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Hand, Chest or Knee Swansea City attacker Jamie Paterson shares footage of controversial handball incident involving Wout Faes in Swans' 3-1 defeat to Leicester City. The officials waved away appeals for a penalty, but footage suggests Swansea were unlucky not to be awarded a spot kick. Swansea can count themselves unlucky not to have been awarded a penalty - based on the footage doing the rounds on social media. The ball appeared to strike Faes' arm and had a penalty been awarded, Duff's side would have had a fantastic chance to level things up with a little more than 10 minutes left to play. Paterson highlighted the controversial incident by sharing the clip on social media along with a crying/smiling emoji. Looked like his Knee to me.

TEAM OF THE ROUND Leicester City We've been here before and the way things are going we'll be here again as this season goes on. It's looking very much like I'm going to have to exercise Burnley and Fulham levels of rotation when it comes to choosing Leicester as our team of the round, we don't want things to become predictable in this column but we are here to reflect what's going on in the Championship. I'll leave you to decide exactly how many, but Leicester are many levels above the rest of the division so far since their relegation and the records are tumbling in spectacular fashion. The Foxes have won a mind mending 11 of their first 12 games and have an 11 point lead over a Leeds side in very decent form back in third place. This week's Leicester entry into the record books was a sixth straight away win from the start of a Championship campaign, they are the first ever team in the 121 seasons of second tier football to manage that particular feat. They actually went behind at Swansea but were level by half time and powered on to a 3-1 win in the second half. If we get another win for Leicester in midweek over Sunderland then they'll have 36 points from the first 13 games of a Championship season which would make them the joint best second tier team in history. With that being said we're going back well over 100 years to find the Bury and Bristol City teams that Leicester will move level with. Who knows where this will all end, but the way things are shaping up we could be about to see history made by Leicester on a very frequent basis as the season goes on. https://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/championship-review-100-yr-records-tumble-for-leicester-summerville-leeds-star-fraser-revived-at-southampton-4474267

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There's plenty of young players that have all the skills but they just aren't able to use them consistently and end up out of the game.

Enzo Maresca hopes Yunus Akgun will be available for Tuesday’s Championship meeting with Sunderland despite limping out of Leicester City’s 3-1 win at Swansea. The Turkish winger was introduced as a substitute in the 65th minute but then went off in injury time, appearing to be holding his thigh. However, having spoken to him after the game, City boss Maresca did not feel it was anything serious. “I just asked him and he didn’t feel something important,” the manager said in his post-match press conference. “It was just something, but not something important, so hopefully he’s not going to lose any games or any days. We’ll see.”

The Leicestershire stately home that was burnt down and turned into rubble for the M1 Firefighters even helped to fan the flames ByIsaac AsheContent Editor 08:08, 22 OCT 2023 In our modern era of planning laws, it's almost unimaginable that a stately home steeped in history would be pulled down. But the focal point of a huge sweeping parkland near Loughborough was the victim of just that back in the 1960s. Garendon estate - now partly being turned over to a huge 3,200-home housing development - still retains plenty of reminders of its past. The obelisk, the Temple of Venus and the Triumphal Arch are remnants of the past still visible today. But Garendon Hall, once one of Leicestershire’s finest grand houses, also stood in this parkland between Loughborough and Shepshed. It had an imposing façade with a grand portico of fluted Ionic columns. Originally the site of one of the earliest Cistercian monasteries, founded in 1133 by the Earl of Leicester, a grand house was built in the 17th century and adapted with architectural features by successive generations of the Phillips de Lisle family. Garendon’s gradual mish-mash of changing architectural styles, incorporating everything from Palladian, Gothic and French influences, brought it plaudits and brickbats in equal measure. Famous architectural historian Dr Nikolaus Pevsner wrote that the hall was “very fine” but later additions were “really rather horrible”. Yet Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli described it as being of “the finest style of Christian architecture... of great extent and richly decorated”. During the Second World War, the house was requisitioned by the Army, which left it in a rather sorry state, unfit for further habitation. It remained empty and forlorn and, with the death of Garendon’s owner, Ambrose Paul Jordan March Phillips de Lisle in September 1963, its downfall was assured. It was knocked down the following year with members of the fire service even being called in to set fires inside to aid the demolition process, in May 1964. Photographer Syd Hall who was on hand to capture the scene said: “All was set with a small fire inside and everyone waited, but no major fire seemed likely until the firemen threw stones at the windows, through which the wind soon assisted the fires, to everyone’s relief.” Rumour has it that rubble from the building was even used as hardcore during the construction of the nearby M1. Inside the derelict Garendon Hall before its demolition in 1964

In his time people even liked Man Utd. RIP Bobby

John Mitchell report on the working men's clubs in Leicester. The city had more clubs per square mile than anywhere else in Britain, but the recession and changing entertainment tastes caused a drop in customers. View of Leicester city centre 1981, Tommy Carton of the Boot and Shoe Committee reading out the latest club dates on local radio. Shots of performers on stage at the LAOB Club in Leicester and views of the audience. Acts include Wally King who plays an electric pick and shovel, comedian Steve Ford and the Billy Walsh Showband. Interview with veteran entertainment secretary Wally Fawlks and Cathy Talbot, the country's first lady concert chairman

Born and Raised in Leicester Saffron Lane Cycle track in 1978 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The World Cycling Championship was held here and the Leicester Panthers American Football Team player here. Shame the Council let it deteriorate beyond repair so that it's now a housing estate.

That's me, after seeing us blow matches so many times over the years pessimism is embedded in me.

“We could never close the gap”- Kevin Wimmer reflects on Tottenham’s failed title charge when Leicester City won the leaguePublished4 mins agoonOctober 21, 2023ByAndrew Ralston Kevin Wimmer reflects on Tottenham Hotspur’s failed title charge when Leicester City won the league Kevin Wimmer has given his two cents on Tottenham Hotspur’s failed title charge in the 2015-16 season. Spurs have been ‘nearly there’ a few times in the last decade. Before the UEFA Champions League final loss against Liverpool, our best chance to win a major trophy came in the 2015-16 season under Mauricio Pochettino. Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea… everyone seemed to be off their pace. It was the perfect time for a consistent Spurs side to mount a charge for the league title. Ricardo Pereira, Harvey Barnes, and Dennis Praet celebrate after Leicester City score against Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) But Leicester City just didn’t let up. They dropped just 11 points in their last 16 league games and comfortably crossed the finish line, winning the Premier League by 10 points. So close yet so far Tottenham, meanwhile, stumbled a fair bit in the end. We dropped 17 points in our last 11 league matches. It was Wimmer’s debut season with Spurs since signing from Cologne and one of just two campaigns he had in north London before moving to Stoke City. He made 21 appearances for us across competitions that season, with 10 coming in the Premier League. Reflecting on that season, the 30-year-old Austrian said, via the Athletic (Subscription Required) “We could never close the gap. Sometimes, you think back to this time because we saw it as such a big chance to win the title and it would have been very special for Spurs. “But it was crazy, because Leicester were always winning. They always played a day after us towards the end and they didn’t always play so special, but at the end they somehow managed to win.” We lost the title fair and square. In fact, we crumbled so badly that we ended up finishing third, behind Arsenal. That season taught us a lot, that perhaps Pochettino and our team weren’t mentally prepared for a taxing title challenge. We built on it and visibly matured under the Argentine tactician. Unfortunately, we have never gotten that close to winning the league game. Well, until now. More Tottenham Hotspur News This could be the season where we finally end the wait for a major trophy. Things are different now. There is no underdog challenger, at least currently, and other giants of English football also look in form. Let us see if Ange Postecoglou’s men have what it takes to bring a memorable title home.

If there were no top x number in the League cup it would lose it's entry to the Europa League at best it would be demoted to the Conference As for the Super League I don't believe there was any thought by the participants of leaving their domestic leagues this was as well as and probably in place of one or more of UEFAs competitions.

Pasted and copied from their site. I wasn't going to rewrite it.

..and it’s more £££££ going to the rich European clubs who’ll inevitably be involved in more European matches.

Aye and the £31 makes an even bigger difference to a family. I'd imagine there's plenty of young families where the adults stopped going when they started a family may now want to take their 2 kids to a game to see if they're interested they would need to fork out £31x2 + £16x2 = £93 just so they can buy tickets for a one off game - It's a nonsense they’re being priced out of becoming lifelong LCFC fans.

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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/live-nation-apply-permission-hold-8847169 Live Nation apply for permission to hold 'single day event' on Victoria Park in 2024 Festival organisers Live Nation may have seen potential in the Victoria Park site after the BBC's successful Radio 2 In the Park weekend last month ByCorey Bedford 17:03, 20 OCT 2023 An application has been made for a one-day event to take place in Victoria Park in Summer 2024. Live Nation, the events organiser behind Download, Leeds and Reading, and Isle of Wight festivals, has applied for a single one day event premises licence for Victoria Park in early July. The event would reportedly go ahead on Saturday, July 6, 2024, with the licence being applied for covering the sale of alcohol and regulated entertainment in the form of films, live music, recorded music, and dance performances between the hours of 10am and 10.30pm. While the event itself has not been specified, there is speculation as to whether a day festival or large-scale concert could be on the cards for Leicester next summer. The event comes just a month after the incredibly successful BBC Radio 2 in the Park weekender, which saw 35,000 people a day attend the festival. Not only that, but the event would be held almost ten years to the day since Kasabian's incredible 50,000 capacity The notice of application, which was put out by Leicester City Council, says any "responsible authority or person" can comment on the licence application by writing to the Licensing Team at Leicester City Council's office on 91 Granby Street, or by emailing the licensing team directly at [email protected]. BC Radio 2 in the Park was held in Victoria Park in September without causing many problems in the local area - with police praising the community and attendees for a mostly incident-free weekend. While there were some issues with parking and train cancellations due to the weather, the majority of the event went by without problems - with BBC bosses thanking the city for being such good hosts for the festival. The park has been the centre of a number of big concerts and festivals over the years, including Radio 1's One Big Sunday events in 2001 and 2002, where artists such as Kylie Minogue, Coldplay, Craig David, and Nelly Furtado all played to thousands of attendees. Until this year when it moved to Abbey Park, Victoria Park was also the location for the city's Pride event, as well as being used for cultural festivals such as Eid and the Caribbean Carnival. LeicestershireLive has approached Live Nation for a comment.

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It might be now but will it with an extended stadium and will all those fans that are frustrated having to fork out £31 for a few matches be put off for life. Besides the Club talks about being part of the Community this doesn't come across as being that and for what I'd imagine if you added up all the £31 it would hardly make a ripple on the overall revenues.

History Season · A couple riding together on an autoped. The autoped was an early motorized scooter invented in 1915. New York City, USA. Ca. 1923.

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I think in this instance it's less about having enough players with out over playing them, they have shown they don't care about that but having sufficient dates to fit it all in and we know that FIFA and UEFA have the power over the FA and EFL so their competitions are the ones that are continually sacrificed.

Without even considering the effect on the lower leagues I'm not for the streaming of all the games without many reservations. If the revenues for live streaming are split evenly between the teams in their respective leagues then that could be acceptable but if ending the blackout means each club gets revenue based on their viewing numbers which would lead to the richer clubs getting even richer at the expense of almost everyone else then it's a no from me. I don't think you can end the blackout without seeing what it could lead too and even then there's no guarantee that a level viewing playing field would be maintained as the overseas revenue split tells you what to expect.