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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-transfer-chief-praised-9244832 Leicester City transfer chief praised for uncovering gem, but future deal 'complicated' Martyn Glover brought Abdul Fatawu to Enzo Maresca's attention despite the Ghanaian winger having only started 10 senior matches in Europe before the current season ByJordan Blackwell 07:00, 25 APR 2024 Enzo Maresca has thanked Leicester City recruitment chief Martyn Glover for uncovering a gem in Abdul Fatawu. The Ghanaian winger has been one of the stars of City’s season, and put in his most thrilling display yet on Tuesday night, scoring a hat-trick in a 5-0 rout of Southampton, as well as setting up Jamie Vardy. He’s now up to 18 Championship goals and assists, level with Vardy and Stephy Mavididi. Fatawu arrived on loan from Sporting Lisbon last summer as something of an unknown. Before this campaign, he had only started 10 matches in Europe, and nine of those came for Sporting’s B team in the third tier of Portuguese football. But spotted by City’s head of recruitment Glover and his scouting team, Maresca was shown Fatawu’s talents and the manager agreed he suited the gameplan. It’s a deal that has worked out well, and Maresca does not want the scouting team’s contribution to go unnoticed. “We are very happy with Abdul,” Maresca said. “He’s a player that is thanks to Martyn Glover. He’s a player he showed me this summer. When I saw him I said this is the right profile we need. It was Martyn Glover’s idea.” But amid City’s transfer embargo, Fatawu’s future remains uncertain, even for Maresca. Asked if he knew the situation over a potential permanent move for the 20-year-old, the manager said: “I have no idea. I don’t know what’s going on. It’s complicated.” Reports in Portugal say there is an obligatory purchase clause in Fatawu’s loan contract priced at €17m (£14.5m) and dependent on promotion. But right now, City are unable to sign any new players after the EFL placed them under a transfer embargo in anticipation that the club would breach Profit and Sustainability rules for the three-year cycle ending this summer. It is expected that the club will try to sell players in June to balance their books and stay within the limits.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/big-second-hand-record-fair-9240115 Big second-hand record fair coming to Leicester this weekend Hundreds of music fans will be at Aylestone Leisure Centre for the event on Sunday Bookmark Comments 4 NEWS ByTom MackSenior Reporter 04:00, 25 APR 2024 Enter your postcode for local news and info Enter your postcode A record fair is coming to Leicester this weekend – and entry is free. A record fair is coming to Leicester this weekend (Image: Getty) Music fans will be flocking to a free record fair that takes place at Aylestone Leisure Centre in Saffron Lane, Leicester, this weekend. The event takes place from 9am until 3.30pm with store-holders selling second-hand records to collectors. The stalls are all booked for the event, which has been organised by VIP Records in Whetstone, near Leicester. The fair is one of two the company is holding this weekend, with the other on Saturday at the Horticultural Halls in London's Victoria. Entry costs £3 for regular tickets for entry at 9.55am or £6 to get in an hour earlier at 8.55am. The events are attended by professional dealers and local people selling their collections. As well as records, there will be CDs and memorabilia on sale. Click here to book tickets.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/what-enzo-marescas-comical-answer-9243696?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR06z5mcSU_EkEuBeirl8OINoORHmbq-CqoxVCOnEz35W4HtPBqhJAoxOfM_aem_AR2SYS6l4ZZR0qXYfFRQ9IhXUoXNe0BxIoZacH_UScAvkyg6EhdTKY5dBgr51vZ2i5-778_q1w_zrJsYEVeRyEz1 What Enzo Maresca's comical answer tells us as Leicester City finally stir up long-lost feeling Talking points from Leicester City's 5-0 thrashing of Southampton, looking at the performance of the season, Abdul Fatawu's hat-trick, Jamie Vardy's display, and the promotion race ByJordan Blackwell 12:41, 24 APR 2024 “We are where we deserve to be.” That was the line repeated by Enzo Maresca after Leicester City returned to the top spot with a victory over West Brom on Saturday. But this was the game and the performance where everybody believed him. There’s no clearer way of proving your promotion credentials than swatting aside one of your rivals. Since their first meeting with Southampton, City had lost twice to Leeds and drawn twice with Ipswich. They’d not tasted victory over one of the promotion contenders since that game at St Mary’s in September. And back then, the Saints were a shadow of their side they are now. Or were, until last night. Because City absolutely blew them away, inflicting the kind of result on Russell Martin and his players that leaves you questioning how they’re now going to cope in the play-offs. City were better in every aspect of the game. They pressed more aggressively, more diligently, and as a unit, rather than as individuals. They attacked with greater threat and incisiveness. They had more bite in the tackle. They controlled the emotions of the game better. They finished with five goals and without even affording Southampton a shot on target. It’s been a peculiar season, where off-field matters, one long run of bad form, high expectations, and a conflict between the manager and fans over the style of play have meant that the euphoria associated with a promotion campaign has been absent. But now, with less than a fortnight to go until the season finishes, they’ve reached that point, where there was unabated jubilation everywhere you looked. There have been great moments – the late winners scored by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harry Winks, and Stephy Mavididi against Coventry, QPR, and Birmingham to name but three – but now there is a great game to remember the season by. Well, provided they get the job done. Maresca's comical answer begs question over Enzoball Because of the scoreline, the opponent, the occasion, the quality of the goals, and what it means for City’s promotion bid, this, for many, was the performance of the season. One man disagreed: Enzo Maresca. Having denied it was the finest display of the campaign at the top of his press conference, Maresca was asked at the end if there was a showing that stuck in his mind as the one where he felt his team performed their best. His answer was almost comical in how his selection contrasted with Tuesday’s match. Maresca’s pick was Watford away, a 2-1 win at Vicarage Road in February. Admittedly, City did score an extremely nice goal through Ricardo Pereira, but it was also the match in which they had the fewest shots of the season (five), and the fewest number of progressive passes (25). For the manager, while City were “fantastic” against Southampton, they were not good enough in possession for it to rank as the pinnacle of his tenure so far. Perhaps it’s not surprising he thought that way. Maresca has been preaching control of the ball all season. Here, City had 34 per cent possession, their lowest total of the season. Southampton play a similar way on the ball and were better at keeping hold of it on Tuesday night. Or, less risk-averse. Because, pleasingly, City took the opportunities that presented themselves. The space was there to move the ball quickly through the lines and into the attacking areas, and they did just that, with their front five electric when playing at speed. They ripped through Southampton at times. It may not have been that City moved away from Maresca’s idea. It was just that Southampton were far more open than any other side who have been to the King Power Stadium this season. Where City did excel was in their pressing, something Maresca does preach. There’s been a few games of late where late-season tiredness has stopped being quite so effective on that front, but here they were exceptional. Wout Faes gave Che Adams a rude welcome back to his hometown by charging through him every time Southampton tried to feed their central striker. Ricardo Pereira and James Justin were so quick, tight, and aggressive in their battles with Adam Armstrong and David Brooks that two of the division’s best attackers were completely shut down. So was it Enzoball? Yes, but just a more pragmatic version. And one that bodes well if City do make the Premier League as top-flight teams are more likely to play as openly as Southampton, rather than like some of the Championship strugglers, who adapt their game to try to shut down City. Fatawu's first goal shows potential of an elite winger This season has shown that Abdul Fatawu is a thrilling dribbler of the ball, a supreme creator, and an enthusiastic defender (maybe sometimes a little too enthusiastic). But what he has not been is a goalscorer. Before Tuesday night, he had four goals. For comparison, Kasey McAteer had five by the end of September. It’s been an area lacking in Fatawu’s game and where he needed to improve if he was to become an elite winger. Well, there’s his response. The 20-year-old scored three goals of great quality, and all of different types too. The second was perhaps the most memorable. It was classic Fatawu as he cut inside on his left foot and curled a shot into the far corner. It’s also the sort of goal that is going to see the giddy Ghanaian try to do the same 10 times at Preston. However, it was the first of his goals that showed his improvements. Fatawu tends to stay wide and offer himself as an outlet on the touchline, but here, he switched things up. Seeing Dewsbury-Hall on the ball in space, he darted in behind, making a run off Kyle Walker-Peters’ shoulder before coolly slotting away. It was a goal unlike any other he’d scored this season. Adding that variation to his game not only showed development and intelligence, but it completely bamboozled Walker-Peters. It was the same with his assist for Jamie Vardy. So often he’d gone inside on his left foot that the defenders closed that route off. So he just teased a cross in with his right foot and Vardy finished it off. Amid their transfer embargo, it’s unclear quite what is going to happen with Fatawu this summer and whether his loan from Sporting Lisbon can become permanent. But if it’s possible to do a deal, it’s obvious he needs to be signed. He’s a terrific player already, but one that’s getting even better. New deal for Vardy may not need to be emotional after all Talking of deals, Vardy continues to make the case that he’s worth one more year. Despite being asked to start twice in four days, something rarely requested of the 37-year-old, he was at his pesky best. He was an irritant for Jan Bednarek and Taylor Harwood-Bellis all evening, making the runs they didn’t want to have to follow and forcing them to play passes they didn’t want to play. By the second half, they completely lost track and lost heart, allowing Vardy to peel off them to score the fourth goal and set up the fifth. If City go up, it’s often felt like the right decision from a PR and emotional perspective to give Vardy a new contract. But in a ruthless business like football, and especially for a club with financial concerns, it’s debatable whether any decisions can be made on those bases. But Vardy has proven, particularly in the second half of the season, that it might make sense from a footballing perspective too. Only Norwich’s Josh Sargent has scored non-penalty goals at a better rate than he has. That goal-getting ability is still alive and well. There’s a tifo planned in tribute to Vardy for the final game of the season, in case it was his final game with the club. But, it’s feeling less and less like it will be. Jubilation needs to be tempered for one more game As mentioned, this felt like the game to remember the season by. It felt like the game in which City’s promotion was secured. But it’s not. As enjoyable as it was, the job is still not done and there will need to be a period of re-focusing so that fans and players alike don’t fall into celebration mode. One more win is required. With mid-table Preston and stuttering Blackburn to come. They should do it. But they should have beaten Millwall and Plymouth too and didn’t manage. Three times this season City have lost back-to-back games, so it’s not out of the question. Let’s get those final three points and then the Southampton game can be properly celebrated for how good it was.

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They pretty much relegated us last season so good to return the favour and confirm they’re only in the playoffs

He got your name correct. Patronisingly polite as well. He could have been much more succinct with his reply such as **** Off Dave.

Even with the phone option you can only pass it on to family if they are members.

TICKET FORWARDING Following its introduction in the 2023/24 season, the Football Club is pleased to continue to offer a ‘Ticket Forwarding’ feature, which gives Season Ticket Holders the option to forward their Season Ticket to linked friends and family up to four times per season. This initiative provides Season Ticket Holders with greater flexibility, ensuring that if they are unable to attend a match, they can allow their friends and family to enjoy the live matchday experience in their place. To manage your list of Fox Members authorised to use your forwarded ticket, visit your account on LCFC.com/tickets. Further information on this scheme will also be available in the 2024/25 Season Ticket FAQs once fixtures for the new campaign go on sale. All forwarded tickets will be issued as Mobile Tickets (NFC) to the recipient, regardless of the original ticket form.

I went there for a paid for Company Dinner Dance, whatever happened to those?

The voided viking explorer · DERELICT SKY PLAZA Good day to you all folks,hope you've all had a good weekend! a couple new places for you all this week & a few old explores I've done which I've not uploaded before, so a mixed bag for you all this week...so lets get into it shall we?... Today folks I bring you all this quirky & definitely different explore, a plaza hotel thats been derelict since 2012, consisting of 316 rooms, many bars to drink at and a very grand foyer area... Now it's home to about a million pigeons, fighting it out for the rooms, it's completely trashed & not alot to see, but I've never been to a hotel on top of a multi-storey carpark before!! But now I have! I actually really enjoyed the walk around... Explored with the lost souls urbex WAs formerly the Abbey Motor Hotel, then the EAton Bray. There was a small Art House Cinema at street level and if my memories correct the Penny Farthing Night Club.

Leicester City Football Club · Strength and unity #LEISOU

Because it's no longer LCFC but KPFC and a part of the KP business Empire and it's very visible, look around the stadium tonight. We're LCFC not KPFC

They treat the 'None Fan Community' better than the match going fans. Community Club it's all a facade.

If it's a complete nightmare why not incentivise for change.

I saw Mathews play down Filbert St but can't remember exactly when

It wasn't that long ago when you couldn't find anyone wanting to use your ticket.

What if you have a phone but don't use the wallet for anything else why should you be forced to set up the wallet just for KPFC.

As someone who rarely misses a game maybe a lot of this is down to all the different KO times. I hate 12.30 and 8.00pm KOs. For the late 8.00pm ones I can't use the bus as I'd miss either the last 5 mins or the last bus so I have to drive and park which is a real pain.

https://the72.co.uk/2024/04/22/leicester-city-set-sights-on-premier-league-man-as-potential-wilfred-ndidi-replacement-contract-up-in-2025/ Leicester City set sights on Premier League man as potential Wilfred Ndidi replacement, contract up in 2025 Leicester City are interested in a move for Newcastle United midfielder Sean Longstaff, according to a report by The Sunday People (via Caught Offside). Leicester City are eyeing a potential swoop for the Premier League man as they chase down promotion from the Championship. Longstaff, 26, still has another year left on his contract with his current club. As per The Sunday People, the Foxes could try and lure him away from the North East ahead of next season. Newcastle United have a big decision to make regarding the future of Longstaff in the upcoming transfer window. They risk losing him for nothing in June 2025 if they don’t cash in on him this year. He has made 40 appearances in all competitions in this campaign and has scored six goals. Longstaff has been on the books at St James’ Park for his whole career to date and rose up through the academy ranks. ...and here - https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/leicester-city-join-leeds-united-race-newcastle-united-sean-longstaff/

Plans for new viaduct to reunite heritage Great Central Railway line Plans for a new viaduct to reunite two halves of a heritage railway line have been announced. The Great Central Railway line ran between Leicester and Nottingham until the 1970s, when old bridges and an embankment were removed. Plans to create an 18-mile stretch of railway to link the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire branches are set to be submitted "in a matter of weeks". Organisers are appealing for funding to help them complete their efforts. More here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-68856376

I’m sure that’s an element of their aim but even charging £25 doesn’t ensure they get everyone under their control

As an OAP I’m fortunate to be exempt so will keep my card even though I’m quite capable of using a smart phone.

Not yet but change will come with more members. It’s the members that drive the action