Jamie Vardy: From Nowhere, My Story: Vardy Jamie - Softcover

Vardy, Jamie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785034847 ISBN 13: 9781785034848

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Sunday Times Bestseller and Number 1 Sport Book of 2016

'A tale that's truly inspirational' The Sun

An ordinary lad from Sheffield, Jamie Vardy has become known as an against-the-odds footballing hero the world over. Yet a few years ago, things couldn’t have been any more different. Rejected as a teenager by his boyhood club, Jamie thought his chance was gone. But from playing pub football and earning £30 a week at Stocksbridge Park Steels, while still working in a factory, his off-the-cuff performances saw him rise.

Jamie had a wild and turbulent youth, but football became his saving grace and, once he filled his boots with goals at FC Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town, he moved to Leicester City. After the miracle of surviving relegation, the team of unlikely outsiders bonded together to achieve the unthinkable: Jamie set the record as the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches and Leicester beat odds of 5000-1 to become champions.

Jamie has now been nominated for the Ballon d’Or, firmly establishing himself as one of England’s leading goal scoring footballers. Not forgetting his roots, however, he has set up the V9 Academy in a bid to find the next big talent from non-league football. Defying all expectations, this is the story of the boy from nowhere who reached the top in his own unflinching, honest words.

About this title

Review:

"Jamie Vardy’s searingly honest warts and all account of his rise from football’s lowest foothills to the Premier League summit has been the talk of football." (Sean Hamilton The Sun)

Book Description:

The incredible story of Jamie Vardy’s rise from non-league journeyman to Premier League Champion in his own words

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785034847
• ISBN 13: 9781785034848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336