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Joe Mewis

‘If I didn’t go to jail, I would have been dead. It was like a hard reset for me – I had to sit for 13 weeks in jail and figure out who I was’ Troy Deeney on turning his life around following his prison spell

Troy Deeney celebrates a goal for Watford against Birmingham in February 2013.

Few players in recent history have had a footballing journey quite like that of former Watford striker Troy Deeney.

The 37-year-old went from non-league Chelmsley Town to the Premier League with the Hornets, via a three-month prison spell in 2012 and a four-day stint on a ventilator after contracting Covid-19 in 2020.

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