The Leicester City rollercoaster

[TheStig]

 

It has been a privilege (and mostly a joy) following City and being part of the incredible rollercoaster since the turn of the century.

 

From leaving Filbert Street to

 

*                    New Stadium

*                    Administration

*                    Promotion

*                    Relegation

*                    League 1

*                    Promotion to the Championship

*                    New owners

*                    Watford….:(

*                    Winning the Championship

*                    Survival Premier League

*                    Winning the PL

*                    Champions League

*                    14th richest football club in the world

 

It never has been – and probably never will be boring following City. We should cherish and take in this incredible journey that only very few supporters anywhere will ever experience.

 

We can moan and complain ”the Leicester way” – but we have been very fortunate and maybe for the first time ever in the history of the club can look into the future with confidence of more good things to come. Incredible and long may it continue.

[RoboFox]

Was hoping they'd finally replaced that old model railway in Abbey Park with something a bit more exciting.

[Babylon]

2 minutes ago, TheStig said:

 

• Tony James scores to keep us in the "championship" by the skin of our teeth
• Wembley and play off final loss

• Wembley and play off final loss

• Wembley and play off final WIN - Promoted to premier league

• Relegated to championship

• Wembley and play off final WIN - Promoted to premier league

• Top 10 finish and and wembley -  win the league cup

• Top 10 finish and played in Europe
• Top 10 finish and wembley - runner up in league cup
• Top 10 finish and and wembley -  win the league cup
• Played in Europe
• Relegated to the Championship

*                    New Stadium

*                    Administration

*                    Promotion

*                    Relegation

*                    League 1

*                    Promotion to the Championship

*                    New owners

*                    Watford….:(

*                    Winning the Championship

*                    Survival Premier League

*                    Winning the PL

*                    Champions League

*                    14th richest football club in the world

 

Pfffft that's just the half of it... I've added some in.

[hairy]

2 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Pfffft that's just the half of it... I've added some in.

What about the season under 'Tato Peeler when we were around about top in the Prem but then ended up relegated 

[manders86]

Never a dull season is there?! Just need this FA cup win now (and the champions league ?) and we can all die happy!

[Babylon]

In 25 years we've probably had two, average, nothing much happened seasons... that's pretty bloody mental.

[Brainy]

9 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Pfffft that's just the half of it... I've added some in.

Didn't quite happen after the turn of the century though..............................................................

[Babylon]

1 minute ago, Walkers said:

Didn't quite happen after the turn of the century though..............................................................

Which is my point, why start there when there was so much bloody drama before it!

[Bluetintedspecs]

It's what supporting the mighty LCFC does for you 

 

[urban.spaceman]

I'd rather have that than finish in the top 3 for 20 years and still moan...

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

No other club like us, thrills, spills, joy, misery, hardly ever a dull moment! 

[Ted Maul]

We must be one of the most interesting clubs in world football to follow- capable of the sublime and the ridiculous, often in quick succession, with rarely any middle ground.

[EastAnglianFox]

It is something that still staggers me today, I work with a lot of Colchester/Ipswich/Norwich/Cambridge fans and even a few West Ham / Tottenham lot, and we often compare what we have been through / celebrated over the years and seriously when I reel off what I've been witness to, even they are genuinely shocked.

 

I moan after a shite result like most but when I sit and look back I realise how damn lucky I am to have supported this team since I can remember.

 

 

 

 

[Vlad the Fox]

55 minutes ago, Babylon said:

In 25 years we've probably had two, average, nothing much happened seasons... that's pretty bloody mental.

I know, it's incredible really,  seven Wembley finals (three cup), one promotion and two championship winning promotions, and of course the holy grail of being premier league champions, than add three European campaigns and two failed play off campaigns. That's 16 years from 25 that we've had some measure of success, that's nine years of nothing in 25, that's some excitement. 

 

My my eldest is 12, he has only ever known Leicester has a successful team, when we won the league, due to previous promotions he just assumed its what we did, won leagues every couple of years or so , he's never known my pain.  

 

I'll just edit to say throw in the two relegation survivals then that's seven in 25 years, never dull. 

Edited 23 January 2018 by Vlad the Fox

[Bluetintedspecs]

5 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

I know, it's incredible really,  seven Wembley finals (three cup), one promotion and two championship winning promotions, and of course the holy grail of being premier league champions, than add three European campaigns and two failed play off campaigns. That's 16 years from 25 that we've had some measure of success, that's nine years of nothing in 25, that's some excitement. 

 

My my eldest is 12, he has only ever known Leicester has a successful team, when we won the league, due to previous promotions he just assumed its what we did, won leagues every couple of years or so , he's never known my pain.  

My lad's 23 so felt a bit of pain Vlad .....but still 

[Vlad the Fox]

Just now, Bluetintedspecs said:

My lad's 23 so felt a bit of pain Vlad .....but still 

He's probably got some of the same ingrained fear that we'll stuff it up in any given time that some of us older ones can't seem to shake, I never feel safe until the final whistle even when we're winning comfortably 3-0 with 2 minutes left,  I know we've not had that Leicester for a long time but it's so hard to shake.  

[Bluetintedspecs]

3 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

He's probably got some of the same ingrained fear that we'll stuff it up in any given time that some of us older ones can't seem to shake, I never feel safe until the final whistle even when we're winning comfortably 3-0 with 2 minutes left,  I know we've not had that Leicester for a long time but it's so hard to shake.  

Indeed, the Leicester way,   he's so laid back he's horizontal though 

[Vlad the Fox]

1 minute ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

Indeed, the Leicester way,   he's so laid back he's horizontal though 

 

[lcfcsnow]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

In 25 years we've probably had two, average, nothing much happened seasons... that's pretty bloody mental.

Not sure, I'd say 2004 to 2008 were 4 dreadful nothing seasons, even the relegation was a bore we couldn't score a goal, was such a blessing in the end though.

[fuchsntf]

1 hour ago, manders86 said:

Never a dull season is there?! Just need this FA cup win now (and the champions league ?) and we can all die happy!

We do that,!!  I will be happy to die miserable...

[fuchsntf]

1 hour ago, EastAnglianFox said:

It is something that still staggers me today, I work with a lot of Colchester/Ipswich/Norwich/Cambridge fans and even a few West Ham / Tottenham lot, and we often compare what we have been through / celebrated over the years and seriously when I reel off what I've been witness to, even they are genuinely shocked.

 

I moan after a shite result like most but when I sit and look back I realise how damn lucky I am to have supported this team since I can remember.

 

 

 

 

Crafty wryly fox, that loves getting Occasionally  in the coup

just  to rough up some feathers and take the odd bird home..thats us!!!

[HighPeakFox]

2 hours ago, hairy said:

What about the season under 'Tato Peeler when we were around about top in the Prem but then ended up relegated 

You've conflated 2 seasons. We collapsed after the Wycombe match and then disintegrated the following season. 

[Aus Fox]

All these amazing events in our recent history and no one has mentioned:

 

Thr gang of 4 out!

Stan "the fireman" Collymore

Wise breaks davidsons jaw

Roy "teletext signing" Essandoh

The La Manga 9

 James "lick my bum" Pearson and friends

I'm sure there are many more stories! Never a dull moment on or off the field!

 

[Stadt]

The Sousa and Sven seasons we were horrifically ran but at least we were a circus which was sort of fun.

[1972 Fox]

24 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

You've conflated 2 seasons. We collapsed after the Wycombe match and then disintegrated the following season. 

Good use of the language (I had to look up the definition)! 

 

Shouldn't have doubted you but just checking in case I can find a grammatical error! 

 

And yes after Wycombe I think we lost eleven straight league games. If we didn't have the points in the bank from our early season form we could well have been relegated. The rot had well and truly set in and the inevitable happened the following season.