Jamie Vardy embraces complete journey from garage football to FA Cup finalist with Leicester
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Leicester City’s impressive rise in the Premier League from their title winning season in 2015 has been nothing short of exceptional. They are now regular contenders for the Top-4 places in the Premier League and have reached their first FA Cup final in the last 20 years.
One player who has been with Leicester through thick and thin and has contributed to their meteoric rise has been Jamie Vardy. The English striker is one of the best strikers in English football and has also seen his stocks rise over the previous seasons.
Jamie Vardy is now on the cusp of winning the FA Cup for Leicester and could become one of the few players to win both the league and FA Cup for Leicester.
Jamie Vardy is looking to make history for Leicester by winning their first ever FA CUP title
Playing on Saturday, at Wembley will also mean Vardy will have appeared in all 13 rounds of the competition after making his FA Cup debut for Stocksbridge in the preliminary round in 2007.
The striker was thrilled about his rise from garage football to the top of English football and hopes to complete the fairytale journey with a trophy on Saturday.
Reminiscing his journey, Jamie Vardy recalled, “We used to have a derelict garage and used to say the garage was the net. The amount of noise it used to make was definitely upsetting the neighbours.”
“That is the enjoyment side of it and having a laugh with your mates – playing Wembley crosses or singles. I think that is where it all starts for kids.
“There was one time while I was at Sheffield Wednesday and I bumped into the then academy director outside Hillsborough.
“He said ‘so now I know why we have had to paint the exit doors on the stadium’. We used to go in the car park and play football against them as well.“
“I said ‘I do apologise, it is the only place we have a net’. Doing stuff like that and watching your local team is what makes you fall in love with it.
“It just shows, obviously, when you’re a kid dreaming and seeing the FA Cup, to playing in the finals.
“To have gone all the way from the bottom and played every round just makes it even more interesting and me even more determined to try and get the win.”
Jamie Vardy’s 24 goals helped inspire the Foxes to their astonishing 5,000-1 Premier League triumph five years ago.
Jamie Vardy has scored 136 goals for Leicester in his 9 year stay at the club and will look to add a few more on Saturday when he sets out on the pitch for the FA Cup finals.
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