Jody Craddock
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"Jody Darryl Craddock" is an English former Association football/footballer who played as a Defender (association football)/centre back in the Premier League for Sunderland A.F.C./Sunderland and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C./Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Craddock broke into league football at Cambridge United F.C./Cambridge United in the mid-1990s before spending six years at Sunderland A.F.C./Sunderland, with whom he won promotion to the top flight. When they were relegated in 2003 he switched to newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C./Wolverhampton Wanderers where he eventually became club captain and made 237 appearances during a ten-year stay.

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I couldn't pass a ball. I was very competitive and passionate and that's what got me through the early days, along with a lot of hard work and graft.

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We're in a very strong position [in the Championship]. And there's no reason why we can't progress. It's a good division, very competitive, and anyone from the top six can win it. This is a big club and deserves success.

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I did sketches with pencils because they didn't cost much. I didn't have the money to buy paint. Materials aren't cheap, and I was on extremely low money.

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I have also been doing pictures which are far from it, but I am in football and I do enjoy it, and some of the images are so good and so striking that I like to put that in a painting.

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[Just in case it all didn't work out, he took a course in nutrition and physical education, and planned to become an instructor. But he couldn't afford to paint.] I did sketches with pencils because they didn't cost much, ... I didn't have the money to buy paint. Materials aren't cheap, and I was on extremely low money.

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We'll never forget Jake. We remember the good times. But Joseph makes sure we don't have much time to dwell on the grief that we felt.

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[Then a terrible thing happened. In August 2002 his four-month-old son, Jake, died, a victim of cot death.] I found myself painting every single day, ... It most definitely helped me deal with the situation. It was how I coped. It was good for me.

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