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Who knows, if she was directly involved why did she leave, if she wasn't then maybe is culpable for not leaving earlier. But they might not have done anything illegal and it's then down to incompetence. Perhaps her relationship and loyalty with Vichai gave her a sense of needing to look after his son and ease him into the takeover kept her there longer than it should have.. We'll probably never know

However, negotiating decent prices for sales is, as a matter of fact, one of the elements the East Midlands outfit often get right. Startling, yes, but also true: one of the few positive perceived aspects of Jon Rudkin's persona is actually being a ruthless negotiator and essentially telling the chairman what he thinks is best. No point being ruthless if you end up with players leaving for nothing.

Assuming Charles would have to approve any change, unlikely, I doubt he’d agree to I vow to thee my country as it was Diana’s favourite hymn and played at her funeral.

Russell Martin is enthused by the prospect of getting to work and beginning to build the foundations for a successful season, following the release of our 26/27 fixtures. Russell Martin reacts to our 26/27 Sky Bet League One fixtures We’ll face Notts County away on the opening day, before hosting Burton Albion Our new Manager is preparing for his first pre-season in charge of the Foxes Martin spoke of his excitement to get started as the countdown begins The Foxes’ Sky Bet League One campaign will kick off with a short trip to Nottingham to face Notts County at Meadow Lane on the opening weekend of Saturday 15 August, as announced on Thursday. It’s then all eyes on Filbert Way and our home game against Burton Albion a week later, which will be a first chance for the majority of the Blue Army to see a Russell Martin Leicester City side in league action. “I’m really excited,” our Manager commented. “Fixture release day always brings the season that bit closer and, for me, it just sharpens the feeling that the work is starting now. “Starting away from home at Notts County gives us a brilliant challenge straight away, and that’s something we should embrace. “Of course, we’ll all look forward to that first home game at King Power Stadium against Burton as well, because that will be a really special moment for the players, staff and supporters. “Once you see the fixtures, you start to picture those moments straight away. The first game, the first time walking out there with the team, the first chance for the supporters to really feel what we are trying to build together. “That is exciting for me, for the staff and I know it will be exciting for the players as well.” Keen to use the support from the stands to our advantage, the 40-year-old also offered a glimpse into what he expects from the players, staff and himself in order to achieve our targets in the third tier. russell-martin “I’ve said from the moment I came in that I’m all in,” he continued. “I know what this Football Club means to people and I know the responsibility that comes with that. “We have to work, we have to give everything, and we have to build a team that our supporters can feel connected to and proud of. “To hear that 23,500 Season Tickets have sold out is incredible. That gives everyone a huge lift. It tells you everything about the loyalty, the belief and the passion of the supporters, and it gives the players and staff a real sense of what we are playing for. “That kind of backing is powerful. It gives energy to the Club, it gives energy to the players and it gives energy to me. Now our responsibility is to meet that with our own energy, with courage and intensity, and with performances that show exactly what we want to be.” Although Leicester are likely to be seen as a team to beat in the division, having come down from the Championship, Martin, having previously experienced the third tier as both a player and a manager, warned that nothing is a given in this league, and City must work for everything. The former Swansea City Manager added: “We know there is a lot of work ahead of us. Nothing happens just because we want it to. It will take standards every day, it will take detail, it will take everyone pushing in the same direction, but that is what excites me. I want us to build something here that people can really believe in. “The supporters are going to be massive for us. If we can create that connection between the team and the stands, if we can give them a team that runs, fights, plays with courage and gives everything for the badge, then King Power Stadium can be a really powerful place for us. That starts with the work we do now.”

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Northern section Group A: Sheffield Wednesday, Salford, Accrington, Sunderland U21 Group B: Blackpool, Wigan, Crewe, Aston Villa U21 Group C: Bradford, York, Rotherham, Newcastle U21 Group D: Mansfield, Chesterfield, Port Vale, Man City U21 Group E: Stockport, Tranmere, Shrewsbury, Everton U21 Group F: Burton, Notts County, Grimsby, Nottingham Forest U21 Group G: Barnsley, Oldham, Fleetwood, Leeds U21 Group H: Huddersfield, Doncaster Rovers, Rochdale, Liverpool U21 Southern section Group A: Oxford Utd, Exeter, Cheltenham, Tottenham Hotspur U21 Group B: Leicester City, Stevenage, Walsall, Fulham U21 Group C: Reading, Bristol Rovers, Wycombe, Chelsea U21 Group D: Luton, Peterborough, Colchester Utd, Ipswich Town U21 Group E: Plymouth, Swindon, Newport County, Crystal Palace U21 Group F: AFC Wimbledon, Leyton Orient, Barnet, Arsenal U21 Group G: Cambridge Utd, Gillingham, Northampton, Brighton U21 Group H: Bromley, Crawley, MK Dons, Brentford U21

Northern section Group A: Sheffield Wednesday, Salford, Accrington, Sunderland U21 Group B: Blackpool, Wigan, Crewe, Aston Villa U21 Group C: Bradford, York, Rotherham, Newcastle U21 Group D: Mansfield, Chesterfield, Port Vale, Man City U21 Group E: Stockport, Tranmere, Shrewsbury, Everton U21 Group F: Burton, Notts County, Grimsby, Nottingham Forest U21 Group G: Barnsley, Oldham, Fleetwood, Leeds U21 Group H: Huddersfield, Doncaster Rovers, Rochdale, Liverpool U21 Southern section Group A: Oxford Utd, Exeter, Cheltenham, Tottenham Hotspur U21 Group B: Leicester City, Stevenage, Walsall, Fulham U21 Group C: Reading, Bristol Rovers, Wycombe, Chelsea U21 Group D: Luton, Peterborough, Colchester Utd, Ipswich Town U21 Group E: Plymouth, Swindon, Newport County, Crystal Palace U21 Group F: AFC Wimbledon, Leyton Orient, Barnet, Arsenal U21 Group G: Cambridge Utd, Gillingham, Northampton, Brighton U21 Group H: Bromley, Crawley, MK Dons, Brentford U21

They'll be some skeletons arriving out of his cupboard after initial furore of his appointment has died down. At the moment the media are getting hits from his perceived popularity when that starts to taper off out will come the media knives.

Until 1917 it was compulsory for all British soldiers to have a moustache punishable with prison, it was stopped due to it interfering with wearing gas masks.

The Guardian ‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics Story by Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent The Beatles in 1967. Photograph: David Magnus/Shutterstock© Photograph: David Magnus/Shutterstock If anyone needed a reminder of the enduring cultural clout of the Beatles, the past few weeks have provided a glut. Firstly, there’s the small matter of The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Paul McCartney’s 20th solo album, billed as “an adventurous and limber take on guitar music” by the Guardian. When England announced their World Cup squad, the soundtrack was Come Together, played alongside a film of fashionable young people in New York and a clip of a young, puckish John Lennon. The same week Stephen Colbert was played off from his final episode of the Late Show by a Paul McCartney rendition of Hello Goodbye. In the less showbiz locale of Felixstowe, 70 people got together to campaign for a “Beatles Day” by recreating the cover of Sgt Peppers, while barely a week passes without a “new” discovery of memorabilia and artefacts connected to the Fab Four. On the other end of the scale, Peter Murrell, the disgraced former SNP chief executive who admitted embezzlement this week, is a fan – and used party funds to buy a special edition Beatles pen set for £1,475. Ian Leslie, the bestselling author of John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs, said the UK was in the middle of a new wave of Beatlemania that was reminiscent of the 1990s revival. “We’re only just starting to come to terms with how big a cultural phenomenon they were,” said Leslie, who thinks the group were wrongly measured up against the Rolling Stones for decades. “That rivalry is irrelevant; they moved on to a plane of their own. You think about Shakespeare: we’re still reading Marlowe and the other Elizabethan playwrights, but the bard is – like the Beatles – in a whole separate category.” The Beatles occupy a unique place in the British cultural imagination. Their songs have soundtracked lives for the past 60 years, while the band’s friendships, breakups and tragedies provided a psychodrama that still captivates today. Leslie said the latest wave of interest could be traced back to Peter Jackson’s eight-hour documentary Get Back, which gave viewers an intimate and intense look at the group. No doubt the biggest upcoming Beatles event will be Sam Mendes’ four biopics dedicated to the group’s members, which are due in 2028, looming large over the cultural landscape and looking set to eclipse Jackson’s films in terms of impact. The Mendes films, each one dedicated to a different band member, appear set to rekindle conversations about the rivalries and partnerships, with Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr. Its not the only film project currently in the works: Christian Schwochow’s BBC drama series Hamburg Days is also in production. The cultural critic Simon Reynolds, whose book Still In A Dream is out in June, said the group’s transformation from pop stars to psychedelic travellers in less than a decade had made them “the greatest adventure that ever happened in pop music”. They had also embodied a changing Britain that was culturally punching way above its weight. Reynolds said. “Here’s this shabby, worn-out, repressed little culture thousands of miles away that is unexpectedly sparring with and even – I would say, with Stones and Beatles – eclipsing the source nation.” When it comes to the Fab Four and their portrayal in the films, feelings are already running high. Pattie Boyd, the ex-wife of George Harrison, who will be portrayed in the forthcoming biopics by Aimee Lou Wood, was furious at not being contacted by Mendes or his team. Leslie said that if the drumbeat of Beatles content felt loud now, it would be turned up to 11 when Mendes’ films were released. “It’ll be like a second wave of Beatlemania,” he said. “It’s absolutely crazy. They’re a pop band that people were saying, in 1963, would be lucky to last a year. Now 60 years on they’ll be the biggest cultural moment of the year. It’ll be like Barbenheimer all over again.”

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Maybe but it still doesn't mean she was for it considering how much of an influence Top had. The question is would his dad have acted the same way. It could mean that the close relationship she had with Vichai could never be the same with Top. Frankly there's so much we don't know about the possible shenanigans going on under both Vichai and Aiyawatt I think it's unfair to pin any blame on anyone either as an individual or in cohorts with others. What we do know is that KPFC are as culpable for our humongous decline as they were for our meteoric rise making our success seem simply momentary.

Just to add I'd like to how quick or even if Rudkin could get a high ranking job if he were ever sacked or resigned

This just happened to MrsG.

Unvented AC units I'm being bombarded with, why aren't these banned they're not ACs and not exactly safe.

Not twitter Mercs latest, Freebie City are one of four clubs who have ‘shown the most interest’ in free agent Archie Collins. Peterborough Today are reporting the Foxes, Sheffield Wednesday and Oxford United, and Championship outfit Portsmouth are all keen. The defensive midfielder has left Posh at the end of his contract having played 159 times since joining from Exeter City in 2023. He helped Exeter to promotion from League Two in 2022 before winning back to back EFL Trophies with Peterborough. As things stand City have Harry Winks, Oliver Skipp and Hamza Choudhury as front-line central midfielders, although that could change. Goals guarantee Conor Chaplin is one of the first players being ‘lined up’ by Leicester City. That’s according to Football League World who reckon the Foxes are keen on the attacking midfielder who has been promoted from both League One and the Championship with Ipswich Town. Indeed Chaplin won the Golden Boot as the Tractor Boys finished runners-up under Kieran McKenna in 2023, with 29 goals in all competitions. He then struck 13 more as the Suffolk side went straight through the Championship and into the Premier League. However, he spent last term on loan with his first club Portsmouth and had a subpar campaign, netting just twice in 40 matches. He returned to his parent club but is now a free agent following the end of his contract. The 29-year-old has 60 goal involvements, including 48 goals, in 141 League One games. Defender interest Torino are interested in Leicester City defender Ben Nelson. That’s according to Italian journalist Gianluca di Marzio who claims talks with the Foxes have already begun. However, he admits there is a ‘disagreement’ on the fee, and reckons City want between €6-7million for a player who has one year left on his current contract. Di Marzio says the Serie A outfit, who finished 12th in the table last season, won’t go that high and that an offer has not yet been made. Nelson made 24 Championship appearances last term, before falling out of favour with Gary Rowett towards the end of the season. He spent the campaign before that on loan with Oxford in the second tier. The left-sided centre back has been with City since the age of nine and has also had loans with Rochdale and Doncaster. What is

Perhaps using simply equation the club see using agents cheaper than employing top level scouts or it could be they kept disagreeing with Rudkin and Managers so Rudkin forced them out by ignoring their suggestions

Perhaps that's how the dream of him ends.

Makes you question who's making these decisions and maybe it's why she left as couldn't take anymore. I lke some facts before blaming her

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https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/susan-whelan-leicester-city-job-11026279 Susan Whelan lands new job after leaving Leicester City as €250m stadium project revealed Whelan stepped down from her role as CEO at the King Power Stadium after 15 years last year Josh Holland Leicester City correspondent 11:21, 23 Jun 2026 Susan Whelan has a new job after leaving Leicester City last year(Image: 2015 Plumb Images) Former Leicester City chief executive Susan Whelan has landed her first job since leaving the football club in October. She oversaw the business operations of the club during its most successful period after being appointed to the role following King Power's takeover in 2010. Whelan had worked for the company before they bought City. Now, Whelan has a new project in Dublin as independent chairperson of a consortium looking to build two Olympic-sized ice rinks in the south of Ireland's capital. Prime Arena Holding, whose investors include music promoter Denis Desmond and Hostelworld founder Tom Kennedy, are aiming to open a 8,000-capacity arena in Cherrywood by 2030. "What makes Prime Arena particularly compelling is the combination of a world-class sport, conference and live entertainment arena alongside a permanent home for winter sports. The project has the potential to become a transformational asset for Dublin and Ireland and I am delighted to be joining the board at such an important stage in its development.” Founder and CEO of Prime Arena Holdings, Dermot Rigley, said on Whelan's appointment: “Our ambition is to create Ireland’s first world-class sport, conference and live entertainment arena, inspired by iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York. "Susan's track record of leadership, governance and delivery at the highest levels of international sport makes her exceptionally well-placed to help guide the project through its next phase."