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“I’ve always felt that people put me down, and I’d fight back. I played football 15 years, and nobody gave me any credit, and they never will do.” Vinnie Jones

One of the hardest of the “hard men” of UK football, Vinnie Jones achieved his initial prominence as a star footballer, and parlayed his stony sports image into a triumphant second career as a compelling movie tough guy on both sides of the Atlantic. He has played for such clubs as Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers, and helped the Wimbledon become the winner of Football Association Challenge Cup in 1988. Internationally, he joined forces with the Wales International soccer team in 1994 (qualified for that nation ..[Full version]