Complex sentence: Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Vickers began his professional career at Tranmere Rovers, who signed him from non-League club Spennymoor United, and where he forged a reputation as one of the classiest defenders in England's lower leagues.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Vickers began his professional career at Tranmere Rovers, who signed him from non-League club Spennymoor United. At Tranmere he forged a reputation as one of the classiest defenders in England's lower leagues.