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Bad boy to fight big fine

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CONTROVERSIAL English player Vinnie Jones will contest his record ?20,000 Football Association fine at a January 13 hearing in London.

The midfielder with Premier League strugglers Wimbledon was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute for his role in a best-selling video ''Soccer's Hard Men''.

Apart from his hefty fine, Jones was also given a suspended six-month ban from playing.

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The video glorifies soccer's dirty tricks and Jones made an apology saying his actions were ''irresponsible''.

Meanwhile, another bad-boy of English soccer, former Northern Ireland superstar George Best believes he has finally won his battle against alcoholism.

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Six years ago the ex-Manchester United winger hit rock bottom when he was jailed, bankrupt, divorced and ill.

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