The Fosse Way

We’ve posted a three-part review of the season over the past three days - the final part is here: https://thefosseway.net/2026/05/28/the-big-leicester-city-women-2025-26-season-review-part-3-looking-to-the-future/ It’s interesting covering both the men’s and women’s teams. The numbers are pretty small in terms of interest in the women’s side but even running the site, it’s been tough to find the enthusiasm to watch the games or read the contributors’ match reports sometimes when it’s another chunk of the weekend dedicated to watching a Leicester defeat. We’re going to try to keep it going next season though, as outside of this thread there’s very little critical thinking about LCFC Women out there, even when it seems like a parallel of the kind of lazy approach to scouting and strategy that’s affected the men’s side.

Frankly, they deserve to be in a catch 22. What we're seeing here is Leicester fans demonstrating we still care what happens to the club in the present and the future, that we're not content to wallow in the past as if it doesn't matter what happens from 2016 onwards. It is insane to think tens of thousands of fans are choosing not to go to a charity anniversary match for the greatest sporting story of all time, but the club is 100% responsible for that - particularly around the lack of consistent communication. If there was humility in their comms, accountability in the decision-making or clarity around the long-term strategy, a lot more people would be willing to entertain attending this match. There were numerous ways to avoid this - don't get relegated, ensure the big names can be there, have a very public survey about how fans would like to celebrate the anniversary, announce it further in advance, get better guests - but what we've ended up with merely reflects the state of the club at the moment. It's entirely fitting that this is a mess.

This didn't go to plan but happy with the outcome.

On balance, probably still worth supporting, eh? https://loros.co.uk/about-loros/news?category=patient-stories

Three-man shortlist: Dick Schreuder, Lee Johnson and Willy Caballero.

Assuming the All-Star XI will be Troy Deeney, 6 YouTubers, Conrad Logan, Serge from Kasabian, Filbert Fox and Apichet

European semi-final is a good way of charting the decline rather than a particular achievement. But actually, not having teams knocked out of the CL/EL means you can't really compare the two. The other semi-finalists in our year were Roma, Marseille and Feyenoord. Palace's other semi-finalists are Strasbourg, Rayo Vallecano and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Have you tried it without the www?

Picking the third best player of the season https://thefosseway.net/2026/05/01/you-picked-your-third-best-player-of-the-worst-leicester-city-team-in-history-and-it-speaks-volumes/

The reasoning for it is right there and makes perfect sense. Our club is a great example of why, if you have the money, this is a good idea. Unless you just don't want any money to be spent on women's football.

Thanks dG, your shares and support are always much appreciated by everyone involved with the site.

Harry Winks has had the last laugh. We usually get most of our clicks via NewsNow, which has blocked this morning’s match report because of the inclusion of his words to a fan at Portsmouth. Our second biggest source of views is when people post links on here so here you go: https://thefosseway.net/2026/04/22/leicester-city-r-2-hull-city-2-a-thoroughly-deserved-relegation/ Will use this thread to post the occasional link to the site from now on. Our traffic had gone down steadily across this season as people have given up and drifted away but it’s spiked massively again in the past few weeks. There seems to be a shift from apathy back to anger again. If anyone ever wants to write something for the site, let us know. It can be very cathartic: https://thefosseway.net/contact/

Thanks for putting this together, interested to see the results especially for the questions where it's possible to benchmark against the last one.

Here's the section of the chapter in question. -- 'All these one-nils are agony,' says Jon Holmes, a leading football agent and lifelong Leicester City fan. 'I was watching the Watford game on television and I was a bloody nervous wreck.' Holmes was briefly chairman of the club in the eventful 2002/03 season that saw administration, the threat of liquidation and eventual promotion. He gives a brief appraisal of Vichai and Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, the father and son whose millions have helped transform Leicester City from Championship also-rans into Premier League title contenders. 'They've bunged a load of money in and you can't knock it.' There have been more glowing tributes to the Srivaddhanaprabhas, who spent £39million to purchase Leicester City in 2010 and have invested over £100million in total in improving every aspect of the club, but Holmes tells it as he sees it. 'Nobody much from outside the club has had any football dealings with the owners,' he says. 'They keep themselves to themselves. Susan Whelan's a very capable chief executive even though she knew three parts of nothing about football when she arrived.' The decision to replace Nigel Pearson with Claudio Ranieri was initially met with scepticism from large sections of the City support. Shortly after Ranieri's appointment, Whelan told the assembled media: 'We don't talk about our business in the public domain every day. I am confident and sure the majority of the fans will have trusted in the judgement of the board. 'Claudio is a man of vast experience and knowledge. We are very pleased to have him here at the club and he is going to lead us into the next chapter of the club's history. 'We are very proud to have him.' The decision has proven to be perfect but Holmes believes the process that led to Ranieri's arrival was unnecessarily lengthy. 'The owners have twice got rid of managers without any clear idea of who would replace them,' he says. 'Martin George [City chairman in the mid-1990s] always said to me you need to have two in reserve because your manager could lose eight on the trot or he could get poached. 'You need to have that backup plan. Twice they haven't and twice they've got away with it. With Ranieri, suddenly they hit the jackpot. 'A lot of successful people don't know how lucky they are.'

Jesus, this thread is humiliating.

5 on the website at the moment

KPFC final boss level when the Trust gives out free donuts and beer before a home game.

We say we want a revolution, well, you know You don’t wanna change the club You tell us that it's evolution, well, you know You don’t wanna change J-Rud But when you talk about season ticket renewal Don't you know that you can count us out? You always think you’ll be… fine Fine Fine You say you got a real solution, well, you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask us for a direct debit, well, you know We’re not all KPFC fans But if you want money to watch Jordan Ayew play All we can tell you is you better sign JJ You always think you’ll be… fine Fine Fine You say you'll just promote next season, well, you know You can understand our doubt You tell us it's the fault of Covid, well, you know We want King Power out But if you go carryin' pictures of Chairman Top You'll never realise this has got to stop So is it really gonna be… Fine Fine Fine…?

Surely we have to draw the line at this part: "As part of a bold new chapter in the Club’s evolution, Leicester City Football Club will be renamed King Power FC, reflecting the ownership group’s long-standing commitment, strengthening alignment between identity and leadership, and signalling a unified strategic vision focused on sustainable growth, competitive ambition and long-term success within the modern game."

https://thefosseway.net/2026/03/01/leicester-city-0-norwich-city-2-a-perfect-performance-to-protest/

Once a Fox, always a Fox? https://thefosseway.net/2026/02/27/once-a-fox-always-a-fox-how-leicester-city-fans-feel-about-10-former-players-in-the-premier-league/

Gold

Need to make sure the prevailing narrative is not "oh well, could have been worse". Fine if that's your immediate reaction to the news but don't forget this is a new low for this football club.

Shameful. The first points deduction in the club's history thanks to King Power.

This is the sort of thing that keeps you coming back to this site.