Have Leicester City already bottled their chance of Champions League football? This is the question that must be floating around the King Power Stadium following a poor start to the season, by the standards of a club who have spent the overwhelming majority of the last two years in the top four. Memories of The […]
With both Liverpool and Manchester City making impressive starts to their respective Premier League campaigns, the race to reach the other two highly coveted Champions League places is heating up. Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea have all lost recently, making the chase even more intriguing. Both Liverpool and Manchester City have excelled in recent weeks, […]
The relationship between Celtic and Leicester City has become an unexpected symbol for the respective fortunes of English and Scottish football. On 1 June 2000, despite last-minute attempts by Leicester to tie manager Martin O’Neill to a new contract, he ultimately succumbed to the temptation of managing Celtic, where he went on to become equally […]
Content Warning: references to a tragic accident and death. 27 October 2018 was a dark day for English football. At approximately half-past eight on Saturday evening, after Leicester City’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United, the private helicopter of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanprabha crashed outside Leicester’s King Power Stadium. Police and ambulance crews were […]
It is a familiar scenario. With Arsenal demolished by Bayern Munich and Manchester City failing to progress after a thrilling tie against Monaco, there is only one English team in the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League: the unlikely Leicester City. After another round of disappointment for the Premier League’s finest, the question raises its […]
In a business where everything is pinned on results, Claudio Ranieri deserved to be sacked, despite winning the Premier League nine months ago. Leicester City’s title winning campaign was very clearly a remarkable anomaly in a sport where shocks normally occur over 90 minutes, not the course of a season. When the board offered Ranieri […]
From champions to the Championship? Table-toppers to the unthinkable? Leicester City are staring relegation in the face. Eight months ago we all marvelled at the most astonishing sporting achievement in modern memory. Claudio Ranieri’s charges clutched the Premier League title at the King Power Stadium, eyes wide with disbelief as even the players themselves tried […]
The thought of Leicester City sharing the European stage with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich was but a pipe dream to even the most optimistic of Foxes supporters. Courtesy of Leicester’s surge to the most unlikeliest of titles, Claudio Ranieri’s side touch shoulders with Porto, Club Brugge and Copenhagen and can […]