Danking Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Hi all I'm a new member to this page and for some reason I can't find how to start my own post! I'm ever so sorry to jump on this post but the reason I have joined this page is to try and find some information on my great grandad John King who played for Leicester city in 1922 and I was hoping someone out there may have some information on him or some photographs? Anything would be greatly appreciated as I have no pictures of him or any more information! My dad said he was born on 1901 in Birmingham that's all I know. Many thanks for your time people and sorry again to bombard this page. Have a great day all the very best Daniel King
EnderbyFox Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Hi all I'm a new member to this page and for some reason I can't find how to start my own post! I'm ever so sorry to jump on this post but the reason I have joined this page is to try and find some information on my great grandad John King who played for Leicester city in 1922 and I was hoping someone out there may have some information on him or some photographs? Anything would be greatly appreciated as I have no pictures of him or any more information! My dad said he was born on 1901 in Birmingham that's all I know. Many thanks for your time people and sorry again to bombard this page. Have a great day all the very best Daniel King The History section on this website is great for player info. Here's details of the 1921/22 season http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/page/browse.php?session=1921
davieG Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Seems to be listed as Jack in the player list http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/page/players.php?sort=k http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/page/playerdetails.php?pid=841
Rocket-Ron Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Don't buy it from amazon though. about £10 in Leicester shops
davieG Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Don't buy it from amazon though. about £10 in Leicester shops I hate that picture celebrating our lowest ever finish. Out of the 125 year + history they couldn't have found a better subject to put on the front.
AKCJ Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 I hate that picture celebrating our lowest ever finish. Out of the 125 year + history they couldn't have found a better subject to put on the front. Was literally just about to post that. Wait til next may and get a photo of Big Wes holding the Premier League trophy up.
Fox92 Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Probably because it was recent. That version was released in 2010 and we won League One just a year previous.
Jordan Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 I hate that picture celebrating our lowest ever finish. Out of the 125 year + history they couldn't have found a better subject to put on the front.I'm sure it had to do with the club choosing a recent success, with publication being in 2010, and linking the club's past to its present. Should we not have celebrated that moment? Should we have just declined the Football League's offer to present that trophy because we shouldn't have celebrated our lowest-ever league finish? Was the League One title-winning season a worse experience than the one that immediately preceded it? The best touch of the cover artwork are five swans flying past, with a sixth one lagging behind.
davieG Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Well I know it was because it was a recent event. Did I say we shouldn't have celebrated it? Of course we should have but celebrate it for what it was. I take no real satisfaction from winning that league other than it got us out of that league as quick as possible and nothing can take away the fact that it was our lowest ever finish. For me that doesn't justify putting on the front of a book that represents our total history and people can have their views on it but I still hate it because it saddens me that for the only time in our history we sank that low.
Langley Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 I had a relative play for City. A one "Big" Joe Carr.
Webbo Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 I had a relative play for City. A one "Big" Joe Carr. I know his brother Juan.
Focks Posted 26 November 2015 Posted 26 November 2015 Wonder whether we'll ever see a Walter and Herbert in our team again
Saxondale Posted 27 November 2015 Posted 27 November 2015 Wonder whether we'll ever see a Walter and Herbert in our team again In about 30 years, yes. Baby name popularity seems to be cyclical and lots of old fashioned names are making a comeback.
MattGamble92 Posted 27 November 2015 Posted 27 November 2015 I hate that picture celebrating our lowest ever finish. Out of the 125 year + history they couldn't have found a better subject to put on the front. True, but i expect a reissue very soon and i think they'll find something from the last few years to better that....
HighPeakFox Posted 27 November 2015 Posted 27 November 2015 Seems to be listed as Jack in the player list http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/page/players.php?sort=k http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/page/playerdetails.php?pid=841 Believe it or not, Johns were often called Jack in those days - an unusual derivative.
kingcarr21 Posted 27 November 2015 Posted 27 November 2015 I know his brother Juan. My surname is Carr and ive lost count how many people asked me to call my son Juan. My wife is South American so we could have totally justified it aswel
davieG Posted 27 November 2015 Posted 27 November 2015 Believe it or not, Johns were often called Jack in those days - an unusual derivative. Ha as someone who's name is John and whose father was also John I'm aware of that in fact in my early years plenty of my family insisted on calling me Jackie which I hated thinking it was a girls name. I did mellow a little bit when lcfc signed one of my favourite and top scoring wingers in Jackie Sinclair who incidently was a cousin of poor Tommy Wright.
Nick Posted 27 November 2015 Posted 27 November 2015 And if you were a Scottish John you got called Jock.
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