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Leicester City F.C.
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{{Football club infobox |
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fullname = Leicester City Football Club |
nickname = The Foxes |
founded =
1884 |
ground =
Walkers Stadium,
Leicester |
capacity = 32,500 |
chairman =
Jim McCahill |
manager =
Rob Kelly |
league =
Football League Championship The Championship |
season =
2004-05 in English football 2004-05 |
position =
Football League Championship The Championship, 15th |
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'''Leicester City Football Club''', nicknamed the "Foxes", are an
English Football League teams English football (soccer) football team, playing in the
Football League Championship. They were relegated from the
FA Premier league Premiership at the end of the 2003/2004 season. They play at the
Walkers Stadium,
Leicester.
History of Leicester City
The club was founded in
1884 as ''Leicester Fosse'' because it played on a field by the Fosse Road. Before moving to
Filbert Street in 1891, the club played at five different grounds. The club joined
the Football Association in
1890. In 1894, it was elected to Division Two. The first ever league game was a 4-3 defeat at Grimsby, but a week later at
Filbert Street the club recorded its first league win against Rotherham. In
1908 the club finished in second place in Division Two and were promoted to Division One for the first time, but the club was relegated at the end of the season.
In
1919, due to financial problems, Leicester Fosse ceased to exist and the club became ''Leicester City Football Club''.
Throughout the twentieth century and until 1995 the club bounced between the top two divisions, never achieving great success. They reached the
FA Cup final on four occasions and won the
League Cup in
1964.
1990-
1991 was probably the worst season in the history of Leicester City football club. Manager David Pleat was sacked with the club near the foot of the old Second Division and Gordon Lee was put in charge of the club until the end of the season. Leicester won their final game of the league season which guided them clear of relegation to the lower tier of the football league for the first time in their history -a humiliation suffered by
West Bromwich Albion F.C. instead.
Brian Little, who had just taken
Darlington F.C. from the Conference to the Third Division with successive promotions, was given the manager's job at Leicester and in his first season as manager they qualified for the promotion playoffs. Leicester beat
Cambridge United F.C. 6-1 on aggreggate in the semi finals but lost out on a place in the new Premier League after a 1-0 defeat in the playoff final to
Blackburn Rovers F.C. - the only goal of the game was scored by Blackburn's Mike Newell, a former Leicester player. The goal, a penalty, came after a much disputed foul by
Steve Walsh (sport) Steve Walsh on
David Speedie. Speedie became the subject of much hatred amongst Leicester City supporters, but, somewhat ironically, signed for the club a year later. The signing prompted one
Fanzine,
The Fox, to observe "Had you told me that Leicester City would sign Speedie a year later, I would have said, 'Ah, such is the fickle and transient nature of football,' either that or, 'Yeah, bollocks will we!'"
Leicester suffered another playoff final defeat at the end of the 1992-93 Division One campaign. Trailing 3-0 to Swindon during the second half, goals from Julian Joachim,
Steve Walsh (sport) Steve Walsh and Steve Thompson brought them level with their opponents. Then Paul Bodin scored a penalty for Swindon and it was the West Country club who won promotion to the Premiership.
In
1993-
1994 it was third time lucky for Leicester as they beat East Midlands rivals
Derby County F.C. 2-1 in the final to secure promotion to the Premiership after seven years outside the top division. David Speedie did not play in the final, having been sent off in the semi-final. Brian Little quit as Leicester manager the following November to take charge at
Aston Villa F.C., and his successor Mark McGhee was unable to save Leicester from finishing second from bottom in the 1994-95 Premiership campaign with just six wins from 42 league games.
Leicester were flying high at the top of Division One when McGhee controversially walked out on the club in December 1995 to take charge at
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. He was replaced by
Martin O'Neill, who prior to his brief six-month spell as
Norwich City F.C. manager had taken Wycombe from the Conference to Division Two with two successive promotions.
Under O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the
1995-
1996 Division One promotion playoffs and beat
Crystal Palace F.C. 2-1 with a last gasp Steve Claridge goal which secured an immediate return to the Premiership.
Leicester then established themselves in the Premiership under Martin O'Neill thanks to four successive top ten finishes and two League Cup victories. Then in June
2000 Martin O'Neill was lured to
Celtic F.C. and replaced by the former England U-21 coach
Peter John Taylor Peter Taylor.
For most of 2000-01, Leicester looked set to qualify for European competition. But then they were knocked out of the
FA Cup quarter finals by Division Two Wycombe Wanderers, and then came nine defeats from their final ten Premiership fixtures which saw them slip to 13th in the table. A terrible start to 2001-02 saw Taylor sacked and replaced by David Bassett, who was unable to stop Leicester's season from going from bad to worse. Just before relegation was confirmed, Bassett moved onto the club's board of directors to make way for his assistant Micky Adams, who had quit the manager's job at
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. six months earlier to work under Bassett at Leicester. Leicester's last game of the 2001-02 season was also their last at Filbert Street, and they beat
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 2-1 to secure only their fifth Premiership win of a dismal season.
Leicester moved into the new 32,000-seat
Walkers Stadium (named after their sponsors the crisp makers) at the start of the 2002-03 season, but due to the loss of Premiership television money and the cost of constructing their new stadium the club went into administration with debts of £30million. Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, until the club was rescued by a takeover. In spite of these difficulties he guided Leicester to runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premiership with more than 90 points.
It was because of Leicester restructuring their debts, which some perceived to have given them an unfair advantage over their rivals, that the Football League changed their rules and now penalise teams going into administration with a ten point penalty.
Leicester struggled throughout
2003-
2004 and were relegated from the Premiership, bracketed together with other two relegated teams (
Leeds United F.C. and Wolverhampton Wanderers) on 33 points.
Adams resigned as manager in October
2004 and David Bassett began a second (temporary) spell as manager assisted by the former FA technical director
Howard Wilkinson. The pair remained in charge at Leicester until
Craig Levein was appointed Leicester City boss on Friday
October 29,
2004.
Craig Levein Levein had previously managed
Cowdenbeath F.C. and most recently
Heart of Midlothian F.C., both of whom he played for as a
defender (football) defender.
Leicester's poor start to the
2005-06 in English football 2005-06 season saw some fans call for
Craig Levein Levein's resignation as the team were near the bottom of the table after ten matches, and fell into the relegation zone in January. He was sacked as manager on
25 January 2006, despite a famous 3-2
FA Cup win over Premiership club
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham just 17 days earlier. After winning three out of four games as caretaker manager and moving the club 5 places up the league,
Rob Kelly was appointed to see out the rest of the season. His record since becoming manager, as of 23.3.06, is six wins from nine games, and speculation abounds that he will be given the post full-time next season.
Current First Team squad
''Leicester City squad as of
31 January,
2006'':
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Robert Douglas Rab Douglas }}
{{fs player| no= 2 | nat=Ireland | pos=DF | name=
Alan Maybury }}
{{fs player| no= 3 | nat=Australia | pos=DF | name=
Patrick Kisnorbo }}
{{fs player| no= 4 | nat=Scotland | pos=MF | name=
Stephen Hughes (Scottish footballer) Stephen Hughes }}
{{fs player| no= 5 | nat=Ireland | pos=DF | name=
Patrick McCarthy (footballer) Partick McCarthy }}
{{fs player| no= 6 | nat=Scotland | pos=MF | name=
Gareth Williams (footballer) Gareth Williams }}
{{fs player| no= 7 | nat=Guinea | pos=MF | name=
Mohammed Sylla Momo Sylla }}
{{fs player| no= 8 | nat=Canada | pos=FW | name=
Iain Hume }}
{{fs player| no=11 | nat=Australia | pos=MF | name=
Danny Tiatto }}
{{fs player| no=12 | nat=England | pos=FW | name=
Matty Fryatt }}
{{fs player| no=13 | nat=Australia | pos=GK | name=
Paul Henderson (footballer) Paul Henderson }}
{{fs player| no=15 | nat=Sweden | pos=DF | name=
Nils-Eric Johansson }}
{{fs player| no=16 | nat=Iceland | pos=MF | name=
Joey Gudjonsson }}
{{football squad mid}}
{{fs player| no=17 | nat=England | pos=DF | name=
Richard Stearman }}
{{fs player| no=18 | nat=England | pos=FW | name=
Elvis Hammond }}
{{fs player| no=20 | nat=England | pos=FW | name=
Lee Morris }}
{{fs player| no=22 | nat=Ireland | pos=DF | name=
Alan Sheehan }}
{{fs player| no=23 | nat=Scotland | pos=MF | name=
Joe Hammill }}
{{fs player| no=24 | nat=Sweden | pos=DF | name=
Patrik Gerrbrand }}
{{fs player| no=26 | nat=England | pos=FW | name=
Chris O'Grady }}
{{fs player| no=28 | nat=England | pos=FW | name=
Louis Dodds }}
{{fs player| no=29 | nat=England | pos=MF | name=
Levi Porter }}
{{fs player| no=30 | nat=Australia | pos=MF | name=
James Wesolowski }}
{{fs player| no=31 | nat=Scotland | pos=FW | name=
James Graham (footballer) James Graham }}
{{fs player| no=32 | nat=England | pos=DF | name=
Jay Smedley }}
{{fs player| no=34 | nat=England | pos=FW | name=
Ashley Chambers }}
{{football squad end}}
;Players out on loan
{{football squad start}}
{{fs player| no= 9 | nat=Suriname | pos=FW | name=
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Heerenveen }}
{{football squad end}}
Managers
{|-table style="width: 100%; text-align: left;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"
|valign="top"|
*William Clark 1896 - 1897
*George Johnson 1898 - 1907
*James Blessington 1907 - 1909
*Andy Aitken 1909 - 1911
*John W Bartlett 1912 - 1914
*Peter Hodge 1919 - 1926
*William Orr 1926 - 1932
*Peter Hodge 1932 - 1934
*Andy Lochhead 1934 - 1936
*Frank Womack 1936 - 1939
*Tom Bromilow 1939 - 1945
*Tom Mather 1945 - 1946
*Johnny Duncan 1946 - 1949
*Norman Bullock 1949 - 1955
*David Halliday 1955 - 1958
*Matt Gillies 1959 - 1968
*Frank O'Farrell 1968 - 1971
|valign="top"|
*
Jimmy Bloomfield 1971 - 1977
*
Frank McLintock 1977 - 1978
*Ian MacFarlane 1978 (as caretaker)
*
Jock Wallace 1978 - 1982
*Gordon Milne 1982 - 1986
*Bryan Hamilton 1986 - 1987
*
David Pleat 1987 - 1991
*
Gordon Lee (footballer) Gordon Lee 1991 (as caretaker)
*
Brian Little (footballer) Brian Little 1991 - 1994
*Kevin MacDonald 1994 (as caretaker)
*Mark McGhee 1994 - 1995
*
Martin O'Neill (footballer) Martin O'Neill 1995 - 2000
*
Peter Taylor 2000 - 2001
*Garry Parker 2001 (as caretaker)
*
Dave Bassett 2001 - 2002
*
Micky Adams 2002 - 2004
*
Craig Levein 2004 - 2006
*
Rob Kelly 2006 - present
|}
Club Honours
*
2000 League Cup Winners
*
1997 League Cup Winners
*
1971 Charity Shield Winners
*
1964 League Cup Winners
*
1929 Division One Runners-Up
*
1925 Division Two Champions
*
1937 Division Two Champions
*
1954 Division Two Champions
*
1957 Division Two Champions
*
1971 Division Two Champions
*
1980 Division Two Champions
Records & Statistics
All Time Records
{{listdev}}
{| class="wikitable"
| Category || Current Record || Previous Record
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Goals (Career) ||
Arthur Chandler - 273 || ???
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Goals (Season) ||1956/57 -
Arthur Rowley - 44 || 1952/53 -
Arthur Rowley - 39
|- bgcolor=silver
| Record High Attendance || 47,298 v
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup 5th Round,
18 February 1958 || ???
|- bgcolor=silver
| Record Low Attendance || 13 v
Stockport County F.C. Stockport County (A),
1921-05-07 || ???
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Appearances ||
Graham Cross - 596 (3 sub) || ???
|- bgcolor=silver
| Record Victory || 10-1 v Portsmouth (date unknown) || ???
|- bgcolor=silver
| Record Defeat || 0-12 v Nottingham Forest (as Leicester Fosse) (date unknown) || ???
|}
Current Records
{{listdev}}
{| class="wikitable"
| Category (last update) || Current Record || Previous Record
|- bgcolor=silver
| Top Goalscoarer (''
2005-10-24'') .html">Mark de Vries - 9
| David Connolly
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Appearances (''
2005-10-24'') ||
Joey Gudjonsson - 63 || ???
|- bgcolor=silver
| Last Hattrick (''
2005-08-09'') .html">Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City (H)
2005-08-09 || Paul Dickov
|- bgcolor=silver
| Last Red Card (''
2006-02-18'') || Patrick McCarthy vs Leeds (H) 2006-02-18 || Danny Tiatto vs Millwall (H) 2005-12-26
|}
Current Season (2005-2006 06)
{| class="wikitable"
| Category (last update) || FLC - League, FAC - FA Cup, CC - Carling Cup
|- bgcolor=silver
| Top Goalscoarer (''
2005-10-23'') || Mark De Vries - 8 (6 FLC, 2 CC)
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Appearances (''???'') || Joey Gudjonsson - 14
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Yellow Cards (''
2005-10-23'') || 5 - P McCarthy, J Gudjonsson
|- bgcolor=silver
| Most Red Cards (''
2005-10-15'') || Patrick McCarthy - 2
|}
Miscellaneous Facts
* Leicester City hold the unwanted record of the most FA Cup final appearances without winning the competition, having lost four times;
1949 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers,
1961 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur,
1963 Manchester United F.C. Manchester United,
1969 Manchester City F.C. Manchester City
* Many supporters refer to the Walkers Stadium as 'Filbert Way', after the road on which it stands. This is due partly to the perception that Walkers Crisps paid a pittance for the stadium naming rights and partly out of affection for the clubs old ground at Filbert Street.
* The club mascot is "Filbert Fox"
* Despite several attempts to replace it, the
Post Horn Gallop is played over the PA system as the team comes out at all home games.
Notable players
:''See also
:Category:Leicester_City_F.C._players''
Notable players who have spent time at Leicester City.
*
Gordon Banks
* Arthur Chandler
*
Emile Heskey
*
Muzzy Izzet (started career at Chelsea, but made professional debut at Leicester)
*
Neil Lennon
*
Gary Lineker
*
Arthur Rowley
*
Robbie Savage
*
Peter Shilton
External links
-
Leicester City Official website
-
Foxestalk - Leicester City discussion forum
-
Leicester City MAD Fansite
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