Jamie Vardy

The protagonist of Leicester's fairytale season

Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring against Southampton

Here's a timeline of Jamie Vardy's 2015/16 fairytale season

  • 8 August 2015 - Starts the season by scoring the opening goal for Leicester
  • 13 September 2015 - Scores the equaliser in Leicester's 3-2 comeback victory against Aston Villa
  • 26 September 2015 - Scores a brace in Leicester's 2-5 defeat to Arsenal, reaching seven league goals for the season, eclipsing his goal tally of the previous year
  • 24 October 2015 - Scores the only goal of a home win over Crystal Palace, the seventh consecutive Premier League match in which he scored, and his tenth goal of the league season
  • 31 October 2015 - Scores in his eighth league game in a row on 31 October, and becoming only the third player ever to do so in the Premier League
  • A week later, scores a penalty to secure a 2-1 win over Watford, putting him on nine consecutive games with a goal, behind Van Nistelrooy's Premier League record of ten
  • Premier League Player of the Month for October 2015
  • 21 November 2015 - Vardy matches Van Nistelrooy's record of consecutive Premier League games with a goal, opening a 3-0 win over Newcastle United.
  • A week later, against Manchester United, scores again to claim the record for himself
  • Premier League Player of the Month for November 2015, becoming only the fifth ever player to win the award in consecutive months
  • 2 February 2016 - Scores both goals in a 2-0 win against Liverpool, the first being a long-distance volley described as "world class" by opposing manager Jurgen Klopp
  • 10 April 2016 - Scores both goals (his 20th and 21st of the season) in Leicester's 2-0 win at Sunderland
  • A week later, scores the first goal of a 2-2 home draw against West Ham United
  • With 24 league goals, Vardy was the second highest scorer in the Premier League for the 2015-16 season, alongside Sergio Aguero, only one goal behind Golden Boot winner Harry Kane
  • One of four Leicester players in the PFA Team of the Year
  • Named FWA Footballer of the Year, and the 2016 Barclays Premier League Player of the Season

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Jamie Vardy

If you have time, you should read more about this amazing player on his Wikipedia entry