#RIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSFER 3 GAMES PROFESSIONAL#

Jones left Leeds United early in the 1990–91 season after losing his regular first-team place to youngsters David Batty and Gary Speed.

Jones proved he could thrive, and under the stewardship of Howard Wilkinson, he received only three yellow cards during the entire season. Jones was transferred from Wimbledon to Leeds United for a fee of £650,000 in June 1989, and played in all but one league games as Leeds finished as champions of the Second Division, winning promotion to the First Division in 1990. Wimbledon cemented their status as a formidable First Division side during this time, with Jones making his name as an enthusiastic and uncompromisingly tough midfielder and a leading member of Wimbledon's famed Crazy Gang. He was a member of the Wimbledon team which won the FA Cup in 1988, beating league champions Liverpool 1–0 in the final. He scored in only his second appearance for Wimbledon on 29 November 1986, in a 1–0 win over Manchester United.

#RIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSFER 3 GAMES PROFESSIONAL#

In the autumn of 1986, a 21-year-old Jones became a full-time professional footballer when he was signed by Wimbledon of the First Division, who paid Wealdstone £10,000 for him. He played one season on loan with Swedish club IFK Holmsund in 1986, helping to lead the team to the Division 3 Mellersta Norrland title. He combined playing football with working as a hod carrier on construction sites. A young addition to the experienced Wealdstone team, which was soon to become the first ever club to achieve the non-league 'double' in the 1984–85 season, he was a non-playing squad member in the club's victory at Wembley Stadium in the 1985 FA Trophy final.

Having begun playing as a teenager in local amateur football, a 19-year-old Jones was signed on semi-professional terms by Wealdstone of the Alliance Premier League in 1984. His grandmother was Welsh, which later qualified him to play for Wales. He attended schools in nearby Bedmond and Abbots Langley, and captained his school's football team, and played for his local football team in the village of Bedmond, in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire. Vincent Peter Jones was born on 5 January 1965, in Watford, Hertfordshire, the son of Glenda ( née Harris) and gamekeeper Peter Jones. Other notable credits include Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Mean Machine (2001), he was Juggernaut in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), The Condemned (2007), Strength and Honour (2007), The Midnight Meat Train (2008), The Cape (2011), Escape Plan (2013), Elementary (2013), Galavant (2015–2016), Arrow (2015-2018), Deception (2018), I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020), The Big Ugly (2020), and Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021). Throughout his career, Jones gained a reputation for adding steel to a team, with his highly aggressive and physically uncompromising style of play, earning him a 'hard man' image on and off the field, and on screen, where he is often typecast as violent criminals and thugs.Īs an actor, his film and television career began with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), for his performance winning an Empire Award for Best Newcomer, then in Snatch (2000), he won the Empire Award for Best British Actor. He played 184 games in the Premier League, in which he scored 13 goals. Best remembered for his time at Wimbledon as a pivotal member of the famous ' Crazy Gang', he won the 1988 FA Cup final with the London side, a club for which he played over 200 games during two spells between 19. He also played for and captained the Welsh national team, having qualified through a Welsh grandparent. Jones played professionally as a defensive midfielder from 1984 to 1999, notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chelsea, and Queens Park Rangers. Vincent Peter Jones (born 5 January 1965) is a British actor, presenter, and former professional footballer. *Club domestic league appearances and goals

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