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Leicester Memories Jayne Wills · · Humberstone gate before the Haymarket

Counting how many passes we made in one movement leading to a goal, now we can't string 3 passes together and don't know where the goal is.

No! They should reduce the number of UEFA games as they are only for 7 teams out of 92 plus yet they impact on the ability for those other clubs to survive. While they're at it they should stop expanding the World Cup, at best they should have a WC qualifying knock out event.

BBC FA Cup replay changes 'a total lack of respect for football pyramid' Last updated on18 April 202418 April 2024. From the sectionFA Cup The Football Association and Premier League have been accused of "a total lack of respect for the football pyramid" over changes to the FA Cup. Emirates FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in 2024-25 and all rounds of the competition will be played on weekends. League Two club Tranmere Rovers said they "condemn the disgraceful" changes. Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony warned it could lead to a "fallout within English football". FA Cup replays to be scrapped next season "There was no consultation with Football League clubs, National League clubs or grassroots clubs to whom the competition represents not only their best opportunity to create life-long memories for supporters but also a hugely important source of income," said a statement from Tranmere. "The decision, and the way it was taken, demonstrate a total lack of respect for the football pyramid and its fans. "We condemn the changes wholeheartedly and urge the FA to suspend them immediately until all stakeholders in the game are properly consulted." Fellow League Two club Grimsby Town echoed the call for a pause on the changes until a consultation had taken place, adding: "The dreams of so many should not be denied by so few." "To suspend replays when the Premier League clubs haven't even come into the competition seems even more bizarre," said a statement from National League South club Farnborough. In its current format, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards, but the FA says the move to eliminate them from an earlier stage has been made "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded Uefa competitions". Uefa launched the Europa Conference League in 2021 and the number of teams in the Champions League group stage will rise from 32 to 36 next season, while Fifa has announced an expanded 32-team Club World Cup for 2025. The Football Supporters' Association (FSA) said it recognised the strain the football calendar was placing on top clubs but that the announcement "has not gone down well with a lot of fans up and down the country". The FSA said fans were concerned the decision would diminish "the magic of the competition" and that it had "shared those concerns with the FA". English Football League (EFL) chief executive Trevor Birch called the announcement "frustrating and disappointing" and that "ultimately this represents another lost traditional revenue stream for EFL clubs at a time when the financial gap between the biggest clubs and those further down the pyramid is growing bigger". He added: "We will now be discussing the implications for EFL clubs and seeking appropriate compensation arrangements." The changes come as part of a new six-year agreement between the FA and the Premier League. The FA said the deal would see the Premier League "providing up to an additional £33m for grassroots football on top of the £100m it currently gives to good causes each season". However, Peterborough chairman MacAnthony said he had "no idea what the Premier League or the FA are even thinking pulling this move". "We are now at the stage where the big boys don't even bother to notify us/talk through proper changes," he wrote on X. "If this is a sign of things to come then expect a full on fallout within English football coming soon all caused by one faction of our game," he added, saying the situation was "not healthy for our industry". Phil Wallace, chairman of League One club Stevenage, said the scrapping of replays would be a "big financial disadvantage for National League and EFL clubs". "If you're coming from an angle of the Premier League and players and protecting them, the England game and everything else, then you can see the logic," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "But football's not about just that, the Premier League, it's about the whole country and the 72 EFL [clubs] and the National League. "Imagine when a National League club draws a Premier League club and gets a draw at home. That is the magic of the FA Cup and that won't happen any more." 'Guardians of game treating FA Cup with disdain' BBC pundit Pat Nevin, who played for Chelsea, Everton and Tranmere in England, said a cup replay for a lower league club "can make enough money to keep yourself going for another two, three, four years". National League club Truro City's head of communications Gareth Davies echoed that sentiment speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live. "The FA Cup is the jewel in the crown of English knockout football. The FA, the supposed guardians of our game, seem to be treating it with disdain," Davies said. "I don't think it will change even if there's public outcry, which there has been. "For a club like ours, if we drew Exeter City at home in the FA Cup and we managed to get a draw then that replay would be so lucrative. That is going to be taken away from next season and that is a real, real shame." Frank May, chairman of eighth-tier Cray Valley Paper Mills, who earned a first-round replay against League One side Charlton Athletic in this season's competition, said the tie had "put us on the map". "We were getting offers to buy replica shirts from all over the world, it was something we could only dream about," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "This isn't the way to go, the FA Cup is the world famous FA Cup and there are so many memorable moments that would not have been seen if this rule was announced years ago." What are the FA Cup changes? The FA Cup qualifying rounds - where teams from the fifth to the 10th tiers of English football compete for 32 spots in the first round - will still have replays when ties are level after 90 minutes. In first round of the FA Cup professional teams from League One and League Two enter, with Championship and Premier League teams joining from the third round. Apart from scrapping replays, other changes will see the fourth and fifth rounds, and the quarter-finals, played without clashing with any Premier League fixtures for the first time. The fourth round will be played in an extended window from Friday to Wednesday. The FA Cup final has also been moved to the penultimate weekend of the Premier League season. It will be played on a Saturday, and will also be independent of any Premier League matches, as will the Friday before the final "to allow focus on the build-up to the showpiece event".

https://the72.co.uk/2024/04/18/leicester-city-winger-on-radar-of-sunderland-contract-expires-this-summer/ Leicester City winger on radar of Sunderland, contract expires this summer 18 APRIL 2024 2 MINUTE READ Leicester City winger Amani Richards has emerged on the radar of Sunderland, according to a report by the Chronicle Live. Leicester City have a decision to make regarding the future of the youngster this summer. Richards, 19, is out of contract at the end of the season and is due to become available. As per the ChronicleLive, the Black Cats are interested in him along with some unnamed clubs in Holland, Belgium and Denmark. Newcastle United are also said to be have been admirers of him in the past. Sunderland have a big few months ahead as they prepare for another campaign in the Championship. They could see Richards as a long-term option for them in attack as they plot potential acquisitions. The teenager has been on the books at Leicester City since January and has since been a key player for their development squad. He has made 20 appearances in all competitions for their Under-21’s this term and has chipped in with three goals and five assists. However, he hasn’t featured at all for the first-team under Enzo Maresca as they battle it out with the likes of Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Southampton for promotion to the Premier League. Leaving the King Power Stadium would be a sensible decision as it would boost his chances of getting some senior game time. He is down the pecking order with the Foxes right now and his opportunities would be even more limited if they end up going up to the Premier League. A switch to a club like Sunderland could work wonders for him as the North East outfit are no strangers to giving young players the chance to shine. Richards was on the books of the academies at Chelsea and Arsenal before switching to Leicester City. His situation is up in the air right now with the Black Cats linked with a move. They are in action this weekend at home to Millwall as they look to keep their recent unbeaten run of fixtures going.

All rounds of the Emirates FA Cup will also be played on weekends, including the fifth round The fourth round will be played in an extended window from Friday to Wednesday. ???? Confused

The selling the soul of English Football pandering to the PL ££££s continues.

FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition. All rounds of the Emirates FA Cup will also be played on weekends, including the fifth round which has been played in midweek for the past five seasons. The changes come as part of a new six-year agreement between the Football Association (FA) and the Premier League. The Premier League has also removed its mid-season break from the calendar. Matches will start in mid-August following a consecutive three-week summer break instead of a shorter spell of rest in the winter, with the decision coming from "expert advice from medical and technical departments". In its current format, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards, but the FA says the move to eliminate them from an earlier stage has been made "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded Uefa competitions". Uefa launched the Europa Conference League in 2021 and the number of teams in the Champions League group stage will rise from 32 to 36 next season. Fifa has announced an expanded 32-team Club World Cup for 2025. The FA Cup qualifying rounds - where teams from the fifth to the 10th tiers of English football compete for 32 spots in the first round - will still have replays. The first round of the FA Cup sees professional teams from League One and League Two enter, with Championship and Premier League teams joining from the third round. Other changes will see the fourth and fifth rounds, and the quarter-finals, played without clashing with any Premier League fixtures for the first time. The fourth round will be played in an extended window from Friday to Wednesday. The FA Cup final has also been moved to the penultimate weekend of the Premier League season. It will be played on a Saturday, and will also be independent of any Premier League matches, as will the Friday before the final "to allow focus on the build-up to the showpiece event". The agreement also sees the Premier League increasing its funding to grassroots football, with an additional £33m being provided. "The FA Cup is our biggest asset," said FA chief executive Mark Bullingham. "This new agreement between the FA and the Premier League strengthens the FA Cup and gives this very special tournament exclusive weekends in an increasingly busy calendar. "We have also agreed new funding for the grassroots game, disability football and the women's and girls' game. "All football begins at the grassroots, and this is recognised by the Premier League with very welcome additional financial support."

Leicester 50 years ago · Join Gary Freestone · ·

Story of Leicester · #ThrowbackThursday to when you could drive in both directions along Aylestone Road in front of the Leicester Tigers stadium! This was taken in 1969 and to the left you can see all the houses and shops on what is now the site of the Leicester Royal Infirmary car park. A number of streets have been lost as the LRI has expanded, just to name a few: Napier St (in this photo), Chestnut St, Aylestone St, Kentish St, Crown St, Bridge St, Victoria St, Albert St, and Raglan St! Did you or anyone you know live on any of the streets? #StoryofLeicester

History of Leicestershire in Images Steve Anderson · sSoonerptdf50hltt0g1901al1t8171417m58c6680al0692h0l7c797ftih · Hinckley Road in 1906.

Abbey Road Tribute · Follow · For today’s “Beatle Song for the Day” we offer “A World Without Love.” (Lennon--McCartney) Written by Paul, the song was recorded by British duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964 and went to Number One in the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Paul wrote the song when he was 16. When he moved into Jane Asher’s home in 1963, sharing a room with her brother Peter Asher, Asher asked him if he could use the song after Asher and Gordon Waller had signed a recording contract as Peter and Gordon. “The funny first line always used to please John,” said Paul. ‘“Please lock me away –' 'Yes, okay.' End of song." “I think that was resurrected from the past,” said John. “I think he had that whole song before the Beatles. ... That has the line 'Please lock me away' that we always used to crack up at." Paul did not think the song was good enough for The Beatles and was never released by the band. The only known recording of the song by any member of the Beatles is the original demo of the song performed by Paul which is now in the possession of Peter Asher. In 2013, Paul’s demo was posted to YouTube. Paul previously offered the song to Billy J Kramer, who declined. It is one of two songs credited to Lennon–McCartney to reach number one in the US by an artist other than the Beatles. The other is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" covered by Elton John in 1974. Thanks to Boris for this image.

Paul Jay · Follow · B1 61209 leaves Leicester Belgrave Road with a Sunday excursion to Skegness, Summer 1961.

Fitting in all these games alongside the PL is going to lead to some weird time slots isn't it?

BBC Leicester reporter's free BMW and Audi leases blatantly wrong, tribunal told An arrangement in which the BBC's Leicester City reporter got free leases on a BMW and an Audi were "blatantly wrong", a tribunal heard. Ian Stringer was hired by BBC Leicester in 2008 and sacked in 2022 for what the BBC says was misconduct. An employment tribunal in Leicester is hearing Mr Stringer's claims that he was unfairly dismissed. Mark Moran, who made the decision to fire Mr Stringer, said the journalist should have disclosed the car leases. The tribunal was told how Mr Stringer received the cars from the Leicester-based car firm Total Motion during a period of about three years. The free leases came about because Mr Stringer was a close personal friend of one of the directors of the company, who has since died. Mr Stringer maintains the cars were leased to him without contingencies or any suggestion of a quid pro quo. But Mr Moran said not disclosing the leases as a personal interest "was so blatantly wrong". "The fact somebody has, for whatever reason, been given the use of two very nice cars over a long period of time and didn't declare it or have a conversation with their manager about is just wrong." Mr Stringer claims an investigation into his use of social media, in which he mentioned Total Motion and a number of other companies that provided him with free goods in connection with charitable work he was doing, only started after he blew the whistle about a suspected Covid rule breach. Mr Stringer told the tribunal that in July 2021 the then station editor Kamlesh Purohit had "instructed" one of the team to come into work despite them being "pinged" by the Covid app - something the tribunal was told was "a breach of Covid rules". Roy Magara, for Mr Stringer, said the investigation into Mr Stringer was "part and parcel of a harassment and bullying campaign against him" and had been orchestrated in response to his making a protected disclosure. Jesse Crozier, for the BBC, has told the tribunal the two matters were deliberately dealt with separately and by people outside of BBC Leicester. Leicester Employment Tribunal building Image caption, The employment tribunal heard Mr Stringer was given impartiality training in 2013 and an anti-bribery course in 2020 During the hearing Adam Smyth, the BBC's appeal hearing manager who agreed with Mr Moran's decision, was shown a tweet featuring Mr Stringer standing with boxer Tyson Fury at a Total Motion-branded event. "This is clearly one of those events that would cause an issue because of the relationship between Ian Stringer and Total Motion," Mr Smith said. While Mr Stringer maintains he repeatedly sought training on impartiality, Mr Smith said he was given impartiality training in 2013 and an anti-bribery course in 2020. "Even if he was doing all of these things innocently, to have failed to take responsibility and agency and to have familiarised himself with the rules and policies... it is really not acceptable conduct." The case continues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-68837144

https://www.lcfc.com/news/3968890/brunts-mansfield-town-achieve-promotion-from-league-2?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3cEbVs64dSFehkRX6WKOBmrXyBCTdqojcFTID1uS_2dtJeB4mfnMpuFLM_aem_AaD4806TzWr-t2wNaCuFNrMJhxADadyhuCC9oqg3HOZAVumxgWFfXtoTG7Nw94L7vjOb6aS2k6Q2QV5hAE1zf7Z9&lang=en Brunt's Mansfield Town Achieve Promotion From League 2 LCFC MEN A 2-1 win over Accrington Stanley confirmed Mansfield Town's automatic promotion from Sky Bet League 2 while Boubakary Soumaré and Victor Kristiansen featured elsewhere in Europe. - Lewis Brunt's Mansfield Town promoted to Sky Bet League 1 - Boubakary Soumaré helped Sevilla to victory over Getafe and Las Palmas - There were successive draws for Bologna and Victor Kristiansen in Serie A - Development Squad duo Paul Appiah and Zach Booth were both on the winning side - Nathan Opoku scored for OH Leuven All three automatic promotion spots from League Two have now been confirmed after Mansfield's home win over Accrington on Tuesday evening placed them in the celebration party alongside AFC Wrexham and champions Stockport Country who achieved the same accolade last weekend. Although having not featured since a first half display against Wrexham last month at the Racecourse Ground, Brunt has played a key part in the Stags' 2023/24 campaign, featuring 34 times and scoring twice during a successful year on loan in Nottinghamshire. Soumaré’s Sevilla have won consecutive games in La Liga, beating Getafe 1-0 before a 2-0 away triumph over Las Palmas. The French midfielder played 90 minutes in both games to take his total appearance number for Rojiblancos up to 28. Mallorca are Sevilla’s next league opponents at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán next Monday (8pm kick-off). Currently 13th on 34 points from 31 matches, the Andalusia-based club are looking to move further into mid-table. An unused substitute in Bologna’s 3-0 home victory over Salernitana, full-back Kristiansen started back-to-back goalless draws against Frosinone and Monza. The defender could make his 28th Serie A appearance for I Rossoblù in next Monday’s clash with Roma at Stadio Olimpico - a fourth versus fifth clash at 5:30pm. After missing out on the matchday squad for Maidstone United’s 5-1 victory over Eastbourne Borough, Paul Appiah was an unused substitute in United’s 1-1 home draw with Welling United. The centre-back then played throughout two successive 1-0 away triumphs over Taunton Town and Farnborough. A 2-0 success over Weymouth continued that winning run of form in National League South, with a further 90 minutes and third clean sheet on the bounce for Appiah. A 3-1 defeat at Truro City last time out saw the defender play 54 minutes at Meadow Park. After the Kent Senior Final against Ebbsfleet United on Wednesday (7:45pm kick-off), the Stones take on Hampton & Richmond Borough back in the league at Gallagher Stadium (3pm kick-off), having already confirmed their play-off spot. Zach Booth helped FC Volendam to secure a rare Eredivisie success, playing 80 minutes of their 3-2 victory at home to RKC Waalwijk. The young forward also started the 4-0 defeat at Excelsior last Friday, which came after draws against Almere and Feyenoord. With four games to go, Volendam sit 17th and are five points from safety prior to travelling to Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday 28 April (1:30pm kick-off). Forward Nathan Opoku came off the bench to score a 96th-minute goal for OH Leuven in defeat to Mechelen before missing the last two through injury, as the Jupiler Pro League Play-Offs began. Sint-Truidense V.V. are up next on Saturday (3pm kick-off).

History of Leicestershire in Images Steve Anderson · · Now and Then. The Post Office and Craddock Arms, Knighton.

History of Leicestershire in Images Steve Anderson · 22 m · Now and Then. St Peter’s Road. Then is about 124 years ago.

Well it helps but those 2 extra points put them right back in the race.

They got that with their 99th winner against Watford in their last match

Preston giving them the freedom of the pitch.

A lot of empty seats

I bet we don’t get space like that against Preston

Aye but not many 'great' players have become great managers.