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We'll probably end up with the Jamie Vardy Standing Section

Not really it was on the big screen for a few seconds now and again so either it was broken or they chose not to show it.

Thanks I'll watch but I really wanted to see it there

Why didn't they show more of what was going on on the big screen, 30k fans trying to see who was there and what was happening. Suppose they wanted to get the numbers up on social media.

He looked knackered by half time didn’t bother to close anyone down who was more than a few feet away.

Yes

https://chelsea.news/2025/05/sky-sports-leicester-city-player-not-a-chelsea-target-three-others-named-instead/ Sky Sports: Leicester City player not a Chelsea target – Three others named instead By Simon Phillips - 18th May 2025, 07:00am Sky Sports have thrown shade over a transfer rumour this week linking Chelsea to a Leicester City defender who has been on loan with Oxford United this season. They say that Ben Nelson is not a Chelsea target. Chelsea will sign a centre back this summer, but the 21-year-old is not currently under consideration. Three players named on shortlist instead According to the same report, Chelsea’s centre back shortlist includes players such as Jorrel Hato, Marc Guehi and Jarrad Branthwaite. These are the kind of players Chelsea will be hoping to sign in the summer, but in the meantime, their focus is on the final games of the season – and not transfers, says Sky Sports.

Yeah one of the biggest disappointments supporting LCFC missing our FA Cup win, we would have been massively loud and proud.

True but when you see your team putting the effort in, how many blocks did they make the crowd have something to get passionate about something we clearly lack.

That’s what it means to win a trophy when you don’t win one every year. Well done Palace great result for you and for English football

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When I first started at Lancaster Boys School on Victoria Park it was attrition between the pupils, mostly the top year and the teachers. I saw a lad being hung out of a second story building held only by his ankles. 1st years were regularly tied up to a post or railings with their ties and left there for when the break was over and the school was all lined up. I had my cap and blazer ripped on the first day. New pupils turning up on new bikes saw them chucked onto the prefab roofs. Counter to this I was caned on the first day along with half the school for being late back after lunch as the Deputy Head locked the school gate preventing us from coming in from the park. The cane was a regular feature for even minor wrongs, like whistling in class. I also saw the Deputy Head calling out a couple older lads when lined up for register in the yard and he proceeded to hit them with a big chunk of wood that he said they'd been using on some 1st years. It was no surprise that by reputation was known as a Prep School for Borstal. Hated the first 2 years until we moved to new premises and a new headmaster. It sounds like we've gone full circle but with the teachers having no means of control, that's not a call for allowing caning. PS The Deputy Head was Van Hopkins he of radio Leicester rugby commentator.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/open-letter-jamie-vardy-greatest-10187535?int_source=nba An open letter to Jamie Vardy, the greatest player in Leicester City history Leicester City news as Jamie Vardy ends his 13-year journey with the football club on Sunday against Ipswich Town ByJosh HollandFootball Writer 09:00, 17 MAY 2025 Jamie Vardy Jamie Vardy leaves Leicester City as their greatest-ever player (Image: Getty Images Europe) Dear Jamie Vardy, a letter to you, Leicester City's greatest-ever player before you bid farewell. On Sunday afternoon, Vardy will say goodbye to the football club 13 years to the day he arrived from Fleetwood Town. A £1million signing from non-league, the game with Ipswich Town is his final outing for the club, marking his 500th appearance. Emotions inside the King Power Stadium will be at a high, something most supporters would never have experienced before. In previous years, club legends have either left at the end of their contracts (Danny Simpson, Shinji Okazaki, Christian Fuchs, for example) or been sold in the transfer window to other clubs, occasionally leaving a bad taste. Last summer, Marc Albrighton's exit touched thousands. The winger wore his heart on his sleeve, put everything into every fixture and left the club a legend. In the last game of the season, fans cried as Albrighton said goodbye. But this weekend, unparalleled emotions will creep out. Vardy leaving Leicester isn't something to be surprised about. Despite the emotions of him leaving, there's been an argument for the 38-year-old to depart in the past two summers. For me, returning the club back to the Premier League would have been the perfect farewell, but the "****show", Vardy's words not mine, of this season has left a horrible taste in the mouth. Remarkably, Vardy has still bagged nine goals this season. After hitting six in the first 15 Premier League games this season, his form, through no fault of his own, has coincided in one of the worst City runs in history. I've been his biggest critic, albeit him starting and someone else not getting a chance isn't his fault. That's been forgotten about ever since he announced his decision to leave the club. Before Vardy arrived, my love was Matty Fryatt. His League One endeavours made me fall in love with a classic number nine, albeit he wore 12 at City, after Iain Hume left me devastated to join Barnsley following relegation from the Championship. Before them, Elvis Hammond, Mark de Vries, DJ Campbell, Yann Kermorgant and many others all failed to inspire as strikers at the club. I'm sure I've not named a few. Fryatt, like Hume, left and by then David Nugent and Jermaine Beckford had arrived. But in 2012, when Vardy was signed, things changed and not a single person in football would have been able to predict what went on to become the greatest individual journey in football. I'll always remember meeting Vardy at the end of August 2012. After scoring on his debut against Torquay United in the EFL Cup, Vardy started the first three league games of the season before being rested for the shocking 4-2 defeat to League Two side Burton Albion in the cup. As the players warmed up, summer signing Vardy was pitchside and came around to take photographs and sign autographs. I got my photo and it was my profile picture on Facebook for the year. I got banter at school for having a photo with a striker no-one had heard of. Four years later, I had a photo with the best Premier League striker. In the Championship-winning season under Nigel Pearson, Vardy started to show his quality. A rapid striker who formed a formidable partnership with Nugent. I always felt he was better on the wing, like he was used in the 2014-15 Premier League campaign. The world started to notice the striker in 2015-16. The season began with Vardy breaking the record for the goals scored in consecutive goals game, beating Ruud van Nistelrooy's record, and ended with him as an iconic figure in football. A message to congratulate Jamie Vardy of Leicester City on the new Premier League record of scoring 11 consecutive games Jamie Vardy holds the record for scoring in 11 straight Premier League games (Image: Getty Images) Even when he was 'the man' at Leicester, he was, and still is, the most down-to-earth person. Before my route into journalism, I worked part-time at the car park at the King Power Stadium on matchdays and occasionally patrolled the player car park. As a huge Leicester fan, meeting any of the players was unreal. Adrian Silva, Vicente Iborra, Andy King and Kasper Schmeichel were all so welcoming. But on the one or two times I got to meet Vardy, I was starstruck. It's not hard to be polite but so many people struggle to do the basics. Not Vardy. Red Bull, Skittles and vodka and the blue wrist wrap all became popular. He even gave Leicestershire a sense of pride following England at the European Championships in France that summer. By then, he could have easily left for Arsenal for better money and the opportunity to take his career to the next level. Unlike the many others that did jump ship, Vardy stayed and fans will be grateful for that forever. As the chant goes, which we'll hear hundreds of times against Ipswich: "He could've gone to Arsenal, but he didn't fancy that." The Champions League, big goals against the 'Big Six' and constant ****housery against opposing fans have continued his legacy. After being pushed out a little by Claude Puel in hope of injecting young blood into the team, there's an argument that the best of Vardy came under Brendan Rodgers between 2018 and 2022. Vardy scored 75 Premier League goals between the 2019-20 and 2021-22 season. Above all, he helped the club win the FA Cup and that picture of him holding the trophy in front of the Foxes faithful will always be a favourite of mine. Since then, two relegations and a promotion have followed. The club have got so much wrong in that period and some would argue that the decision-making has moulded a downbeat ending for Vardy, but this isn't about the state of the club. Vardy's farewell should and will be no reflection of things away from him. Every single Leicester City supporter has their favourite memory of Vardy. His celebration in front of the Sheffield United supporters (which by the way, is a strong contender for me to be his statue outside the King Power Stadium), his record-breaking goal against Manchester United, his volley against Liverpool, or his goal against West Brom in the great escape. But on Sunday, if Vardy gets on the scoresheet against Ipswich, it could top it. On his 500th appearance, the striker could mark goal number 200, 13 years to the day that he signed for the club. That will be special. But if it doesn't happen, it takes no shine off his career. Tears will flood the King Power Stadium at the full-time whistle with the club confirming a series of activities will follow full-time. Vardy and his family will take it in and say their farewell around the pitch. His chant, cardboard cut-outs and a display in the stands will all pay tribute to the club legend in what is expected to be a truly emotional afternoon. Whatever comes next for Vardy, it's going to be incredibly tough to see him in other colours. He still wants to play in the Premier League. Everyone has their own preference but please not Leeds. By no means did Vardy alone bring success to the club, Leicester and the people. But he has been a huge part of the journey from start to finish and leaves a generation of Leicester City fans with a specific name they’ll tell their grandchildren about in years to come. So, to Jamie Vardy. Thank you for sticking around. Thank you for putting Leicester City on the map. Thank you for the Premier League and FA Cup. And thank you for scoring 199 goals, there will never be enough thank yous. Here's to Sunday and making it 200.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-jamie-vardy-ipswich-10191173 Ipswich Town hail 'brilliant' Jamie Vardy ahead of Leicester City clash - but warn 'it's our day' Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive as Ipswich boss and his players pay glowing tribute to Foxes legend ahead of his final game at King Power ByAndy Turner 11:15, 17 MAY 2025 Jamie Vardy is one goal away from 200 Leicester City goals (Image: Leicester City FC via Getty Imag) Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna and his players have paid a glowing tribute to “inspirational” Jamie Vardy - but that isn’t stopping them wanting to spoil his big Leicester City send-off on Sunday. The 38-year-old Foxes legend is held up as a role model for players up and down the country, proving that if you have the talent and work hard enough you can bridge the gap between the lower leagues and the Premier League. Having started out in non-league, Vardy didn’t make his top-flight debut until the age of 27. Incredibly, he’s gone on to score 144 goals at the highest level, win both the Premier League and FA Cup, plus earn 26 caps for England. He announced last month that he would be leaving the Foxes at the end of this season, with it subsequently revealed that he’ll be signing off in Sunday’s game against Ipswich at the King Power Stadium. He’ll go into the match on 499 appearances and 199 goals for the club. One more goal would move him clear of Robin van Persie into outright 14th on the all-time Premier League goalscorers’ list. Two would draw him level with Teddy Sheringham in 13th. “It’s obviously a fantastic journey he’s been on and he’s someone very well regarded there and by everyone in English football,” said McKenna, speaking to the East Anglian Daily Times. “We’ve got our motivation going into Sunday and it’s going to be very different than Leicester’s, so we’re going to try and do everything we can to make it our day.” Asked if Vardy had been an inspiration to many of his squad, given so many of them have climbed the pyramid, the Blues boss replied: “Yeah, I think he has been. I think I became a little bit more aware, dropping down to League One for the first time, how much players use seeing others who’ve gone through the leagues at whatever age as motivation. It helps them keep believing that you can climbing if you keep working on your game, keep improving and keep on top of your condition. “He (Vardy) has probably been the best in terms of his journey and then the longevity that he’s had at the top level. Credit to him for that. I know he’s someone who the boys will have looked up to. But I also know they’ll be really keen to stop him getting any success on Sunday. We wish him well after that. Yeah, and it’s also got motivating factors for this game.” Tractor Boys’ star Sammie Szmodics, meanwhile, revealed the personal touch and lengths Vardy went to in congratulating him on his own personal journey, revealing: “I had a good chat with him at the end of last season after we played against Leicester. He gave me a bottle of champagne, said congratulations for the season I had (at Blackburn), which is something he doesn’t need to do. I don’t really know him on a personal level but it just shows the sort of character that he is. “It’s quite a similar story, maybe he’s a bit later than me, but he’s worked up and he’s doing it week in, week out in the Premier League now. That’s something that I ultimately want to achieve. This is my first season in the Premier League and our journeys are probably very similar so I can look at aspects of his game and the way he’s done it.” Sam Morsy also paid tribute to the veteran striker, adding: “What he’s done is a remarkable achievement. He’s come through the leagues and made a lot of people dream. He’s opened the path for people to do it. Because of what he’s done people now look at non-league and lower-league players more. “He should have played more for England in my opinion, had an amazing career and, without being an incredible professional, he wouldn’t have done that. I know he’s got the reputation for the Red Bulls and whatever, but I guarantee he’ll be one of the best professionals around to be competing and playing at his age at the level. “It’s going to be a sad day for Leicester, I don’t know what he’s going to do next, but he’s still playing at a really good level and could continue for a number of years if he wanted to. “It’s his tenacity, his work rate and he’s got great quality as well – great finishing ability and great movement. I look at the winner in him – he’s a winner, he’s tenacious, he’s intense, he can carry the team up the pitch because of his willingness and his pressing. I think he’s been a brilliant Premier League striker.”

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/harry-souttar-injury-latest-leaves-10191097 Harry Souttar injury latest leaves Leicester City with transfer gamble to consider The Australia international centre-back had a terrific record for Sheffield United before his loan spell was cut short by injury, the 26-year-old keeping 14 clean sheets in 20 starts ByJordan Blackwell 10:22, 17 MAY 2025 If Harry Souttar is going to be part of Leicester City’s plans next season, it won’t be from the start of the campaign. The centre-back has been out injured since December when he tore his Achilles tendon while on loan at Sheffield United. The severity of the injury means that Souttar will still be in rehab come the start of City’s pre-season, and potentially won’t be able to feature again until the end of the calendar year. Ruud van Nistelrooy said this week: “I see him every day. He has a torn Achilles tendon. That’s been operated on and his rehab is going well, it’s going according to plan, but he won’t be fit for pre-season.” There’s been a change in manager since Souttar first left for Sheffield United, and there could be another before he returns if van Nistelrooy does not survive the summer. But whoever’s in charge, it gives Souttar the chance of a reprieve at City, having been out of favour under both Enzo Maresca and Steve Cooper. His record during his loan spell with the Blades suggests he should be considered as part of a Championship back-line. In his 20 league starts for Sheffield United before his injury, Souttar kept 14 clean sheets. In the other 26 games prior to the play-offs, the Blades kept eight clean sheets. City are due a rebuild at centre-back, and there’s potential for each of their current four senior options to leave the club. Wout Faes, Caleb Okoli, and Jannik Vestergaard have been linked with moves away, and Conor Coady is entering the final year of his contract. Ben Nelson is expected to return to the club and play a key role, but that’s only if he’s not sold for PSR purposes. It may ease the burden in the transfer market if Souttar was to be considered an option for next season, but that’s only if City are willing to potentially go half a campaign without him. City likely need four centre-backs in their squad next season. If they're confident Souttar can play a part once he's fit, they could take a gamble and survive on three until his return, allowing them to spend money elsewhere this summer. But having four fit options at the start of the campaign would be the safest route, with the Australia international to add further competition when he makes his comeback. Interest from Sheffield United would have been expected had Souttar’s injury not been so serious, but the nature of his Achilles problem practically rules him out of a transfer this summer. So even if his future is uncertain, he should at least get an opportunity in training to impress the manager before next January’s window, which seems to be the next realistic moment for him to leave City. The 26-year-old has a contract at the King Power Stadium that runs to 2028.

Done. If you can get a good number of fans not on Foxestalk then I'm not convinced it will be as negative as some are suggesting especially judging from the output of the FAB meeting so far and the response from the fans in the stadium during and after matches.

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble Belgrave Gate 1961.

2 nightmare scenarios We'll get a big fee and waste it and tell the next manager no money in January They'll give us back always crocked banned driver Fofana in exchange

It was Cross and McLintock swapping places as inside forward and right half that broke the mould of the rigid 2-3-5 formation that had been the norm forever.

You can’t sell if they don’t want to go. Yuri obviously didn’t want to as it was in his best interest to leave on a free

aye they get to moving into a nice big mansion

You can't really blame Rudkin for that if a player doesn't renew and sees out his contract, which many are doing you're stuck with them. Or you could still blame Rudkin

Leicester Memories Phill Martin Style Council gig, De Montfort Hall 1984.

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https://eflanalysis.com/news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-stance-on-staying-at-leicester-city-following-private-meeting-with-jon-rudkin/ Ruud van Nistelrooy stance on staying at Leicester City following private meeting with Jon Rudkin Josh Barker Thu 15 May 2025 18:15, UK EFL Analysis have gained an insight into Ruud van Nistelrooy’s stance on remaining as Leicester City manager. Ruud van Nistelrooy took over as Leicester City manager in November and was unable to prevent the club from suffering relegation to the Championship. Leicester would have to pay to sack Van Nistelrooy, and his future at the King Power Stadium has been up in the air. The Foxes have assessed potential replacements for the Dutchman, with Russell Martin, Lee Carsley, and Sean Dyche all looked at by the Midlands side. Now, an insight into how Van Nistelrooy feels about remaining in his role has been provided. Ruud van Nistelrooy stance on remaining Leicester City manager In an EFL Analysis exclusive we spoke to our resident transfer expert, Graeme Bailey, about Van Nistelrooy and his Leicester future. Bailey told us: “Ruud van Nistelrooy did a very impressive presentation to the Leicester hierarchy and John Rudkin recently. I don’t think they’ve made up their minds yet. I think they’ve been impressed by what they’ve seen in recent weeks. I think they’ll assess it. “I think they appreciate that they really gave him a blank gun in January really and didn’t back him. I think there’s a reasonable chance to stick with him because they like him as a person. His demeanour is good. And while there’s been a few murmurs, he hasn’t really gone to town on the owners in terms of not being backed. “There’s a real chance he could stay but they’re assessing the situation as a lot of clubs are.” When asked if it is more the club or Ruud that is thinking about bringing the working relationship to an end, Bailey added: “I think it’s safe to say he doesn’t want to go, because otherwise, why would he do a presentation for them? “I think we can assume that he’d like to try and get them back. If you think about it, if Ruud leaves Leicester, what’s next? He’s taken that chance. So, I think he’d like the chance to take them back. I do. I think they might give it to him.”