Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has died at the age of 60

[tickler28]

You loved our club and we loved you

We've shared a dream and a beer or 2
Your generous nature made you our saviour
Unaccustomed were we to such selfless behaviour
We've cheered success, held our breath together
We've followed the Foxes no matter the weather
We've seen records broken made the impossible come true
You've made us smile...made us proud to be blue
I know you'll be with us whether home or away
Guiding us forward in your own special way
I hope we can make you as proud as you made me
I hope we can triumph through all adversity
Foxes never quit.....never.... ever

[foxychik]

8 hours ago, Jace said:

Would be great if Andrea Bocelli could come back and sing time to say goodbye at 1 of our next home matches, get all previous players back, Pearson, Ranieri etc as a tribute 

Wouldn’t be a dry eye in the house, would be the most amazing way to say goodbye ??

[whoareyaaa]

you can feel the pain Top is in every time you see him, absolutely tragic.

[Guest MattP]

Very surreal down the stadium tonight, must have been 1,500 people there at one point.

 

Two minutes silence at 8.37 followed by applause and a spontaneous sing song. It was nearly two hours to sign a book and not a single person left the queue. 

 

I do hope Top is taking some solace from all this.

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, MattP said:

Very surreal down the stadium tonight, must have been 1,500 people there at one point.

 

Two minutes silence at 8.37 followed by applause and a spontaneous sing song. It was nearly two hours to sign a book and not a single person left the queue. 

 

I do hope Top is taking some solace from all this.

How did you feel about the singing Matt? Just saw a tweet of it and made me feel a little uncomfortable for some reason.

[CosbehFox]

Being exiled, I hope to get down there tomorrow night or failing that Thursday. Part of me is thinking of going in the early hours to take it in all 

[ROB-THE-BLUE]

5 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

How did you feel about the singing Matt? Just saw a tweet of it and made me feel a little uncomfortable for some reason.

I was there too, the silence followed by the clapping was spot on, really moving. Fair play to the guys who tried to get some songs going but to me it seemed like not enough people actually knew the words to really help it along so yeah it was a little awkward unfortunately 

Edited 30 October 2018 by ROB-THE-BLUE

[Guest MattP]

2 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

How did you feel about the singing Matt? Just saw a tweet of it and made me feel a little uncomfortable for some reason.

It felt resilient rather than anything else, it didn't feel inappropriate. Almost like some emotion was bursting out after so much sadness in a sombre atmosphere. 

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, MattP said:

It felt resilient rather than anything else, it didn't feel inappropriate. Almost like some emotion was bursting out after so much sadness in a sombre atmosphere. 

Yeah I totally get that mate. Difficult to judge the mood if not there I suppose. Hoping to drive up tomorrow.

[funkyrobot]

The Debate-Live on Sky Sports. Part 1 is all about Vichai. Geoff Shreeves, Liam Rosenior, Alex Scott and even Danny Murphy are talking about it with great respect and they are clearly overwhelmed by the response of the players and fans to his passing. Worth a catch up if you aren’t watching it live. 

Edited 30 October 2018 by funkyrobot

[ARTY_FOX]

21 minutes ago, MattP said:

Very surreal down the stadium tonight, must have been 1,500 people there at one point.

 

Two minutes silence at 8.37 followed by applause and a spontaneous sing song. It was nearly two hours to sign a book and not a single person left the queue. 

 

I do hope Top is taking some solace from all this.

 

It broke me tonight. Was trying to hold it all together being in public and all that but after laying my shirt and flag down I started to crack and the singing of champions of England just completely broke me.  I really really hope Top can get some comfort knowing how much we love his father and his whole family really. 

[Rob1742]

Vichai’s untimely death has really made me just take a breath and realise what he actually did.

 

I remember at a Player Of The Year Awards going cold after it was announced he had just given £2m to the University. 

 

At that moment it took my breathe away at how amazing he was, but you soon just carry on and move on and don’t fully take in how special he was.

 

Its a truly horrendous situation, but everyone seems to have just stopped and fully taken in what this man actually was and what he actually did.

 

Its horrendous now without a doubt, but when we have all left this planet, his story will remain and the story will forever be told.

 

I am pretty sure he wouldn’t think his story will carry on forever, as it was just what he did. But for sure when we have all gone people will be talking about the king of our club who gave so much to everyone, and created a dream that actually happened.

 

We all every so often think back and pinch ourselves and think, did that really happen? Yes it did, the story will last forever when we have gone, and the man who created it will never ever be forgotten

 

 

[Beechey]

Are we still being allowed to leave items? I wasn't able to take anything when I went on Sunday, but would love to when I leave work tomorrow.

[nwl fox]

1 hour ago, MattP said:

It felt resilient rather than anything else, it didn't feel inappropriate. Almost like some emotion was bursting out after so much sadness in a sombre atmosphere. 

It was at first, but some people got carried away at the end with totally inappropriate songs that had no bearing  eg Jamie Vardys having a party. Not sure what goes througg some peoples minds...

[Kendal Fox]

I recently lost my Mother, who like Vichai, passed before her time. And though I am still largely mourning for her, I'm heartbroken for the Srivaddhanaprabha family and the family's of the others on-board the helicopter, and incredibly sad, almost in disbelief at the events of last Saturday.

 

One thing that I do take heart from is the outpouring of goodwill from rival supporters, clubs and pundits. Just looking at the footage from the King Power this last 24 hours or so, you can truly feel the emotion from all of those who went to pay their respects.Heartbreaking but amazing at the same time and I've no doubt that is down to the dignity, generosity and honour that Vichai continuously radiated.

 

Also so nice to hear pundits, more sincere than I could have imagined, speaking of just how important it is for chairmen of other clubs to start to follow Vichai's lead in showing they really care about their club.

 

RIP

 

 

Edited 31 October 2018 by Kendal Fox

[gw_leics772]

Does anybody know if there is a time that is "too late" to visit the ground?

All lights off etc? I now feel the NEED to go, before it is gone and am thinking about going tomorrow night after trick or treating with my children.

What is the latest people have been recently, and was it still busy or lights out?

Likely to be about 830pm tomorrow by the time i get there and want to take the children as well but if they wont see anything I'll take time off work and have to go alone, but think it is important for my children to understand what this man meant to daddy.

 

Rest in peace great man. I hope the immense outpouring from the city, county, country, and world can bring you some comfort, but wouldn't be surprised or upset if it is simply what you expected, having been so close to such a great man and witnessing first hand the impact he had on all he encountered.

[urban.spaceman]

Just now, gw_leics772 said:

Does anybody know if there is a time that is "too late" to visit the ground?

All lights off etc? I now feel the NEED to go, before it is gone and am thinking about going tomorrow night after trick or treating with my children.

What is the latest people have been recently, and was it still busy or lights out?

Likely to be about 830pm tomorrow by the time i get there and want to take the children as well but if they wont see anything I'll take time off work and have to go alone, but think it is important for my children to understand what this man meant to daddy.

 

Rest in peace great man. I hope the immense outpouring from the city, county, country, and world can bring you some comfort, but wouldn't be surprised or upset if it is simply what you expected, having been so close to such a great man and witnessing first hand the impact he had on all he encountered.

It’s out in the open so I shouldn’t imagine it would be a problem. That beautiful photo of a fox at the tribute was taken at 3.30am I believe. 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, gw_leics772 said:

Does anybody know if there is a time that is "too late" to visit the ground?

All lights off etc? I now feel the NEED to go, before it is gone and am thinking about going tomorrow night after trick or treating with my children.

What is the latest people have been recently, and was it still busy or lights out?

Likely to be about 830pm tomorrow by the time i get there and want to take the children as well but if they wont see anything I'll take time off work and have to go alone, but think it is important for my children to understand what this man meant to daddy.

 

Rest in peace great man. I hope the immense outpouring from the city, county, country, and world can bring you some comfort, but wouldn't be surprised or upset if it is simply what you expected, having been so close to such a great man and witnessing first hand the impact he had on all he encountered.

The  book of condolence closes each day at 10pm so I expect it is fairly busy until well after that ......

[gw_leics772]

7 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

It’s out in the open so I shouldn’t imagine it would be a problem. That beautiful photo of a fox at the tribute was taken at 3.30am I believe. 

 

7 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

The  book of condolence closes each day at 10pm so I expect it is fairly busy until well after that ......

Thanks for the responses, i was on page 23 of this thread when i wrote it, and then saw posts of people returning at gone 10, so will definitely be going tomorrow night.

 

Should have read ahead but the need to go was too strong. 

 

Thanks again.

[dorsetboy]

Not sure how true but even though the game tonight was cancelled some saints fans still travelled to pay respects ...fair play to them if so ?

[Steven]

54 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

It’s out in the open so I shouldn’t imagine it would be a problem. That beautiful photo of a fox at the tribute was taken at 3.30am I believe. 

[howlinmadmurfdoc]

7 hours ago, st albans fox said:

The  book of condolence closes each day at 10pm so I expect it is fairly busy until well after that ......

It was open well after 10 last night. I started queueing at about 8 and didn’t get to sign until ten and the queue behind was probably still about an hour.

[st albans fox]

Charlie Adam told a nice story on five live last evening ...... said he was training after a game with other stoke subs and the groundsman came over to tell them they needed to leave as the helicopter was due in. The players looked a little confused and then vichai shouted from the tunnel that they should be allowed to ‘finish their work’ and the copter would wait for them ..... such humility for a man in his position .......

[Rob1742]

7 hours ago, Kendal Fox said:

 

 

Also so nice to hear pundits, more sincere than I could have imagined, speaking of just how important it is for chairmen of other clubs to start to follow Vichai's lead in showing they really care about their club.

 

RIP

 

 

You are either like that or you are not. I think this is why the outpouring of grief is so strong. 

 

He was a one off, and I can’t see anything changing at other clubs as nobody is really like him. 

 

You can knock other Chairmen, and rightly so, but then there will be some decent ones among the bunch. But in the good bunch, none will be like him, nowhere close.

 

 

[Danizen]

11 hours ago, DerbyshireFox said:

 

If there is to be a statue, that has to be engraved on the plinth. Lovely words from a lovely man.