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Vardy was released by his boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday for being too small, but the documentary unearths footage of his blistering goalscoring form in his Stocksbridge days while also working in a factory making medical splints.<\/p>\n
However, in the first of a series of problems in 2007, Vardy admits in the documentary he had “no stability” in his life. He had been convicted of assault when out drinking and had to wear an ankle tag for six months.<\/p>\n
He also had a 6pm curfew which meant he had to leave matches early.<\/p>\n
Moves to Halifax Town – where Vardy met his long\u2011time agent John Morris – and later Fleetwood Town followed, before his \u00a31m move to then\u2011Championship club Leicester City.<\/p>\n
Woven throughout are “The Inbetweeners” – a nickname given to Vardy’s small, all\u2011male social group from Sheffield – who act as his main support, alongside his wife.<\/p>\n
“If one of us is having a problem, then get it in the group. Might get abused for a bit but at least it’s us lot keeping an eye on each other,” Vardy says.<\/p>\n
They were needed, as former Foxes midfielder Andy King says Vardy experienced an initial “culture shock” at Leicester, where the striker admits he initially felt not good enough. <\/p>\n
Physiotherapist Dave Rennie also corroborates accounts of Vardy’s struggles with alcohol, worsened by the pressure of the move, including “manufacturing his own Skittles vodka at home”.<\/p>\n
Vardy would arrive at training hungover and, on one occasion, uncontactable to his then-pregnant Rebekah, or Becky as he affectionately calls her. <\/p>\n
There was a feeling he was going to throw away his career, but the work of a “good psychologist”, the patience of manager Nigel Pearson and his own efforts to grow up after the birth of his daughter Ella kept him going.<\/p>\n