Personal Life
James was brought up in Welwyn Garden City, attending the Sir Frederic Osborn School. He has four children with his former wife Tanya, whom he divorced in 2005, and presently lives in Chudleigh, Devon with his current partner, Amanda Salmon.
In addition to his footballing career, James has gained attention for modelling assignments, first with Giorgio Armani in 1995, and with H&M in 2005. During the 2003 offseason, James was a guest at the training camp of American football team the Miami Dolphins, where he worked out and studied their training and conditioning methods. In 2012 he and Richard Bacon presented a BBC programe called Euro's most shocking moments just before Euro 2012
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