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Thanks I'd spotted the 'ro' as for the Iestyn I sure I copied and pasted that from the Merc, so no surprise really.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-citys-pre-season-plans-9404932 Leicester City's pre-season plans explained as Spanish side announce friendly Villarreal will play City in a behind-closed-doors training exercise at the end of a week of work in Evian-les-Bains, with Steve Cooper taking the squad away next week ByJordan Blackwell 16:05, 11 JUL 2024 Leicester City will face La Liga side Villarreal in a behind-closed-doors training exercise next week as their preparations for the new Premier League campaign ramp up. New manager Steve Cooper is taking the City squad to Evian-les-Bains on Lake Geneva on Monday, a regular pre-season training spot for the club. At the end of their week of work, on Saturday, July 20, City will meet Villarreal in a training game, the Spanish outfit have confirmed. With the match closed off to fans, it won’t be announced by City. And with both clubs only at the start of their pre-season programmes, it won’t be too competitive an affair, even compared to the clubs’ friendly meeting at the King Power Stadium three years ago, a match remembered for Wesley Fofana’s leg break. It may be that the City squad is split on the day, with an hour-long training exercise against Ligue 2 side Annecy also expected to take place nearby. City’s first official friendly won’t be until the squad return from Evian, when they take on Shrewsbury on Tuesday, July 23. There is set to be another domestic friendly at the end of that week, before the club head abroad again for another European training camp. The second trip will be to Germany, and will culminate in the friendly against Bundesliga side Augsburg. On their return, City will have one more week of work at Seagrave before flying to France for a meeting with Lens in their final pre-season match. Their Premier League opener against Tottenham takes place the following Monday. City’s confirmed pre-season schedule Shrewsbury v City – Tuesday, July 23 – Croud Meadow – 7.45pm Augsburg v City – Saturday, August 3 – Illerstadion – 2.30pm Lens v City – Saturday, August 10 – Stade Bollaert-Delelis – 3pm

Yeah I've still got a bit of the balloon framed and on my wall. Might be worth a few quid now the story's out.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/four-leicester-city-recruits-explained-9404144 Four Leicester City recruits explained with Pep Guardiola analyst among arrivals Lowdown on Steve Cooper's right-hand men at the King Power Stadium, with Alan Tate, Danny Alcock, Andrew Hughes and Steve Rands confirmed as the new Leicester City coaching staff ByJordan Blackwell 13:13, 11 JUL 2024 When Leicester City returned to pre-season training on Monday, Steve Cooper’s backroom team were quietly confirmed. Four members of staff were named by the club as work began at Seagrave to prepare the squad for the new season. But who are the quartet? Here, we give you the lowdown on four of the men who will be assisting the new manager and hoping to help City achieve Premier League survival. Alan Tate – assistant manager A club legend at Swansea after helping them to rise from League One to the Premier League, the former centre-back took on a coaching role in their academy after hanging up his boots in 2016, working with their under-18s. When Cooper took charge in South Wales, Tate stepped up to be assistant first-team coach. Since then, the 41-year-old has been Cooper’s right-hand man. He followed him to Nottingham Forest to become his assistant manager at the City Ground, and he’ll take on the same role at City. Interestingly, Tate had been to Seagrave before teaming up with Cooper. For a brief period after Cooper left Swansea and following Russell Martin’s appointment, Tate worked as Swansea’s loans manager, and visited other clubs to see how they worked. One of the clubs he visited was Leicester, knowing then boss Brendan Rodgers well from his time in charge of the Swans. Danny Alcock – goalkeeping coach Alcock will be looking after the goalkeepers at City, having also worked alongside Cooper at Forest. In his playing career, Alcock came through the academy at Stoke before spending time with non-league teams in the West Midlands. He then returned to the Potters to become their academy goalkeeping coach. From there, he spent a few years working with England’s youth teams at St George’s Park, including the under-20s. He also went to Japan with Team GB as the women’s football team’s goalkeeping coach. Shortly afterwards, he joined Cooper at Forest. At the City Ground, Alcock received praise from Brice Samba after his heroics in the play-off semi-final. The goalkeeper, who was part of the France squad at Euro 2024, saved three penalties in the semi-final shoot-out against Sheffield United, crediting Alcock for the research he did in preparation. Andrew Hughes – first-team set-piece coach Hughes is new to Cooper’s staff, having not worked alongside the Welsh manager before. He has been brought in from Norwich, and Leicester are the latest in a long list of clubs he has represented, either as a player or as a member of staff. As a central midfielder or full-back, Hughes made more than 500 league appearances for Oldham, Notts County, Reading, Norwich, Leeds, Scunthorpe and Charlton. Stepping into coaching, he worked with Bolton and Crystal Palace before big success at Huddersfield. Alongside David Wagner, he helped the Terriers into the Premier League. From there he worked at both Sheffield United and Wednesday before heading to Norwich to become loans manager. When Wagner was then appointed at Carrow Road, he stepped up to become first-team coach. Hughes had taken the lead on set-pieces at Huddersfield, but did not initially do so at Norwich. But when the Canaries’ set-piece specialist Allan Russell left, Hughes took over, immediately masterminding two short-corner routines in a 3-2 win over Millwall. He took up the responsibility full-time from there, and Norwich ranked among the best at attacking set-pieces in the Championship last season. City have been notoriously poor at both defending and attacking set-pieces over the past few years, so Hughes has a big job on his hands. But his arrival appears to be a big boost with Norwich disappointed to lose him. Their sporting director, Ben Knapper, said this week: “Despite all being disappointed that we’re losing such a key member of the team in Andrew, he leaves with our very best wishes. The impact of his work has been clear for everyone to see, and his energy and enthusiasm is something we’ll all miss day-to-day at the training ground. We wish him nothing but the best in his new challenge, and we’ve no doubt he’ll be a great success.” Steve Rands – first-team coach and analyst Rands is another trusted lieutenant of Cooper’s, working with him at both Swansea and Forest. However, he stayed on at the City Ground after Cooper’s sacking, with Leicester paying compensation to take him in from their neighbours. Like Hughes, Rands has been employed by plenty of clubs. Starting at Barnsley, he then moved to Scunthorpe before taking on an analyst job at Manchester City. Under Pep Guardiola, he was promoted to head of performance analysis, a role he has since taken at Derby, Swansea and Forest. Explaining his role while at Swansea, Rands said: “I’ll look at all of the opposition games and pick out certain moments that fit into our philosophy, in terms of how we can beat them, what their strengths are, what their weaknesses and how we can get at them. Then we just plan and prepare from there. “(Cooper) was the one who really enticed me to the club (Swansea). His philosophy and his ideas around the game really fit with mine. I’ve worked really closely with him and his coaching team. It’s one of the best coaching set-ups I’ve been in.”

The Leicester suffragettes who turn to arson Ellen Sherriff and Elizabeth Rowley Frisby were at the heart of an arson attack on Blaby railway station in 1914. /content/images/size/w100/2023/10/7ZyLWECg_400x400.jpg MARGARET BRECKNELL /content/images/size/w100/2024/07/Article-images-15-.jpg Blaby railway station was a railway station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line, but closed in 1968. Photograph: Ben Brooksbank / Wikimedia Commons JULY 11 20248:00 AM7 MIN READ0SHARE In the early hours of Sunday, 12 July 1914, two local men spotted that Blaby railway station was alight. The fire brigade was called, but, despite their best efforts, much of the wooden station was burnt to the ground. No one was ever prosecuted for the crime, and the identities of the arsonists remained unknown for years. The following day, the Leicester Daily Post reported that “two women in mackintoshes” had been seen making an escape along the towpath of the Grand Union Canal from Blaby towards Leicester soon after the discovery of the fire. The identity of these mysterious culprits remained unknown, but they certainly wanted people to know the cause they represented. They left behind copies of the suffragette newspaper, plus several other pamphlets, including one on the controversial topic of force-feeding. The newspaper was quick to condemn the women’s actions, commenting: “They may be silly enough to imagine that their £500 damage to the property of a big and wealthy railway company will, somehow or other, help the ‘cause’… The notorious fact is that these pin-pricks merely aggravate the inseparable popular disgust, and thus delay the very boon it is desired to hasten.” The Leicester Chronicle went one step further, declaring that: “Outrages of this kind… will never win votes for women.” Yet, it cannot be denied that this incident drew much local attention to the suffragettes’ cause.

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The UEFA rule that meant England got controversial penalty against Netherlands Harry Kane's penalty that brought England level against the Netherlands has caused plenty of debate. Kane was clipped by Denzel Dumfries as the two both challenged for the ball and although referee Felix Zwayer didn't initially award anything, VAR told him to look at the monitor before he then changed his mind. There was plenty of discourse online however a UEFA rule that has emerged reveals that the decision to award a penalty was the correct one. According to the rules regarding playing in a dangerous manner, players can be penalised for "any action that, while trying to play the ball, threatens injury to someone (including the player himself)" UEFA states: "It is committed with an opponent nearby and prevents the opponent from playing the ball for fear of injury. "Playing in a dangerous manner involves no physical contact between the players. If there is physical contact, the action becomes an offence punishable with a direct free kick or penalty kick. "In the case of physical contact, the referee should carefully consider the high probability that misconduct has also been committed."

https://www.extratime.com/articles/33993/former-leicester-city-defender-shane-flynn-completes-transfer-to-waterford/ Former Leicester City defender Shane Flynn completes transfer to Waterford Andrew Dempsey Thu, Jul 11 2024 None Credit: Hugh de Paor (ETPhotos) facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonmessenger sharing buttonpinterest sharing buttonsharethis sharing button Waterford have completed the acquisition of defender Shane Flynn following the wing-back’s departure from Leicester City. Dubliner Flynn, 22, spent the last six years with Leicester after joining the Foxes in 2018 from Bray Wanderers. He was part of Leicester’s match-day squads in the Europa League in 2021 and was also among the subs for their Premier League clash with Brighton at the Amex Stadium in March of that year. The 22-year-old made 48 appearances for Leicester City’s Premier League 2 side, along with over 20 games in the U18 Premier League.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-notebook-40m-deal-9402449 Thomas contract clarification The start of pre-season training saw a few of last season’s loaned-out players back at Seagrave for the first time in a while, Daniel Iversen, Boubakary Soumare, and Luke Thomas making their returns. The latter caused a little bit of surprise on social media, mainly because of some incorrect information that has been floating around the internet for a while. When Thomas signed his last City contract in 2020, the length was not announced. At some point, an end date of 2024 spread across the web, and so a fair few fans thought the left-back was out of contract this summer. That isn’t the case. It’s understood Thomas’s contract at the King Power Stadium runs to 2026. It’s not that he’s signed another new deal either. That has been the expiry date on his contract for some time.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-notebook-40m-deal-9402449 Leicester City will receive $40m (£31.2m) from crypto casino BC.Game for their shirt sponsorship rights – but the fallout from the deal goes on. While City described their partnership with BC.Game as “lucrative”, they did not announce how much they would earn. But in a press release published on various Bitcoin websites, the online gambling company have said the two-season deal is worth $40m. The cash involved and the potential to invest in transfers may appease some supporters, but there has been vocal opposition to the deal from fan groups, and now former players too. Ex-City goalkeeper Peter Shilton, who has struggled with a gambling addiction, said he was “very disappointed” by the decision, with City icon Gary Lineker in agreement with his former England team-mate. Fan group Foxes Trust said in a statement that the deal was a “step away from the ‘well-run family club’ reputation”. It’s yet another thorny issue in what is becoming a troubled summer for City and their relationship with supporters. This week, fan group Union FS released a list of questions they want answered by the club over the £25 charge for a physical season-ticket card. In what was the first major issue of the summer, the club, in a push to move fans to digital ticketing, said there would be a fee for any season-ticket holder who wanted a physical card, despite many supporters already owning one. The backlash saw the club announce that the £25 charged would all go to charity. Union FS have now published a list of questions they hope will be answered by the club about when and where the charity payments will be made. But say they have so far been met with “radio silence”. As well as the season-ticket charge and shirt sponsor, the rise in matchday ticket prices has caused “shock” among supporters groups. The cheapest matchday tickets for Category A and Category B games this coming season are up £9, to £44 and £39 respectively, hikes of more than 25 per cent on the club’s last Premier League campaign. The culmination of these issues is leaving the fanbase in a state of discontent. That is the opposite of what City need right now and could undermine Steve Cooper’s hopes of leading the club to Premier League survival.

Deborah Roldan-Dixon · Follow 3 d · On this day in 1968, The Yardbirds disbanded immediately after a gig in Luton, England. Jimmy Page then began forming what would become Led Zeppelin. The Yardbirds were an English rock band formed in London in 1963. The group launched the careers of guitarists Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. A blues-based band that broadened its range into pop and rock, the Yardbirds contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s, such as feedback, "fuzztone" distortion and improved amplification. They were the crucial link between British Rhythm and Blues and psychedelia; they set the framework for heavy metal explored further by Led Zeppelin and the guitarists they spawned were extremely influential in music.

https://trainingground.guru/articles/cooper-confirms-new-backroom-team-at-leicester-city Cooper confirms new backroom team at Leicester City ARTICLES / LEADERSHIP/ LEICESTER CITY WRITTEN BY THOMAS HILL — JULY 10, 2024 Steve Cooper has confirmed his new backroom staff at Leicester City, with a quartet of Alan Tate, Andrew Hughes, Danny Alcock and Steve Rands joining him at the King Power Stadium. Former Head Coach Enzo Maresca took six staff with him when he moved from Leicester to Chelsea last month, leaving Cooper with several holes to fill. Cooper's Assistant will be Alan Tate, who worked alongside him at both Swansea City and Nottingham Forest. So too did Steve Rands, who comes in as First Team Coach and Analyst. Rands is a pioneer of the coach-analyst hybrid role and worked at Barnsley, Scunthorpe, Manchester City and Derby County before teaming up with Cooper at Swansea. Danny Alcock comes in as Goalkeeper Coach, having worked with Cooper, Tate and Rands at Forest. Alcock coached at Academy level with Stoke and England before joining Forest in 2021. Finally, Andrew Hughes comes in from Norwich City to become Leicester Set Piece Coach. Hughes played more than 500 senior games and has coached at Bolton, Rotherham, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United.

Born and Raised in Leicester · Follow 1 d · Former Temperance Hall The Essoldo Cinema, on Granby Street, in Leicester, in 1960.

History of Leicestershire in Images Graham Hulme · 1 h · Old postcard view of Evington Road in Leicester, around 1910.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/young-stars-absentees-number-changes-9399691 Young stars, absentees and number changes as Leicester City get down to pre-season business Leicester City have returned to pre-season training this week, with new signing Michael Golding and starlets like Logan Briggs and Silko Thomas joining the first team ByJordan Blackwell 05:00, 10 JUL 2024 The Leicester City senior squad are back at Seagrave for pre-season training and so six weeks of preparation for the first game of the campaign has commenced. Steve Cooper now gets a chance to observe first hand the players he has to work with as he plots City’s path to Premier League survival. For the squad, it’s a chance to show the boss their qualities and why they should be in the starting line-up. For now, the focus will be on building fitness after two months off. That, and for eagle-eyed fans to pick up on any clues offered by pictures and videos from inside Seagrave. Here’s what we’ve spotted so far. Loanees return as youngsters bolster numbers There appeared to be 24 players involved in first-team training as the senior squad made their return on Monday. With numbers slightly down after a few summer departures and with a few players still on holiday, some youngsters were drafted in. The Under-21s returned to pre-season training the previous Wednesday, and so it’s possible they’ve been promoted after a few days of work last week. It was no surprise to see Will Alves and Sammy Braybrooke in the senior ranks given their promise, with fans hoping to see them get plenty of pitch-time in pre-season friendlies, but also in the stepping up from the development squad were goalkeeper Brad Young, attacking midfielder Logan Briggs, and winger Silko Thomas. Also back at Seagrave for the first time in a while were Daniel Iversen, Luke Thomas and Boubakary Soumare. The trio all spent time out on loan last season, with Thomas and Soumare away for the full year. They will be starting afresh with Cooper. The new manager has watched nearly every City game from last season, and so will have a good idea of how to use each of the players that featured regularly under Enzo Maresca, but Thomas and Soumare will be newer to him. Caleb Okoli will soon make it 25, but for now, here’s the full list of the 24 players who have been spotted in first-team training: Jakub Stolarczyk, Danny Ward, James Justin, Conor Coady, Harry Souttar, Ricardo Pereira, Ben Nelson, Harry Winks, Hamza Choudhury, Kasey McAteer, Stephy Mavididi, Wanya Marcal, Jamie Vardy, Patson Daka, Tom Cannon, Daniel Iversen, Luke Thomas, Boubakary Soumare, Brad Young, Sammy Braybrooke, Will Alves, Logan Briggs, Silko Thomas, Michael Golding. Golding involved as new signing pushes on Where new recruit Golding stands in the City squad is unknown for now. He has just one senior appearance to his name and was only promoted out of Chelsea’s Under-18s a year ago. It felt like he would be a signing, first and foremost, for the development squad, but equally, he’s an England youth international and arrives highly-rated. He’s training with the seniors for now and maybe it’s a case of Cooper assessing his readiness for Premier League football. Five players absent – but no surprises Not every City player is back yet, but there are no shock absentees. The four City players who featured at the European Championship – Wout Faes, Mads Hermansen, Jannik Vestergaard, and Victor Kristiansen – are now on their summer breaks. Also on holiday is new signing Bobby De Cordova-Reid. He signed for City just four days after landing back in the UK, having represented Jamaica at Copa America. Number changes hint at players rising The numbers on players’ training tops in pre-season are not always significant. Sometimes it’s just a case of throwing on a shirt that’s available, rather than an indication of the number they will be wearing for the upcoming campaign. But nearly everybody at City had last season’s number on their shirt, but for a couple, with Nelson and Marcal both moving from the 40s into the 20s, perhaps as a recognition of their greater involvement in the first team. Nelson, who was no.45 last season, was seen wearing no.26, which is free now Dennis Praet has left. Marcal was in no.27, last worn by Timothy Castagne. Golding meanwhile was wearing no.34, which was Lewis Brunt’s number until he was sold to Wrexham last week. King Power take spot on neon kits With City signing a sponsorship deal with crypto casino BC.Game to appear on the fronts of their matchday shirts, the King Power logo will instead grace the training tops. It’s fair to say they’ve caught the eye. This season, the players will be donning a neon yellow top with grey trim when they’re putting in the hard yards at Seagrave. Hopefully, the bright flashes on the training ground will lead to bright flashes on the pitch.

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Born and Raised in Leicester · Follow 3 July at 08:00 · Leicester Central's very own police officer, P.C. Milburn, working at Leicester Central Station, circa 1900.

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Football: The Vintage Collection Suggested for you · 19 h · This is the 1902 F.A. Cup final-replay between Sheffield United and Southampton, at Crystal Palace. It was the last final to be played with Victorian pitch markings...The six-yard-box, we know today, consisted of two semi-circles. Penalties were taken from anywhere along the solid white 12-yard line. The remaining players had to stand behind the intermittent white line as the kick was taken. Here is Billy Barnes scoring the winning goal, in a 2-1 victory, for Sheffield United (Att: 33,068).

News Feed posts History of Leicestershire in Images Mervin Wallace · 1 h · ON THE 9th JULY 1553 Lady Jane Grey was queen for just nine days, as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of the Catholic Mary Tudor. The great-granddaughter of Henry VII, Jane inherited the crown from her cousin Edward. Jane assumed the throne and her claim was recognised by the Council on the 10th July in London. Despite this, the country rallied to Mary, Catherine of Aragon's daughter and a devout Roman Catholic. Jane was deposed on the 19th July, her own father even abandoning her cause. She had reigned for only nine days and was later executed with her husband in 1554. Today, the only visible evidence of the Grey family estate is a series of brick ruins scattered across Bradgate Park, Leicestershire. Even today there is conjecture as to the length of time Jane lived at Bradgate House, if at all. Hinckley Artist Cicely Pickering captured a poingient moment in history with this beautiful drawing of Bradgate House and Lady Jane Grey (Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537 – 12th February 1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage and as the "Nine Days' Queen". She was an English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England and Ireland from the 10th to the 19th July 1553.

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https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/47412/blues-and-leicester-linked-with-italian-international-striker Blues and Leicester Linked With Italian International Striker Monday, 8th Jul 2024 14:38 Town and Leicester are reported to be keeping an eye on Sassuolo central striker Andrea Pinamonti. The 25-year-old target man is keen to move following his club’s relegation from Serie A but with the Neroverdi only prepared to loan him out. According to The Mirror, the Blues and Foxes are both monitoring the once-capped Italian international ahead of their returns to the Premier League. Pinamonti, who is 6ft 2in tall, netted 11 goals and provided two assists in 38 Serie A matches last season but missed out on a place in the Italian squad at Euro 2024. In addition to his one full cap, he has represented his club at U15, U16, U17, U19, U20 and U21 levels. Born in Cles, Pinamonti started his career with Inter Milan during which time he had spells on loan with Frosinone and Genoa, who he then joined on a permanent basis before returning to Inter. Further loan spells at Empoli and Sassuolo followed before he made his move to his current club permanent last summer, signing a deal which runs to the summer of 2027. Earlier in the summer, he was linked with a return to Inter. Town are in the market for another central striker to compete with George Hirst ahead of their first top flight season in 22 years. As TWTD revealed this morning, Manchester City’s Liam Delap was at the club last Thursday for a look around as he assesses his options for the campaign ahead. The Blues made an offer ultimately worth €25 million (£21.1 million) to Panathinaikos for striker Fotis Ioannidis a fortnight ago which was their second bid but like the first that was rebuffed. We understand there has been no progress on that front since but with Town’s offer remaining on the table and so far not matched. However, it’s anticipated Serie A side Bologna will make a bid nearer to the €30 million (£25.3 million) the Athens club have been targeting. Elsewhere, former Town academy forward Harley Curtis, 21, has joined Needham Market having left Chesterfield after a year at the end of the season.