Jamie Vardy's rise from the Northern League with Stocksbridge Park Steels to winning the Premier League with Leicester City - via spells with FC Halifax Town and Fleetwood Town - has proved to be a footballing fairy tale of the modern age.
Now Vardy, who is currently part of Gareth Southgate's England squad at this summer's World Cup in Russia, has set up his own academy - the V9 Academy - to help discover other raw talents in non-league football waiting to be discovered.
And one of the beneficiaries of this scheme is former Truro City striker Cody Cooke, who has earned himself a move from the National League South outfit to the Scottish Premier League with St Mirren.
Cooke found the back of the net 13 times for the White Tigers, which helped to propel Lee Hodges' side into the National League South play-offs, where they lost out to Hampton & Richmond, and, despite speculation linking him with Exeter City and Torquay United, he is now heading north of the border after signing for the Buddies.
St Mirren manager Alan Stubbs - the former Celtic and Everton defender - was impressed by Cooke's work ethic and joins another player plucked from non-league football in England in form of ex-Darlington 1883 defender Josh Heaton.
Cooke follows in the footsteps of the likes of Luke McCormick (ex Plymouth Argyle), Kieffer Moore (Barnsley) and Isaac Vassell (Birmingham City) who have progressed up the footballing pyramid after having a spell at Treyew Road.
