Goal took a trip to Stocksbridge Park Steels to see the prolific striker's first senior side and give a unique opportunity to some of the players hoping to follow in his footsteps.
The story of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is one of the great footballing Cinderella stories of recent times.
The 29-year-old played for Stocksbridge Park Steels, a side that presently turns out in the Division One South of the Northern Premier League, the eighth tier of English football, until he was 23. Since leaving for Halifax Town in 2010, his rise has been meteoric, and not only has he turned out for England at Euro 2016, he was a key facet of the Foxes side that so sensationally won the Premier League last term.