First favourite LCFC player/ first memory of watching lcfc

[lcfcbluearmy]

Whilst we don't have much else to talk about I was wondering what everyone's first memory of watching Leicester is and who your first favourite player was?

 

Mine are:

First favourite player - Matty Fryatt

First memory - beating Tottenham 3-2 in the league cup with Mark de vries scoring the winner

[HighPeakFox]

FFP - Kevin MacDonald i think

First memory - Millwall at home, 1-1. 1979?

[dayday]

FFP- Alan Young 

 

First memory beating Norwich in the Fa cup

 

First game lost 3-1 to Luton 1979-80 season 

[Crazy Kop Corner]

FFP - Mark Wallington - First Memory - Keith Weller in tights vs Norwich 1979 - 3 - Nil 

[RobHawk]

My ffp was walshy. I loved how he scored so many playing at CB and obviously went up front sometimes too. 

 

My first ever game was a 2-2 draw with Norwich. It was iwan Roberts debut, he scored 2 but skied one from a few yards out to complete his hat trick. 

[HoChiMinhFOX]

First favourite: Paul Dickov 

First memory: beating Leeds 4-0 in 2003

Pretty sure that's probably how he became my favourite with that sweet turn 😍

[lnkstern]

Yank here.  Apologies in advance for the americanisms.

 

In November 1997 we got a new cable channel -- Fox Sports World, which carried English soccer.

 

Fun to watch, this soccer stuff!  Hold on, what is offsides?  (pre-google)

 

Hrm, what club should I support?  Hey, Leicester City has an American goalie.  Any other Americans in the league?  I don't see any.

 

Leicester City it is!

 

I remember thinking Emile Heskey looked pretty good.  I didn't really know enough to assess/understand most of the other players/positions.

 

Now here I am.

Edited 24 August 2020 by lnkstern

[Stinkenzo]

Luke Thomas

Sheff Utd 2-0 about 6 weeks ago

[foxestalkisfullofidiots]

My first memory - Richard Smith scoring a last minute winner the FA Cup against Crystal Palace, it must of been on TV

 

My first game - later that season my uncle took me to a night game in Pen 2 against Cambridge,  I remember Dion Dublin being up front for them and Tommy Wright popping one in the top corner from 25 yards out.

 

My first fav player - Has to be "Rooster" Kevin Russell

Edited 24 August 2020 by foxestalkisfullofidiots

[winteriscoming]

FFP - Steve Thompson 

first memory was my first game. 1991 last game of the season against oxford. Tony James with the winner. Everyone ran on the pitch at the end. 

[danhaw]

Sat next to Mike Whitlow once and he instantly became my favorite player.

 

1st game at filbert Street againt Barnsley, 1-0 win to send them down

[Spudulike]

35 minutes ago, RobHawk said:

My ffp was walshy. I loved how he scored so many playing at CB and obviously went up front sometimes too. 

 

My first ever game was a 2-2 draw with Norwich. It was iwan Roberts debut, he scored 2 but skied one from a few yards out to complete his hat trick. 

That was Wolves, wasn't it? I remember sitting right above the goal about 2nd row of the Double-decker. 

[coolhandfox]

First favourite player - Tommy Wright 

First memory - beating Oxford 1-0 Tony James to stay up!

[Rain King]

First favourite player - Tommy Wright (original), would pretend to be him in my back garden for hours.

Left soon after to be replaced by Mike Whitlow with whom I had my favourite player photo taken with when I was a mascot in 1993.

 

First memory - Sitting in the Double Decker with my dad watching us beat Oxford 1-0 to stay up.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

First favourite - Muzzy

 

First memory, stood on my chair in the away end at The Dell shouting "I hate you" at the home fans after we'd just gone 1 down, probably '97/98 ish, I was about 5

[Vulpine Victor]

My first ever live game was on March 5th 1960, we beat Man. City 5 -  0, happy days. In those days you could buy blue plastic stars with black and white photos of the players in the centre. My father promised to buy me a star for any LCFC goal scorers, something he later regretted. From memory I got stars for Jimmy Walsh, Howard Riley, Colin Appleton, Ken Leek and Gordon Wills. Been a City supporter ever since. Favourite players Muzzy Izzet and Frank Worthington.

[Sunny Rhyl Fox]

FFP Jim Melrose

First Memory beating Wolves away 1=0  1981

[Blue ROI]

First Memory - Bit of a vague one but the delight from the Leicester clan both in Leicester and Ireland that we survived being relegated to the 3rd tier in 1990/91. 

 

First Game - The friendly against Rapid Bucharest on the eve of the First Premier League campaign in 94/95. 3-1 defeat IIRC. First time watching Leicester in full given the lack of TV Coverage at the time. Was a big Arsenal fan at the time but the long term obsession with Leicester more or less starts here.

 

First Favourite Player - Heskey was the first dominant player we had in a long time back in 96. His LCFC days tied in nicely with that glorious era.

[tom27111]

First favourite player: Gary Mills. Could play anywhere and had a goal in him.

 

First memory: My first ever game. Losing 2-0 at home to Hull in 1988. It didn't get any better for a while...PLEAT OUT!

[Rain King]

2 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

First favourite player: Gary Mills. Could play anywhere and had a goal in him.

91/92 was the first season I went regularly and it seemed like Gary Mills scored a penalty every match. Very strange technique too, just one step. He missed one towards the end of the season and I think Steve Thompson took over penalty duty from then on.

Edited 24 August 2020 by Rain King

[Paninistickers]

Alan Young.

 

First game v Harlow Town FA Cup at home. Draw..

 

First game I can properly remember, Shrewsbury FA Cup Quarter final, 5-2

[fleckneymike]

FFP - Mike Newell -  he seemed to score every time we went. Then I was amazed that he went to a division 'above'. There were actual divisions above!

FG - Plymouth 87 (I think)

FM - First clear memory - Beating Norwich 2-0 in the League Cup in 88. I think they were top of the old Div 1 at the time. 

[kingfox]

First favourite player - Bruno Berner 

First memory - Numerous reserve games at Filbert Street. First team wise, 3-2 FA Cup win against Spurs in 06.

[Corky]

First favourite player- Simon Grayson, for some reason. Good player and all that but not the obvious choice.

 

First memory- Probably around 94 at the age of four, losing at home to Crystal Palace stuck in my mind.

[Izzy]

First memory was losing to Spurs in the ‘82 semi final.
First game I went to was six months later home to Newcastle.

Lineker scored for us and instantly became my favourite first player.