Jamie Vardy

150 centimetres, I think I was, at like 15, 16.

I was similar, actually.

And then got released.

And then within a month, shot up to...

basically what I am now 180 so that was that was a bit of a killer knowing that you've been released because they've mentioned your size and I was like why do they do that in this country so much obsession with size well I think that was that was the thing it always is yeah it's always been the we want big physical players that's the that's the English way but

It probably used to be that way, but football evolves.

Always has done, always will.

Yeah.

Yeah, 100% always.

I was always the striker, always wanted to be the striker.

I remember at Stocksbridge, a new manager came in, Gary Marrow, and he was a way for... We had a friendly against Sheffield United, which at Stocksbridge they do every year.

Your friendlies are basically a team from Sheffield Wednesday, a team from Sheffield United, all the local bigger teams.

We played Sheffield United and for some reason the assistant manager put me at right back.

Right back?

Yeah, so I played right back and I think it was within five minutes, Brian Robson was the manager.

Within five minutes he was...

I think he was ready to kill me because I've gone in for this tackle on Jeff Horsfield at the time and I've just gone through everything.

Yeah.

But from that moment, I think the assistant manager then be like, no, he is a striker.

We'll leave him.