Rough, ferocious, combative, vindictive. Today, January 5, he turns 60 Vincent Peter Jones said Vinnie icon of English football in the 1980s and, subsequently, a successful actor. A real tough guy, the famous photo portrays him intent on wringing out the trinkets of Paul Gascoigne during a game. Capable of getting a yellow card after just three seconds of play, with an unenviable list of achievements, receiving twelve red cards during his career. In 1988 the violent tackle against the full-back of Portsmouth and the national team Gary Stevens which caused an injury from which the player never fully recovered and which, a few years later, forced him to retire. Ruthless against his opponents, so much so that he aroused the interest of the English director Guy Ritchie and called to star in 1998 in the film Lock & Stock – Crazy people running wild and in 2000 on Snatch – The tear. Thus begins the player’s second life Wimbledon FCdel Leedsof Sheffield United and of Chelseaas well as the team of Wales. He acts in numerous films, such as Gone in 60 seconds by Dominic Sena, X-Men: The Last Standas well as in several TV series, the latest appearance in The Gentlementhe 2024 series produced by Netflix and also created by Guy Ritchie, a spin-off of the film of the same name. In an interview given to the newspaper a few years ago The Irish Sun, Vinnie Jones tells how the passion for cars, which has always been present in the young Welshman who already at the age of 15 was roaming the streets of Watford, his hometown located in the south-east of England, driving vehicles without a licence, has evolved hand in hand with his “path”, first as a footballer and later as an actor. Rolls-Royce, Land Rover, Range Rover, Bentleybut also BMW, Ford And Opel these are just some of the cars owned by Vinnie Jones over the years, cars that accompanied him during his glittering professional life. Let’s discover them together…
