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Leicester Memories Peter Taylor Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins being escorted to prison for her part in digging the words "votes for women" on a local golf course. Photo from family of Alice Hawkins. Many Leicester women were involved in the struggle to obtain the vote and became members of the Leicestershire Women’s Suffrage Society which was formed in 1887. Alice Hawkins was a major figure in the movement and was president of the Leicester Independent Women’s Boot and Shoe Trade Union. She was jailed five times because of the militant action she took while campaigning for the right for women to vote. ©Story of Leicester .

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Geoff Peters Media The family of Neville Foulger have asked me to share the sad news of his death, aged 85. Nev was a respected journalist and broadcaster for over half a century – working in Nottingham, Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester – and to many he was the voice of #lcfc. Nev’s final game on the Coventry Telegraph was their FA Cup win in 1987 before he moved to Leicester to run a press agency and went on to report and commentate on football and cricket at BBC Radio Leicester for many years. Nev employed me on his agency when I was 16 and we worked together again at Radio Leicester in the mid 1990s and then reunited on Leicester City’s coverage of that miracle title win. As a boss he was hard but fair. He was a father figure. I owe him lots. Today is a sad day x

RIP

Not forgetting all the piss poor PL experienced signings

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/seven-leftfield-leicester-city-new-9744101 Seven leftfield Leicester City new manager options as search takes twist While many of the names being linked to Leicester City are familiar, here's a few who might not known so well to supporters, with most spending their careers overseas ByJordan Blackwell Names are swirling as Leicester City search for a new manager, with a leading contender for the job yet to emerge. Graham Potter and David Moyes are unlikely to be the next man in the dugout, opening the door for Ruud van Nistelrooy, Carlos Corberan, and Michael Carrick to come into consideration. But what about other possibilities? With no candidate yet emerging as the frontrunner, City could be looking outside of their usual field. Here’s a rundown of some of the leftfield names. Edin Terzic Heavily linked to the West Ham job amid Julen Lopetegui’s early struggles, managing a club to a Champions League final will naturally bring suitors. After losing to Real Madrid with Borussia Dortmund in the continent’s showpiece occasion last season, he chose to leave the German club and is now without work. Lucien Favre Out of work for nearly two years now, 67-year-old Favre would be a surprise appointment. But he does have plenty of pedigree, especially for taking mid-ranking clubs into the upper echelons, doing so with Borussia Monchengladbach and Nice. Roger Schmidt Successful at pretty much every club he has managed, Schmidt is not shy of travelling outside of his comfort zone, having managed in Germany, Austria, China, Netherlands and Portugal. He did very well with Bayer Leverkusen and won the 22-23 Portuguese title with Benfica before being sacked this August. He has managed against City previously, with PSV in the Europa Conference League quarter-finals. Daniele De Rossi A Roma legend, De Rossi was given the chance to manage the club this year, taking over from Jose Mourinho on a short-term basis initially. Taking the club to the Europa League semis, he did well enough to earn an extended stay, but was then sacked four Serie A games into this season. He’s not worked outside Italy. Carlos Cuesta Appointing a big club’s assistant manager worked for City with Enzo Maresca, and Cuesta is building quite a reputation for himself alongside Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. He never played the game professionally and was coaching in Atletico Madrid’s academy by 18. He’s still only 29, which makes him younger than seven members of City’s squad. Kjetil Knutsen Bodo/Glimt’s success may not have gone unnoticed in recent years, the Norwegian side defying expectations to make a name for themselves in Europe, especially when they beat Mourinho’s Roma 6-1. Knutsen has been in charge there for the past six years, winning three national titles in that time. Sergio Conceicao A three-time league winner and four-time cup winner in Portugal with Porto, Conceicao ended his seven-year spell there this summer, despite signing a new four-year contract just a couple of months earlier. He’s been linked to West Ham and Wolves in recent weeks.

So far, Dawson has only been confirmed to take training, not placed in interim charge, further suggesting the club’s intentions to have a new manager in position before the end of the week. The latest Skybet odds on the next permanent manager at the King Power Stadium… David Moyes 6/4; Graham Potter 2/1; Ruud van Nistelrooy 2/1; Carlos Corberan 11/2; Michael Carrick 10/1; Lee Carsley 25/1; Mark Robins 25/1; Gareth Southgate 33/1. Graham Potter is not currently under consideration to replace sacked Steve Cooper as Leicester City manager, sources have told BBC Sport. The former Brighton and Chelsea head coach and the club have not spoken since the summer, sources said. Potter was close to joining the Foxes before they appointed Cooper to replace Enzo Maresca in June, following the Championship title-winning manager's move to Stamford Bridge. Potter has been out of work since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023 and held advanced talks with the Foxes, only to be unable to agree a deal, but is not currently in contention this time. Leicester are not commenting publicly on their search for a new manager but sources have told BBC Sport they would like to make an appointment before Saturday's trip to Brentford. However, there is a recognition they need to get the appointment correct and will wait if it means finding the right candidate. Potter's representatives have declined to comment. David Moyes is another out of work former Premier League manager who is not expected to be among the contenders for the job at the King Power Stadium. Ruud van Nistelrooy, available after leaving Manchester United's coaching staff following the appointment of Ruben Amorim this month, and West Brom's Carlos Corberan have been linked.

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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steve-coopers-downfall-suggests-leicester-9743109 Steve Cooper's downfall suggests Leicester City hierarchy don't know their own club The inside story of Cooper's short Leicester City tenure, and how it shows the club have learned a lesson, but in turn admitted a mistake they should not have made ByJordan Blackwell 14:36, 25 NOV 2024 In acting quickly to sack Steve Cooper, Leicester City have learned their lesson but also admitted a mistake. The decision came out of the blue. The objective for this season is to avoid sinking back into the Championship and Cooper was so far keeping City’s heads above water, the club sitting a point above the bottom three. But they feared a Brendan Rodgers repeat. In 2022/23, they stood by the Northern Irishman until they fell into the relegation zone, and by then it was too late. In fairness, City did improve in the autumn under Rodgers. It’s those improvements that the City hierarchy could not foresee under Cooper. With the nature of the performances, they felt City could slide into the bottom three in the very near future, and they weren’t willing to wait for that. In 2023, Dean Smith had eight games to save City. If a new manager is appointed this week, they will have 26 fixtures to earn City’s survival. The hierarchy arguably deserve credit for learning from a past mistake, this time giving a replacement enough time to turn things around. But equally, in sacking Cooper so soon suggests they made the wrong decision in the first place. They certainly gave him a difficult hand. A struggle to connect with both the players and the supporters has been cited as a reason behind Cooper’s dismissal, but City did not help him. While Enzo Maresca’s exit could not be predicted, the club had to recognise his popularity within the squad. Finding a new manager who could win the players over had to be a priority, so as not to disillusion them. In Maresca, they had a template for the type of manager the majority of the squad liked. Cooper is less prescriptive and less strict, but also less tactically intense, asking players to take more responsibility on the pitch rather than adhere to instructions by the letter. They’re not the same type of manager. With the fans, there was the Nottingham Forest issue too. It was not insurmountable – previous Forest icons like Martin O’Neill and Wes Morgan managed to endear themselves at City – but it was another obstacle. Cooper would have to do more than the average manager to get the supporters onside. He was determined to do that and, despite his success at the City Ground, wanted to totally put his tenure at Forest to bed. Behind the scenes at City, Forest were referred to as “the other place” by Cooper and his staff as they tried to cut ties with their connection from the club by not even mentioning the name. While his synonymy with Forest made it tougher to get City fans behind him, Cooper was not helped that the club themselves had alienated supporters. The issues around matchday prices and season-ticket charges were of huge frustration to supporters, with many saying it exacerbated their feelings of disconnect from the club. That’s hardly ideal for building a strong home atmosphere. At ‘the other place’, it was a cauldron during their first season back in the Premier League and was a big factor in their path to survival. Further problems affected City’s preparations. The pre-season campaign was slapdash and had to be hastily put together after Maresca vetoed plans to head to the US. Transfers fell through at the last minute, notably for Czech forward Adam Hlozek. But there were also question marks over the process as a whole. A new striker was craved and a bid of more than £20m was made for an out-and-out number nine in Panathinaikos’s Fotis Ioannidis. When that was rejected, instead of returning with another offer or approaching a different target, City put a pause on their striker hunt, instead waiting until deadline day and plumping for an opportunistic loan of Odsonne Edouard. What Cooper did get were his experienced players as City deviated from the transfer norm, with older heads and Premier League know-how valued more highly than usual. Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Jordan Ayew, both in their 30s, were signed, and City’s squad now has more Premier League games under their belt than seven other clubs. They’d be even higher up the list if Cooper had succeeded in bringing in Tottenham defender Ben Davies, a summer target that City could have returned for in January. On paper, Cooper’s broad tactical approach felt like the right one. He appreciated the success of last season but wanted to make the gameplan more robust, so as to deal with the step up in quality. In terms of the shape, he did not veer too far away from the blueprint drawn up by Maresca. But there was an attempt to be more pragmatic so as to avoid repeating Burnley, where a dedication to the style only saw them go down with a whimper. However, while there was a tactical plan, it did not come through enough for fans to see it. They often questioned if there was an identity at all. City were over-coached at times under Maresca, to the point that supporters complained of being bored, but it was always clear what they were trying to do. It is more difficult for an identity to be overt when a side is having less of the ball – albeit City managed it in 2015/16 – and naturally City were unlikely to be able to keep possession as they had done in the second tier. But it also felt like they were too willing to give it away. In too many matches, City players lumped the ball forward aimlessly. Whether that was intentional or not, it reflected badly on Cooper. Either the players were doing it under instruction, or they were not confident enough in his tactics to attempt anything else. It only emphasised the feeling that City were playing with an inferiority complex. At Forest, having earned credit by taking the club out of the Championship and into the Premier League for the first time in 20 years, Cooper was able to play that way and still have the backing of fans. At City, where there are greater expectations and the novelty of being in the Premier League has worn off, that didn’t cut it with supporters. Prior to joining, Cooper had a statistical analysis of the City squad conducted, with the data showing the squad ranked in the Premier League’s bottom three in most departments. His approach to matches sometimes reflected that. But the players didn’t agree with that standing. With the way they had played in the Championship, they did not want to be a defensive side. Some players were less than enthused with the tactics and a couple were dropped during the season for failing to follow instructions, instead playing their own game. Cooper in particular wanted the senior players to show more responsibility for their individual displays, with younger players more willing to own up to mistakes and poor performances. Leicester City were second best against Chelsea to suffer their sixth Premier League defeat of the season (Image: Michael Regan) The squad as a whole were simply not as happy as they were last season. But the video from their Christmas party in Copenhagen, while pre-approved by the club and the timing unfortunate, does not make for a good look. They don’t come out of this scot-free either. While there were concerns in the hierarchy before Saturday’s game, a defeat to former manager Maresca tipped the scales. Even though Chelsea possess a much more expensively-assembled team, the gulf in the levels of performance between the two sides was stark. City had one touch in the Chelsea half in the first 25 minutes. Chasing the game in the second half, they had just two shots. It’s those sorts of statistics that back up why City had made the decision they have. They may not be in the relegation zone at the moment, but plenty of the underlying data suggested they would be soon without significant improvements. They rank 20th for shots and 18th for shots against. That’s not a combo for survival. Despite those numbers, the decision to sack Cooper has still come out of the blue. Less than two weeks ago he held a transfer meeting with the recruitment team and plans were being drawn up for new signings, with the defence a priority. Now it will be a new manager leading the club into the January transfer window and into the remainder of the season. Having seemingly learned their lesson from the Rodgers debacle, there may now be more faith among supporters that the hierarchy will get the next decision right. Their record is pretty good overall, with Maresca’s appointment almost working out too well in that he convinced Chelsea he was an elite manager. But they got this one wrong. Sacking Cooper after 12 Premier League games is an admission of that. He was not the perfect fit for the hand City were dealing him. That only goes to suggest the hierarchy, when making their decision, didn’t understand their own club well enough. It remains to be seen if that lesson has been learned too.

LCFC Women’s Barclays Women’s Super League fixture with Tottenham Hotspur at Brisbane Road on Sunday 19 January has been selected for live broadcast by the BBC. - LCFC Women to face Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday 19 January - Fixture at Brisbane Road to be shown live on BBC iPlayer - The game is scheduled to kick-off at 12:30pm - Ticket news to be released on LCFC.com in due course The fixture - initially scheduled for a 2pm kick-off - will now take place at the revised time of 12:30pm following the latest round of WSL broadcast selections. Ticket news and further fixture information will be released at LCFC.com in due course. Confirmed fixture details Tottenham Hotspur vs. LCFC Women Barclays Women's Super League Sunday 19 January Brisbane Road Live on BBC iPlayer Kick-off: 12:30pm GMT *All fixtures are subject to change.

And a potentially viable candidate has emerged already. According to journalist Guillem Balague, West Brom boss Carlos Corberan is among the frontrunners for the job. The Spaniard has impressed with the Baggies, with his side sixth in the Championship table having lost just two of 16 games so far this term. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Journalist provides fresh Ruud van Nistelrooy update as Leicester City look for new manager Mon 25 November 2024 15:30 Callum Boyle A fresh update has emerged surrounding Ruud van Nistelrooy’s stance on the Leicester City job. Van Nistelrooy has been linked with the Leicester job after the Foxes sacked Steve Cooper on Sunday. The 48-year-old is one of four candidates reportedly under consideration and talks have allegedly been held between the two parties. Leicester want a manager appointed by this weekend as they face a tough trip to Brentford. Ruud van Nistelrooy yet to accept Leicester job offer On Sunday night Italian journalist Rudy Galetti revealed that the Foxes had approached Van Nistelrooy about the manager’s job. Now, in his latest update on Monday, Galetti confirmed that the East Midlanders were still waiting to hear back from the Dutchman. Posting to X, he said: “Leicester are still waiting for the response from Ruud van Nistelrooy to become their new manager.” Galetti added that other names were on the shortlist including Graham Potter while Championship boss Carlos Corberan has also been linked with Leicester.

Leicester Memories Peter Taylor · 2h · Camouflaged Cooling Towers at Aylestone Rd. Power Station 1942 . © Chris Gordon .

I thought they'd announce that Top was the big honcho for LCFC and his Mum for KP.

They certainly have a view on this forum as in the past they've asked for some derogatory and sexist posts aimed at KP employees to be removed. As for influence I'm sure it does as does other media outlets and the match going fans but it will be minimal and possible at level where it helps to confirm their decision and know it will be generally accepted.

Well I'll hang fire on that until I see how quickly we replace him, I'd like to believe they spent the 2 weeks actively looking and interviewing replacements. Well one can hope.

isn't the squad value affected by our current position or is this based on what we paid for them? There's a few of our players that if they were in another more currently successful team their value would be higher

Puel had a better win rate than Cooper and the signings under him where vastly superior to those of Cooper and money can't be used as an excuse. We're now carrying so much dross.

It'll be someone like Robbins or Carsley cheap to hire and even cheaper to sack after the next twelve games.

Better than our hoofing it out.

History of Leicestershire in Images Charlotte Victoria Hubbard · 2h · This is one of the earliest photos of the Clock Tower AKA “Coal Hill”.