Born in Bethnal Green, Vinny came up through our youth ranks to play 247 times for us, scoring 17 goals between 1987 and 1994, his crowning glory coming in 1991 when he helped us lift the FA Cup with a 2-1 extra-time victory over Nottingham Forest at Wembley.
These days running a football agency based in Spain, which also conducts business in South America, the 48-year-old was back in north London for May’s unforgettable White Hart Lane Finale and as he soaked in the atmosphere in the company of many illustrious fellow ex-players and managers, he was quick to praise the work of the current team.