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Let’s not hear any bullshit about tiredness or fitness with Watford playing tonight

Now we have the Football Regulator who's role it is to "The IFR's core objectives will be to: protect and promote the financial soundness of regulated football clubs" Have the @Foxes_Trust considered contacting them to ask them to investigate the current and potential financial status of LCFC>

https://www.themag.co.uk/2026/03/jamaal-lascelles-watching-on-as-leicester-city-disaster-unfolds-whilst-chelsea-untouchable/ The independent voice of Newcastle United since 1988 Leicester City fans will no doubt have shaken their heads in disbelief, like the rest of us, the total absence of any real punishment for Chelsea. Monday brought news of how Chelsea had cheated their way to success in the Premier League, with tens of millions of secret payments made over a number of years, to give them an unfair advantage. Yet not a single point deducted from them in punishment, only a fine which is meaningless, with not even a first team transfer ban, just a suspended one. Yet two days after the announcement that Jamaal Lascelles had joined the Foxes, Leicester City announced they had been docked six points due to PSR breaches. If they had just been let off breaking the rules, like Chelsea, with no points deduction, Leicester City would actually be now four points clear of the drop. Instead, Leicester City are one of the clear favourites for relegation to the third tier and if that does happen, will their slide go on further to who knows where… Meanwhile, Chelsea are allowed to simply carry on unpunished. Breaking the rules, finding endless accountancy loopholes to exploit, doing simply as they want. They are so entitled and believe they can do whatever they like, they even believe there is nothing wrong with seeing the centre circle as their territory ahead of a match, surrounding the referee who is standing on the centre spot, for a pre-match huddle. We all laugh at it but this is a perfect visible representation of how Chelsea see themselves, a club that believes it doesn’t need to follow the normal rules and conventions that the rest understand they have to live by.

https://foxesofleicester.com/leicester-pl-title-winner-out-of-retirement-to-play-for-this-club Leicester PL title-winner out of retirement to play for this club By Thomas Bradley Alderman | In the grand, often predictable theatre of English football, few players have navigated a narrative arc as jagged or as storied as Danny Simpson. A graduate of the Manchester United academy, Simpson's career was a nomadic odyssey across the professional landscape, featuring shifts for Royal Antwerp, Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. Yet, it was amidst the blue-hued fervor of Leicester City that the right back secured his immortality. As a vital component of the 2015/16 squad, he helped script the most improbable fairy-tale in sporting history: a 5000-1 odyssey that elevated a band of 'misfits' to the summit of the Premier League. The Blue Army hold Simpson in high regard, remembering the grit and determination of a right-back who defied the odds. However, his journey was never devoid of shadow; off-field controversies and legal entanglements once threatened to eclipse his defensive industry. Transitioning into a post-playing life defined by media punditry and mental health advocacy, "Simmo" was seemingly content to let the boots gather dust. All while he dissected the modern game from the warmth of a television studio. Former Fox's renaissance: Leicester City hero Danny Simpson's unlikely final act Yet, in a maneuver that has blindsided the pundits, the 39-year-old has eschewed the comfortable silence of retirement for a peculiar appearing return to the pitch. Simpson has officially signed for Stretford Paddock FC, a club birthed from the digital womb of YouTube fan culture. "And the former Man Utd ace led them to a major 5-3 victory at Project Solar Stadium." The Sun It is a striking juxtaposition: a man who once marshaled the backline against the world's elite now finds himself in the grassroots trenches of the Cheshire League. For Simpson, this isn't about the pursuit of silverware or the roar of 30,000 voices: it is a raw, nostalgic homecoming to the turf, proving that for a true champion, the game never truly ends - it simply finds a new, humbler rhythm.

Maguire said: “Going down from the Premier League to the Championship meant an immediate hit of around about £70million in broadcast money. “Plus there would have been a sizable hit from the sponsors, because they're not willing to pay that front of shirt deal. We saw about a £10m decrease between 2023/24 when that happened, going from Premier League to Championship the last time. “Match day income will hold up, you got more matches. I know they can't increase the season ticket prices, but generally they would have sold season tickets with the intention at the start of this season that Leicester City will be competing at the right end of the division. Clearly that that's not materialised. ‌ “You put those two factors together and you're probably talking about £70-80m reduction. “Now if they get relegated to League One the money from the Championship deal drops from about £7m to £1m, so there's about a £5-6m reduction there. ‌ “You're on your second year of parachutes, and that's another £10m and I think they will struggle to generate as much money through the turnstiles, selling hospitality and so on. “No disrespect to anybody in League One, they all deserve to be there but if you've got Fleetwood coming to town, Walsall or Exeter City, those clubs don't generate interest. “Especially if you've got a Tuesday night match, even if the club's doing well, trying to sell those boxes is very difficult at the old prices. ‌ “The last time, in 2024, the revenue of the City was £105million in the Championship, if they're in League One next season, then I'd probably say it'll be something around about £70m-ish, that's if they do very well – and they were generating over £200million a year in the Premier League. “So the money will be going down by two-thirds, from the Premier League days – and two thirds could turn into threequarters if they don't have a good season.” Maguire’s reference to parachute payments includes the fact City would still enjoy a share of the Premier League TV money – even in League One – also depending on whatever deal they have already struck with bankers Macquarie. ‌ Clubs relegated from the Premier League still receive a portion for three seasons, albeit on a sliding scale that reduces from years one to three. Maguire admits this would certainly help City – but not confer any guarantees: “Luton are in receipt of parachutes this season in League One, which in theory gives them a huge advantage over everybody else, but they're not knocking it out of the park. "And Sunderland had two years of parachutes in League One when they were owned by Stewart Donald and Charlie Methven and that failed to get them out of League One, even though they also had the biggest attendances in the division that season as well. ‌ “It's a scrappy division. You are the biggest kid on the block, especially with Leicester City, having won the Premier League ten years ago, having success in the Champions League and so on, they will be the one club that everybody wants to have a go at.” Birmingham found that in 2024/25 but still romped back into the Championship with a record 111 points, they are not likely to ‘do an Ipswich’ with back to back promotions – but they are ninth and have once against invested heavily in the last two windows.

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We'd surely still have to pay for the use of it and I'm also sure that would be vetted to ensure it was inline with rentals of that kind.

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble High Street 1956.

So a big improvement then

Well yesterday

I suspect you are exaggerating how useful they are when they're meant for helping a team in the Championship not League 1

Fans or the Club? I've saved this season by giving up my men's ST.

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We went from 19th to 23 in 7 minutes

Guesws Who?

Why did England give away possession with just a few minutes to go.

Today When you're crying, when you're crying The whole league laughs at you We're not laughing, we're not laughing The tears are coming through we'll keep on crying, bring on the pain We can't stop sighing, or be happy again When you're crying, when you're crying The whole league laughs at you

Big changes after today with Oxford drawing and Blackburn/WBA both winning and us being shite.

I've not been impressed sure he has a style to him and some skills but he's not making anything happen. Maybe he's just not suited to the football we're playing and our skills levels. Even BR look more involved and creative not that anyone in this team seems to be able to create a goal other than through some long range shots