Troy and his brother Ellis Deeney look back: ‘When Dad got nicked, I became the man of the house’

The football pundit and his brother on a tough upbringing, burning the candle at both ends, and the love between them

Born in Birmingham in 1988, Troy Deeney grew up in Chelmsley Wood on one of the biggest housing estates in Europe. Now a football pundit and campaigner, he spent 11 years at Watford as striker and then captain; before retiring, he was the player-manager of Forest Green Rovers. His brother, Ellis, was a semi-professional footballer and former captain of Aston Villa’s academy team. In 2021, Troy published Redemption: My Story, a memoir about his upbringing and his turbulent relationship with his adoptive father, Paul. Troy has set up Vision Football Factory, a youth initiative in the Birmingham area.

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