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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.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25 - Issue 13: Brentford v Leicester City
As Craig David once sung, sack manager by Monday, identify his replacement by Wednesday, appoint by Friday and hopefully we chilling come Sunday.
Entering our Ruud era: The pros and cons as Leicester gets ready for van Nistelrooy
Shortened betting odds for Ruud Van Nistelrooy on Tuesday made him the firm favourite for the vacant Leicester City job. With John Percy sounding the klaxon that he’s the man, we're taking a look at the pros and cons of our next manager.
Impending gloom: When Leicester City won at Brentford
Try to find out what life was like in London in 1952 and your webpage is quickly clogged up with numerous references to something that sounds more like a cartoon villain than a real life event: the Great Smog.
The fall of Steve Cooper - Leicester City’s Autumn surprise is the only logical decision
Twelve Premier League games. Three months of competitive football. Autumn has seen the fall of Steve Cooper and although it may be a slight surprise Leicester City’s decision-makers have swung into early action, you’d struggle to find a fan that disagrees with the move.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25 - Issue 12: Leicester City v Chelsea
If you needed a fair assessment at where Leicester City are at this season, that the international break was welcome rather than an annoyance gives you your answer.
Insult and injury: A day to forget in the history of Leicester City
Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island just off the northern coast of South America, has a population of roughly 150,000, which is similar to Ipswich. It doesn’t look much like Ipswich, but it has joined the Suffolk town in the story of Leicester City’s 2024/25 season.
Fixing the Foxes: Get the best from this squad and make us an actual Cooper side
Our big question asked our writers how to fix the Foxes, after two articles more centred on the behind the scenes, off the pitch affairs, Iain Wright is focusing on the matchday team, our tactics and how to get the best from this squad.
Fixing the Foxes: Leicester City need to stop the drift and turn the tide
Enhanced expectations and dismal decisions have collided to make many Leicester City fans feel detached from our club. This is a reality we need to recognise and an important point in the club’s history to start getting things right again.
Fixing the Foxes: Improving the relationship between Leicester City and its supporters
Posing the biggest of big questions to our writers this international break, we asked what needs fixing and how to do it. First up, an off-pitch focus on why and how to improve and repair the fan relationships with the club.
A blue and white Leicester City blueprint in a black and white defeat
To sit through one Leicester City Under 21s defeat in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy may be regarded as misfortune. To sit through two in the space of a week sounds like carelessness.
A new start in the New Year: Leicester City fans’ chance to build a more effective Foxes Trust
Monday 13th January. We now know the date that Foxes Trust members will have their say on who represents them at board level of the Trust.
The Early AGM that has been called will be the pivotal moment in a journey which started in March 2024 when a group of writers from The Fosse Way decided to join the Trust in the hope of making it more effective.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 11: Manchester United v Leicester City
As the clock ticked into the 94th minute, another cross was put into the Ipswich eighteen-yard box to no avail. Easily cleared and Sam Morsy, the home side captain, comes away with the ball from the wreckage.
Queen Victoria, Adolf Hitler and the dog that saved Manchester United: When Leicester Fosse won at Newton Heath
In 1901, Leicester Fosse made the trip north to face Newton Heath with the Manchester club in dire financial trouble but we’re going to start begin 42 years earlier - and end 49 years later.
