Favourite memories of this day 5 years ago

[Jimbo]

We all know what happened on this day 5 years ago. 

 

What's your favourite memories of that day?

 

Most of mine involved copious amounts of alcohol, the buzz around the city, Nesum Dorma etc etc

 

But this for me was a great moment. After the all day party, seeing the trophy presentation, walking around the city, the hustle and bustle of it all, me and my mate walking home decided to walk back to the stadium, around 2am ish. We sat there, outside, with a can of lager and a box full of fried chicken, and contemplated what had just happened. No nerves, no excitement. We just sat quietly knowing that we'd just been crowned champions of England.

 

What a day!! Although that will never be matched in terms of how it made us feel, hopefully days like this are just around the corner for us again, starting with May 15th 

[CosbehFox]

Around 8.30pm post match when Leicester City Centre had descended into some kind of absolute nuthouse. Total flow going on all over the place. Beer. Singing. 

[SemperEadem]

Went with a few others from UFS for an early morning drink and kick-about on Filbert Street.

[GlennyFox55]

Leicester city centre was absolutely crazy, didn’t even get in a pub just walked round the packed streets with a crate of cans.

 

Great memories.

[SemperEadem]

We had hired the top floor of the Globe that night, masterstroke from who ever did that as no chance we would have all got in anywhere together.

 

Place got drank dry. Lads that had watched us together from the third tier to top of the tree, it was magnificent.

 

 

Edited 7 May 2021 by SemperEadem

[StriderHiryu]

37 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Around 8.30pm post match when Leicester City Centre had descended into some kind of absolute nuthouse. Total flow going on all over the place. Beer. Singing. 

This was truly incredible. Have you ever seen an entire city all out on the lash together getting wasted and having a great time!? I know I have, Leicester City, 7th May 2016! What a glorious day that was!

 

[Aus Fox]

Getting called a glory hunter by Newcastle fan I met on the way to work...

Before he heard my accent a bought me a coffee, up until recently we spoke about football quite regularly after that moment.

What a day to be alive!

[goose2010]

about an absolute lash of pints thinking getting a taxi home would be easy! Quoted 4 wait at about 1am wasnt ideal. Ended up getting my brother to come pick us up. 

 

What a day and night though! was incredible meeting people from literally all around the world that had come over just to come and soak up the atmosphere. 

[Spacey_Fox]

It's my birthday and on that particular one I was lucky enough to be in Florida at a theme park, followed by a meal out at a sports bar. It was a huge story over there. I don't think I will ever experience anything like that again!

[VLC86]

Probably having to cancel the flight to my wedding to go to the game. Either that or the young lad that was absolutely paralytic on the bus home.

 

I could see he was in a really bad way, sitting there swaying with his head down. 2 minutes later the lad dives for the window (on the top deck) projectile vomits immaculately out of the window for what seemed like 5 minutes. When he had finished, with the whole bus in hysterics he turns round to declare “Once in a lifetime lads”. 
 

Which one of you was it on the 85 back to Countesthorpe?

[StanSP]

Clichéd but just soaking in the whole atmosphere for the whole day. Nervous excitement before the game - if I remember correctly it absolutely chucked it down but no one gave a shit. 

The Andrea Bocelli performance was out of this world. Shivers down the spine was an understatement. The roar of the crowd when the crescendo of the song approached. Epic to witness that and every single fan in the ground being totally absorbed by it. 

 

The game was just a process really. We won, but it didn't really matter. Just again soaking up the atmosphere and cheers when Vardy scored. A feeling of relief and joy for King, given he'd experienced the lowest time the club had gone through. It was fitting he scored. 

 

The trophy celebrations were surreal. Again, witnessing that was something none of us would have ever imagined. Ever. In our lifetimes. A potential once in a generation occurrence we were all embracing, as one, together. 

 

Even on that day and the following days it was a very weird feeling seeing so much adulation and admiration for our achievement. We'd reached the pinnacle and the whole fvcking world saw it and stood up and applauded. The global congratulations was very surreal. 

 

I can't remember what happened after

 

Being with my dad and my brother to enjoy the whole occasion and day was one of the best things as well. Especially for my dad who'd obviously been watching for decades. 

Edited 7 May 2021 by StanSP

[fazzyfox]

Came up to the ground, offered every penny I could muster to Everton fans (about £120 I seem to remember) at their turnstile for a ticket but the miserable f****s wouldn't sell. Headed to the Clarendon and watched it there, great atmosphere, cried twice, once during Bocelli and then when I saw Birch looking ten years younger than usual ear to ear grin with the trophy in the tunnel. I even dressed like a t**t for the occasion, scaring many a toddler (and a few adults) with my Wicker man-esque combo. 

please note my neck isn't that fat I was just looking downwards to the camera!

[stripeyfox]

3 minutes ago, fazzyfox said:

Came up to the ground, offered every penny I could muster to Everton fans (about £120 I seem to remember) at their turnstile for a ticket but the miserable f****s wouldn't sell. Headed to the Clarendon and watched it there, great atmosphere, cried twice, once during Bocelli and then when I saw Birch looking ten years younger than usual ear to ear grin with the trophy in the tunnel. I even dressed like a t**t for the occasion, scaring many a toddler (and a few adults) with my Wicker man-esque combo. 

please note my neck isn't that fat I was just looking downwards to the camera!

you were way ahead of your time. Who knew back then masks would be all the rage now!

[VLC86]

4 minutes ago, fazzyfox said:

Came up to the ground, offered every penny I could muster to Everton fans (about £120 I seem to remember) at their turnstile for a ticket but the miserable f****s wouldn't sell. Headed to the Clarendon and watched it there, great atmosphere, cried twice, once during Bocelli and then when I saw Birch looking ten years younger than usual ear to ear grin with the trophy in the tunnel. I even dressed like a t**t for the occasion, scaring many a toddler (and a few adults) with my Wicker man-esque combo. 

please note my neck isn't that fat I was just looking downwards to the camera!

Halloween 9 has a new villain.

[Out Foxed]

happened to be in a bar with some everton fans  just off london road only to find out the barmaid had got it wrong and they wouldn't be showing the football. it was only 20-30 mins before the start of the game and was now resigned for having to go and watch it on a stream. hadn't organised anything as wasn't living in leicester at the time. was going for a piss as it had started to chuck it down and when i was about to leave a guy who we'd given a cigarette to earlier said "you can have my ticket as it means more to you than it does me" i was taken aback and insisted on paying for it and got him some beers as well. as i was at the bar another everton fan who was trying to sell his for £200 couldn't believe it, supposedly the guy was a huge everton fan who travels everywhere with them. manage to get to the stadium just in time for bocelli. eternally grateful to that guy. on a more sour note there were some leicester fans in the away section who were complete disrespectful knobs jeering at the guys around them when we scored that definitely made me temper mine.

[Rusko187]

11 minutes ago, Out Foxed said:

happened to be in a bar with some everton fans  just off london road only to find out the barmaid had got it wrong and they wouldn't be showing the football. it was only 20-30 mins before the start of the game and was now resigned for having to go and watch it on a stream. hadn't organised anything as wasn't living in leicester at the time. was going for a piss as it had started to chuck it down and when i was about to leave a guy who we'd given a cigarette to earlier said "you can have my ticket as it means more to you than it does me" i was taken aback and insisted on paying for it and got him some beers as well. as i was at the bar another everton fan who was trying to sell his for £200 couldn't believe it, supposedly the guy was a huge everton fan who travels everywhere with them. manage to get to the stadium just in time for bocelli. eternally grateful to that guy. on a more sour note there were some leicester fans in the away section who were complete disrespectful knobs jeering at the guys around them when we scored that definitely made me temper mine.

I remember seeing a few flare ups in the away end, shame people end up doing that.

[RoboFox]

Pulled some strings to get accredited and into the camera run. 

 

It meant I was there a few hours before the game watching the preparations and wandering around the empty stadium which was incredible. The anticipation was palpable. 

 

What a day. 

 

 

Absolute chaos all night. We went all the way down the Narb, through Brauny Gate and into the centre. I don't remember an awful lot but I recall pubs just ignoring licensing laws and staying open until the small hours.

[Rusko187]

What a day, up there with greatest days of my life. 

 

We were in Leicester early doors and doing a big bar crawl around town, we bagged ourselves an inflatable trophy from the Market and ended up being snapped for ESPN. Was in the bar next to The Highcross ahead of walking to the ground and met 3 Irish lads just looking to party, they got flights over just to enjoy the atmosphere. 

Seen quite a number of fans from other clubs coming to the City, and it was good to just have a friendly chat with them about their season and ours. 

 

Got to the stadium nice and early, it was bedlam.. went in, watched the match and as we left, all our wives/girlfriends met us up to try and get into some bars for drinks. Best we could manage was Handmade Burger Bar, we had dinner, few drinks and ended up going home. We had to walk along Gallowtree Gate and the only other time I've seen a city like it was in San Antonio, Ibiza when Spain won the World Cup... place was just 1 massive party.

[cheshamfox17]

I have a few, one was walking to the ground and seeing someone in a motorised wheelchair with the whole back covered by a homemade trophy, it just made me really smile.

 

Driving up to Leicester with my Dad (he is from Coalville but I grew up just outside London) chatting about all the games we had been to and how ridiculous it was going from MK Dons away to this 

 

Meeting up with another Leicester supporting friend outside the ground (he unfortunately didn't have a ticket) 

 

Just a magic day!

[cheshamfox17]

14 minutes ago, Rusko187 said:

I remember seeing a few flare ups in the away end, shame people end up doing that.

We could only get one ticket in the Leicester end so we had to get my Dad one in the away end. He said it was fine for a while but after it went to 2-0 he said it wasn't very pleasant but it was all fine for the trophy lift

[nnfox]

Bloody dinosaurs!

[Danizen]

My favourite memory of that day was the absolutely mental atmosphere in the concourse and then walking out to Andrea Bocelli, mid song. Such a sudden, sobering change of mood that made it all feel real and I definitely teared up. It was indescribable. 

 

My favourite non-memory was us beating Everton 4-2. Obviously, the crazy amount I drunk and the all round atmosphere took away my ability to count/follow the actual game of football so I had it in my head until very recently that we won that game 4-2. I'm sure you're all aware the score was actually 3-1 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Beers outside the Swan (RIP). Cans on Filbert street wasteland with the lads. The storm that hit just before the game and the scenes in the concourse pre match. Back into town and the party at the globe, and the whole city drinking in the streets. Can't believe it actually happened. 

 

Also, massive thanks to @Soup, you know why mate. 

Edited 7 May 2021 by Sol thewall Bamba

[Wolfox]

I went home quite quietly from the match…. I think I was so shattered from 3 odd months of anxiety and feeling slightly overwhelmed…. That and 30+ years of moderate expectations!  What a wonderful day though and will live long in the memory…. We had the hottest ticket in the known universe!

 

Still hasn’t sunk in yet…. Had an American on a call yesterday talking about the Super league…. I told him I was a Leicester fan (it didn’t register), so, I told him to him to google Leicester City 15/16

 

”Hot damn”

[rico]

Got this close to the trophy that day........