There were incredible scenes in the Championship play-offs yesterday. Deep into injury time, Leicester appeared to be heading to Wembley ahead of Watford. With the score at 2-2 on aggregates, the Foxes were already going through on away goals when they were awarded a penalty. Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia pulled off an incredible double save from [.
The proposed exit of Leicester City midfielder, Lee Peltier, has exposed just how flawed the
Foxes' transfer policy was last season.
The previous summer, Leicester spent over £10m on nine new players, in a bid to reclaim a place
in the Premier League. Their plan backfired spectacularly, with boss, Sven Goran Erickson, sacked
by October, leaving a squad unfamiliar with each other to battle on their own.
Missing a penalty is humiliating at the best of times. Just ask Ashley Cole and Ashley Young. But
what makes it that much worse is if you do something stupid when taking the pen and it doesn't come
off. Then you don't just lack bottle, but you're also an idiot. Although Andrea Pirlo and Sergio
[...]
It cannot be denied that Leicester's current position of 13th is not really good enough for a club
that spent in excess of £15million over the summer and has the highest wage bill in the
Championship.
But in what remains an immensely truncated division, the Foxes are just three points off fifth
place and only a further four off the automatic promotion places.
Given that Leicester shipped six and four goals against Portsmouth and Norwich respectively prior
to Sven's appointment last season, it's perhaps no surprise that the Swede has since ring fenced
much of his not inconsiderable budget for shoring up the Foxes' defence. Sol Bamba, Ben Mee, Kyle
Naughton and Patrick van Aanholt were each brought in by Eriksson last term as Leicester's new
owners
The Newcastle fan alleged to have punched a horse following last weekend's derby defeat to Sunderland insists he's an animal lover. Unemployed factory work Barry Rogerson, aged 45, from Morpeth, reeled off a list of pets and a penchant for feeding foxes in mitigation for his attack on a police horse.
Sunderland may not be in trophy-winning form this season, but their victory in the
always-eventful 'sack race' may prove to be a blessing in disguise.
After looking tame and lacking confidence for much of this campaign under Steve Bruce, with a
paltry 11 points from 14 matches their return, new club chairman Ellis Short felt the club needed
to go in a new direction.
THORPE ASTLEY 9-2 BLABY FOXES
Sunday 2nd September 2012
Hinckley Sunday League Division 2
Holmfield Park, Wardens Walk, Leicester Forest East
I had no plans to go to a game this morning after witnessing two high scoring games in the previous
two days, firstly a 4-3 victory for Thurmaston WMP 2009 over FC Hoskins on Friday, and secondly a
4-4 draw between Whitwick United and Markfield on Saturday.
FOSSE CITY 3-1 WEBBYS WANDERERS
Sunday 25th March 2012
Alliance Football League Division 2
Knighton Park [pitch 1], Leicester, LE18 1EF
With this being the last Sunday shift for the wife today for a while, and with Leicester, like a
lot of the country bathed in glorious sunshine I decided to taken in another Sunday League game.
Perhaps the hangover persists. If it does, good for you. But here's hoping the squad are
sufficiently past the midweek celebrations and focused on the task at hand. We remain in the hunt
for the FA Cup- even if it doesn't mean much to a number of us in the grand scheme of things. It is
much more important to focus our efforts on the PL, but it sure as hell wouldn't hurt to win this
trophy (especially with a draw as kind as this).
Norwich City 1-2 Leicester City FA Cup 18th February 2012
Norwich City have enjoyed a superb return to the Premier League this season, however their hopes
of securing a last eight berth in the FA Cup were scuppered by an impressive Leicester side whose
attack-minded play put the home side under pressure from the off.
Couldn't Find the target Nottingham Forest got a 4-0 spanking from East Midlands rivals Leicester
City during last night's FA Cup third round replay. The score was only 1-0 when Forest had this
chance to grab an equaliser. Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel generously dropped the ball onto the
toes of Forest striker Robbie Findley just [.
Valencia wrapped up a comfortable victory against big-spending and ambitious English second
division team Leicester City in Austria some hours ago. In doing so Los Che won the Cup Kärnten as
they continued preparations for the new season. They won the best of four competition that also
featured PSV and Bursaspor.
For Leicester City, might British be best? is a post from: Just Football
By David Cockcroft
An October managerial casualty seems to be the norm in today's game, yet the news of
Sven Goran Eriksson heading out of the Leicester City exit door
came as no little surprise to the football world.
Leicester City have confirmed the sacking (by mutual consent?) of former England manager Sven
Goran Eriksson after the Foxes won just two of their last seven games their latest defeat coming
against Millwall 3-0 at the week-end seemingly the result which broke the camels back so to speak.
And already former Foxes boss Martin O'Neill is favourite to take up the hotseat he left in 2000
for Celtic, with the Filbert Street Thai owners ready to spend whatever it takes to bring the Foxes
to a return to the promised land(Premier League).
Sven Goran Eriksson is ready to offer Leicester City's teenage wonderkid Jeffrey Schlupp a new deal
in a bid to scare off interest from Stoke and Liverpool reports the Daily Mirror.
The German U19 international has been in impressive form for the Foxes this season, with four goals
to his name already attracting attention from a number of Barclays Premier League scouts.
Transfer deadline day deals: The view from the Championship is a post from: Just Football
WHILE the lavish spending of the Premier League's big boys captured most of the limelight on
transfer deadline day, there was also plenty of business done in the second tier. James McMath
looks at some eye-catching signings made by Championship clubs.
Everton have confirmed that striker Jermaine Beckford has left the club in a £3 million deal.
The transfer sees Beckford drop down a division to the Championship as he joins Sven Goran
Eriksson's Leicester City side. Beckford failed to make the grade at Goodison Park, often
frustrating Toffees fans by missing countless goalscoring opportunities.
Leicester: Having massively overhauled the squad during the summer, signing no
less than nine players, including the marquee signings of Kasper Schmeichel, David Nugent, Michael
Johnson, Neil Danns and Paul Konchesky should give the Foxes the quality needed to reach the
Premiership for the first time since 2002.
Managed by former England, SS Lazio and Manchester City boss Sven-Göran Eriksson, Leicester City
FC currently campaigns in the English Football League Championship. The club  had a 10th place
finish in the 2010/11 season. On Sunday, the Leicester City BURRDA 2011/12 home kit was launched.
According to the Foxes' website: Ahead of this month's landmark fixture against [.
A terrace favourite at Filbert Street in the early 1980s has reignited his strong connection
with the Leicester City fans over the last season.
Former Foxes striker Alan Young has been co-commentating at the Walkers Stadium
alongside local broadcast journalist Ian Stringer, and his frank, honest assessments of what goes
on at the Championship promotion chasers has been hugely popular with the fans.
A terrace favourite at Filbert Street in the early 1980s has reignited his strong connection
with the Leicester City fans over the last season.
Former Foxes striker Alan Young has been co-commentating at the Walkers Stadium
alongside local broadcast journalist Ian Stringer, and his frank, honest assessments of what goes
on at the Championship promotion chasers has been hugely popular with the fans.
Lindpere was voted Red Bulls' MVP in his debut campaign last year.
It isn't often that England scouts North America for talent, but any snippet of such transfer
rumour is newsworthy here on MLS UK.
The website of British newspaper Daily Mail has been analysing a range of possible transfers and
rating the likelihood of the switch taking place.
Inter Milan are reportedly planning a January swoop for Liverpool target Lucas.
According to talkSPORT, Inter a keen to bring the £20 million-rated Sao Paulo midfielder to the
San Siro, while the Reds have shown an interest in the 19-year-old.
Inter are alleged to be planning the addition of Lucas alongside the signing of compatriot Casemiro
and Borussia Dortmund sensation Mario Gotze.
Leicester City has announced that they have completed the signing of Liverpool full-back Paul
Konchesky for an undisclosed fee.
The London-born defender has joined the Foxes on a three-year contract and becomes the latest
player to join Sven Goran Eriksson's team as he looks to splash the cash in order to take the
midlands club back into the Premier League.
Two sides with two former England managers who've enjoyed perhaps not the kind of auspicious start
to their Championship campaigns. Whilst the Reds might draw some confidence from a midweek win at
Doncaster, the Foxes suffered the ignominy of being booed off the pitch at the Walkers Stadium,
sorry, the King Power Stadium, where they've lost their last two games to Reading and Bristol City
[.
Leicester have announced the latest name to join their promotion push with the news that Manchester
City midfielder Michael Johnson will join the club on a season-long loan.
Johnson had been on the wish lists of a number of clubs including Premiership side Wolves and
Championship rivals Leeds but it has now been confirmed he'll spend next season at the Walkers
Stadium.
Leicester have announced the latest name to join their promotion push with the news that Manchester
City midfielder Michael Johnson will join the club on a season-long loan.
Johnson had been on the wish lists of a number of clubs including Premiership side Wolves and
Championship rivals Leeds but it has now been confirmed he'll spend next season at the Walkers
Stadium.
Once one of the country's most highly-rated young players, 32-year-old Michael Ball has been
punished by The FA for an offensive Tweet he sent to Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton.
Leicester City are the favourites to sign Nicky Maynard from Brizzle City, with the Foxes' spending
power set to test [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive
