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On 18 May 2012, Leicester City forked out a cool £1m to bring Jamie Vardy all the way from the Conference to the Championship, breaking a non-League transfer record in the process. Eight years, 126 goals, one Premier League title and one........ Rebekah Vardy later, we can all agree that it was money exceptionally well spent. Vardy is not the first player to be plucked from non-League obscurity to go onto great things though, so where does he rank among his fellow National League zero to hero stories? 9 - Andre Gray Aston Villa v Watford FC - Premier League Having been released by Shrewsbury, Gray was picked up by Hinckley United in English football's seventh tier, before moving to Conference side Luton in 2012. His 30-goal haul helped the Hatters to the Conference title during the 2013/14 season, persuading Championship outfit Brentford to take the gamble on bringing him to Griffin Park. By 2016, he was playing Premier League football for Burnley, having fired the Clarets to promo...

It's back. Right now, the Bundesliga might not have the same passion and excitement that is so closely associated with the most well-known, fan oriented leagues in Europe, but the eyes of the world are on Germany as they get their season back underway. By now, we've all picked a Bundesliga side to follow, but we still want to know that little bit more about out new clubs so we can really start supporting them - even after everything returns to relative normality elsewhere in Europe. So, dust off those Lederhosen and get ready to turn your living room into the Yellow Wall, as  90min  takes you through one weird fact about every Bundesliga club. 18. Paderborn Fun Fact:  Paderborn were relegated to the Regionalliga in 2017. As recently as the 2014/15 season, SC Paderborn actually spent time right at the top of the German football pyramid, sitting ahead of  Bayern Munich  and co at the summit of the Bundesliga. But things came crashing down in tremendous style. Pade...