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Leicester Memories Jeffrey Boyes Leic clubs in 70s

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble The Swiss Cottage This one was Lee Circle.

My brother and i had a competition with a couple of gals as to who could get to Doncaster from Leicester, they beat us by about 3hrs.

Baileys for me saw Love Affair as they hit the No! spot. Even the Corn Exchange had a few decent bands say The Spencer Davis Group as they hit No1? with Keep on Running

The wedge & flick leicester · Bod Cox · MR KIESAS

Made In Leicester Rob Hubble · Haymarket 1960s Belgrave Gate.

Club Entered administration/CVA Exited administration/CVA League(s) Deduction(s) Bradford City 1983 1983 (Old company dissolved)[23] Third Division None Charlton Athletic February 1984[24][25] March 1984[nb 1] (Old company dissolved)[26] Second Division None Chelsea Administrative Receiver appointed: 14 May 1993[27] August 1992[27] (Old company dissolved)[28] Premier League None Middlesbrough 21 May 1986 July 1986[29][nb 2] (Old company dissolved)[30] Third Division None Tranmere Rovers 1987[31] 1987[32] Fourth Division None Newport County 1989[33] February 1989 Dissolved[33] Football Conference None Walsall 1990 − − None Northampton Town 1992 − − None Kettering Town 1992 − − None Aldershot 1992 − − None Maidstone United 1992 − − None Hartlepool United 1994 − − None Barnet 1994 − − None Exeter City 1994 − − None Gillingham 1995 − − None Doncaster Rovers 1997 − − None Millwall 21 January 1997 June 1997 (Old company dissolved)[34] Second Division None Bournemouth 1997 − − None Crystal Palace 1998 July 2000 Second Division None Chester City October 1998[35] July 1999[36] Third Division None Portsmouth 1998 1999 Second Division None Hull City 7 February 2001[37] 12 March 2001[38][nb 3] Third Division None Queens Park Rangers 2 April 2001[40] 17 November 2002[41] First Division None Bury 1 March 2002[42] − Second Division Third Division None Halifax Town 9 April 2002[43] March 2003[44] Third Division Football Conference None Bradford City 16 May 2002[45] 1 August 2002[46] First Division None Notts County June 2002 December 2003[47] (Old company dissolved)[48] Third Division None Barnsley 3 October 2002[49] 25 October 2003[50] Second Division None Leicester City 21 October 2002[51] 16 November 2004[52] (Old company in liquidation)[53] First Division None Port Vale 16 December 2002[54] 2003 (Old company dissolved)[55] Second Division None York City 18 December 2002[56] 26 March 2003[57] (Old company dissolved)[58] Third Division None Luton Town 2003[59] 2003 Second Division None Derby County 20 October 2003[60] 20 October 2003[60] Championship None[nb 4] Ipswich Town[nb 5] 10 February 2003[64] 30 May 2003[65] First Division None Wimbledon 5 June 2003[66] 21 June 2004[67] (As MK Dons) First Division None Oldham Athletic August 2003[68] 26 May 2004[69] (Old company dissolved)[70] Second Division None Darlington 23 December 2003[71] 26 May 2004[72] Third Division None Bradford City 27 February 2004[73] 10 December 2004[74] (Old company dissolved)[75] First Division League One None Wrexham 3 December 2004[13] 3 August 2006[76] League One League Two −10 pts Cambridge United 29 April 2005[77] 22 July 2005[78] League Two −10 pts Rotherham United 13 May 2006[79] ??? League One −10 pts Crawley Town 5 June 2006[80] 10 August 2007[81] Conference National −6 pts[nb 6] Boston United 25 April 2007[83] 20 May 2008[84] League Two −10 pts[nb 7] Leeds United 4 May 2007[86] 11 July 2007[87] (Old company dissolved)[88] Championship League One −10 pts −15 pts[nb 8] Luton Town 22 November 2007[90] 28 July 2008[91] (Old company dissolved)[92] League One League Two −10 pts −20 pts[nb 9] Bournemouth 8 February 2008[94] 18 July 2008[95] (Old company dissolved)[96] League One League Two −10 pts −17 pts[nb 10] Rotherham United 18 March 2008[98] 2008[1] (Old company dissolved)[99] League Two −10 pts −17 pts[nb 11] Halifax Town 26 March 2008[100] 13 June 2008[101] Conference National −10 pts Darlington 25 February 2009[102] 7 August 2009[103] League Two −10 pts Southampton 2 April 2009[104][105] 8 July 2009[106] Championship League One N/A −10 pts[nb 12] Stockport County 30 April 2009[107] 18 June 2010[108] League One −10 pts Chester City 17 May 2009[35] 10 March 2010[nb 13] Dissolved Conference National −25 pts[nb 14] Northwich Victoria 15 May 2009[114] 16 May 2010[115][nb 15] Conference National −10 pts[nb 16] Farsley Celtic 30 June 2009[119] 10 March 2010 Dissolved[120] Conference North −10 pts[121] Salisbury City 3 September 2009[122] 26 February 2010[123][124] Conference National −10 pts[nb 17] Weymouth 28 October 2009[126] 27 November 2009[127] Conference South None Crystal Palace 26 January 2010[128] 20 August 2010[129] (Old company dissolved)[130] Championship −10 pts Portsmouth 26 February 2010[16] 24 October 2010[131] (Old company dissolved)[132] Premier League −9 pts Plymouth Argyle 4 March 2011[133] 31 October 2011[134] (Old company dissolved)[135] League One −10 pts Rushden and Diamonds 7 July 2011[136] 8 July 2011 Dissolved[137] Conference National None Darlington 3 January 2012[138] 21 June 2012 Dissolved[139] Conference National −10 pts Portsmouth 17 February 2012[140] 19 April 2013[141] (Old company dissolved)[142] Championship −10 pts Port Vale 9 March 2012[143] 20 November 2012[144] (Old company dissolved)[145] League Two −10 pts Coventry City 21 March 2013[146] 14 June 2013[147] (Old company dissolved)[148] League One League One −10 pts[146][149] −10 pts[150] Aldershot Town 2 May 2013[151] 31 July 2014 (Old company dissolved)[152] League Two Conference National N/A -10 pts Bolton Wanderers 13 May 2019[153] 28 August 2019[154] (Old company in liquidation)[155] Championship League One N/A −12 pts[156] Bury 18 July 2019[157] CVA terminated on 9 March 2020; new CVA sought.[158] League One −12 pts[159] Rhyl 27 April 2020[160] 27 April 2020 Dissolved[160] Cymru North None[nb 18] Wigan Athletic 1 July 2020[161] 30 March 2021[162] (Old company in liquidation)[163] Championship League One −12 pts[161] N/A Bury 27 November 2020[164] 1 May 2022[165] N/A N/A Derby County 22 September 2021[166] 1 July 2022[167] Championship −12 pts[166] Torquay United 5 April 2024[168] 31 May 2024[169] National League South −10 pts[170] Sheffield Wednesday 24 October 2025[171] Championship –12 pts[172] Farsley Celtic 18 December 2025[173] 18 December 2025 (liquidated; phoenix club FC Farsley was created)[173] N/A N/A Harlow Town 9 January 2026[174] Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division TBD

Football.aug · Follow Claudio Ranieri: "I remember my first meeting with the chairman when I arrived at Leicester City. He sat down with me and said, “Claudio, this is a very important year for the club. It is very important for us to stay in the Premier League. We have to stay safe.” My reply was, “Okay, sure. We’ll work hard on the training ground and try to achieve this.” Forty points. That was the goal. That was the total we needed to stay in the first division, to give our fans another season of Premier League football. Perhaps you have heard their names now. Players who were considered too small or too slow for other big clubs. N’Golo Kanté. Jamie Vardy. Wes Morgan. Danny Drink water. Riyad Mahrez. When I arrived my first day of training and I saw the quality of these players, I knew how good they could be. Well, I knew we had a chance to survive in the Premier League. This player Kanté, he was running so hard that I thought he must have a pack full of batteries hidden in his shorts. He never stopped running in training. I had to tell him, “Hey, N’Golo, slow down. Slow down. Don’t run after the ball every time, okay?” He says to me, “Yes, boss. Yes. Okay.” Ten seconds later, I look over and he’s running again. I tell him, “One day, I’m going to see you cross the ball, and then finish the cross with a header yourself.” He’s unbelievable, but he is not the only key. There are too many keys to name in this incredible season. Jamie Vardy, for example. This is not a footballer. This is a fantastic horse. He has a need to be free out there on the pitch. I say to him, “You are free to move however you want, but you must help us when we lose the ball. That’s all I ask of you. If you start to press the opposition, all of your teammates will follow you.” Before we played our first match of the season, I told the players, “I want you to play for your teammates. We are a little team, so we have to fight with all our heart, with all our soul. I don’t care the name of the opponent. All I want is for you to fight. If they are better than us, Okay, congratulations. But they have to show us they are better.”" #football

Look where you could get to by train from Belgrave Road Station

Yeah Ian Allen LMS Region My brother and I used to visit siblings in London and take in all the main line stations. Another popular destination was Grantham.

Was there quite a lot myself used to sit on the upper ramparts/parapets or whatever they were called of the bridge and also sneak down to the Roundhouse to 'cab' all the engines that were there.

https://fawslfulltime.co.uk/2026/01/15/leicester-city-sign-manchester-uniteds-veteran-forward-williams/ Leicester City sign Manchester United’s veteran forward Williams By Daniel Pentland / January 15, 2026 Leicester City have completed the signing of Manchester United’s veteran forward Rachel Williams on an 18-month deal. WSL Full-Time were informed of the news via an official club press release from The Foxes this evening. The 38-year-old forward returns to the club where she started out in her youth 26 years ago. Williams broke into the first team at Leicester City and she is now set to begin her third spell with her hometown club. Williams has a wealth of experience at Barclays Women’s Super League level. She has played in England’s top tier for 15 years in spells with Birmingham City, Chelsea, Notts County, Birmingham City, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.

https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/coventry-city-ccfc-leicester-city-lcfc-sky-bet-championship-fitness-injury-news-jannik-vestergaard-boubakary-soumare Vestergaard & Soumaré In Training, Says Cifuentes marti-cifuentes by Sam Stevens from LCFC Training Ground Share this Jannik Vestergaard and Bouba Soumaré are in contention to appear at Coventry City on Saturday, Manager Martí Cifuentes said on Thursday. Martí Cifuentes has provided a fitness update for Saturday's trip to Coventry City Leicester City could have Jannik Vestergaard and Boubakary Soumaré available for the game Vestergaard had an ankle issue at Cheltenham, while Soumaré has been out since November Victor Kristiansen, Harry Souttar and Aaron Ramsey are the absentees for City We head to Coventry Building Society Arena for a 12:30pm GMT kick-off on the back of successive victories over West Bromwich Albion, in the Sky Bet Championship, and Cheltenham Town, in the Emirates FA Cup. Centre-back picked up an ankle complaint at Cheltenham, while has been absent since late November, but both have been in training this week. “[Vestergaard] just twisted, or rolled, his ankle,” Cifuentes told the media in Seagrave. “He’s good, training with the team, and is ready for Saturday. jannik-vestergaard “There’s nothing else. Bouba has trained with the group. He’s doing well, has recovered from his injury, and will be available as well.” , and are longer-term absentees for the Foxes, who will again be out this weekend, and all are still ‘weeks’ away from returns. “At the moment, in terms of injuries, we've got Victor, Souts and Aaron,” Cifuentes added. “All of them are on their way. It’ll take weeks, for all of them, until they’re back.”

Made In Leicester Dian Lestari Leicester Railway Station 1969

Leicestershire County Council has been the lowest funded county for years, the formula they use just fixes us there everytime.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alves-torments-comeback-provide-exciting-10754995 Will Alves 'torments' on comeback to provide exciting Leicester City reminder The 20-year-old made his first start in four months on Tuesday night as Huddersfield beat Rotherham 3-0 in the Vertu Trophy, scoring the first and setting up the second Jordan Blackwell 13:18, 14 Jan 2026 Updated 16:53, 14 Jan 2026 Leicester City's Will Alves scored for loan club Huddersfield against Rotherham on Tuesday night Will Alves showed what he can do and what Leicester City could get back in the summer with a goal and an influential performance in Huddersfield’s 3-0 win over Rotherham. Making his first start since September after recovering from a foot injury, the City loanee looked at his free-flowing best on Tuesday night, dribbling the ball with speed and close control, with the Millers unable to keep a handle on him. Starting in an attacking midfield role with the freedom to drift left, Alves had the end product too, and it ensured Huddersfield comfortably progressed to the last eight of the Vertu Trophy. For the opener, the 20-year-old received the ball with his back to goal, took a touch inside and curled into the far corner from 18 yards. Potential Wout Faes transfer fee emerges as Monaco confirm Leicester City clause Leicester City's transfer to-do list may have fourth task with duo's status pivotal For the second, he received the ball out wide near the byline, spun his man, and raced into the box. His goal-bound shot was tipped onto the crossbar, with Terriers team-mate Lasse Sorensen gobbling up the rebound. Now he’s back in the starting line-up, the aim will be to keep his place and help Huddersfield’s League One promotion push. “He’s tired after the game of course, but it’s significant minutes and I really enjoyed the threat he caused in the first half,” manager Lee Grant said of Alves. “I thought Cammy (Cameron Ashia) and Will in the first half really tormented the full-back and the defender on that side. So that was really pleasing. I thought Will was really productive in those moments. “Will’s closer (to starting league matches) as he’s been exposed to it longer. He’s also got youth on his side. He’s really pushing and we’re really excited about that.” Discussing his return to the side and his impact on the ball, Alves told BBC Radio Leeds: “I’m delighted for myself to be back out there, but winning is the main thing and being able to help out with a goal and creating the second one, I’m delighted. “It’s just my instincts. When I’m in my own flow, I don’t think too much. I just move with the ball, it’s what I’ve done my whole life.” It was only Alves’ sixth appearance for Huddersfield since joining the club on loan last summer, but performances like that will earn him plenty of minutes in the second half of the season if he can stay fit. The Terriers have lost influential Chelsea loanee Leo Castledine, who has been sold to Middlesbrough, and so there is room for Alves to make the attacking midfield spot his own, improving his game before returning to City in the summer.

Wise definitely Keown comes very close. 99% of the rest mentioned were mostly crap players so blame the managers who signed them.

Just been shouting at Reeeeeeeves on BBC Breakfast sitting there talking smugly about the Northern Powerhouse.. Even the titbit nod to the midlands/central England was the mention of the Oxford- Cambridge link.

Sounds like the intro to Tenable

Wout Faes - AS Monaco on loan until the end of the current season, subject to International Clearance - OS

🇲🇨 Wout Faes is a new AS Monaco player. 💰 Agreement reached this Tuesday between ASM & Leicester City on a loan with an option to buy. 🇧🇪 Faes is on his way to the Principality and will be in Monaco today. #mercato #LCFC

https://www.leedsallover.com/james-justin-leeds-united-dressing-room-best-ive-been-in/ James Justin heaps praise on Daniel Farke with strong Leeds United claim It was a great, fully deserved moment for Justin late on. He’s been a remarkable asset to the side in recent weeks, stepping in for the injured Jayden Bogle with real reliability. Defensively, he’s been solid with a number of crucial contributions at Liverpool and Newcastle. But, to get his first goal for Leeds will have felt great. After the game, he spoke to the media including Adam Pope. In which, he shared that this Leeds dressing room is the easiest he’s ever had to fit into: Leeds United making Leicester City look foolish on James Justin verdicts Signed for an initial £8million rising to £10million, it looked as though United had forked out a big fee for the full-back. We needed cover for both sides of the defence, and Justin provided that. The issue was that he was a few years off his previous peak run of form in the Premier League. Consequently, Leicester City fans were delighted to cash in on a player they were keen to see the back of. As a result, we held reservations about what to expect from Justin. The results so far from his performances have been outstanding. His comments to Pope outline what I’ve been thinking too. He needed to get out of a toxic Leicester setup and into a club where he’s going to enjoy his football a lot more. Now, he’s benefitting as a result. Adam Pope @apopey · Follow James Justin says it’s the easiest dressing room he’s ever fitted into. Big admirer of Farke’s management. On that point Farke’s name sung by crowd on full time. #LUFC

Foot Mercato first reported that Leicester City defender Wout Faes (27) was nearing a move to AS Monaco on Monday evening. Nice-Matin now report that the deal has moved rapidly, to the extent that he is already training with his new teammates at the Principality club on Tuesday morning. As reported by L’Équipe, Faes’ move to Monaco is expected to be a loan with a buy option estimated to be worth between €5-10m. His signing comes amid a defensive crisis at the Principality club. Mohammed Salisu is out until the end of the season with an ACL injury, Christian Mawissa is out for several weeks with a muscular injury, and Eric Dier has only just returned to fitness, having hardly played a minute of football since the start of October. Reinforcements are therefore a must. Faes’ move to Monaco is now completed, Nice-Matin understands. He is even already in training at the club’s performance centre in La Turbie this morning. GFFN | Luke Entwistle

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sammy-braybrooke-leicester-city-transfer-10751505 EXCLUSIVE: Sammy Braybrooke defends Leicester City loan decision and issues transfer admission Leicester City midfielder Sammy Braybrooke has opened up on why he signed for Chesterfield earlier this month, after spending the first half of the season at Newport County Sport Kieran King 09:00, 13 Jan 2026 Updated 10:07, 13 Jan 2026 Sammy Braybrooke has spoken about his January move to Chesterfield Sammy Braybrooke has defended Leicester City's decision to send him out on loan to Chesterfield, insisting that the move feels like "the right fit". Some City fans fumed after Braybrooke, 21, was recalled from his loan spell at Newport County and then sent straight out to fellow League Two side Chesterfield earlier this month, despite interest from a higher level. The 2004-born midfielder impressed at The Exiles, scoring two goals and providing two assists in 22 appearances during the first half of the season before he returned to Leicester on New Year’s Eve. There had been talk that a League One move was on the cards for Braybrooke, but he instead joined Chesterfield - who play in the same division as Newport - on January 4. Explaining why he ended up signing for Chesterfield, Braybrooke told Leicestershire Live: "There was that talk about going to a higher league, but I looked at it from a point of I just want to play football really and I want to go to a team that suits me, that I'll fit in straight away. "I didn't want to adapt my game to change, and that's what you want when you're a loan player. You want to just go straight in because you can run out of time. "You could go four games without playing and then that's a month and you've only got three months left, so you want to fit in straight away. I feel like it's (Chesterfield) the right fit for that." Newport, who appointed Leicester legend Christian Fuchs as their new manager in late November, have endured a difficult season so far and sit bottom of League Two having won just four of their 24 matches. In contrast, Chesterfield are right in the promotion mix in the fourth tier and sit seventh, just three points off the automatic places. Paul Cook's side have won 10, drawn 10 and lost five of their 25 league fixtures this term. Leicester City midfielder Sammy Braybrooke in action for loan club Newport County(Image: Harry Murphy/Getty Images) Chesterfield utilise a much more front-footed and possession-based brand of football than Newport. Indeed, the Spireites (59) average 12% more ball possession this season than the Exiles (47). They have also scored 18 more goals and average more shots per-90. "I think the move came about towards the end of December, they (Chesterfield) got in contact with my agent," Braybrooke said. "And then obviously my contract at Newport was only up until the 31st of December anyway, so the gaffer (Paul Cook) just gave me a rang, and we had a little chat. Then a few days later I decided that is the one. "I gave them a ring back, they already sorted out everything with us and that was it. I was buzzing, I think it’s a team I want to play in. They play football the way I see football, or how it should be played, and I think it will suit me down to the ground to be honest." Braybrooke made eight appearances for Newport under Fuchs and it’s safe to say he loved working with the former City left-back. "Yeah, he was very enjoyable, to be fair," he said on Fuchs, who worked as a coach in the United States before moving back to the United Kingdom and securing the Newport job last year. "He's got a very good understanding of the game. He knows what he wants his team to do, so you're never really second-guessing yourself when you're on the pitch. "There are no grey areas and he wants to win at the end of the day. If you have to change to win, that's all that matters. He only wants good things from the players and the staff and everyone around him. So yeah, it was very enjoyable." Braybrooke made his Chesterfield debut during last weekend's 2-2 draw against MK Dons. He was thrown straight into the starting XI by Cook and shone, playing the full 90 minutes and winning the fans’ Man of the Match. It was a result that kept the Spireites in the play-off places and well in the promotion race with 21 matches to go. They were due to go up against Colchester on Saturday, but the game was postponed due to a frozen pitch, meaning the Derbyshire side are next in action against leaders Bromley this weekend. Leicester City's Sammy Braybrooke has been one of the top players in League Two this season View 4 Images Leicester City's Sammy Braybrooke has been one of the top players in League Two this season(Image: Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images) On a personal note, Braybrooke is hoping to play as much as possible and develop ahead of returning to Leicester in the summer. From a team perspective, meanwhile, the Wigston star is eyeing up a promotion on his CV. He said: "Yeah, part of the point is just to play as much football as possible and play to the best of my ability and show people what I can do. Just show people what I've done at Newport and bring it into a different environment. "As a team, I think we've got the belief and the quality that we can do good things this year and I'd say promotion is an aim. It's not unrealistic, it's definitely a realistic target. We're just looking to take it game by game and have a strong finish this season." Braybrooke, who joined Leicester's academy as a six-year-old, has made just one first-team appearance for the Foxes and that came against Newport in a Carabao Cup fourth round tie in November 2022. He had been on course to feature more for Brendan Rodgers but an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury in February 2023 hampered his progress, with the playmaker spending more than a year on the sidelines. Sammy Braybrooke made his Leicester City debut in the 3-0 win over Newport View 4 Images Sammy Braybrooke made his Leicester City debut in the 3-0 win over Newport(Image: James Williamson - AMA/Getty Images) "I still think about the debut that day, every day since," Braybrooke said, when asked about his Leicester debut. "I loved it, like you're making your debut in front of all the fans and no one could have really wrote it a few years later I'd be going back to Newport. But yeah, it's something that I enjoyed a lot, to be honest. "Obviously I got injured a few months, about two months after that. So it was a bit of a downer, but I'm just slowly finding my form and I feel like I'm back to my best, to be honest." Long-term, Braybrooke is determined to force his way into the Leicester starting XI on a weekly basis. Hamza Choudhury, Ben Nelson and Jakub Stolarczyk are among the current academy graduates who spent time out on loan before returning and becoming first-team regulars. "It's the club that I've grown up and always played for," Braybrooke finished. "Obviously when you're young, you dream of being a footballer and as you progress further through the ranks, you think this might be a target that I can reach. So yeah, definitely something I want to do. I'd love to play for Leicester. "I know the environment, I know the King Power, it's a pleasure to play there. There's loads of people at Leicester you could look at who have been on loan, played in the 21s, been on loan, came back and they just took their career from there. So yeah, it's definitely trying to follow in their footsteps."