The Guardian 7 May 2026

‘If you asked me to go and do it all again, I wouldn’t’: Jamie Vardy on his rollercoaster career

Striker reflects on the ultimate high with Leicester and the role of the self-titled ‘Inbetweeners’ in his success

"I was just a little freak in the works.” Jamie Vardy is reflecting on his career with the usual levels of self-deprecation and pondering whether anyone could possibly board the same rollercoaster. “It’s not the common way of doing things, is it? I don’t think it will probably happen again, but it did happen for me and it was hard work. It really was tough, but all worth it.”

Humour has always been a preferred Vardy tool for removing the sting from a serious point. He is speaking to mark a new documentary about his rise, which brought him from warehouse work making walking frames and crutches to scarcely credible levels of Premier League success.

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