hackneyfox Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 42 minutes ago, Phube said: The Birch was on the Boot Room last night and said there will be some special guests post match; maybe Claudio (as mentioned above) and other returning players/managers who worked under Vichai? Man City and Chelsea are playing on Sunday so maybe Mahrez/Kante/Drinky? Post or pre match?
Wymsey Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 Heard that Gordon Banks has been asked, but there's doubts over attendance due to an on-going health battle unfortunately.
hackneyfox Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 3 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Heard that Gordon Banks has been asked, but there's doubts over attendance due to an on-going health battle unfortunately. Surely there has to be some kind of link between the guests and Vichai?
Phube Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 8 minutes ago, hackneyfox said: Post or pre match? Birch said order: 15 minutes before kick off Vichai tribute video on the big screens. Silence Footie Half time shirt swap for poppies. Footie Post game appreciation from Top, Claude, players and special guests (like Cardiff I presume).
Matt Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 Claudio, Nige, Shakespeare and Esteban Quote Claudio Ranieri to make first return to Leicester since sacking in tribute to Vichai Claudio Ranieri, Nigel Pearson and Craig Shakespeare - three former Leicester City managers -- will be guests for the game against Burnley on Saturday, as the club prepares to make an emotional tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Leicester have also announced that they will commission a statue of Srivaddhanaprabha to serve as a permanent memorial to their former owner, killed with four other passengers in a tragic helicopter crash last month. Ranieri guided Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016 and is making his first return to the King Power Stadium for a competitive fixture to pay his respects. The Italian was in charge when Leicester secured one of the most remarkable stories in football history, before his departure in February last year, and has accepted the club's invitation to attend the game. Pearson and Shakespeare, who laid the foundations for the title triumph, will also be present in what is also their first appearance for a Leicester game since they left the club. Sven Goran Eriksson, the first managerial appointment following the Srivaddhanaprabha takeover in 2010, has been invited but is expected to miss the game due to prior commitments. It is understood that Esteban Cambiasso, the Argentinean midfielder who made a memorable impression with his one season in the 2014/15 campaign, will be at the game. Two other members of the title-winning squad, Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante, have made personal tributes in a special 100-page edition of the programme and are reluctantly unable to attend as their respective clubs, Manchester City and Chelsea, are playing the following day. Saturday promises to be a hugely moving afternoon for the Midlands club, in their first home game since the death of their beloved benefactor. Tributes include a memorial video, a commemorative banner and two minutes’ silence, which also serves to honour fallen servicemen and women in the annual Remembrance fixture. Srivaddhanaprabha's son, the Leicester vice-chairman Aiyawatt, will be present along with other family members. Aiyawatt was in Thailand this week to attend his late father's seven-day funeral, with Leicester's squad and staff also flying out earlier this week. Wes Morgan, the Leicester captain, said: “It’s going to be tough as it’s the first home game back and because of the circumstances of how it all happened, it’s going to be very tough, but we’ll have to keep our emotions together. “Obviously everyone knows about what happened and it’s been hard on the lads, the staff and everyone involved with Leicester City. It’s been really tough, but we have tried to stay as focused as we can be. “We know the club’s making a big deal of the day and we want to make sure everything goes according to plan, so it isn’t going to be easy. “There’s a lot of activity surrounding the match and we need to focus on the game and perform.”
davieG Posted 9 November 2018 Author Posted 9 November 2018 ‘There will be tears on the pavement’ – Leicester bid farewell to Vichai Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to be honoured at King Power Stadium after 20,000 fans march from city centre for the Burnley game @StuartJamesGNM Fri 9 Nov 2018 19.07 GMT Last modified on Fri 9 Nov 2018 19.19 GMT As Richard Mobbs stands over the sea of tributes stretching out behind the entire length of the north stand at the King Power Stadium, taking in rival shirts, teddy bears, hundreds of bouquets and even the drum that has been making a racket at home games for more than a decade, his mind strays back to the awful events that led to this extraordinary outpouring of emotion in the city of Leicester. “I was here on the Saturday, standing outside the main reception after the match, waiting to see people,” he says. “Then Kasper Schmeichel came charging out and lifted the barrier up, a security man also came running out and dropped his radio, I picked it up and the first thing he said was: ‘The helicopter’s gone down.’ “I’d gone. I was in tears. They took me into reception and sat me down. I stayed until gone midnight, came back on Sunday morning, put my flowers against the wall and I’ve been here nearly every day since. I just feel as though I want to be here.” Mobbs has supported Leicester for more than 50 years. He is a polo fan, too, and through following both sports got to know Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his son, Aiyawatt, who kindly offered to buy a season ticket for him this year. Reeling off a few of the heartfelt messages he has read Mobbs sounds as if he is still struggling to come to terms with what happened after the West Ham game a fortnight ago, and also gives the impression that part of him is dreading Saturday, when football returns to Leicester for the first time since the helicopter crash that took the lives of Vichai, the club’s owner, and four others. Asked what he is expecting at the Burnley game, the 68-year-old replies: “Tears, I’ll tell you that. It’s going to be very moving. The players have obviously had the match in Cardiff, so that’s got it a bit out of their system, but it’s different at home, where it happened. You’ll look up to the directors’ box and there will be an empty seat.” It will be a hugely emotional day, for sure, with one of the defining images likely to be the sight of 20,000 people or more marching from Jubilee Square, in the city centre, to the King Power Stadium to honour Leicester’s former owner. “Vichai’s Walk” was the brainchild of Megan and Casey Elliott, schoolgirls who are Leicester supporters and never imagined that their idea, posted on Facebook, would take off in this way. “It’s going to be incredible,” says Ian Stringer, who has covered the club for 11 years for BBC Radio Leicester and will be taking part in the march. “It’s just so sad that they are the same streets that were lined for four double-decker buses, one of which Khun Vichai was at the front of with this enormous [Premier League] trophy that was over half the size of him. Now we’re lining the streets for him because he’s gone. It’s the same location two and a half years on, but instead of champagne bottles on the floor there will be tears being wiped up off the pavement. It’s horrible.” Stringer grew up supporting Leicester and says he felt compelled to travel to Thailand this week to attend Vichai’s week-long funeral. “I’ve seen both ends of the spectrum. I’ve seen the greatest days of Leicester City football club ever, as a reporter, as the local guy, and I’ve now seen the darkest days. And if there’s a chance for me to stand in the temple, which pray God there was – and I’m so grateful for the invite – and to thank him for giving us the unimaginable dream, then I had to do that. “Vichai travelled 11,000 miles every week to come and watch the club I call home. The least I could do was to travel 11,000 miles to say goodbye to him.” For the majority of Leicester fans the Burnley game is their opportunity to say farewell. They will be given commemorative scarves, pin badges and souvenir programmes to honour the club’s former owner and a two-minute silence will be observed before kick-off, with this also being the club’s annual Remembrance fixture. The players, who travelled to Thailand straight after the Cardiff match along with a number of club officials to pay their respects, will wear kit embroidered with Vichai’s name. Leicester, who have commissioned a statue of Vichai, will be watched by three of their former managers – Claudio Ranieri, Nigel Pearson and Craig Shakespeare. It will be an extremely poignant occasion and reflects the huge sense of loss that hangs over a whole city, not just a football club. That feeling is evident around the main shopping centre, where even national high-street stores have posters in their window saying: “Thanks for the memories, Khun Vichai.” “The scale of the reaction to the dreadful crash is something that you might have anticipated for a star player or a one-club manager,” says Sir Peter Soulsby, who is Leicester’s mayor and a season-ticket holder at the club. “It’s probably not something you would get for many other football club owners, if any. It’s very clear that people recognise that when King Power and Vichai bought into the club they were not just simply looking to take from the club and from the city and run it from a distance. They actually committed themselves to the city as well. “But the fundamental thing that you cannot get away from is that he enabled us to live our dream. It is beyond doubt that there is no way at all that the club could have won the Premier League without the sort of consistent and very generous backing that he gave it, and of course that sort of success for a club is inevitably brilliant news for a city. You just cannot buy that level of international profile.” Even those in Leicester who are not football fans came to recognise the impact that Vichai had on people’s lives, in particular with the charitable work that made a tangible difference to many. “He came across as a man of the people,” Karamjit Singh, chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, says. “In terms of our organisation he made a number of donations, including £2m in cash which we’ve agreed with the club will be spent on the paediatric intensive care unit at one of our sites. But other than this I think the sort of indication of the individual he was, was that he’d have children who were not well, and their families, coming to watch the match in the directors’ box.” All eyes will, inevitably, look towards that area of the stadium at one point or another during the Burnley game as thoughts turn to Vichai’s family and the hope they can draw some kind of comfort from the love and affection shown towards a man who will remain in the hearts and minds of Leicester’s supporters. “It’s tough talking about it, really,” says Jim Steward, a lifelong Leicester fan, as he looks at all the tributes outside the stadium. “It’s not like we know the guy. But we just know what he’s done for the club and how generous he’s been.” https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/09/leicester-city-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha-march-burnley
stripeyfox Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 1 hour ago, davieG said: Stringer grew up supporting Leicester and says he felt compelled to travel to Thailand this week to attend Vichai’s week-long funeral. “I’ve seen both ends of the spectrum. I’ve seen the greatest days of Leicester City football club ever, as a reporter, as the local guy, and I’ve now seen the darkest days. And if there’s a chance for me to stand in the temple, which pray God there was – and I’m so grateful for the invite – and to thank him for giving us the unimaginable dream, then I had to do that. “Vichai travelled 11,000 miles every week to come and watch the club I call home. The least I could do was to travel 11,000 miles to say goodbye to him.” For the majority of Leicester fans the Burnley game is their opportunity to say farewell. They will be given commemorative scarves, pin badges and souvenir programmes to honour the club’s former owner and a two-minute silence will be observed before kick-off, with this also being the club’s annual Remembrance fixture. The players, who travelled to Thailand straight after the Cardiff match along with a number of club officials to pay their respects, will wear kit embroidered with Vichai’s name. Leicester, who have commissioned a statue of ” https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/09/leicester-city-vichai-srivaddhanaprabha-march-burnley Does that make the rest of us plastics then? I've avoided laying in to Stringer - but this kind of sums up the criticism of him. Anyway, tomorrow is going to be hugely emotional, I think we have all changed a little bit over the last two weeks. Nothing will be quite the same again I think..
davieG Posted 9 November 2018 Author Posted 9 November 2018 6 minutes ago, stripeyfox said: Does that make the rest of us plastics then? I've avoided laying in to Stringer - but this kind of sums up the criticism of him. Anyway, tomorrow is going to be hugely emotional, I think we have all changed a little bit over the last two weeks. Nothing will be quite the same again I think.. Wonder who paid for it?
st albans fox Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 3 minutes ago, davieG said: Wonder who paid for it? BBC radio I guess ......incidentally, vichai spent a lot of time in the uk .......stringer is using poetic licence to make a sound bite but he is a broadcaster ......
MPH Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 4 hours ago, davieG said: Former Leicester managers Claudio Ranieri, Nigel Pearson and Craig Shakespeare to be in attendance at Burnley game as club pays tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha As if the day wasn’t emotional enough as it is!
fazzyfox Posted 9 November 2018 Posted 9 November 2018 Tomorrow is sure to take our emotions to extremes, in particular the obvious sadness and respect but also the great pride in how the club are dealing with it and what exactly Vichai has built. Coming away from it, one thing I'm sure we would all have had is a distinct purity of focus of our emotions. Many have visited the ground, attended the Cardiff game, shared emotions here and in the pubs and workplaces but in the precise environment that we associate our relationship with him and surrounded by 30,000 likeminded colleagues the focus on our feelings will be so strong and with no doubt extremely well co-ordinated content and presentation from the club along with both organised and impromptu reactions from the stands it will be a focus unbroken by distraction and everyday life, tears will come at who knows what point, chests puffed out in pride at another point but it's a neccessary process which I'm sure will ultimately be beneficial for all. Be brave, 29,999 others are with you arm in arm.
RonnieTodger Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 Oh my god, if Nige and Claudio so much as shake hands, I’ll be a sobbing twat
urban.spaceman Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 1 hour ago, RonnieTodger said: Oh my god, if Nige and Claudio so much as shake hands, I’ll be a sobbing twat I’m hoping for a tearful hug ?
Brown Fox Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 Will they be landing the helicopter on the pitch to drop the match ball this year? Doesn’t say anything about it, thinking maybe it would be too soon and potentially in bad taste?
SemperEadem Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 3 hours ago, Brown Fox said: Will they be landing the helicopter on the pitch to drop the match ball this year? Doesn’t say anything about it, thinking maybe it would be too soon and potentially in bad taste? Not been done for a few seasons, pretty confident we will never see a chopper delivering the match ball to Filbert Way again.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 4 hours ago, Brown Fox said: Will they be landing the helicopter on the pitch to drop the match ball this year? Doesn’t say anything about it, thinking maybe it would be too soon and potentially in bad taste? That will obviously never happen again.
fazzyfox Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 This is my tribute specific to today with the remembrance incorporated as well. Vichai's name meaning "Light of progressve glory", a blue poppy and a joint sentiment of "We will remember them" for him, his colleagues and for the forces. Just my angle on a unique day.
nwl fox Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 23 hours ago, Bert said: There’s going to be some sort of big announcement tomorrow too. @Swan Lesta is praying its a live sacking of Puel!
davieG Posted 10 November 2018 Author Posted 10 November 2018 Leicester City is a very special club - the past fortnight has proved it Fan columnist Gary Silke praises the club's impeccable handling of matters since the tragic helicopter crash https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-very-special-club-2203695 Last Saturday’s emotional scenes at the Cardiff City Stadium will never be forgotten. The strong feeling of togetherness between players, staff and supporters following the 1-0 victory confirmed what we have always suspected - that Leicester City is a very special club. Since the tragic accident two weeks ago everyone within the club has handled matters impeccably, under what must have been hugely difficult circumstances. As the City supporters (and the fans of many other clubs) descended on the King Power Stadium to lay down their tributes many stories have emerged of club employees going the extra mile to help out, and that level of compassion and professionalism is a tribute to Khun Vichai in itself. Despite the raw emotion, the club ethos that our owner built was running like clockwork. When the first section filled with tributes, a second one appeared. Then another, then another. If the wind blew some flowers and scarves out of place, they would swiftly be restored. If the little details like this are so well observed, it bodes well for the future of the club. This Saturday sees the first home game since the club’s darkest day, and it will provide fresh challenges. An army of staff and volunteers have completed the sensitive task of moving the flowers to close by the crash site, while plans for a permanent display are drawn up. At midday the gathering for the ‘5,000-1 Walk to Remember Vichai’ will commence in Jubilee Square, setting off for the stadium at 12.45. I suspect the numbers attending this may exceed the odds on us winning the title by some way. At the stadium, a tribute video to Vichai, large banners for a crowd display and 32,000 commemorative scarves, pin badges, clap banners and souvenir matchday programmes have somehow been organised to present to those attending the game. Volunteers relocate tributes, left for the victims of the Helicopter crash, to a new memorial site nearer to the crash site at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. (Image: PA Wire/PA Images) All this running parallel to the annual Remembrance Day tribute, this year observing the centenary of the end of the First World War. The usual veterans and armed forces personnel parade will take place at half-time. Leicester were the first club to have poppies embroidered on the players shirts back in 2003, a ritual that has now become standard across all clubs. The amount of organisation required to put all this in place is staggering. It will be no ordinary day, and I’m sure it will be witnessed through a veil of tears, but we can all feel a huge amount of pride in the way that our club and its followers have carried themselves during these troubled times. A recent announcement from the club signed off with the message: “We are a family, and we must take care of each other in these dark days, and become stronger, together.” Leicester City genuinely does feel like a family, and I have no doubt that the club will move onwards and upwards in the coming years.
Bournemouthfox10 Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 here is to hoping that sky sports will take us to the ground early today so that we can all see the tribute video. I could not make the game today but I did travel last Sunday to pay my respects along with my family. I wish for everyone attending the fixture today a memorable day for all the right reasons.
davieG Posted 10 November 2018 Author Posted 10 November 2018 42 minutes ago, Bournemouthfox10 said: here is to hoping that sky sports will take us to the ground early today so that we can all see the tribute video. I could not make the game today but I did travel last Sunday to pay my respects along with my family. I wish for everyone attending the fixture today a memorable day for all the right reasons. I think this might be the video as they've posted it on twitter, facebook and the OS
Ross-Kemp Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 2 big screens have gone up next to the memorial. Unsure if they’re showing just the memorial / stuff before and after or the game.
tylesta Posted 10 November 2018 Posted 10 November 2018 15 minutes ago, Ross-Kemp said: 2 big screens have gone up next to the memorial. Unsure if they’re showing just the memorial / stuff before and after or the game. yeah i seen them has have just been and layed some flowers
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