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Plus the attractiveness/attention these clubs get which also enhances their chances of international recognition.

https://www.leicestercity.news/news/conor-coady-blown-away-by-one-incredible-thing-hes-experienced-since-being-at-leicester/ James Holyoak | MI News)Photo by MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images Conor Coady blown away by one ‘incredible’ thing he’s experienced since being at Leicester Tue 30 April 2024 10:00 Mark Marston Conor Coady has been blown away by one ‘incredible’ thing he’s experienced since joining Leicester City last summer. Leicester outlaid £8.5m on Coady last summer, joining from Premier League outfit Wolves on a three-year contract. The 31-year-old sustained a fractured foot in pre-season and missed the start of the campaign, allowing Jannik Vestergaard a chance to resurrect his City career. The Denmark international took his chance and kept Coady out of the side for the majority of the season but despite not playing as much as he would’ve hoped, he’s been an integral part of the dressing room. Speaking after sealing the Championship title against Preston North End last night, he revealed what has surprised him at Leicester. After The Foxes’ convincing 3-0 away victory at Deepdale, Coady spoke to BBC Radio Leicester and hailed the close-knit dressing room. “Listen, you see the celebration with the owner and everybody, I can’t get over how close this football club is,” the former Wolves captain admitted. “I think it’s absolutely incredible and listen the boys have been absolutely incredible this year.” Having been at Liverpool, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Wolves and Everton prior to his City endeavour, it’s clear he’s experienced a number of great dressing rooms. But evidently, the atmosphere at Seagrave and the relationship with the owner has completely blown him away. It’s a special club and many that depart tend to leave as Foxes fans due to the incredible harmonious spirit around the place.

Phew that was tough, I'm glad I stuck with it to the finish.

Plate Final Triumph For Women’s Academy https://www.lcfc.com/news/3989136/plate-final-triumph-for-womens-academy?lang=en&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3fOAexa8Yax68FzPad7g_aryhs-9K5v4Giu9M6a4So1ZCUgKyYuOtwADc_aem_Ab3VL3ubmEOiVJk1EBmvIl81filKKJZkkBbw1QRGsna40hRBDPxQOoojYXiYlK4PdjH9luEtSjPfBVEr8ToryDHB

Should be Fearful then.

They could have opened up, with the relevant planning permission the parking spaces on the EON site it's not even part of the planned expansion so available.

Is that always going to be the case. Are we not currently using a 'weaker/older' form of technology, I'm not familiar with the versions but I understand there's a more sophisticated option they have which prevents you transferring. I bow to the more knowledgeable folk on here.

Have said all along the FA had a golden opportunity to set Women's football on a more equitable basis separate from the PL but it seems people whoever they were weren't patient enough to let it grow organically and at it's own pace but preferred to ride on the success of the PL. Thus we have a clone of the PL.

Like the men’s team with occasional foray into the top 6 like the other13 EPL Teams.

Women's Super League 2023/24 # Team Pl W D L F A GD Pts Last 6 1 Manchester City Women 19 16 1 2 54 12 42 49 2 Chelsea Women 18 15 1 2 53 14 39 46 3 Arsenal Women 20 14 2 4 46 19 27 44 4 Manchester United Women 20 10 5 5 42 25 17 35 5 Liverpool Women 19 9 5 5 27 25 2 32 6 Tottenham Hotspur Women 19 7 6 6 26 32 -6 27 7 Aston Villa Women 20 6 3 11 25 41 -16 21 8 Brighton and Hove Albion Women 20 5 4 11 26 42 -16 19 9 Everton Women 20 5 4 11 18 35 -17 19 10 Leicester City Women 20 4 5 11 25 40 -15 17 11 West Ham United Women 20 3 5 12 18 41 -23 14 12 Bristol City Women 19 1 3 15 20 54 -34 6 Last updated: April 28, 2024 5:03pm Does it remind you of anything? Those top 6 have the most money and attract the best players due to the money and the standing of the men's' team. Crashing the top 6 will be like crashing the top 6 PL.

Unconscious bias by referees alive and well in the Women’s game.

BBC Leicester promotion fuelled by 'pure belief' Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Few sides have been better than Leicester City in getting promoted to the top flight and, arguably, none have done so in such chaotic circumstances. The Foxes' Premier League return was confirmed with two games left, after Leeds United were beaten at QPR on Friday. Wins in their remaining matches would see Leicester equal the record for most league wins in a second division season. Victories would also see them amass 100 points - something that has only been done on six previous occasions at this level, including by Leicester themselves the last time they went up a decade ago. For six of the nine months of this season, Leicester looked destined to smash just about all records on their way straight back to the Premier League. But a mixture of near-disastrous form, legal fights that have followed a Premier League charge for alleged breaches of profit and sustainability rules, the threat of a points penalty on their top-flight return and a transfer embargo imposed on them has somewhat cloaked their successes. Wes Morgan captained Leicester to promotion 10 years ago, then went on to lift the Premier League title as skipper two years later. He says the 12-point lead at the top - and 14-point cushion to third - that Leicester had whittled away so dramatically with six defeats in 10 games between February and April is just an example of why "the Championship is one of the hardest leagues in the world". "They definitely made it much more difficult than you would have expected," Morgan told BBC East Midlands Today. "Up to Christmas, and really for a majority of the season, their form was incredible. "But for one reason or another the wheels fell off, there was a dip in form, the other teams chasing caught up and it was touch and go there for a good few weeks." With 25 wins from their first 32 games, Leicester had been on course to break the record for most second division points, set by Reading with 106 in 2006. "The first 25 were amazing and the the six losses in 10 after that weren't," said Leicester defender Hamza Choudhury, when speaking hours before Leicester's promotion was confirmed on Friday. "But we have so many experienced lads here, people that have come out of this division, which has kept us together. "If I'm honest, it's the pure belief in what we are doing here and the direction we are moving in." And the direction they have been heading has been dictated by manager Enzo Maresca, who was assistant to Pep Guardiola as Manchester City won the Treble last season. A possession-focused approach, based on patient build-up play and geared towards a suffocating domination of the ball, has been a departure from the familiar at the King Power Stadium. According to Opta statistics, only Southampton - a side that Leicester have convincingly beaten twice this season - have controlled more possession, completed more successful passes and strung together more sequences of 10 or more passes. Off the ball, the Foxes have been more relentless than anyone else when pressing high, topping the charts for winning possession back in the final third - doing so 222 times. Leicester have the league's second most prolific attack, with 86 goals in 44 games, and meanest defence in the league, having conceded just 39. Enzo Maresca was appointed Leicester City boss following their relegation last season For all that 'Maresca-ball' has delivered, it has not been universally liked by Foxes supporters. In January there were shouts of criticism from the stands, as fans demanded a more forceful approach in a game against Swansea that Leicester won 3-1, which prompted the Italian to come out to defend his philosophy. "Enzo has come in, had clear ideas on how he wants the team to play and they have been fantastic for a majority of the season," former Foxes captain Morgan said. "The football they have played, the composure they have showed, the Enzo way has worked. "Sometimes the fans want to see more expansive, exciting football and direct play, but at the same time the manager is in charge and has found a way to make the team work and win." Leicester have become the 28th side to make an immediate return to the Premier League following relegation and could become just the 13th to do so as champions in the 32 years since the competition's inception in 1992. Choudhury said the adjustment to the demands of Maresca, a former West Brom and Juventus player whose only previous stint in charge of a first-team lasted 180 days with Parma, has been the biggest and most rewarding challenge of the season. "We have come in and completely changed our style of football and still managed to be a success," the defender said. "The manager has honestly been amazing from day one. The biggest adversity, I think, for the players, the club and the fans has been the style of football. "It's something completely new to Leicester City and it's definitely the direction football is going in now, with the likes of Brighton, obviously Manchester City, Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen. "It is a style that is successful, so to have someone with his experience - and not just being at City, but with his playing experience - and staff he has brought in has been amazing." Jamie Vardy has scored 188 goals goals for Leicester City in his 12 years at the King Power Stadium Maresca's work in the transfer window last summer has also proved masterful. Sporting Lisbon loanee Abdul Fatawu has been an electric fans' favourite, ex-Arsenal and Juventus winger Stephy Mavididi a near-constant threat, and Harry Winks a composed director in midfield, while Mads Hermansen has earned plaudits as Championship goalkeeper of the season. But a number of high-profile players also remained after relegation - with Jamie Vardy and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall having the greatest influences. Midfielder Dewsbury-Hall has attracted the attention of a number of clubs, including Arsenal, Tottenham and Brighton, with his 26 goal involvements - having hit the back of the net 12 times and provided 14 assists. Ex-England striker Vardy is the symbol of Leicester City's unprecedented success of the past decade, having been there for promotion in 2013-14, the Premier League title win of 2016, FA Cup win in 2021 and Champions League and other European campaigns in between. At the age of 37, he is Leicester's leading scorer with 18 goals in all competitions. Before last season's relegation, he was the Foxes' leading scoring in seven successive Premier League campaigns. "The best compliment I can probably give him is that that he is disappointed in that number," Choudhury said of Vardy's tally this term. "'Vards' is amazing for us. He is 37 and you can see he still performs at the very highest level. "He epitomises Leicester City and what we are as a club and who we want to be."

She would be heeding the advice of our football 'experts' with player related decisions and financial experts for our ££££s

Seems to be able to hold his own not easily removed from the ball. Mahrez had skinny calves didn't hold him back.

What fantastic Mall/Arcade for specialists shops that would have made.

Yeah I know I was there.

Leicester Mercury local history and nostalgia 7 August 2013 · · Leicester's Wholesale Fruit and Veg Market stood in a fine building between Halford Street and Rutland Street. Just look at that nice decorative brickwork. It was hailed as the city's miniature version of London's Covent Garden. But you guessed it. The Halford Street building was knocked down at the start of the 1970s. Now its place is occupied by a multi-storey car park. Nice. Not. Leicester’s old wholesale market was a real ‘looker’ ByAustin J Ruddy 12:35, 12 JUL 2017 Leicester’s elegant Edwardian wholesale market building may be long gone, but thousands of locals and visitors to the city pass by one of its most impressive surviving features every day. This photo, top, sent in by reader Mr B Henze, shows how smart and well-designed the former wholesale market was – its box-like Freemen’s Common replacement might be more functional, but it ain’t a looker! Leicester wholesale market was designed by Walter Brand and built in 1902 at a cost of £60,000. The Edwardians made their building a smart and pleasant working environment: elegant cast iron, carved pillars, terracotta tiling with red and white bricks, indoor arcades for traders and offices overhead, were all features of the hall, which provided 26 stands for traders and cold storage around the corner in Wigston Street. Survivor: The elegant archway frieze on West Bridge, Leicester, that used to adorn the entrance to the city's wholesale market on Rutland Street. After a busy working life of 71 years, despite attempts by individuals and heritage groups to save it, during 1973, the bulldozers moved in. The fine-detailed market building was replaced by the basic concrete brutalist of a multi-storey car park. However, not all was lost. Saved and kept in storage after the building’s demolition, in 1981, the market’s entrance panels were re-erected on an arch as a feature and talking point. “The enclosed photograph may be of interest. This elegant frieze was displayed over the main entrance to the old wholesale market in Halford Street, Leicester,” explains Mr B Henze, of Leicester. “It could have met its swansong under the demolition hammer, but this icon was removed with dexterity to a prominent position by West Bridge, spanning the hole in the wall structure.”

Didn't we present it to Chelsea when they won the PL for us?

Hirst was bang average for us and on loan