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Ruud van Nistelrooy deserves backing at Leicester City - so can Jon Rudkin pull through?
As the clocks strike midnight, and we head into another no doubt eventful year following Leicester City, much feels on a knife edge around our club right now. Our chances of survival? 50/50. Keen on Ruud or unconvinced? A fanbase seemingly split down the middle.
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.
In the bleak midwinter - Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25: Liverpool (A)
In the season of being generous, Leicester City were happy to obliged in providing three gifts in the last Sunday before Christmas. Bow-tied and loosely wrapped.
A King's Homecoming: Hiring a club legend is a step in the right direction
Leicester City fans got their earliest (only?) LCFC Christmas present of 2024 on December 5th when legend Andy King posted a photograph of himself in a Foxes training kit, footballs at his feet, signalling his homecoming. And boy, does it feel about time.
Going early: A once-in-a-lifetime Leicester City matchday experience
My Leicester City theme last week was “going early”. The script was written.
Mind the gap - Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25: Wolves (H)
An unfortunate late edition of the Hazzetta this week caused by two Christmas lunches which have resembled a stag do away. The first of which would be the perfect scene if, in an alternative universe on Italian Channel 4, there was a Giacomo Richardisono.
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.
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.
Calm after the storm - Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25 - Newcastle United (A)
A remarkable week within the world of Leicester City. The tonic of four points and no public relation disasters has meant everything is quiet.
Local heroes and England legends: When Leicester City won at Newcastle United
Leicester City only won one of our first 26 away games at Newcastle. It was a special one - a 5-1 win in 1928 when the great Arthur Chandler scored four goals - but we’re going to focus on another comprehensive victory nearly sixty years later.
The Godfather, goals and ‘Gulls - Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25: Brighton (H)
‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in’: the words of Michael Corleone from Godfather III were ringing in my ears as I walked out of the King Power Stadium on Tuesday.
A new Fox in a legend’s socks: The emergence of Bilal El Khannouss
Sometimes it only takes one performance from one player to turn the narrative. Step up, Bilal El Khannouss.
The Fosse Way predicts Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first Leicester City lineup
Tonight’s 7pm announcement of the Leicester City lineup to face West Ham United in Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first game in charge of the Foxes will represent the most eagerly anticipated team news in recent history.
Ruud’s riddle: Leicester plunge van Nistelrooy into new territory
What is it about Ruud van Nistelrooy that Leicester City’s decision-makers think will help keep the club in the Premier League? It’s a question many in the media have been trying to answer in the past week.