You name it. This is the top-flight all-time record and its set by a Sheffield United player, so being a Sheffield Wednesday fan Id love to beat it, says Vardy. After Dunne comes Stan Mortensen, who scored in 15 consecutive appearances for Blackpool in the 1950-51 season, although on two separate occasions during that run he missed games through injury. With Vardys form so impressive this season and Harry Kane faced with a race against time to be fit for Euro 2020 before football got suspended, there was a fresh debate about whether he should come back into the England picture. Leicester City FC 'Truth is' - Leicester City fans wade in on Jamie Vardy verdict Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive as fans respond to pundit Gabriel Agbonlahor's comments about . But some of the messages were unbelievable., Roy Hodgson, who was at the United match, left a voicemail and sent a text I made sure I replied to him, Vardy says, smiling yet it was the gracious response from the man whose achievement he had just eclipsed that meant the most. So I still class my left foot as my swinger because its not as strong., Or Crystal Palace away in 2017, when he could have shot with his right, but instead chopped back onto his left before bending the ball into the far corner? I tell Vardy that Im busy with children too, but I still watched the goals. The post was Vardy's first public statement since his wife, Rebekah, spoke publicly in a bombshell interview about her recent court case with Coleen Rooney. So I try a different approach and wonder whether he plays Fantasy Football. His ratio is also better than those of Andy Cole and Fowler, never mind all those other names mentioned above. Little more than 24 hours later Adrian Butchart, the British screenwriter and the man behind the Goal! In the . In fact, it sounds like hes been teaching the teachers. "I've had a chance to reflect on it all," he tells Sky Sports. It is, he says, full-on, but we wouldnt have it any other way. Its not too bad, is it? he says, listening to those names as they are read aloud. "A lot has changed," he says. It gives them that little sense of life. Obviously to do it like that, in the last minute, meant absolutely everything.. Does that mean we want to get one for home? She said, No, Ill just do it at school. To have scored 99 goals in 202 Premier League games, at an average of one every 166 minutes, is phenomenal. Weve never totally closed the door, we made that clear, Vardy says. Vardy weighs 73kg (11st 7lb) and with that wiry frame he looks as if he is not carrying an ounce of fat. You still need that hunger and desire to want more otherwise you are just going to let yourself go., There seems to be a greater longevity for players at the top of the game, not least Cristiano Ronaldo, newly-returned to the Premier League, who is 36. Show more Show more Live chat. That will be strange, he says, sounding a little disappointed. You see people who play it and they proper get right into it, looking at all the stats and everything. There is a photo of him playing for Stocksbridge Park Steels against Kidsgrove in 2008 and, as he wheels away to celebrate with one finger held to his lips, theres not a supporter in sight. My agent, John (Morris), mentioned it at the start of the season because hes like you he likes mentioning things. From non-league obscurity to Premier League champion, World Cup semi-finalist, FA Cup winner and Golden Boot holder. Jamie Vardy was on the verge of quitting professional football to become a party rep in Ibiza before management at Leicester City persuaded him to stay put. Rodgers loves the threat that Vardy gives Leicester. But Im sure something will pop up into my head. Not bad for a lad who was. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Tom Collomosse For Mailonline Adam Bate met up with the fairytale finisher to discover the secrets to his training regime and why Kevin Phillips could be his inspiration (yes, really) Jamie Vardy is early for our interview. Following the drama of that improbable title triumph, there was the equalising goal for his country in the Euro 2016 win over Wales. That must mean something assuming he watched Fowler back in the day? Especially seeing the smiles on their faces every day. The 40-year-old wife of Jamie Vardy has given her first interview since last week's verdict. She added: "No one would do something so sinister knowing that they were weaponising a fan base against someone. Go to bed at a certain time? It just gives your body and your mind a complete shut-off.. The 34-year-old striker, who has. Maths was his favourite subject at school by a distance and, according to Vardy, he was flying when it came to teaching decimals and fractions to his children during lockdown. His weight hardly changes irrespective of what he eats Im always between 11st 3lb and 11st 6.5lb (71.2kg to 72.8kg) and he has lost none of his pace. Im like, Mate, you see this one when she said youre right, and this one when she said youre right? Before, Id have probably sprinted from right-back to left-back and back across again, which is just burning energy up for no reason. Three, three, three recurring.. 'When I came here in 2019 people were writing him off and we've had a fantastic few years out of him. Its in the wardrobe, says Vardy, in a manner that suggests it was never in doubt. Whats happening in life?, he news that Jamie Vardy had failed to make the. A relegation six-pointer at Southampton feels like the ideal time to do so. We reflect on how life has changed for the 34-year-old since those early days as the first 1 million non-league player, and by his own admission a wild-child who took the Premier League by storm in 2015-2016. I just remember I started getting a bit of stick towards the end for some reason, and it was all from that end, their main home end. February 13, 2020: Vardy is on TV In a tearful appearance on ITV's Loose Women, Vardy - who previously said she wanted a forensic investigation into the leaks - says the stress of the dispute. When we provided our Guest Editor Ant Middleton with a list of names to interview, it was Jamie Vardy's that jumped off the page. The kids, bless them, went and planted some pak choi seeds. The first would be against Liverpool at home (in the title-winning season), Vardy says, recalling the brilliant volley he thumped over Simon Mignolets head from 30 yards out. You have doubts? Surely sometime soon he will become king of the 30-something goalscorers, and at the current rate he might get there before the harvest season begins in earnest in his back garden. Jamie Vardys excellent volley in #lcfc's 4-1 victory over West Brom has won the Carling @PremierLeague Goal of the Month for March! Leading from the front.. The gardening, which began in lockdown, is a passion of his and he talks about how the planting is so much harder than the digging-up and what that might teach a child. Rebekah Vardy was asked an interview she gave to the News Of The World about her claimed sexual encounter with singer Peter Andre. Weve never totally closed the door, we made that clear, Vardy says. Something silly, Vardy says. Still a Stocksbridge Park Steels player at the age of 23, it's no wonder that Vardy's preparation was, by his own admission, "massively" different to the methods he's practising today in Nike's latest football training gear. Watch Sky Sports for just 6.99. We dive a little deeper into the life of a man who retains a remarkable sharpness, given the occasionally dubious refuelling habits of previous years. In an interview with The Athletic back in November, he described him as everything I want in a striker. Jamie Vardy's route into professional football is anything but normal and so too is the Leicester City striker's matchday diet. Yeah. It seems a little surprising he didnt pick his record-breaking goal against Manchester United in November 2015, when he became the first player to score in 11 successive Premier League games. Theyre wrong. And at that point, I really didn't know what it was. "For example, my drills are high speed. Vardys description of his left foot as his swinger seems odd. Vardy describes it all in detail the exact distances, the ever-diminishing breaks between runs. They are the little aspects we've got to be wary of but it's enjoyable. I missed out by one, he says. It's all about trying to break the line with a sharp sprint. I can do all the long-distance runs. . What does Vardys post-30 record say about him now? By his own admission, he didnt cope particularly well with the demands of professional football in his first season at Leicester and ended up searching for answers in all the wrong places mostly nightclubs. We have to win, otherwise, there is no chance of us staying up. Riyad (Mahrez) dinked it over the top and from the moment that ball started coming over, Im timing myself thats me getting ready to make sure that its as natural a contact as I could get. Yeah. I stole the ball on the halfway line and just carried on running and then managed to get it in the far corner. , updated Just how big is the diameter of your head?. But it doesn't really affect things too much. Vardy, it is worth remembering, was still playing non-League football at the age of 25 and didnt make his first top-flight appearance until he was 27. After three long months, Jamie Vardy is thinking about what it will be like to finally get back to playing football again. And I dont score many decent goals like that, if Im honest, so thats up there in my three., A stunning goal in a memorable season for @LCFC#PL #GoalOfTheDay @vardy7 pic.twitter.com/C5I5y7c0e9, Premier League (@premierleague) December 20, 2019, Next? Asked why he thinks hes become more prolific with age, especially during the last couple of season, Vardy points to the appointment of Brendan Rodgers 16 months ago. Vardy had the best part of seven years with Stocksbridge, who were in the eighth tier, and it is a measure of his lack of self-belief in the early days that he once skipped a training session because he was so nervous about moving up from the reserves to the first team. Earlier this season, boyhood Sheffield Wednesday supporter Vardy teased Maguire by claiming he was a fan of both Steel City clubs, despite the centre-backs allegiance to United. Yeah, he wants me to press but its silly trying to press a whole back four and just wasting energy. A former professional footballer with Swindon Town, Stuart James went onto spend 15 years working for The Guardian, where he reported on far too many relegation battles to mention, one miraculous Premier League title triumph and a couple of World Cups. One a year. Yeah. He can be pathologically opposed to any self-praise. Jamie Vardy is making up for lost time. I still do Lego now. You know what that means, though, dont you? Vardy says, playing me like a central defender hes about to spin in behind. So you just have to try to be as positive as possible.. You want to score as many as possible, but I dont think you look at the ratios, how many games its taken, minutes-wise thats for stattos.. These are strange times for a former factory. He joined The Athletic as a Senior Writer in 2019. Again. It is a measure of how much his attitude towards fitness has changed that he has a cryotherapy chamber at home to aid his recovery between training and matches. . When I asked him a couple of years ago whether he had given any thought to trying to score 100 Premier League goals, he genuinely had no idea how many he was on (63 was the answer). Jamie Vardy is one of the craziest players in history. No wonder he has looked lost at times, and not even made his usual runs. I want them to be as successful as they possibly can but Im not going to force anything on them, he says. According to the Premier League's tracking data, Vardy was the fastest man on the pitch in the first three games at the King Power Stadium this season. It was constantly just lengths of the pitch. Running each day until the new season begins, The Premier League 60 is designed to reflect and honour the greatest . But the way I saw it was, especially with West Brom the year we stayed up, if it wasnt for that little run that we went on at the end of the season, then the 11 (straight) wouldnt have happened., Ive always been that split-personality kind of guy, Vardy says. That's what we said from the start. After three long months, Jamie Vardy is thinking about what it will be like to finally get back to playing football again. No. Lets just see how it goes and focus on winning games., Assuming Vardy gets a goal between now and the end of the season, he will have scored 100 in fewer games than it took Romelu Lukaku, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Jermain Defoe, among others. Theres your maths for you.. Thats fine by me, Vardy says. Whats the point? he says. You know what that means, though, dont you? Vardy says, playing me like a central defender hes about to spin in behind. I was like: Oh for Gods sake. Someone will be bringing that up soon., Vardy, to be clear, is not complaining. ", Get the FREE Mirror Football newsletter with the day's key headlines and transfer news straight into your inbox. That's a trait that Leicester as a team will need this season. Frankie Bridge Large interview with portraits. Vardy could have made it to League level slightly earlier had a bid from Ian Holloway's Blackpool been accepted following a third-round FA Cup tie between the Fylde coast clubs in 2012, but . Oh right, I told John. The main part is pressing-wise. Schmeichel has moved to the south of France for a reported. His ratio is also better than those of Andy Cole and Fowler, never mind all those other names mentioned above. I was like, Ive not got time for that.. But there are a lot of really good, young England forwards out there and theyd benefit more just say if I was there getting picked, Im taking one of their places. Literally as soon as it went in I was like, Here we go, and the spontaneous celebration just appeared from nowhere. It wasnt in my head before the game. Visit nike.com to explore the collection. Speaking to The Sun, the 40-year-old described how she called Rooney to confront her about the original post, which was put online in October 2019. Rebekah Vardy has spoken out in her first interview since losing her Wagatha Christie libel trial last month.. Before, Id have probably sprinted from right-back to left-back and back across again, which is just burning energy up for no reason. What is it now, with the life he has had, that he wants for his own children? Yeah, I joined a league. The school run is a carefully-calibrated operation and the day began for Vardy at 6.30am, serving breakfast, as well as overseeing the brushing of teeth and the putting on of uniform. But Ive definitely benefitted from getting a full summer, relaxing, just completely clearing your head. We know weve got to finish it off. Billy, the French bulldog, hes sprinting in front of me. The first would be against Liverpool at home (in the title-winning season), Vardy says, recalling the brilliant volley he thumped over Simon Mignolets head from 30 yards out. "Kids love. One thing is for sure, it wont be the first time that Vardy has scored in a competitive game in front of next to nobody. Jamie Vardy is making up for lost time. But working with England will help to keep his game sharp - "being around the country's best players can only help" - and, importantly, he still gives the impression that he's a player keen to learn. Yeah., Do you make yourself captain? Vardy's is to sprint into the space between centre-back and full-back on to quick, early passes. The chairman must be crackers, Vardy says. . Theres not really any football talk, just general chit-chat.. 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