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Interesting. I wonder if lowering the pitch was the reason we suffered from quagmire pitches with river nearby?

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/0907/1468936-new-boy-mcateer-hungry-for-more-after-dream-debut/ New boy Kasey McAteer looking to Greece after 'dream' debut Updated / Sunday, 8 Sep 2024 08:03 Kasey McAteer is already looking ahead to Greece on Tuesday night after his 20-minute debut against England on Saturday. The Leicester City winger had a lot of family members at Aviva Stadium to witness his first outing in green as he replaced Adam Idah 75 minutes into the Republic of Ireland's 2-0 defeat to England. Despite some bright moments, the 22-year-old Northampton native couldn't alter the outcome of a game that looked beyond Ireland from the moment Jack Grealish made it 2-0 in the first half. However, McAteer did believe he had a credible shout for a penalty after a coming together with Trent Alexander-Arnold in the box. "I felt a pull on my arm. I don't see why I would just go down in a position like that when the ball is in a great flight path for me to just nod it in, but it wasn't looked at and it wasn't given so we have to move on from that now," McAteer told RTÉ Sport. "I came on against a top side in England, it wasn't easy. You definitely feel it. But 20 minutes there, hopefully in the future I can make that a bit more time and I can show what I can do." McAteer said head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has already begun the preparation for Greece at Aviva Stadium on Tuesday night. "He said we could have done better with the goals we've conceded," he said. "We can reflect on them and see what we can put right. It's not nice to concede two goals so close together in the first half, it kind of killed our momentum. We need to put that right now." But for McAteer, whose grandmother came from Offaly, Saturday was a happy occasion, an Irish debut delayed somewhat by injury and paperwork. "To be playing in a packed out Aviva, as everyone saw, with the atmosphere it created with the fans is a dream come true for me and my family. "I am really they were here to experience it with me. On the downside, we're all disappointed we couldn't get the result we wanted."

https://thehalfwayline.com/2024/09/08/promotion-is-a-big-thing-we-are-looking-to-do-declares-young-midfielder-after-joining-birmingham-city/ Ava Baker ‘Promotion is a big thing we are looking to do’ declares young midfielder after joining Birmingham City

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-citys-best-xi-three-9537878 Steve Cooper knows the players he has to work with, and there are plenty of options in every position, but now it's about picking the best team to tackle the Premier League ByJordan Blackwell 07:00, 8 SEP 2024 Unless Leicester City make a surprise move for a free agent, Steve Cooper now knows the squad he’s working with until at least January. But he may not quite know what his best 11 is yet. While he kept the same starting line-up for the first two Premier League matches, he then made three changes for the defeat to Aston Villa. Next time out, against Crystal Palace, he has Bilal El Khannouss to consider for a start too. The following week, against Everton, Odsonne Edouard could make his debut. It may be the case that he doesn’t have a best 11. Cooper has suggested that he will make tweaks to his side depending on the opposition, and the profiles of players they have in certain positions. But that won’t stop us assessing what the ideal City line-up is. Here's a closer look at each position and the key battlegrounds for starting spots. Goalkeeper Perhaps the simplest decision in the team. Mads Hermansen is City’s number one and, especially with Jakub Stolarczyk injured, it feels very unlikely that there will be any serious challenge to the Dane’s position. That shouldn’t be a problem, as he’s already beginning to look at home in the Premier League. Full-back Our first contentious area. More than any other call made by Cooper so far this season, the decision to not give Ricardo Pereira a single minute of Premier League football has been the hottest topic. A key player last season, Ricardo has found himself behind James Justin in the pecking order for now, and the decision is explained by Cooper’s set-up. When City are on the ball, one full-back tucks in and one rushes forward. At the moment, it’s the right-back who has to form part of the back three, and Justin is perhaps better suited to it. He has experience of playing a similar role last term, and he’s probably physically stronger, and so better equipped to deal with the amount of defending City might do. On the other side, Victor Kristiansen is getting the nod, and the Dane certainly has the stamina to get up and down the pitch. He’s struggled at times in City’s opening fixtures, but those have typically been moments when he’s been left without support. While Cooper’s current picks are understandable, it feels like Ricardo needs to be given the opportunity to show if he can make a difference. He is one of the most technically-talented and tactically-intelligent players in the squad, and those attributes may make up for what he lacks physically. Plus, both the Portuguese and Justin can play on the left side, allowing Cooper to experiment. Centre-back The Wout Faes-Jannik Vestergaard centre-back partnership that everybody has become so accustomed to was broken up last time out, Caleb Okoli brought in for the Dane. The idea was to bring in a defender who could better deal with the speed of Villa’s attacks and cope with Ollie Watkins’ runs. Okoli did well and it will be pretty intriguing to see if he keeps his spot against Palace. Against Jean-Philippe Mateta, it feels like it will be a battle of wits and strength rather than one of speed, and that may see Vestergaard get his place back. He remains the best passer City have available at centre-back, marginally ahead of Conor Coady. So often, a successful centre-back partnership is built on the understanding between the two players forming it. If Okoli can quickly build that with Faes when he gets his opportunities, then the Italian may begin to play more often. But there's not the evidence there yet it's a better partnership than than the one City had last season. Deep midfield Harry Winks controlled the game at Championship level and there have already been moments this season where he’s shown he’s capable of doing it in the Premier League too. As long as he’s fit and available, it feels like he should start. The battle to play next to him is more contentious, but Oli Skipp is perhaps now the frontrunner. Coming in against Villa, City kept the ball with much more composure, built patterns of play more comfortably, and moved it into the final third more regularly as a result. Skipp also offers great work-rate, a defensive know-how, and a willingness to get forward. On the whole, it feels like he offers more than Wilfred Ndidi, and so may become the regular next to Winks. Out wide This is another intriguing one. Because of the idea with the full-backs, one winger will stay wide, and the other will shuffle in to become a number 10 when City have the ball. That’s why City have not yet started with the combo from last season, with Abdul Fatawu and Stephy Mavididi on the flanks. Cooper sees both as being at their best when they stick to the touchline, and so if Fatawu starts, it’s likely Jordan Ayew will be in the team on the left-hand side, while if Mavididi is eventually given the nod, Bobby De Cordova-Reid could operate from the right. Of those two choices, it feels like Fatawu and Ayew is the best combination for now. De Cordova-Reid has not made too much of an impact since joining the club, whereas Ayew was effective in his outing against Villa. That possibly wouldn't appease supporters though, with many keen to see Fatawu and Mavididi play together. Attacking midfield Another big choice awaits. Facundo Buonanotte has won lots of plaudits among the City fanbase for his displays so far, the Argentinian showing off intricate footwork and good pressing. However, Bilal El Khannouss is the big, exciting signing. The £20m man has great vision and is renowned for the through balls and expert forward passes he plays. For now, it may be a case of splitting match minutes between the pair, particularly while El Khannouss gets used to the Premier League. But once the Moroccan is up and running, he may begin to be the main man behind the striker. Striker It’s still Jamie Vardy. Odsonne Edouard arrival on deadline day gives City a good option, and the Frenchman should definitely make a difference with Vardy unlikely to be able to play 90 minutes every week. However, the number nine is still City’s go-to man. Cooper has a lot of faith in him, and the glimpses of this season so far suggest he can produce more moments of magic, even aged 37. Our best City XI (for now): Hermansen; Ricardo, Vestergaard, Faes, Justin; Winks, Skipp; Fatawu, El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy.

Not to be too disingenuous but it didn't look like much of a task to design those early stadiums most having just one significant stand. I'll stand corrected if they were more.

https://www.lcfc.com/news/4108710/ireland-debut-for-mcateer-as-ndidis-nigeria-win?lang=en Ireland Debut For McAteer As Ndidi's Nigeria Win Internationals Leicester City Academy graduate Kasey McAteer was a late substitute in the Republic of Ireland's 2-0 loss to England while Wilfred Ndidi saw victory over Benin with Nigeria. The weekend's action on the international stage started with Bobby De-Cordova Reid who was named in the starting line-up for Jamaica, who faced Cuba in a CONCACAF Nations League group stage match. Lasting the full 90 minutes, the scores ended goalless at Independence Park in Kingston, as the City forward helped to get League A Group 1 started with a point. One game remains for the Reggae Boyz in this break, when they face Honduras at 3am on Wednesday morning. Another summer signing to feature was Michael Golding, who started for the England Under-19s in their 1-1 draw with Croatia in friendly action. Lasting 78 minutes, the young midfielder was replaced just two minutes after Tyrique George's equaliser. They are next in action on Tuesday afternoon (3:30pm kick-off) when they face Germany. Michael Golding In action for the England Under-19s. Over at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Ndidi played his part in Nigeria's 3-0 win over Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations qualification stages, assisting Victor Osimhen in the final 15 minutes in between an Ademola Lookman brace. Starting Group D with a win and a full 90 minutes of action, the Leicester No.6 has the chance to feature again on Tuesday afternoon (2pm kick-off) when the Super Eagles face Rwanda. The evening's action was rounded off with a senior international debut for McAteer, who was a second half substitute at Aviva Stadium, as Ireland were beaten 2-0 by England in round one of the UEFA Nations League B Group 2 schedule. A proud moment for the Academy graduate, the winger will be hoping for more minutes on Tuesday evening when they face Greece, once again in Dublin, with a 7:45pm kick-off. All times BST.

according to Transfer Markt 2 July https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kiernan-dewsbury-hall/profil/spieler/475188

....and were also more likely to be able to afford a car for none work related travel or their stay at home wives.

https://www.lcfc.com/news/4108448/belgium-win-for-faes-in-nations-league?lang=en&fbclid=IwY2xjawFJK4JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcUgV8OCbpIzpc1RA-7wYnGCWrgKveLt441g8LLAKmMiWszetEIVPEUYyQ_aem_1LBQ4RLfJXYKUpYIYTA4jA Belgium Win For Faes In Nations League Wout Faes featured in Belgium's 3-1 win over Israel while Danny Ward kept a clean sheet as Wales drew with 10-men Turkey in the UEFA Nations League. Friday's action kickstarted with the England Elite Squad, which featured City midfielder Will Alves in the starting line-up to face Turkey's Under-20s. In a feisty affair, Turkey took the lead 18 minutes in from the penalty spot. A equaliser was found late on in Istanbul through young forward Dom Ballard, currently on loan at Blackpool from Southampton, with just two minutes left on the clock. With 90 minutes in the tank, the Elite Squad are next in action when they face Romania at Edgeley Park, Stockport, on Tuesday. Will Alves Leicester's tricky midfielder in action for the England Elite Squad. The evening's events then continued with three senior Foxes in action for their countries, starting with Faes who played 90 minutes for Belgium in a 3-1 win over Israel, putting them in prime position in League A Group 2. Kevin De Bruyne scored twice with former Fox Youri Tielemans scoring the other on a winning night at Nagyerdei Stadion. Faes has the chance to feature once more on Monday evening (7:45pm kick-off) when the Red Devils face France. City's shot-stopper Ward was also in Nations League action as Wales drew with Turkey in a goalless fixture at Cardiff City Stadium; the visitors playing over half-an-hour with 10 players after Baris Yilmaz was dismissed for a second bookable offence. Starting League B Group 4 with a point, Wales are next in action on Monday evening (7:45pm kick-off) when they make the trip to face Montenegro at Stadion Kraj Bistrice. Danny Ward A clean sheet for Danny Ward and Wales. The last City player to feature was new signing Bilal El Khannouss, who started and played 80 minutes as Morocco dispatched Gabon in excellent fashion, sending themselves straight to the top of Group B in the Africa Cup of Nations qualification stage. Two converted penalty kicks from Hakim Ziyech put the hosts in front before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one back with a spot-kick himself. The game was out out of sight in the second half when Brahim Diaz and Ayoub El Kaabi scored second half goals at Stade d'Agadir. Elsewhere, Italy turned over a goal-deficit to beat France 3-1 as Caleb Okoli watched on as a substitute; the young defender will get the chance to feature on Monday evening in Israel at Bozsik Aréna with a 7:45pm kick-off. All times BST.

Not really Baffling as Beeching the mastermind behind all the cuts was born and lived in East Grinstead, look at a map of the South East of which East Grinstead is very central and every little town still has a railway station. Coincidence, I doubt it.

Yeah I was struggling to say anything positive so said nothing. Any potential positives are in the unknown. Across the whole of the Premier League, only seven outfield players aged 31 or over were signed, with Ayew the oldest to come with a transfer fee. £5m

INS Bobby Decordova-Reid Fulham Free 06.07.2024 Caleb Okoli Atalanta £12,700,000 09.07.2024 Abdul Fatawu Sporting CP £14,000,000 16.07.2024 Facundo Buonanotte Brighton & Hove Albion On loan 10.08.2024 Oliver Skipp Tottenham Hotspur £20,000,000 19.08.2024 Jordan Ayew Crystal Palace £5,000,000 23.08.2024 Bilal El Khannouss Genk £19,000,000 29.08.2024 Odsonne Édouard Crystal Palace On loan 30.08.2024 OUTS Lewis Brunt Wrexham Unknown 02.07.2024 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Chelsea £30,000,000 02.07.2024 Silko Thomas Wigan Athletic On loan 26.07.2024 Harry Souttar Sheffield United On loan 06.08.2024 Sammy Braybrooke Dundee On loan 28.08.2024 Brandon Cover Port Vale On loan 30.08.2024 Chris Popov Barrow On loan 30.08.2024 Wanya Marçal De Graafschap On loan 30.08.2024 Tom Cannon Stoke City On loan 30.08.2024 Ben Nelson Oxford United On loan 30.08.2024

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/how-leicester-city-deviated-transfer-9535842 Leicester City signed five players from Premier League rivals during the transfer window, the same number as in their past five summers as a Premier League club ByJordan Blackwell 07:00, 7 SEP 2024 It may come as a surprise to learn that, by net spend, this summer’s transfer window was perhaps Leicester City’s biggest ever. Six of their nine signings arrived for a fee, with the expenditure finishing at around £80m. With Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall leaving for £30m and with players like Lewis Brunt and Zach Booth comparatively sold for spare change, the net spend stands at around £50m. The lack of details around fees, and the potential for add-ons to be met, means it’s hard to be definitive around transfer spending, but that £50m figure would just eclipse the estimated net spend from City’s previous record, in summer 2021. That, of course, was City’s anomaly, the one summer where there was no major sale. Kamal Sowah left for a fee rising to £7.5m in City’s most profitable exit. So when Patson Daka, Boubakary Soumare, and Jannik Vestergaard were signed for a combined £55m, that represented a significant outlay. That this may be City’s biggest summer ever feels unusual for a few reasons. For a start, they weren’t busy throughout the window, going three weeks through late July and early August without an arrival. Secondly, they were still some way from being the league’s biggest spenders. For net spend, they ranked eighth in the Premier League, while both of their fellow promoted clubs spent more, Southampton coming in sixth and Ipswich, with a net spend of around £123m, were second only to Brighton. It’s also because there perhaps wasn’t the usual excitement around signings. To really get fans rubbing their hands in glee, new faces need to be high-profile players or have an air of mystique about them. Bilal El Khannouss is not a familiar name to most supporters, but as a 20-year-old Moroccan international renowned for his vision and creative talents, he’s got fans licking their lips. Players like Jordan Ayew and Bobby De Cordova-Reid have been seen on Match of the Day and Sky Sports for years. Because they’re so well-known, they’re not signings that necessarily get the juices flowing. And they represent a short-termist approach. They need to make an immediate impact, as they're very unlikely to deliver for City for years to come. With younger signings, if they're only at the club a short time, it's usually because they've developed to an extent that they've been sold for a big fee. But, equally they may keep City in the Premier League. And that is the club’s ultimate goal. With that being the objective, it seemed to influence City’s recruitment process, which was a slight stray from the norm. Ayew and De Cordova-Reid were two of five first-team signings from fellow Premier League clubs, with Facundo Buonanotte, Oliver Skipp and Odsonne Edouard completing the line-up. Only Southampton recruited more players from Premier League clubs, a whopping eight, albeit three of those they had on loan last season. Bringing in players from Premier League clubs is not something City typically do. To find the last five signings they made from top-flight rivals while they were a Premier League club themselves, you have to go back through five summers to 2018. In that time, they only brought in Danny Ward, Ryan Bennett, Ayoze Perez, Ryan Bertrand, and Jannik Vestergaard from Premier League clubs. Ayew and De Cordova-Reid also represent a change in approach, given their ages. Since they won the Premier League in 2016, City had only signed one outfield player aged 31 or over, which was Bertrand. Now they’ve signed two in one window. Across the whole of the Premier League, only seven outfield players aged 31 or over were signed, with Ayew the oldest to come with a transfer fee. In short, experience, and Premier League experience at that, is the name of the game. It’s often a shortcoming of newly-promoted sides, but cannot be an excuse at City. The players at City have played a combined 2,015 Premier League games. That’s more than at seven other sides in the division. It’s much more in line with the league average. Southampton are only one place behind City, but have 300 fewer Premier League appearances in their squad. Meanwhile, City are within 300 appearances of seven sides above them. Cooper has 10 players he can call on who have played at least the equivalent of two full seasons of Premier League football, with four of them added to the squad this summer. It is fair to say City, as a collective, know what this division takes. While Cooper has played his part in requesting those experienced heads, he also wanted it balanced out. In Buonanotte, El Khannouss and Abdul Fatawu, City have three players aged 20 or under, and their job will be to bring a youthful exuberance and fearlessness to a group of cooler, older heads. “It’s something that is important,” Cooper said on signing experienced operators. “Players that come into the Premier League for the first time, there’s a transition stage. Sometimes players can hit the ground running but other players can take a little longer, and that’s okay. “And when players come to England for the first time, that needs a transition period as well. I know a lot about that. That’s probably where I was with making sure that if we brought players in, some of them we knew could play at Premier League level. We’ve been able to do that. “We’ve also bought some guys from other countries who have come to England for the first time who will have to adapt quickly, even to training. When you speak to a guy who’s in England for the first time, they will always say that training is more intense. It’s about adapting to what English football is brilliant for, and that’s the intensity and the speed and the competitiveness. “Because you also want that youthful wonder of guys going there carefree and just delivering. You want a mixture of both. You can’t have too much of one or too much of the other. “The balance needs to be right, and then maybe dialled up or dialled down for certain games. We’ll put all of those things together when preparing for a game and hopefully we’ll have the right balance.”

Profit (so far) and unbeaten (so far) someone seems to be doing a good job for you.

He's talked about in here:-

https://www.lcfc.com/news/4108456/young-foxes-secure-premier-league-cup-win-in-hull?lang=en Young Foxes Secure Premier League Cup Win In Hull LCFC MEN U21S The Leicester City Development Squad got back to winning ways with a 1-0 triumph over Hull City on Friday evening at The Dransfield Stadium. In the first game of the Premier League Cup, City's youngsters staked an early claim in the competition by beating Hull City on the travels, as the new campaign starts to gain momentum. Pressing pause on their Premier League 2 season, which recently saw the Foxes fall to a 3-1 defeat to Fulham at Motspur Park; summer signing Michael Golding scoring the only City goal that day. With just one win in their previous four, the victory over the Tigers comes at an important time in the schedule to help Leicester's Under-21s get back on track, with a two week break now on the cards. The only goal of the game, from Jake Evans with 38 minutes on the clock, was enough to settle the scoreline as a relatively young squad look to make a statement in Academy football, following the departure of several regular Under-21 players such as Sammy Braybrooke, Wanya Marçal and Brandon Cover, who will all spend the year on loan, developing in senior football. Picking up three points in Group B of the Premier League Cup in East Yorkshire, the Foxes' attention now reverts back to the day job, as they await the visit of Middlesborough in PL2 on Monday 23 September to LCFC Training Ground (7pm BST kick-off). The details... City: Bausor; Wormleighton, Gray, Amartey, Aluko; Cartwright, Page; Evans, Onanaye, Monga (Dyke 83'); Pennant (King 71'). Subs not used: French, Khela, Otchere. Goal: Evans 38'.

Yeah I get the joke but not funny when you’re looking to watch the game.

5 on where ?

https://www.leicestercity.news/news/danish-media-praises-brilliant-leicester-city-star-after-nations-league-victory/ Danish media praises ‘brilliant’ Leicester City star after Nations League victory Fri 6 September 2024 11:30 Lewis Railton Leicester City had one of their Danish players shine in a recent 2-0 win against Switzerland. The Foxes have gone into the first international break of the 2024/25 Premier League season after what has been a fairly tepid start to the campaign for Steve Cooper’s side. After just one point in three games, albeit in what was a very difficult start in terms of fixtures for the Foxes, they currently sit 15th in the Premier League, only above the relegation zone on goal difference. As a result of what has been a difficult kicking-off of the campaign, Cooper will be hoping to work with his side to prepare for the next crucial and winnable games against both Crystal Palace and Everton. Whilst Cooper will benefit from the large majority of his squad staying over the international break, Leicester City still have several players who have been called up to represent their nation, including Danish trio of Mads Hermansen, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Kristiansen, who managed a 2-0 victory against Switzerland, one of which put in a ‘brilliant’ performance. It was also a clean-sheet for the Leicester City star, who has been widely praised by the Danish media for his efforts. TV2 were widely impressed with the 32-year-old at the back, as they said that he: “Directed the defence with great authority and before half-time blasted the Swiss defence with the best pass of the day. Running duels will never be his life, but he is adept at avoiding them.” BT were equally complimentary of Vestergaard, with a bit of extra imagery thrown in, as the Danish media outlet said” The brilliant beats from the EC continued, and the giant with German roots looked like a tree from the Harz, because he did not move out of the spot in the duels with Embolo. Brilliant! The stats back up a brilliant performance from Jannik Vestergaard It certainly isn’t Vestergaard’s first brilliant performance for his national side, as he did so on multiple occasions in Euro 2024. Looking at the stats from the great Dane, there are certainly no surprises as to why the Danish media are so impressed with Vestergaard, not just from a defensive front but also with the ball. Per SofaScore, Vestergaard brilliantly managed to notch a 98% success rate with his passing, misplacing just one in the entire 90 minutes. He was solid at the heart of the Denmark defence, not allowing any significant chances to fall to the Swiss, and he managed to tally three interceptions and two tackles whilst doing so. As for the other two Leicester City players in the Denmark squad, Kristiansen gave a competent showing at left wing-back, whilst Hermansen was unfortunately an unused substitute. Related Topics

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-lawyer-nick-de-9534898 Leicester City lawyer Nick De Marco issues response to Premier League's 'concerning' statement The lawyer who represented Leicester City in their successful appeal has given his thoughts on the case and the Premier League's 'uncharacteristically critical' response ByJordan Blackwell 11:04, 6 SEP 2024 The Premier League’s critical response to the appeal board’s judgement in Leicester City’s PSR case is of “concern”, the lawyer who represented the club has said. Writing his thoughts in a post on the LawInSport website, De Marco said: “Following the publication of the decision the PL issued an uncharacteristically critical statement about the Appeal Board’s decision. It is not unusual for parties to feel ‘surprised and disappointed’ by decisions after they have lost a case, but it is of some concern that the PL, as regulator, expressed such forthright criticism of one its independent Appeal Boards, which was made up of three very senior and distinguished lawyers, two of whom were previously Court of Appeal judges. “Just as government ministers are advised not to criticise the courts, so too sports regulators should be careful criticising panels when they don’t get the result they want. Such criticism risks undermining the independence and integrity of the Premier League’s own judicial process. “The case represents a further welcome restatement of the correct approach to contractual interpretation of sporting bodies’ rule. Those acting for regulators sometimes feel forced to fall back on a ‘just interpret these rules so they work for us’ argument, sometimes even relying on their own badly-drafted rules. But there must be limits to that submission. Rules cannot simply be made up as you go along, to suit each case as it arises. There needs to be clarity and certainty. “These cases highlight some of the flaws in the drafting of financial rules in football, which will always be a difficult and complex area. It is often impossible to provide for all potential outcomes, but the failure to fully align the Premier League and EFL Championship PSR to deal with the inevitability of relegation and promotion is an obvious example of something missing. “The fact that, in these recent cases, regulators cannot get away from the words of their rules by asking panels to read them so as to deal with the problem in hand, one might hope, might mean more care shall in the future be taken in the drafting (and review) of such rules. “The author hopes that the PL, in particular, having been embroiled in so many expensive and distracting recent legal disputes about its PSR rules will carefully consider, and should not rush into, any new proposed financial regulatory rules. “Those interested in fairness and consistency in sports law disputes can take comfort in the tendency of these recent decisions to apply (other than in exceptional circumstances) the words of the rules rather than the alleged post-facto unwritten intentions of those who drafted them.”

Story of Leicester · Follow 1d · The Cradock Arms pub in Knighton, c. 1915. Image credit: Leicester & Leicestershire Record Office. When the pub’s car park was extended in 1932, a Roman coin and pottery were found, giving a clue to Knighton’s ancient past. The pub was originally called the Bull’s Head and dates from around 1846 although parts of the actual building date back to the 17th Century. The pub was renamed the Cradock Hartop Arms in 1855, now shortened to The Cradock Arms. The Cradocks were a family of Leicester merchants that owned Knighton's Manor House from 1721 until around 1879.

Leicester Memories John Finch · 3h · Anyone remember the Picture House cinema Granby Street Leicester - demolished in the 1980s ?. Mr brother and I plus a couple of mates got refused entry and accused of causing problems the week before, absolute nonsense.

Can you ask for a paper ticket for this?

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/history/browse/?season=2021 In Patson Daka RB Salzburg £23,000,000 01.07.2021 Boubakary Soumaré Lille £17,000,000 02.07.2021 Jannik Vestergaard Southampton £15,000,000 13.08.2021 Out Josh Knight Peterborough United £500,000 02.07.2021 Rachid Ghezzal Besiktas £2,700,000 12.08.2021

News Feed posts History of Leicestershire in Images Graham Hulme · 15m · An old postcard view of Belgrave Road, looking towards Melton Road and the Loughborough Turn in the distance. The card was posted to Hasland on the outskirts of Chesterfield in January 1912. The large building seen on the left side of the road was the front of the huge Union Works of the British United Shoe Machinery Company. The factory extended back between MacDonald Road and Law Street, stretching beyond Ross Walk, and once employed thousands of workers. The earliest part of the factory had been built for Pearson & Bennion in 1897-98 and the Managing Director, Charles Bennion, negotiated a merger with the United Shoe Machinery Company of America in 1899. Sadly, the BU entered administration in 2000 and the factory was closed. Most of the old factory buildings have now gone with only a narrow strip of buildings apparently remaining along Law Street. The front building has been much altered and is now the Belgrave Commercial Centre. The large building on the right-hand side of the road was originally the factory of the boot and shoe manufacturers George Evans & Sons. The factory had been built in the mid to late 1890s, George Evans having previously been situated at the eastern corner of Vestry Street and Humberstone Gate. The Belgrave Road factory closed down in 1955 (due to labour recruitment problems it was stated at the time) and the company moved to Norwich to specialise in the manufacture of good quality children’s footwear. However, the business went into voluntary liquidation in 1958. The old factory in Belgrave Road was acquired by the British United Shoe Machinery Company for additional space. The firm of George Evans had been established in the early 1870s and originally had premises in Burley’s Lane. Local directories of the late 1870s show them in Cobden Street but by the mid 1880s they had moved to the Vestry Street site before moving to Belgrave Road in the 1890s. The proprietor, George Evans, was born in Leicester in about 1830 and worked as a framework knitter until the 1870s. The 1871 census shows Mr Evans, aged 41, and his wife, Mary (40), together with their eight children, residing in Mansfield Street. The eldest child was William Evans who is shown in the 1871 census aged 19. Next was George Evans junior, aged 17, followed by four girls, Mary (15), Elizabeth (13), Emma (10) and Harriett (6). The youngest children shown were the boys Walter Evans, aged 3, and Alfred Evans, aged 2. In the 1881 census the family are shown residing in Cobden Street and Mr Evans has the occupation of a shoe manager. Another daughter, Ada, aged 7, appears with the family. The 1891 census shows Mr Evans and his family residing in Uppingham Road. He was then aged 61 and is given as “Boot Manufacturer”. His daughter Elizabeth is given as “Forewoman Shoe Trade” and the boys Walter and Alfred both have the occupation of “Clicker” - all three were probably working in their father’s factory. Mr Evans’s wife, Mary, died in 1893 and by the time of the 1901 census he and four of his children, plus a granddaughter, were living in Loughborough Road. Mr Evans, aged 71, is entered as a “Boot manufacturer”. His daughters Elizabeth, aged 42, and Harriett, aged 36, are both single. Elizabeth has the occupation of “Forewoman Boot machinist” and Harriett is given as “Forewoman Stock room”. Mr Evans’s son Alfred is shown as aged 30, single and a boot manufacturer. The youngest daughter, Ada Evans, is shown as single and aged 27. Her occupation is given as “Housekeeper domestic”. William Evans, the eldest son of George Evans, had married in 1873 and by 1881 he and his family were living on Humberstone Road. His occupation is given as “Boot Manufacturer”. The second son, George Evans junior, had married in 1876 and at the time of the 1881 census was living in Cobden Street with his wife and children. He is shown with the occupation of “Manager Boot Warehouse”. George Evans junior died in 1905, aged 52. His father, George Evans senior, died in April 1907, aged 77. Of the senior Mr Evans’s remaining sons - William died at his residence Knighton Lodge in September 1922, aged 71, he had served as a Justice of the Peace for many years; Alfred Evans, who married in 1908, retired from the boot and shoe business in 1933 and died at his home in Meadowcourt Road, Oadby, in November 1951, aged 80 (his great interest in retirement was bowls and he was a member of the Knighton Victoria Bowls Club and Oadby Bowling Club); Walter Evans married in 1899 and eventually became the proprietor of the family shoe factory until it became a limited company in the 1940s, subsequently becoming a director, with his son, Frank Evans, as managing director of the company. Walter Evans retired from the company in 1955 and the Belgrave Road factory closed shortly after. He died in June 1966, aged 98. A shop seen on the right of the view has the name of H. Leavesley displayed. According to local directories of the early 1900s this was the premises of Harry Leavesley, a picture framer at 71 Belgrave Road (now forming part of the premises of the Sharmilee restaurant). The 1911 census shows Harry Leavesley, aged 38, residing at no. 71 together with his wife, Mary Rebecca Leavesley (43), daughter Evelyn (9) and sons, Stanley (7) and Frank (5). Mr Leavesley was born in Leicester in 1872, the son of William Leavesley who was a shoe maker, and married Mary Rebecca Sharp in 1901. At the time of the 1901 census Harry was still single and was residing with his married sister, Clara, and her husband Frederick Hartopp at the 71 Belgrave Road address. Mr Hartopp was head of household and had the occupation of a dyer’s clerk. By 1911 Frederick and Clara had moved to Humberstone Road, and Frederick was also working as a picture frame maker. Harry Leavesley is still shown as a picture framer at 71 Belgrave Road in Kelly’s Directory of 1925, though his home was now given as Brooklands House on Uppingham Road. Kelly’s Directory of 1928 also shows him as living at Brooklands House but he is now listed as a fruiterer, the business being called Leavesley & Son. At the time of the 1939 Register Mr Leavesley and his family were living in Hartfield Road. He is entered as an “Ex Picture Frame Maker Unemployed”. Mrs Leavesley is entered as “Wife (Blind)” and the couple’s unmarried daughter, Evelyn, has “Household Duties” entered for her occupation. Harry Leavesley died in 1952, aged 80. His wife, Mary, died in 1955, aged 87. The newsagent’s shop, seen to the right of Leavesleys, belonged to Thomas William Holehouse in the early 1900s. The 1911 census shows Mr Holehouse and his family living at the premises, which was numbered 69 Belgrave Road. He was then aged 50 and had been born in Leicester. He had married his wife, Rosetta, in Leicester in 1890. The couple are shown with two daughters, Ethel (19) and Roselina (11) and a son, Thomas Reginald Holehouse, aged 17. Earlier, the 1901 census shows the family living in Vulcan Road and Mr Holehouse is shown with the occupation of joiner and carpenter. Mrs Holehouse’s occupation is entered as “Newsagent & Tobacconist Shop Keeper”. Mr Holehouse died in August 1938, aged 78, and at the time of the 1939 Register Mrs Holehouse was living in Doncaster Road. She died in Leicester in 1960, aged 95.