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Leicester City
Leicester City crest
Full nameLeicester City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Foxes, Fosse, The Filberts
Founded1884 (as Leicester Fosse)
GroundWalkers Stadium (Filbert Way)
Leicester
Capacity32,500[1]
ChairmanSerbia Milan Mandarić
ManagerEngland Nigel Pearson
LeagueLeague One
2008–09League One, 1st
(Champions)

Leicester City Football Club, (also known as The Foxes) is an English professional football club based at the Walkers Stadium in the city of Leicester.[2] Leicester's highest ever finish was second in the old Division One in 1928-29, and despite getting into the FA Cup final four times, they have never won the cup. They have however won the League Cup three times and the Second Division title six times before it became known as the Football League Championship. They currently play in Football League One, having been relegated from the Championship in the 2007-2008 season. However on April 18 2009, Leicester City were crowned champions of this league and secured automatic promotion back to the Coca Cola Championship for the 2009-2010 season.

Leicester were founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse,[3] playing on a field near Fosse Road. They moved to Filbert Street in 1891 and played there for nearly 111 years,[4] before relocating to the nearby Walkers Stadium in 2002.

History

Main article: History of Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City were founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse as they played on a field by the Fosse Road, and joined the Football Association in 1890. The club played at five different grounds, including Victoria Park, before moving to Filbert Street in 1891. The same year, the club joined the Midland League, and was elected to Division Two of the Football League in 1894 after finishing second. Leicester's first ever Football League game was a 4-3 defeat at Grimsby, with a first League win following a week later, against Rotherham at Filbert Street.[5] The same season also saw the club's largest win to date, a 13-0 victory over Notts Olympic in an FA Cup qualifying game.[3] In 1907-08 the club finished as Second Division runners-up, gaining promotion to the First Division, the highest level of English football. However, the club were relegated after a single season which included the club's record defeat, a 12-0 loss against Nottingham Forest.[3][6][7]

In 1919, when League football resumed after World War I, Leicester Fosse ceased trading due to financial difficulties of which little is known. The club was reformed as "Leicester City Football Club", particularly appropriate as the borough of Leicester had recently been given city status.[8] Following the name change, the club enjoyed moderate success in the 1920s; under the management of Peter Hodge, whom left in May 1926 and was replaced two months later by Willie Orr, and with record goalscorer Arthur Chandler in the side,[9] they won the Division Two title in 1924-25[10] and recorded their highest ever league finish in 1928-29 as runners-up to Sheffield Wednesday[11]. However the 1930s saw a downturn in fortunes, with the club relegated in 1934-35[12] and, after promotion in 1936-37,[13] another relegation in 1938-39 would see them finish the decade in Division Two.[3][14]

City reached the FA Cup final for the first time in their history in 1949,[3][15]losing 3-1 to Wolves. However, the club was celebrating a week later when a draw on the last day of the season ensured survival in Division Two.[16][17] Leicester won the Division Two championship in 1954,[18] with the help of Arthur Rowley, one of the club's most prolific strikers. Although they were relegated from Division One the next season, under Dave Halliday they returned in 1957, with Rowley scoring a club record 44 goals in one season.[19] Leicester remained in Division One until 1969, their longest period ever in the top flight.

Under the management of Matt Gillies, one of the club's most successful managers, Leicester reached the FA Cup final another two times, but lost in both 1961 and 1963.[3] In 1961 they were on the losing side to double winners Tottenham, and as a result were England's representatives in the 1961-62 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1963, the club reached as high as first place in the First Division, eventually placed fourth, the club's best post-war finish. Gillies collected silverware in 1964, when Leicester beat Stoke 4-3 on aggregate to win the League Cup for the first time.[3] Leicester also reached the League Cup final the following year, losing to Chelsea. After a bad start to the season, Matt Gillies resigned in November 1968. His successor, Frank O'Farrell was unable to prevent relegation, but the club reached the FA Cup final in 1969 for the last time to date, losing to Manchester City.

In 1971, Leicester were promoted to back Division One, and won the Charity Shield for the only time against Liverpool.[3] Unusually, due to Division One champions Arsenal's commitments in European competition, Division Two winners Leicester were invited to play FA Cup runners up Liverpool, beating them 1-0.[3] Jimmy Bloomfield was appointed for the new season, and his team remained in the First Division for his tenure. No period since Bloomfield has seen the club remain in the top division for so long. Leicester reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1974.

Frank McLintock, a noted player for seven years for Leicester successful period from the late Fifties to the mid Sixties, succeeded Jimmy Bloomfield in 1977. Due to City's relegation in at the end of the 1977-78 season and McClintock's subsequent resignation, he is regarded as one of Leicester's worst managers. Jock Wallace resumed the tradition of successful Scottish managers (after Peter Hodge and Matt Gillies) by steering Leicester to the Division Two championship in 1980. Unfortunately, Wallace was unable to keep Leicester in Division One, but they reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1982. Under Wallace, one of City's most famous home-grown players, Gary Lineker, emerged into the first team squad. Leicester's next manager was Gordon Milne, who achieved promotion in 1983. Lineker helped Leicester maintain their place in the First Division but was sold to Everton in 1985, and two years later Leicester went down, having failed to find a suitable replacement. Milne had left in 1986 and was replaced by in 1987 David Pleat, who oversaw one of the club's most unsuccessful periods in its history. He was sacked in January 1991 after a defeat that left City fourth from bottom. Gordon Lee was put in charge of the club until the end of the season. Leicester won their final game of the season, which guided them clear of relegation to the third tier of the football league.[3]

After the Premiership was founded in 1992 Leicester tried desperately to gain promotion to it. Brian Little took over in 1991 and by the end of the 1991-1992 season Leicester had reached the playoff final. Mike Newell, a former Leicester player, would break the clubs heart by converting the winning penalty, to send Blackburn Rovers up to the top flight. A year later Leicester would suffer more playoff heartbreak losing 4-3 to Swindon Town, having come back from 3-0 down. It was third time lucky in 1994 when Leicester, lead by captain Steve Walsh, beat local rivals Derby County 2-1.[3]

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City's last silverware before their fall from grace.

Little quit as Leicester manager the following November to take charge at Aston Villa, and his successor Mark McGhee was unable to save Leicester from finishing second from bottom in the 1994-95. Leicester were flying high at the top of Division One when McGhee left the club unexpectedly in December 1995 to take charge at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Oddly this would be the spark of the clubs most successful era, as McGhee was replaced by Martin O'Neill.[3] Under O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the 1995-96 Division One promotion playoffs and beat Crystal Palace 2-1 with a last-gasp Steve Claridge goal securing an immediate return to the Premiership. Leicester established themselves in the Premiership with four successive top ten finishes. O'Neill was the first manager to win silverware for 26 years, winning the League Cup twice, in 1997 and 2000, and Leicester were runners-up in 1999. This meant qualification for the UEFA Cup in 1998 and 2001, the club's first European competition since 1961. O'Neill became a sought-after manager, turning down Leeds United in 1999, but in June 2000 he was lured to Celtic F.C.. He is regarded today as easily the best manager of recent years, and one of the most successful in the club's history.[3]

O'Neill was replaced by former England U-21 coach Peter Taylor. During this time, Leicester's last European appearance ended in a 3-1 defeat to Red Star Belgrade on 28 September, 2000 in the 2001 UEFA Cup.[20] A lot of O'Neill's squad also left around this time, this coupled with some poor dealings in the transfer market would eventually see Taylor lose his job after little more than a season in charge. Taylor was replaced by a management team of Dave Bassett and Micky Adams, but they could not prevent City's last season at Filbert Street ending in relegation.

The East Stand, Walkers Stadium

Leicester moved into the new 32,500-seat Walkers Stadium at the start of the 2002-03 season. Walkers, the Leicestershire based crisp manufacturers, acquired the naming rights for a ten year period.[21] In October 2002, the club went into administration with debts of £30 million. Some of the reasons were the loss of TV money (ITV Digital, itself in administration, had promised money to First Division clubs for TV rights), the large wage bill, lower than expected fees for players transferred to other clubs and the £37 million cost of the new stadium. [22] Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, until the club was rescued by a takeover by a consortium led by Gary Lineker.[3] Adams guided Leicester to runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premiership with more than 90 points. Leicester only lasted one season in the top flight and were relegated back to the newly labelled Championship, previously known as Division One. In reaction to Leicester's restructuring of their debts, the Football League changed their rules and now penalises teams going into administration with a ten point penalty.

When Adams resigned as manager in October 2004 Craig Levein was appointed boss. This would prove to be an unsuccessful period and after 15 months in charge and flirting with relegation Levein was sacked. Assistant manager Rob Kelly, took over as caretaker manager, and after winning three out of four games was appointed to see out the rest of the season. Kelly steered Leicester to safety and in April 2006 was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.[3]

In October 2006 ex-Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandarić was quoted as saying he was interested in buying the club, reportedly at a price of around £6 million with the current playing squad valued at roughly £4.2 million. The takeover was formally announced on February 13 2007.[1].

On 11 April 2007, Robert Kelly was sacked as manager and Nigel Worthington appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season. Worthington saved the club from relegation, but was not offered the job on a permanent basis, and was released before moving on to the Northern Ireland managerial position. On May 25, 2007 the club announced former MK Dons manager Martin Allen as their new manager with a 3 year contract. Allen's relationship with Mandarić became tense and after only 4 games Allen left by mutual consent on 29 August 2007.

On 13 September 2007, Mandaric announced Gary Megson as the new manager of the club, citing Megson's "wealth of experience" as a deciding factor in the appointment. Former Leicester City favourite Gerry Taggart was appointed as Megson's first team coach. However, Megson left on 24 October 2007 after only six weeks in charge following an approach made for his services by Bolton Wanderers. Milan Mandaric placed Frank Burrows and Gerry Taggart in the shared position as caretaker managers until a professional manager was appointed. On 31 October, the club put on a brave performance against Chelsea in the Carling Cup, but still lost 4-3 at Stamford Bridge.

Pearson and Mandaric after winning the Coca Cola League One title.

On 22 November, Ian Holloway was appointed manager. Holloway made history when he became the first Leicester manager in over 50 years to win his first league game in charge, beating Bristol City 2-0. Despite this, Leicester were relegated from the Championship at the end of the 2007-08 season, thus marking the 2008-09 season as Leicester's first season outside the top two tiers of English football, their lowest ever finish. Their fall from grace would also see Holloway leave by mutual consent after less than a season at the club, being replaced by Nigel Pearson, who saved Southampton from relegation that same season.

On 18 April 2009 , two goals from Leicester's top goalscorer Matty Fryatt secured a 2-0 victory over Southend United, ensuring promotion to the Championship at the first attempt along with winning the league title. The League One trophy was awarded to the Foxes after their final home game of the season on 24 April 2009 and became the first piece of silverware since winning the Worthington Cup in 2000 under club icon Martin O'Neil.

Colours, crest and traditions

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Filbert Fox, the club mascot
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Filbert, 2008-2009 season kit

The club's home colours of royal blue shirt with white shorts were first used in the 1910s [2] and have been used every season since the mid 1940s, bar one [3]. In the 1972-73 season, the home shirt was changed to white. This change was unpopular, and dropped at the end of the season. The first commercial logo to appear on a Leicester kit was that of Admiral Sportsware, the kit designers, in 1976. The first sponsorship logo to appear on a Leicester shirt was that of Ind Coope in 1983. Walkers Crisps held a long association with the club, sponsoring them from 1987 to 2001. The club are currently sponsored by Topps Tiles with Jako supplying the kit until the end of the current season. On April 24, 2009 the club officially unveiled their new 2009/2010 home shirt during the last League 1 home game against Scunthorpe United. The new shirt will be without a sponsor in honour of the clubs 125-yr anniversary. The shirt is manufactured by Joma. The new kit features a central crest with "125" below.

An image of a fox was first incorporated into the club crest in 1948, as Leicestershire is known for foxes and fox hunting.[23] This is the origin of the nickname "the Foxes". The club mascot is a character called "Filbert Fox". There are also secondary characters "Vickie Vixen" and "Cousin Dennis", though only Filbert is currently seen at games. Another new character who is now seen every week at home games is TOPPS, the (Topps Tiles Tile) becoming a brand new mascot. The current shirt badge has been unchanged since 1992. In another reference Leicestershire's tradition of hunting, the club adopted the Post Horn Gallop in 1941, although the origin is a 19th century coachman's tune to signal mail was arriving.[24] It was played over the PA system as the teams came out of the tunnel at all home games. However the club has replaced it in the past few seasons with a jazzed-up modern version.

Stadia

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The "Double Decker" Stand

Leicester have played at numerous grounds, but only two since they joined the Football League. When first starting out they played on a field by the Fosse Road, hence the original name Leicester Fosse. They moved from there to Victoria Park, which at the time was a racecourse. Due to this fact the team also played on Mill Lane and Belgrave Road. When Mill Lane was earmarked for redevelopment the club played at the County Cricket ground on Aylestone Road for the early part of the 1890 season. That year the club secured the use of an area ground by Filbert Street and thirteen months later they moved in to their new home.

Filbert Street remained virtually unchanged until 1927 when a new two tier stand was built, named the Double Decker, a name it would keep till the grounds closure in 2002. The ground wasn't developed any further, apart from compulsory seating being added, till 1993 when work began on the new Carling Stand. The stand was impressive while the rest of the ground were untouched since at least the 1920s, this led manager Martin O'Neill to say he used to "lead new signings out backwards" so they only saw the Carling Stand.[25]

The club moved away from Filbert Street in 2002 to a new 32,500 all-seater stadium. Amidst a strong feeling that the naming rights had been underpriced, the stadium was named the Walkers Stadium, although many supporters refer to the ground as Filbert Way, the road on which it is situated. The first match the Walkers hosted was a friendly against Athletic Bilbao, the game was drawn 1-1 with Tiko of Bilbao being the first scorer at the stadium and Jordan Stewart being the first City player to score, and the first competitive match was a 2-0 victory against Watford. The stadium has since hosted an England international against Serbia and Montenegro which finished 2-1 to England, as well as internationals between Brazil and Jamaica, and Jamaica and Ghana. More recently the stadium has been used to host the Heineken Cup European Rugby semi finals for the Leicester Tigers rugby club, itself based within a mile of the Walkers Stadium.

Rivalries

Being based in the East Midlands, but the only fully professional club in Leicestershire there are many clubs that Leicester City can consider as local matches against (known colloquially as "derbies"). Most regularly, these are against Derby County and Nottingham Forest, teams with whom Leicester have shared Leagues during many recent seasons. Other clubs in the East Midlands are Notts County, Northampton Town, Mansfield Town, Lincoln City and Chesterfield, although due to not being in the same League, matches against these clubs have been limited to Cup games in recent years.[26] [27]

The local rivalries can be known to stretch as far as the West Midlands as well, and in recent years the main rivalry for Leicester has been with Coventry City, only 24 miles away. The game between the two clubs has become known as 'The M69 Derby', taking its name from the motorway connecting the two cities. [28]

Other matches against West Midlands opponents include Birmingham City, West Brom, Wolves and Aston Villa which are simply known as Midlands derbies. Games with Aston Villa took on greater significance when Brian Little [29] left Leicester to take the managers job at Villa and more recently the appointment of Martin O'Neill as the current manager of Villa.[30]

Club honours

National competition:

Regional competition:

  • War League South
    • Champions 1942
  • Midland War Cup
    • Winners 1941

Managers

Further information: List of Leicester City F.C. managers

Leicester have had 36 managers, with Peter Hodge and Dave Bassett taking in two spells (Bassett's second was as caretaker manager). Here is a shortened list of the club's most significant managers, including the current holder of the position. For a full list see here. There have been 9 managers in the 8 years since the loss of Martin O'Neill. Ian Holloway became the first manager to win his first league game in charge with a 2-0 victory over Bristol City, since David Halliday in 1955 but also became the first manager to see Leicester relegated to the third flight of English football.

Name Nat From To Record Notes
P W D L
Peter Hodge Scotland September 1 1919

March 1 1932

May 1 1926

August 18 1934

412 159 110 143 Second Division Champions 1924-25

FA Cup Semi Finalist 1934

William Orr Scotland July 1 1926 January 14 1932 242 102 50 90 Highest League finish - 2nd 1928-29
John Duncan Scotland March 1 1946 October 1 1949 155 56 42 57 FA Cup Finalist 1949
Dave Halliday Scotland July 1 1955 October 31 1958 145 64 27 54 Managed Leicester to promotion in 1957, the start of the club's longest ever top division sequence
Matt Gillies Scotland November 1 1959 December 1 1968 437 174 105 158 Took charge of more games than any other Leicester manager. Twice FA Cup runner-up in 1961 and 1963. Football League Cup winner in 1964 and runner-up in 1965. Also led the club to their highest post-war league finish of 4th in the first tier
Jimmy Bloomfield England June 23 1971 May 23 1977 264 75 99 90 Won Charity Shield 1971
Gordon Lee
(Caretaker) 		England January 30 1991 May 29 1991 20 7 2 11 Saved the club from relegation to Division 3
Brian Little England May 30 1991 November 22 1994 178 76 44 58 Took the club to 3 successive play-off finals, winning in 1994
Martin O'Neill Northern Ireland December 21 1995 June 1 2000 223 85 68 70 Won Division 1 Play-Offs 1996 & League Cup 1997 & 2000, finalist 1999
Peter Taylor England June 2000 September 2001 54 19 9 26 Took Leicester to the top of the Premiership in October 2000.
Micky Adams England April 7 2002 October 11 2004 111 41 38 32 Managed club to promotion during period of administration
Ian Holloway England November 22 2007 May 23 2008 32 9 8 15 Relegated the club during the 2007/2008 season - The first manager to lead the club to the 3rd tier of English Football.
Nigel Pearson England 20 June 2008 present 55 31 17 7 Current manager - managed the club back to the Championship at the first attempt, as champions of League One.

Manager stats obtained from [4]

Updated on 2 May 2009

Records & statistics

Main article: Leicester City F.C. statistics

Graham Cross holds the record for the most Leicester appearances, with the defender playing 596 games between 1960 and 1976. He is just ahead of midfielder Sep Smith who managed 586 between 1929 and 1949.

Striker Arthur Chandler is currently the club's all time record goal scorer, netting 273 in his 12 years at the club. The most goals managed in single season for the club is 44 by Arthur Rowley, in the 1956-1957 season. The fastest goal in the club's history was scored by current striker Matty Fryatt, when he netted after just nine seconds against Preston in April 2006.

The record transfer fee paid by Leicester for a player was around £5.5 million for the then Wolves striker Ade Akinbiyi. Akinbiyi was purchased following the departure of local striker Emile Heskey to Liverpool; a transfer fee of around £11 million which proved to be the highest fee received by Leicester for a player to date.

The club's record attendance is 47,298 against Tottenham Hotspur at Filbert Street, in a fifth round FA Cup clash in 1928. The record at their current home, the Walkers Stadium, is 32,148 for a Premier League match against Newcastle United on 26 December 2003.

Leicester City are second behind Sunderland for having won the most Division Two titles since the end of World War II. Only Birmingham City have also been promoted and relegated between the top two divisions more times than Leicester.

The club has lost four FA Cup finals. This is the most lost finals without winning the trophy.

Leicester City are one of only two clubs (the other being Brighton) to have won the Charity Shield despite never winning either the League championship or the FA Cup.

Between 1990 and 2000, the club played seven matches at Wembley Stadium, including three League Cup finals and four play-off finals. Only Manchester United and Arsenal appeared at more Wembley matches during this time.

At the end of the 2007-2008 season, Leicester were relegated below the top two tiers of English league football for the first time in the club's history, leaving a select group of nine teams which have never played outside these two leagues.

On the 21st of February 2009 Leicester achieved a new club record of 20 league games unbeaten with a 1-0 win at Bristol Rovers, 4 days after equalling the previous record set back in 1971 with a 2-2 draw at Hartlepool.

Leicester finally lost on the 11th March 2009, a 2-0 defeat away at Tranmere Rovers. This ended the record at 23 league games unbeaten.

League History

See also: Leicester City F.C. seasons

Since their election to the football league in 1894 Leicester have spent a lot of their history yo-yoing between the top two tiers in English football. Although it has spent the majority of their history in the second tier of English football a lot of this was due to decades of struggle toward the beginning of their election to the league and since the first world war Leicester has spent the majority of seasons in the in the first tier. Leicester have played outside the top two tiers only once in its history to date, during the 2008-09 they played in League One, the third tier of English football after relegation from The Championship the season prior to that, but were promptly promoted back as Champions. Leicester have never played lower than the third tier of English football.

  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 46
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 56
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

League Standings

The table below just shows the league standings of recent history, for a complete league standings and statistical breakdown for every season, see Leicester City F.C. seasons
Season League Pos P W D L F A GD Pts
1998–99 Premier League 10th 38 12 13 13 40 46 -6 49
1999–00 Premier League 8th 38 16 7 15 55 55 0 55
2000–01 Premier League 13th 38 14 5 18 39 51 -12 48
2001–02 Premier League 20th 38 5 13 20 30 64 -34 28
2002–03 Division 1 2nd 46 26 14 6 73 40 +33 92
2003–04 Premier League 18th 38 6 15 17 48 65 -13 33
2004–05 Championship 15th 46 12 21 13 49 46 +3 57
2005–06 Championship 16th 46 13 15 18 51 59 -8 54
2006–07 Championship 19th 46 13 14 19 49 64 -15 53
2007–08 Championship 22nd 46 12 16 18 42 45 −3 52
2008–09 League One 1st 46 27 15 4 84 39 +45 96

Pos = Position; P = Played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; GD = Goal Difference; Pts = Points

Players

Current squad

As of 5 May 2009.[34]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Paul Henderson
2 DF England ENG Marc Edworthy
3 DF Australia AUS Patrick Kisnorbo
5 DF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Tunchev
6 MF England ENG Stephen Clemence (Captain)
8 MF England ENG Matthew Oakley (Vice-Captain)
9 FW Scotland SCO Steve Howard
10 FW England ENG D. J. Campbell
11 MF England ENG Lloyd Dyer
12 FW England ENG Matty Fryatt
13 GK Ireland EIR Conrad Logan
14 MF Australia AUS James Wesolowski
15 DF England ENG Michael Morrison
16 MF Wales WAL Nicky Adams
17 DF France FRA Bruno N'Gotty
18 MF England ENG Levi Porter
19 FW Jamaica JAM Barry Hayles
20 DF England ENG Harry Worley
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW England ENG Ashley Chambers
22 MF Ivory Coast CIV Max Gradel
23 DF England ENG Joe Mattock
24 MF Wales WAL Andy King
25 DF England ENG Jack Hobbs
27 FW Scotland SCO Paul Dickov
28 DF England ENG Luke O'Neill
29 DF England ENG Chris Powell
30 FW England ENG Craig King
31 DF Switzerland SUI Bruno Berner
32 GK Australia AUS Alex Cisak
34 MF England ENG Aman Verma
35 GK England ENG Carl Pentney
36 DF England ENG Wayne Brown
— MF England ENG Robbie Burns
— DF England ENG Lee Cox
— MF Ireland EIR Jonathan Hayes

Out on loan

# Pos Player To Start End
– MF England Ryan Beswick Redditch United 2009-01-23 2009-06-30[35]
– DF England Lathaniel Rowe-Turner Redditch United 2009-01-23 2009-06-30[35]
– FW Jamaica Ricky Sappleton AFC Telford United 2009-03-20 2009-06-30[36]

Past players

For notable past players, please see Leicester City F.C. players

The following have played for Leicester and have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:

Players

Backroom Staff

Position Name
Manager England Nigel Pearson
Assistant Manager England Craig Shakespeare
(also First Team Coach)
England Steve Walsh
(also Head of Recruitment)
Goalkeeping Coach England Mike Stowell
Reserve Team Manager Northern Ireland Gerry Taggart
Conditioning Coach England Jordan Milsom[37]
Physio England David Rennie
Academy Manager England Jon Rudkin
Academy Coach England Steve Beaglehole
(Under 18)
England Trevor Peake
(Under 16)

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Walkers Stadium Overview". Leicester City Football Club. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2008-02-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.stadiumguide.com/walkersstadium.htm
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The History of Leicester City Football Club". lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk.
  4. ^ A History of Filbert Street
  5. ^ Soccerbase.com
  6. ^ Soccerbase.com
  7. ^ Soccerbase.com
  8. ^ English city status
  9. ^ Soccerbase.com Leicester profile
  10. ^ www.soccerbase.com - The Internet Soccer Database
  11. ^ Soccerbase Season 28/29
  12. ^ Soccerbase Season 34/35
  13. ^ Soccerbase Season 36/37
  14. ^ Soccerbase Season 38/39
  15. ^ Socerbase.com FA Cup 1949
  16. ^ Soccerbase result 1948/49
  17. ^ Socerbase season 48/49
  18. ^ Soccerbase season 53/54
  19. ^ Soccerbase Leicester profile
  20. ^ Red Star end Leicester dreams, BBC Sport 2000-09-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
  21. ^ Statement by the Foxes Trust on an unofficial forum
  22. ^ BBC News Business Section
  23. ^ Club profile at ratetheref.co.uk
  24. ^ Official History DVD, 00:32:00
  25. ^ Author notes on Farewell to Filbert Street
  26. ^ BBC - Leicester - Sport - Leicester v Derby
  27. ^ Sky Sports | Football | Championship
  28. ^ BBC - Leicester - Sport - Leicester v Coventry
  29. ^ http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=252 Timeline shows little left Leicester for villa
  30. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/5246190.stm O'Neill appointed Villa boss
  31. ^ Since 1992 the top division has been known as the Premier League
  32. ^ From 1992 the second tier of English football was known as Football League First Division. Since 2004 it has been known as the Football League Championship.
  33. ^ Since 2004 the Charity Shield has been known as the Community Shield
  34. ^ "Player Profiles". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  35. ^ a b "Youngsters Extend Stay". LCFC.co.uk. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-02-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  36. ^ "Sappleton On The Move". LCFC.co.uk. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-03-20. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  37. ^ "Jordan Moves On". OUFC.co.uk. 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2008-12-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

References

  • Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) (ISBN 1-899538-21-6)
  • Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, The Foxes Alphabet: Complete Who's Who of Leicester City Football Club (1995) (ISBN 1-899538-06-2)
  • Leicester City FC, The Official History Of Leicester City Football Club DVD (2003) (Out of print)

Further reading

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