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I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.

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Vinnie Jones
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 5
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Vincent Peter Jones
Vincent Peter Vinnie Jones
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