Little known things

[Bourbon Fox]

When he played for us, Nikos Dabizas was a regular at a café bistro I used to work at in Nottingham.

 

He was always by himself and used to sit at a table drinking coffee, reading the paper and chuffing fags.

 

One day I glanced at his smokes and said, 'haven't you got a game Saturday?' and he politely suggested that I **** off.

[MPH]

8 minutes ago, Bourbon Fox said:

When he played for us, Nikos Dabizas was a regular at a café bistro I used to work at in Nottingham.

 

He was always by himself and used to sit at a table drinking coffee, reading the paper and chuffing fags.

 

One day I glanced at his smokes and said, 'haven't you got a game Saturday?' and he politely suggested that I **** off.

 

 

classy guy

[EverybodyDannsNow]

On 16/09/2021 at 09:07, Whys it always me said:

Luke Thomas is my nephew 🤔

Cracking young player who seems like a really nice, mature lad too. You should be proud. 

[Buzzell]

A long time ago one Saturday night I noticed Andy King, Sean St Ledger and a few others in Republic nightclub. I was absolutely smashed and shook all their hands but couldn’t remember Ledger’s name so he walked off with the arse.

[Mike Oxlong]

Ben Chilwell has changed his name to Ben Gelwell after picking up an advertising deal from the makers of a well known male grooming hairstyling product 

Edited 23 September 2021 by Mike Oxlong

[MPH]

One time before an evening away game against Luton David pleat had the lads on the pitch doing a bit of an impromptu set peice training session. Me and my friends knew their usual leaving time for away games and so we we waiting for autographs. Got a few as they got onto the coach.  Marc North came back off the coach and asked us to go get him a couple of cans of lucozade and a couple of Mars bars  he gave me the money and off I shot.. friends gave up as I was outrunning them.  I burst into filbert grocers and announced I was here to buy Mars bars and lucozade for Marc north.  Chap behind the till was suitably unimpressed- not sure what I was expecting… so I got the Mars bars and lucozades ( he was buying for Ricky Hill aswell)   Paid for them and legged it back to the coach. Marc Morth came down the stairs, took the stuff and told me to keep the change! It was about 56p! I was well chuffed.

 

all players and staff were on the coach by now except David Pleat..  he came out carrying his footy boots and a tracksuit .. he saw us standing there grinning with our autograph books and said “ are you waiting for me?” To which we all nodded. He said “ let me put this on the coach and I’ll be back” he then walked up the steps, told the driver  to go, the doors slammed shut, the coach drove off and he left us standing there books and pens in hand looking like muppets.

 

His highfield visits didn’t  earn the same disdain from me as that did. 

[tom27111]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

One time before an evening away game against Luton David pleat had the lads on the pitch doing a bit of an impromptu set peice training session. Me and my friends knew their usual leaving time for away games and so we we waiting for autographs. Got a few as they got onto the coach.  Marc North came back off the coach and asked us to go get him a couple of cans of lucozade and a couple of Mars bars  he gave me the money and off I shot.. friends gave up as I was outrunning them.  I burst into filbert grocers and announced I was here to buy Mars bars and lucozade for Marc north.  Chap behind the till was suitably unimpressed- not sure what I was expecting… so I got the Mars bars and lucozades ( he was buying for Ricky Hill aswell)   Paid for them and legged it back to the coach. Marc Morth came down the stairs, took the stuff and told me to keep the change! It was about 56p! I was well chuffed.

 

all players and staff were on the coach by now except David Pleat..  he came out carrying his footy boots and a tracksuit .. he saw us standing there grinning with our autograph books and said “ are you waiting for me?” To which we all nodded. He said “ let me put this on the coach and I’ll be back” he then walked up the steps, told the driver  to go, the doors slammed shut, the coach drove off and he left us standing there books and pens in hand looking like muppets.

 

His highfield visits didn’t  earn the same disdain from me as that did. 

 

Are you responsible for "PLEAT OUT"?

 

The soundtrack to Saturday afternoons through my childhood, that still haunts me now? 

 

I hope so 

 

 

[bovril]

On 15/09/2021 at 09:41, MattFox said:

We were Nottingham Forest’s last ever top flight opponent since that day we’ve been relegated and promoted 3 times and won every major domestic honour and the top 3 divisions.

 

 

I knew that, but this is still the single greatest post in the history of this website. 

[MPH]

21 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

Are you responsible for "PLEAT OUT"?

 

The soundtrack to Saturday afternoons through my childhood, that still haunts me now? 

 

I hope so 

 

 

 

I was certainly one of the loudest 

[Jattdogg]

The Eiffel Tower was a Leicester landmark.

 

 

[Aus Fox]

4 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

The Eiffel Tower was a Leicester landmark.

 

 

As was the Statue of Liberty 

[MPH]

The Taj  Mahal was built in a factory off of Aylestone road

Edited 24 September 2021 by MPH

[tom27111]

4 minutes ago, MPH said:

The Taj  Mahal was built in a factory off of Aylestine road

Legend has it that it was  modelled on a Leicester landmark, The Prince of Punjab.

 

A great place to have a meal before or after the match 

[Bourbon Fox]

A couple of years ago Muzzy Izzet was barred from a bar I helped open in town, for stealing the nice gin glasses and getting a bit shirty when confronted about it.

[los dedos]

8 hours ago, tom27111 said:

 

Are you responsible for "PLEAT OUT"?

 

The soundtrack to Saturday afternoons through my childhood, that still haunts me now? 

 

I hope so 

 

 

Loved how we could be winning 2-0 and you'd still hear a " PLEAT OUT " from the Mainstand . Why was it always the Mainstand ? 😂

[wokinghamfox]

I shared a Kentucky fried chicken with Ben Marshall on the Narborough Road in 2012. His career has skyrocketed since.

[ARM1968]

9 hours ago, buzzer_b said:

A long time ago one Saturday night I noticed Andy King, Sean St Ledger and a few others in Republic nightclub. I was absolutely smashed and shook all their hands but couldn’t remember Ledger’s name so he walked off with the arse.

I bet he kept a little note of that in a small book somewhere. 

[Vlad the Fox]

8 hours ago, tom27111 said:

 

Are you responsible for "PLEAT OUT"?

 

The soundtrack to Saturday afternoons through my childhood, that still haunts me now? 

 

I hope so 

 

 

“PLEAT OUT”

 

Became a greeting or farewell between City fans. You’d see a mate, as we approached we’d greet each other with a “pleat out” then normal conversation, football or otherwise, would ensue. After the conversation we’d part with a cheery “pleat out” and a wave as we went on our way.  

[Buzzell]

Another drunken time in Zanzibar in the ‘Cabana room’ I bumped into Richard Stearman and Trevor Benjamin. I went up to Benjamin and said ‘Hey you’re Trevor Benjamin!’ He turned around and said ‘I’m his twin brother’. Stearman, sucking his Chubba Chubba lollipop from the Lucky Lucky man, thought it was absolutely hilarious.

 

Benjamin was an absolute unit. Stearman was an absolute penis.

[Out Foxed]

36 minutes ago, buzzer_b said:

Another drunken time in Zanzibar in the ‘Cabana room’ I bumped into Richard Stearman and Trevor Benjamin. I went up to Benjamin and said ‘Hey you’re Trevor Benjamin!’ He turned around and said ‘I’m his twin brother’. Stearman, sucking his Chubba Chubba lollipop from the Lucky Lucky man, thought it was absolutely hilarious.

 

Benjamin was an absolute unit. Stearman was an absolute penis.

seem to remember matt heath being a bit of a knobber too

 

david nugent, however, top class

[Buzzell]

7 minutes ago, Out Foxed said:

seem to remember matt heath being a bit of a knobber too

 

david nugent, however, top class

Most of them were up their own arse knobbers. Never met Nugent but King was proper down to earth. Top bloke.

[Silebyfox_89]

Derby County & Leicester City were both formed in the same year 1884.

[Out Foxed]

16 minutes ago, buzzer_b said:

Most of them were up their own arse knobbers. Never met Nugent but King was proper down to earth. Top bloke.

yeah bro met king at drinkwaters bday proper sound. drinkwater is a bellend of the highest order.

[fazzyfox]

Mighty Finn Jari Rantanen had his debut delayed whilst the club sought specially made shorts large enough for him, a situation only ever previously seen at the likes of The Dog And Duck 4th team.

[RoboFox]

1 hour ago, buzzer_b said:

Benjamin was an absolute unit. Stearman was an absolute penis.

He was in my class at school. He was fine, a bit of a lad, and part of the sporty boys club whereas I was neither... He wasn't even the best footballer. Just got lucky through Harborough Town.

 

I used to run into him out in Leicester just as he was breaking into the first team. Him and James Wesolowski would bowl into Soar Point on a Tuesday night when all the DMU students were out for pound-a-pint night and buy rounds of 2-4-1 Cactus Jack Apple Sours thinking they were coming across like Jordan Belfort.

 

I'm not an arse-kisser so I left him to it, but I once ran into him and said hello, and he pretended he didn't know who I was. 

 

 

Edited 24 September 2021 by RoboFox