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The bittersweet story of Watford’s Troy Deeney

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Watford striker Troy Deeney's "light bulb" moment came when the cell door slammed and he contemplated a 10-month jail term for affray five years ago, he told AFP.

The 28-year-old, locked up for assaulting a student outside a pub, entered prison with words from his mother ringing in his ears -- that it was at times like that she wished he had not been born.

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