Opposition fans’ comeuppance from taunted Jamie Vardy: Leicester

Jamie Vardy is often chanted at disrespectfully by opposition supporters. This seems to fuel the Leicester City striker’s fire.

When the opposition faithful are swearing, gesticulating and generally exhibiting maniacal behaviour due to footballers blatantly celebrating in front of them, like above, it is quite the sight. Of course most of these people wouldn’t say ‘boo to a goose’ in usual society. Yet this is an intimidating seeming scene.

These tense, impassioned moments in sport are very real; though they can be compared to forms of a release. Blowing off steam whilst enjoying your favourite entertainment. Lashing out at a performer, then going back to work at a school or perhaps a hospital on Monday. Therapeutic.

Protagonist

One definition for pantomime is as such:

"‘An absurdly exaggerated piece of behaviour.’"

Occasionally the work of iconic modern entertainer, Jamie Vardy, would be at home in a dramatic comedy written by William Shakespeare himself. There is occasionally tragedy, unfortunately. Sporting rags to riches: effectively an Oliver Twist element. Yeah, it’s Dickensian as well as Shakespearean.

Vardy himself will take the abuse and offences with a pinch of salt. Obviously he inevitably riles the opposing fans, after being quite spitefully antagonized first of all. Naturally, the show must go on – and he’s winning!

Of late the ex-Fleetwood Town man’s been on an eight-match scoring spree, with 11 in those matches alone. Consequently he’s top of the Premier League goalscorers table, with sixteen. Impressive. Especially as he hurtles towards his 33rd birthday.

Antagonists

When Vardy began to enter this amazing succession of netting, he seemed to receive more and more stick from fans. It didn’t appear to matter whether Leicester City were at home or away. Now, it’s important to know that he has been taunted by certain opponents’ fan bases in the past. But at present it is more intense.

Since he and his family were sang about negatively, it happens more regularly and he literally scores every time. Then the former England forward celebrates identically – hands up to ears like: ‘what have you got to say now?!’.

Generally the abuse is aimed towards Vardy via his wife’s supposed misdeeds. Rebekah Vardy, the secondary character in this real life production, was labelled a “grass” for apparently leaking fake stories about Coleen Rooney. She is the wife of former England captain Wayne Rooney. Coleen accused Rebekah of allegedly giving the press information about the Rooneys. Read more here at caughtoffside.com.

Hopefully all will become friends again one day, or become civil, as life is just too short. However, as long as Mr and Mrs Vardy are not suffering, he seems to thrive from the attention and insults. In fact, he’s close to replicating the best form of his career. With eight in-a-row, Vardy is chasing his 11-match successive scoring run from the title-winning season. Will the fans against Leicester City ever learn not to taunt, or continue to spur him on?