Jamie Vardy forced a move out of Stocksbridge some years ago on his way to creating an English Premier League record
He has been setting the Premier League on fire, scoring 11 goals in successive games, creating a record of his own.
Some years however, Jamie Vardy was playing in England’s ninth tier for Stocksbridge before he forced a move out of the club.
Stocksbridge chairman recalls how he wrote a transfer request with no bigger club interested in him.
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It was in 2010 when Vardy quit Stocksbridge after tabling a transfer request ahead of a summer move to fellow Northern Premier League side Halifax.
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The striker left Stocksbridge for Halifax in a £15,000 deal where he improved his £100-a-week wages.
“It hadn’t been simmering,” Stocksbridge chairman Allen Betheltold UK Mirror.
“We weren’t on tenterhooks waiting for it. It just arrived when Jamie handed it to me. It is the only one he has done, but of course he could put in another one.
“He has had some injuries recently and he might feel this is his last chance to put his future in a totally secure position. He is 29 years old in January.
“Another move would give him financial security for life and a further challenge.
“Clubs get quite desperate around Christmas - it is their only opportunity in the transfer window. Centre-forwards win matches and he has scored 14 goals in that league and scored in 11 consecutive games.”
Vardy spent a season with Halifax before he joined Fleetwoodfrom where he was signed by then Championship sideLeicester City for £1million in summer 2012
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