The striker will make history when he is eliminated by Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday.
It will be the Foxes’ first FA Cup final in 52 years and they have never won the trophy after they did that Losing four times in the final.
Playing on Saturday also means Vardy has appeared in all 13 rounds of the competition, having made his FA Cup debut for Stocksbridge in the 2007 preliminary round.
FA Cup finalists … how good that sounds! @LCFC 💙🦊 pic.twitter.com/tbr2DT0Hrf
– Jamie Vardy (@ vardy7) April 18, 2021
It will be another chapter in the striker’s remarkable rise, coming from another league to win the Premier League and play for England.
« We used to have an abandoned garage and we used to say that the garage is the network, « said Vardy. « The amount of noise it made definitely pissed off the neighbors.
» That’s the fun side of laughing with your friends – playing Wembley Crosses or singles. I think this is where it all starts for kids.
« There was one time I was in Sheffield on Wednesday and I met the then Academy Director outside Hillsborough.
» He said, ‘Now I know why we had to paint the stadium exit doors’.
« I said ‘I apologize it’s the only place we have a network’. If you do things like that and watch your local team you fall in love into this network.
« Of course, it only shows that as a child who dreams and sees the FA Cup, you play in the final.
» To have gone all the way from the bottom and played every round makes it even more interesting and I’m even more determined to win. «
Vardy’s 24 goals inspired the Foxes to their astonishing 5,000-1 triumph in the Premier League five years ago.
Including the former England international, there are only six players left from the winners’ squad – Wes Morgan u nd Christian Fuchs are out of contract this summer.
Winning the FA Cup would mean an official change of guard at King Power Stadium, and Vardy admits the old boys are talking to the young squad about how the league won
« There are still some (of us) left to give the younger boys the stories of what exactly happened back then, » he said.
« People keep talking about how it happened and what happened in terms of training. It has changed though, it’s a different mentality now.
« Before it was’ we shouldn’t be here so go out and enjoy yourself, oh, we won – decent. We have 40 points and we are safe. ‘
« Now that we’re making progress, we have more goals because we want to keep pushing and pushing.
» The teams come to Leicester and want to get that scalp. It’s all about mentality and make sure we give everything and win. «
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