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Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.
Vinnie Jones
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Vinnie Jones
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 5
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Vincent Peter Jones
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