Zabbasbeard_MCFC

Not actually a Foxes fan - I support Manchester City (have done 33 years).and wanted to congratulate you all on your promotion. I'm very pleased for you. It will be good to have a club with such good, loyal support in the top flight. Don't know why - always had a soft spot for Leicester since I was a lad playing subbuteo (!!) in the 70s and remember your Lineker/Lynex team and before that vaguely Sammels/Birchenall era. Of course I recall well a young 'Old' Leicester City side inspired by Keith Weller in tights beating "Old' First Division Norwich 3-0 on Match of the Day in an FA Cup tie when just about every game was off due to bad weather, I coincidentally went out with a Leicester girl for a few years - none of her four brothers supported you which I found strange - they preferred Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal etc.. Oh dear, glory hunters! You have a great club, great fans - you made plenty of noise and stayed to the end (it always irks me when peopl leave agame early!) when we played you over there in Dec. You always have a good away following too. I have always found yours a friendly club and fans (never encountered The Baby Squad though!). It will be good to have a proper club with proper support back in the Premier League - to counter balance the plastics that latch onto the $ky 4. Being half Indian I also have a link coming a family of East Bengal supporters (I was born here one side of my family are in Kolkata) - I once saw Leicester and East Bengal play at the Walkers. Is there still a link with East Bengal? I follow them as well as our beloved Manchester City. I've been to Filbert Street/Crisp Bowl/King Power many times.I have had some great days out in Leicester...2011 when there was the red n black scarves and Neil Young (scorer of the winning goal in the 1969 FA Cup FInal to those too young!) tribute. Exciting game (we nearly chucked it away), Cracking atmosphere and we got you back home where we triumphed on our way to our first trophy in 35 years. My first trip to Leicester was 86/87 where we sadly lost a relegation dog-mauling (it certainly wasn't a dogfight) 4-0. Everything that could go wrong went wrong....a short Stevey Redmond backpass sticking in the mud..Perry Suckling couldn't catch a bar of soap in Strangeways (or nearby Leicester prison) that day. Alan Smith (later of Arsenal) kept sticking out his gangly legs to score a couple. We knew we were going down after that day even if there was a way to go. We were a poor side. Players like Kevin Langley who was dogshit. Still, despite thar we had a good day out and got nicely oiled on the local brew, Everard's Tiger. Both MCFC and LCFC went down in the end with Villa :-( I remember the following Div 2 season (1-1 draw if I recall rightly - David Pleat your manager?) going into a Leicester chippy and asking for a chip butty (I was trying to be helpful not using the Manchester vernacular "chip barm") and getting tld in noncertain terms "Chip cob"! It was a tense day out when we eked a vital draw under Kevin Keegan when Dicky fluffed that pen. We stayed up the Foxes went down eventually. Now you'e back and if you check out our Bluemoon-mcfc thread you'll see more than a few of us are pleased for you. Good luck to Leicester (except v MCFC of course), I think and hope you stay up. Who do you think will mke the grade in the top flight? Where does Pearson need to strengthen? PS Welcome back to the FIRST Division (let's have none of this Premier League/Championship/League One nonsense eh?!)