The younger brother of Justin Fashanu, John in many ways was the more successful of the two. However both of them have courted controversy with John charged with match-fixing along with Hans Segers and Bruce Grobelaar.

Although an associate schoolboy with Cambridge United, he was signed by Norwich in October 1979. He made his debut two years later on 17th October 1981 as substitute at home to Shrewsbury. A successful goals corer with the Reserves, John was unable to break into the first team and made just seven appearances scoring once against Cambridge in a 4-1 victory that I remember well. A loan period at Crystal Palace was followed by a £15,000 transfer to Lincoln City in September 1983. 11 goals in 36 league games attracted the attention of Millwall who signed him in November 1984.

Wimbledon signed him for £125,000 in March 1986 after 50 games for Millwall had produced 12 goals. His bustling, competitive play was central to the success of Wimbledon in the late 1980s with promotion to Division One and an FA Cup final victory over Liverpool. Personal success followed in that in 276 league games for the Dons, he scored 107 goals. This scoring rate earned him an international debut for England against Chile in May 1989. This was joined by a second cap against Scotland. In the summer of 1994, he surprised everyone with a move to Aston Villa.

In early 1995, the Sun newspaper made match-fixing allegations against him, Segers and Grobelaar which led to police involvement and arrests. He has since retired from football due to injuries. These allegations have not seriously damaged his likeable off-field reputation that has been developed via his role as presenter of TV show The Gladiators and his charity work for Africa. In August 1997, the three players were found not guilty of these charges although they had to pay their own legal expenses. For John, this was £650,000.

John was appointed Sports Ambassador for Nigeria but despite these roles, John stated that he was interested in managing Wimbledon following the sacking of Egil Olsen at the beginning of May 2000. However he would face competition from Vinnie Jones !!!

In April 2003, John took part in the second series of "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here" with the likes of Daniella Westbrook, Antony Worrall-Thompson. John now travels between the UK and Nigeria and was seen showing his cooking talents on Celebrity Come Dine with Me.

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