How do YOU define a Leicester 'legend'?

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Big difference for me between a legend and a cult hero, the 2 often get confused 

[coolhandfox]

3 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Big difference for me between a legend and a cult hero, the 2 get often confused 

I agree Kevin Russell good old 'Rooster' cult hero but not a legend!

 

I always think of it as player who achieved something memorable with the club, could be an individual thing like Vardy's record or a team thing like winning the league! 

 

Tommy Wright was a hero of mine, my first season going down Filbo, but his a hero not a legend for me! 

 

It's not the easiest thing to define, everyone view will be different.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

1 minute ago, coolhandfox said:

I agree Kevin Russell good old 'Rooster' cult hero but not a legend!

 

I always think of it as player who achieved something memorable with the club, could be an individual thing like Vardy's record or a team thing like winning the league! 

 

Tommy Wright was a hero of mine, my first season going down Filbo, but his a hero not a legend for me! 

 

It's not the easiest thing to define, everyone view will be different.

Yep, totally agree with Rooster, a real cult hero, the same as Sol Bamba is for some, legends are players such as Walsh, Lineker, izzet, but it's all down to individual opinions.

[MattCan]

6 hours ago, Emilio Lestavez said:

It didn't upset me and I'm not trying to silence you. I'm merely stating that you're banging a drum constantly that, for most, doesn't really need banging. 

 

I don't tell them to give it a rest because i dont trawl through FT looking for what you would perceive as 'anti-Mahrez' statements to comment on. Unlike yourself. I saw your standard Mahrez post and commented on it as you are free to do with my reply should you wish. 

 

Giving my opinion about who is legend in this thread is trolling (a nasty word again)? did I quote you or anybody? Did I ever care about your 'anti-Mahrez' statements?  (I'm tired of these attacks on me just because I appreciate and enjoy good footballers).

 

[Monsell1976]

Just being at the club a long time doesn't make a legend.

Being at the club a long time, and being a big part in the team does, like Steve Walsh.

Walsh played a big part in keeping us going through the hard years, and played a big part through the great years, and having a massive impact on the pitch.

This is where I don't get the Andy king is a legend, he's been a bit part player for a long time, with different managers, great servant to the club, legend, not for me.

[desertfox2]

Retired. Spent a long time at the club. Always gave 100% won stuff. Leicester fans will be talking about last seasons team likely for decades to come. A lot of last year's side will be legends as long as they don't do a Savage, leave and then kiss another badge or just generally be a knob head (scholes was right) toward's the club. 

 

Classic example there. Izzet and Lennon to me legends, Savage no. Should be but isn't. 

[Countryfox]

18 hours ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

That's an interesting and different spin on it.

What's the difference between a club legend and a cult classic/hero then I wonder?

I could reel off dozens of cult heroes in my time as a fan, but they're not club legends in my eyes.

For example, I'd maybe put Cambiasso in the 'cult hero' bracket for his brief cameo role here, but definitely not Leicester City club legend status for me...

 

 

Good point Muzzett ...   This is actually a tricky question which needs more thought ...    Which I shall give it when returning to my sun lounger.   I suppose Cambo was more a cult hero here but an overall footballing legend ...   We need to draw up (say) at least 10 key factors that make a legend then apply them to whichever player ...    I think many criteria have already been mentioned above ....    Anyway get on with it, it's your thread !!    

[whetstonefox]

For me Claridge will always be more of a legend than Kante. Claridge wasn't even with us that long but scored 2 of the most important goals in our history. Kante probably the better player but in my eyes will be looked on as a key part of a legendary team rather than a legendary player , though with the passing of time that may change

[Guest]

1 hour ago, MattCan said:

 

Giving my opinion about who is legend in this thread is trolling (a nasty word again)? did I quote you or anybody? Did I ever care about your 'anti-Mahrez' statements?  (I'm tired of these attacks on me just because I appreciate and enjoy good footballers).

 

Read the post again and tell me where i attacked you? You are quite obviously trolling or the most over sensitive person in the world who probably shouldn't be on an Internet forum. My guess is that once Mahrez leaves us you won't be on this one anyway.

[The_77]

When your photo is hanging up at The Football Factory in NYC well after you've retired, you're a legend. Congrats, Frank Worthington.

[HighPeakFox]

The idea behind this thread is commendable, however I fear it will end in tears...

[Izzy]

7 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

The idea behind this thread is commendable, however I fear it will end in tears...

I've enjoyed the debate and differing views on what posters define as a true Leicester legend. But there's always a squabble in almost every thread - it's inevitable on FT really!!

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Players from the past who are regularly spoken about now (in a positive way) can generally be considered either legend or cult hero, from before my time Weller, Worthington, Shilton and Banks spring to mind, all legends, from when I started going Lineker, Mauclan and there are many from the O'Neill years Walsh, Claridge, Heskey, Izzett, Elliott etc legendary status is developed over time and success, cult hero status is a more instant thing, Sol Bamba (for some) springs to mind.

In time, last seasons squad will sort itself out on who is looked upon as a club legend, not all will be remembered as much as others.

[Guest Foxin_mad]

Kante the **** will never be a legend here maybe he can be at Chelski, it takes at least a couple of years of loyal service to begin to earn that Status, some players that had been here a number of years already and then were in our Champions team can qualify for that Status.

[Izzy]

41 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Players from the past who are regularly spoken about now (in a positive way) can generally be considered either legend or cult hero, from before my time Weller, Worthington, Shilton and Banks spring to mind, all legends, from when I started going Lineker, Mauclan and there are many from the O'Neill years Walsh, Claridge, Heskey, Izzett, Elliott etc legendary status is developed over time and success, cult hero status is a more instant thing, Sol Bamba (for some) springs to mind.

In time, last seasons squad will sort itself out on who is looked upon as a club legend, not all will be remembered as much as others.

Yeah, I agree with that. 

 

A couple of definitions of a legend on this thread have really stood out for me:

 

1. A player who's name is 'synonymous' with playing for Leicester

2. A player who is now retired (legend = in the past)

 

So I think there are maybe a few of last seasons squad who are on there way to achieving legendary status for Leicester. For example if Drinky and Kasper stayed with us for the rest of their careers, there's every chance they'll be looked back on as true Leicester legends. And on the flip side, those who only played a season for us or made their name at another club wouldn't necessarily be remembered as such.

 

Just my theory on it...

 

 

[BrummieFOX]

There's only one current legend in our squad at the moment for me. Andy King. There's a fair few that could go on to become one if they stay with us for longer. 

 

 

 

[Chico1958]

On 09/01/2017 at 08:30, Line-X said:

Strikes me, the entire notion of a 'legend' appears to be highly subjective and arbitrary. It also seems to depend upon the era that you identify with - which is odd. I never saw Chandler, Cross, Stringfellow, Sjoberg, Gibson or Rodriguez play but it baffles me that they haven't featured on any of the supposedly definitive lists on this thread.

You forgot Glover, Banks, Nish, Shilton, Bloomfield, Milne, Fern, Lochead

 

Possibly one of the best teams I saw regularly back in the day before Bank of Dad, Mortgage, KIDs, Motorbikes and Gigs/Festivals took over my life.

 

The Milne, ONiell, even Wallace, Pearson and Little had some great moments which I was lucky to see.

 

Then the obvious play offs with Cardiff, then last year just took the biscuit............. In the day you couldn't be plastic, you had to pay cash

 

Fvck me I feel old

 

 

 

[The Guvnor]

30 minutes ago, Chico1958 said:

You forgot Glover, Banks, Nish, Shilton, Bloomfield, Milne, Fern, Lochead

 

Possibly one of the best teams I saw regularly back in the day before Bank of Dad, Mortgage, KIDs, Motorbikes and Gigs/Festivals took over my life.

 

The Milne, ONiell, even Wallace, Pearson and Little had some great moments which I was lucky to see.

 

Then the obvious play offs with Cardiff, then last year just took the biscuit............. In the day you couldn't be plastic, you had to pay cash

 

Fvck me I feel old

 

 

Jon Sammels ,Steve Whitworth , great team we had then,or so my dad told me , cough cough.

 

[Chico1958]

I forgot to mention............. It was my Granpa who took me

[Chico1958]

 

Here you are people, the real legends............... Without them we wouldn't be here

 

I give you the classes of 1892 1886 1887 Leicester Fosse............. No I wasn't there

 

 

1886

 

 

And 1887

[Lionator]

 By doing this.

[Izzy]

6 minutes ago, Lionator said:

 By doing this.

It took four of them to get Taggart off him 

[Tielemans63]

For me a legend is a player you'll still be talking about over a decade after they stopped playing for the club. 

 

I think it's fairly safe to see that we will be talking about many of the current crop in a decade's time so in my eyes they will almost all be club legends.

[funkyrobot]

A legend has to have #topbantz 

[Guest Col city fan]

Great thread and it's very difficult to pin down.

I think ultimately it's a personal thing based on age, games you remember and that type of thing. I look back in fondness at players like 'Rooster' Russell for example, as I do Tommy Wright and Stevie Lynex. But are these players 'legends' of the club? That famous game at home to Cambridge in the play offs, where Wright was basically unplayable, or Rooster's goal away at Blackburn where Mimms hit it against him and he ran the ball into the net....all 'legendary' stuff in my years of watching the club, but others who didn't see them play, of course wouldn't think so.

Vardy and his history making goal scoring run in the Prem...does that give him 'legendary' status? I guess it probably does.

However, for me Steve Walsh for me is the clubs biggest legend. His grit and determination, his never say die attitude and all that...had us adoring him for a long time.

I think it's ultimately a personal thing. It's about the games you've seen, the affinities you somehow make with certain players and the things that stick in the memory. For me, that's what legendary means.