident start, this,
by Manchester United.

01:15:31.280 --> 01:15:32.120 align:center
It's Lingard.

01:15:32.200 --> 01:15:34.000 align:center
They were all over us,
first 15, 20 minutes.

01:15:34.080 --> 01:15:35.520 align:center
You could almost feel like

01:15:35.599 --> 01:15:38.719 align:center
they were like, "Who's this team,
thinking they can win at our stadium?"

01:15:38.800 --> 01:15:40.880 align:center
"Especially not Leicester.
They're not doing it."

01:15:40.960 --> 01:15:42.639 align:center
There's Martial!

01:15:46.400 --> 01:15:49.480 align:center
There's a lot of wrestling going on.
And Morgan nipped in.

01:15:49.560 --> 01:15:52.360 align:center
The goal where I scored against Man United

01:15:52.440 --> 01:15:56.480 align:center
was a special moment, running back
towards the crowd and pointing at my mum.

01:15:56.560 --> 01:16:00.719 align:center
The captain, Wes Morgan,
runs to the Leicester fans.

01:16:04.719 --> 01:16:07.280 align:center
Didn't get the win
to be champions that day,

01:16:07.360 --> 01:16:09.679 align:center
but it was another point
in the right direction.

01:16:11.440 --> 01:16:15.520 align:center
Even though Leicester got a point, it left
a window of opportunity for Tottenham.

01:16:15.599 --> 01:16:18.599 align:center
'Cause, mathematically, they could
still become champions themselves.

01:16:19.200 --> 01:16:22.599 align:center
The ultimate moment
will be delayed for Leicester,

01:16:22.679 --> 01:16:25.480 align:center
but the onus now on their rivals Spurs.

01:16:25.560 --> 01:16:28.560 align:center
The very next day,
Tottenham had to go to Chelsea and win

01:16:28.639 --> 01:16:31.000 align:center
to keep the title race alive.

01:16:31.080 --> 01:16:35.760 align:center
If Tottenham didn't get a result
against Chelsea,

01:16:36.280 --> 01:16:37.520 align:center
then we'll be crowned champions

01:16:37.599 --> 01:16:39.480 align:center
'cause mathematically
they couldn't catch us.

01:16:41.960 --> 01:16:44.400 align:center
Danny Drinkwater!

01:16:44.480 --> 01:16:47.840 align:center
Vards was like, "Guys,
we're gonna watch the game at my house."

01:16:50.719 --> 01:16:52.200 align:center
Danny, Danny Drinkwater!

01:16:52.280 --> 01:16:53.560 align:center
He calls me.

01:16:53.639 --> 01:16:57.000 align:center
He goes, "All the lads are coming back
to watch the Chelsea game."

01:16:58.639 --> 01:17:00.719 align:center
And I was like, "What, everyone?"

01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:02.800 align:center
Yeah, thought it'd be a great idea.

01:17:05.679 --> 01:17:08.200 align:center
Word had already clearly
started to get around

01:17:08.280 --> 01:17:11.400 align:center
because fans start
turning up at our house,

01:17:11.480 --> 01:17:13.560 align:center
standing outside of the gate.

01:17:13.639 --> 01:17:16.719 align:center
Add I was like, "Whoa, they--
Leicester have not done it yet."

01:17:18.480 --> 01:17:22.560 align:center
It is a night when
Leicester's like a child on Christmas Eve,

01:17:22.639 --> 01:17:24.480 align:center
flirts with the butterflies,

01:17:24.560 --> 01:17:28.840 align:center
and thrills at the proximity
of glorious utopia.

01:17:28.920 --> 01:17:32.520 align:center
We needed a draw or Chelsea to win.

01:17:33.400 --> 01:17:35.760 align:center
And then no one can catch us
if that happened.

01:17:36.280 --> 01:17:38.120 align:center
But if Tottenham beat Chelsea,

01:17:38.200 --> 01:17:40.880 align:center
they'd catch up two points on us.

01:17:40.960 --> 01:17:44.599 align:center
And you go to the following week.
It starts getting a bit edgy.

01:17:44.679 --> 01:17:47.679 align:center
This has never happened in world sport.

01:17:47.760 --> 01:17:54.320 align:center
A 5,000-to-1 shot has never won a title,
a race, or an encounter.

01:17:54.400 --> 01:17:57.480 align:center
Leicester City Football Club
are on the verge

01:17:57.560 --> 01:18:02.440 align:center
of rewriting local, national,
and international history books.

01:18:02.520 --> 01:18:05.599 align:center
Everyone's like, "Yeah, pass me a beer.
I… I need one."

01:18:05.679 --> 01:18:08.080 align:center
"I'm too nervous.
I can't get through it otherwise."

01:18:08.679 --> 01:18:10.400 align:center
Kane!

01:18:10.480 --> 01:18:11.320 align:center
Scores!

01:18:12.679 --> 01:18:14.880 align:center
And Tottenham are alive! They're still--

01:18:14.960 --> 01:18:17.520 align:center
Right, it's fine. There's still time.

01:18:17.599 --> 01:18:19.599 align:center
-Oh no.
-No!

01:18:19.679 --> 01:18:24.719 align:center
Son scores. 2-0 Tottenham
on the cusp of halftime.

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Everyone's just sat there, like, silence.

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Okay, it's not gonna happen tonight.

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But then second half starts,
and Chelsea got one back.

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Lashes Chelsea back into it.

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I think the whole country,
apart from Tottenham fans,

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wanted us to win the league.

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Chelsea wanted to stop Tottenham
winning the league,

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and obviously do it for Claudio as well.

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And then Eden Hazard…

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…came up with something spectacular.

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Diego Costa. Eden Hazard!

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Glorious goal.

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Leicester's goal.

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We all went crazy.
Started jumping on each other.

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But the game's not over.

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Brace yourself, Leicester. Brace yourself.

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It's happening.

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It is about to happen.

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-Blow it!
-Blow it.

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Ooh.

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The full-time whistle
has gone at Stamford Bridge.

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Leicester City
are the Premier League champions.

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Seeing that full-time whistle go,
I was just buzzing. Absolutely buzzing.

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We was all laughing at each other,
going, "What? We've won the league."

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"Like, this is incredible."

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Champions! Champions! Olé! Olé! Olé!

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The emotions just erupt out of you,
and you just can't believe it's happened.

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It was just the best feeling.
Best feeling.

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Leicester are the English Premier League
champions. Can you believe it?

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Outside their stadium,
Leicester fans partied long into the night

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to celebrate one of football's
most remarkable feats.

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Yeah, we've done it!

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Olé, champions! Olé! Olé…

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There's no doubt
that is the greatest achievement,

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I think, in the history of our game.

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What Leicester have done…

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…is give inspiration

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to every manager, player, supporter
that one day, that could be them.

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It's amazing.
We're never gonna do this again.

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This is unique.

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A modern-day football miracle.

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They have blown their rivals away.

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They have blown us all away, in truth.

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Premier League Champions 2016,

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the amazing Leicester City.

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It was unbelievable.

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That moment there, I think,
is every footballer's dream.

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It wasn't a fluke for Vards.

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He went on to achieve Golden Boot,
FA Cup, Community Shield,

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Team of the Seasons.

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Coming from his beginnings,

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how late he got into the game,

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I don't think there's anyone out there
that's ever accomplished that much,

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considering the circumstances.

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I walk in here, it's just achievements.

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But personally,
it's definitely the keeping grounded,

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don't let yourself get carried away.

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Like, if things had been different,
there'd have been none of this here, so…

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I would love Jamie to be able
to just be a bit more reflective

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on how incredible of a career

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that he has and that he continues to have.

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But he's so dismissive
of what he's achieved.

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I'll think about all that
when I'm retired, when I'm done.

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All the stuff like that

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is gonna be something
that'll get thought about quite a lot

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once I do eventually hang my boots up.

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When do you think you'll retire?

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Fucking hell, that's the big
million-dollar question. Um…

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I don't know.

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I'm a firm believer of
your legs will tell you when it's time.

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I've still got that hunger,
I've still got that drive.

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Leicester, right back from day one,
they gave me the shot.

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And I think I've repaid them
the whole way.

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We have got some huge breaking news.
Jamie Vardy is gonna leave Leicester City

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at the end of the season
after 13 years at the club.

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It's finally time to call it a day.

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I think the timing is right.

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Just wanna sincerely thank you all.

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Leicester will always, always
have a massive place in my heart.

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This is my goodbye,
but you will see me again soon, I promise.

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When will you know
which club you're going to?

01:24:05.120 --> 01:24:06.160 align:center
Um…

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-I'll know…
-Yeah?

01:24:08.920 --> 01:24:09.960 align:center
…when you stop asking.

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Not gonna not tell you.

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I'm dreading this one.

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It's actually nice.

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It's what? Oh, is this one a nice one?

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Yeah?

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Well, that's not very nice, is it?
What do you want to put me in the bin for?

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Only if you score a goal.

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Cheers, Mins.

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Did Daddy a nice card? Did you?

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Till it said you better score
or you're going in the bin.

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Oh no. Did you actually?

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Yeah.

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-Ready? Yeah?
-Yeah.

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One last time?

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Yeah.

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Love you.

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Today's Jamie Vardy's
last game for Leicester.

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His 500th appearance
and targeting a 200th goal for the club.

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Brilliant run here.
James Justin. Jamie Vardy!

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A 200th goal for the club.

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There was just no way
this wouldn't be his day.

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Leicester's number nine, Jamie Vardy!

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Thank you for taking myself
and my family in as one of your own.

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And I hope I've repaid everything for you.

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What odds would you give
Jamie Vardy to do what he did?

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I say a million to one,
but I don't think it's a million to--

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It could be a billion to one,
could be ten billion to one.

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That is, in my humble opinion, the biggest
sporting underdog story of all time,

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to come from where he's come from,
to achieve what he's achieved,

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with everything
that he's had to deal with.

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I couldn't tell you how I did it,
how it happened, why it happened.

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But it's… It is crazy.

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But I know full well that working hard…

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…never giving up, and having
the right people supporting you…

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to come home, you got a family
that loves you,

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wants you to be the best that you can be,

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you become what you believe.

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I'm definitely proof of that.
you can be,