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Leicester City’s grand plan finally revealed: Do nothing
David Bevan
Leicester City’s grand plan finally revealed: Do nothing
David Bevan

As the final hours of the January transfer window ticked down, relegation-haunted Leicester City sat by and watched as rivals strengthened. What message does that send to a fanbase losing hope that this team can be competitive at Premier League level?

David Bevan
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Everton 4 Leicester City 0: Adding accelerant and fuel to the protest
Iain Wright
Everton 4 Leicester City 0: Adding accelerant and fuel to the protest
Iain Wright

Leicester City have a weird relationship with seconds; we missed out on registering Adrien Silva by 14 seconds rendering his signing expensively useless for months.

We became history makers again this weekend, Everton scoring after just 10.18 seconds. Their fastest ever goal. Our quickest collapse yet on an embarrassing afternoon for all.

Iain Wright

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Our perspective on the latest news and events at Leicester City

The Chronicles of Ridicule
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94 ridiculous things that happened to Leicester City in 2024

After a brief, somewhat disappointing outbreak of sensible behaviour in the final six months of last year, 2024 has seen Leicester back to their mind-bending best.

79 ridiculous things that happened to Leicester City in 2022-23

So how was it for you? Bloody awful, of course. Thank god it’s all over and we can concentrate on absolute nonsense like this.

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Spotlight on Seagrave

Wilby Toothill takes you inside Leicester City’s Academy setup to focus on our next generation of talent

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Exciting lineup, disappointing result: Young Foxes slip to derby defeat
Exciting lineup, disappointing result: Young Foxes slip to derby defeat

In the opening part of a double header this week – with the first team welcoming Nottingham Forest to King Power Stadium on Friday night - Leicester City Under-21s suffered narrow Premier League Cup defeat at the hands of their Forest counterparts at a cold Seagrave on Monday evening.

A reason to be cheerful: Leicester City’s Academy shine in superb week at Seagrave
A reason to be cheerful: Leicester City’s Academy shine in superb week at Seagrave

As I sat in the stands at Walsall last Tuesday, even I – a self-proclaimed Leicester City rational optimist – was struggling to extract too many positives and had to admit that the general outlook was looking fairly grim.

One shining light last week, however, amongst this LCFC-induced commotion and subsequent fan meltdown, was the Academy.

When Leicester won away

Exploring historical links with away wins at each of Leicester’s 19 Premier League opponents this season

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Quite unsuitable for females: When Leicester City won at Everton
Quite unsuitable for females: When Leicester City won at Everton

As both Leicester City men’s and women’s teams prepare for a double header away at Everton this weekend, it feels only right to start this story with a landmark women’s game at Goodison Park.

The postman, the programme and the four-pointer: When Leicester City won at Tottenham Hotspur
The postman, the programme and the four-pointer: When Leicester City won at Tottenham Hotspur

In 1975, Leicester City were in a relegation battle along with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. The Foxes were at the foot of the First Division when they made the trip to White Hart Lane.

Impending doom: When Leicester City won at Aston Villa
Impending doom: When Leicester City won at Aston Villa

Our journey through Leicester City’s historical away day victories against current Premier League opponents arrives at 1938.

War was ahead - but when Leicester travelled to Villa Park, there was plenty of entertainment for nearly fifty thousand spectators.

Bill, John and Johan: When Leicester City won at Liverpool
Bill, John and Johan: When Leicester City won at Liverpool

Liverpool were the dominant force of English football in the 1970s and 1980s. Anfield was their fortress and their longest unbeaten home run of the century came right in the middle of the period between 1978 and 1980.

The Reds went 63 games without defeat at home ahead of the visit of bottom-of-the-table Leicester City for Anfield’s first game of 1981.

Foxy Figures

Explaining Leicester City’s 2024/25 season in numbers

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Foxy figures: You’re still thinking about the bad news, aren’t you?

Our second Foxy Figures looks at Leicester’s defeat to Arsenal and reviews the season so far. Warning: xPositivity is in short supply.

Foxy figures: 5 stats that explain Leicester City’s Premier League start

The first international break of the season is a chance to reset before the marathon begins in earnest. In the first Foxy Figures of the season, we look at what the first three games have taught us.

The Kushiro Archives

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Barrie Pierpoint, the hangman and Shane MacGowan: a festive Foxes tale
Barrie Pierpoint, the hangman and Shane MacGowan: a festive Foxes tale

One day in 1997, after Leicester City decided they had to leave Filbert Street, Chief Executive Barrie Pierpoint was standing in a field in Aylestone, forming pictures in his mind.

“Jesus Christ - that’s Upson Downes!”: An Everton face in the crowd
“Jesus Christ - that’s Upson Downes!”: An Everton face in the crowd

It's amazing how often it happens. Researching football history you unearth a little gem that leaves you shouting 'Eureka!' Or something even stronger.

A view from above: The remarkable story behind one Filbert Street photo
A view from above: The remarkable story behind one Filbert Street photo

In the first of two historical articles in the run-up to this weekend’s clash with Fulham, an aerial view of Filbert Street takes centre stage.

A glimpse into Leicester’s past: One day on Fosse Road
A glimpse into Leicester’s past: One day on Fosse Road

With another season almost upon us, why not first take a breath and another deep dive into Leicester history. This solves the mystery of a day on Fosse Road and its connections to some lost Leicester City history.

Hazzetta dello Sport

Previewing every Leicester City game in the 2024/25 Premier League season

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24 little hours - Hazzetta dello Sport 2025: Everton (A)

‘What a difference a day makes, twenty-four little hours’ goes the lyrics of the Dinah Washington 1959 classic of the same name. In the LCFC verse, that could be translated ‘What a different a win makes, three more points to the tally’. The thin slither of light after the doom of recent weeks. These weekends haven’t appeared for a while.

Both Leicester City teams win, and Forest get walloped. The tranquil peace of climbing out of the relegation zone and Hazzetta isn’t a four figure word laboured rant.

A typical week in the life of Leicester City - Hazzetta dello Sport 2025: Tottenham (A)

You may or may not noticed that the Hazzetta didn’t get to print last Saturday. With the sharp turnaround of Wednesday to Saturday and inspections galore in the day job, there was little time to compose something.

The five stages of grief - Hazzetta dello Sport 2025: Aston Villa (A)

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. The five stages of grief.

This Leicester Life

Finding out what kind of people would support a club like this…

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This Leicester Life: Turning from Tottenham to follow the Foxes
This Leicester Life: Turning from Tottenham to follow the Foxes

What if Leicester City haven’t always been the one true love of your footballing life? After Tony Barnard wrote for us recently and referenced his switch in allegiance from Tottenham Hotspur to Leicester City, we wanted to find out a bit more about that experience.

This Leicester Life: From little hamsters to the Big Strong Leicester Boys
This Leicester Life: From little hamsters to the Big Strong Leicester Boys

Beans and little sausages! It’s time for the most-requested interview so far in the This Leicester Life series and the first of the Big Strong Leicester Boys we’ll hear from… it’s Ric Flair.

This Leicester Life: A Blue Devil walks into Duffy’s
This Leicester Life: A Blue Devil walks into Duffy’s

In 2019, Chinese student Zhang Junhao arrived in Leicester from Shanghai with a love of ultras-style support for his blue-shirted football team - in need of a new home for his passion…

This Leicester Life: “Fans weren’t allowed in the stands, but I was on the pitch”
This Leicester Life: “Fans weren’t allowed in the stands, but I was on the pitch”

There are hundreds of Leicester City fans who go home and away to every game - Zoe Mcgrady does it from Liverpool while studying for a sports journalism degree.

The 21 greatest

The TFW writing team pondered who deserves a place in a list of the 21 greatest Leicester City players of the 21st century so far.

Following some fierce debate and mathematical gymnastics, here we are.

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View fullsize International week means it's been a little quieter but there's still lots going on. Injuries, the women's game, more injuries, the under 21s in action. Last week we had a match report, health check on the under 21s. Their 1-0 loss to Notts County
View fullsize 📸 #LCFC fans at Burnley, 29 March 2014 - Goals from David Nugent and Chris Wood give Leicester a 2-0 win that extends our unbeaten league run to 19 games and puts promotion in touching distance
View fullsize A slightly later post but as we enter another international break there's a lot to ponder. And a busy week over on the site too. A second trip to Manchester United in as many weeks didn't atone for the Carabao Cup loss. Manchester United 3 Leicester
View fullsize It's that time of the week again, time to look ahead, flag what was on the site last week and prepare ourselves for yet another upcoming international break. Two games in the last week, neither provided much inspiration but they did rack up the mile
View fullsize The week ahead, what's on the site and our sympathies for anybody else who ran into Nottingham Forest fans this weekend. One of our encounters was with a smug bartender who said he still loves Cooper. If you're going to lose to your rivals then mayb
View fullsize Work, holidays, honeymoons and just general life have got in the way so hurray for a return to the weekly look at what's on the site and the big talking points. Big wins all around for Leicester City. A mental comeback, like we are capable of boring

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Big Strong Leicester Boys

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