Our overseas posters.

[Foxdiamond]

16 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Good thread @Raj

 

I've completely gone off @FoxesDeb now that I know she's from Kettering. My dream was us shacking up together in Spain, cooking red cabbage and Paella together, but she's blown her chance  (for some slight context, I lived in Kettering for a while and my ex wife is from there)

 

Would also be good to know the story of all members spread across the country. Any ties to Leicester and if not, why are you a supporter?

 

I lived in Leicester for 32 years, from birth and moved away for work. I'm not exactly a million miles away in Northamptonshire. 

 

I've recruited 2 of the 3 step kids to be fans. Me and the boy travel everywhere. The step daughter now wants a membership next year, which is great.

 

The boy has even got a couple of kids from school hooked and gone to games.

 

I'm a big advocate of supporting your local team, always have been, but I won't turn anyone down that wants to watch us. It's better than losing them to the glory boys.

Cheers. I have no Leicester connections at all. I was born in South London of a Dad who was a West Ham fan and with a brother who supports Spurs  Before either tried to influence me at aged 6 Leicester got to cup final. We lost but I had chosen Leicester as MY team. Also Gordon Banks of Leicester was the England keeper and he was a hero. I'm nothing if not loyal and could not change my mind even when my beloved older brother took me to watch Spurs. You can't change your team can you?

[tom27111]

13 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Born and raised in Oadby, parents were both immigrants (as in, from Durham and Brighton) so I'm not from generations of Leicestoh, and in fact I primarily supported Brighton until I was about 14 (although I went to a lot of games and stood in either the Family Enclosure or the other side of the tunnel from the age of 12). 

 

I cannot remember when I was properly won over - perhaps it was attending that epic midweek 3-3 with Liverpool that did it. I left home for College in 1989, but found fellow Foxes in Manchester and am still in contact with my childhood Foxes fans/friends too.

Where in Oadby? I moved there from Wigston when I was 7 and we really went up in the world 

 

I was just off Rosemead Drive and we moved up to the new Oadby Grange houses years later. 

 

I went to Gartree and Beauchamp 

[tom27111]

2 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

Cheers. I have no Leicester connections at all. I was born in South London of a Dad who was a West Ham fan and with a brother who supports Spurs  Before either tried to influence me at aged 6 Leicester got to cup final. We lost but I had chosen Leicester as MY team. Also Gordon Banks of Leicester was the England keeper and he was a hero. I'm nothing if not loyal and could not change my mind even when my beloved older brother took me to watch Spurs. You can't change your team can you?

Love that. Almost 60 years in the making, but you had the bragging rights!

 

I'm so proud of where I come from and although I've moved away (yes, it's only 40 miles) I make sure everyone knows.

 

You say you're a Leicester fan nowadays, you're almost accused of being a glory fan 

 

If I knew that was the case, I'd have skipped the Pleat years!

 

When it's matchday and I'm working, I always wear a tie with Foxes on. Is that sad? 

[Foxdiamond]

3 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Love that. Almost 60 years in the making, but you had the bragging rights!

 

I'm so proud of where I come from and although I've moved away (yes, it's only 40 miles) I make sure everyone knows.

 

You say you're a Leicester fan nowadays, you're almost accused of being a glory fan 

 

If I knew that was the case, I'd have skipped the Pleat years!

 

When it's matchday and I'm working, I always wear a tie with Foxes on. Is that sad? 

Cheers. Patience is a virtue.  Funny iam proud of my London roots but at aged 6 no idea where Leicester is. Like the fact you wear your Leicester tie 

[Stadt]

I love the idea of kids growing up in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds etc (when we were shit) as Leicester fans.

[tom27111]

1 minute ago, Foxdiamond said:

Cheers. Patience is a virtue.  Funny iam proud of my London roots but at aged 6 no idea where Leicester is. Like the fact you wear your Leicester tie 

Weird for me to think we had Gordon Banks in goal. One of the best ever. World Cup winner.

 

We've been spoilt in the last few years, but I'd have loved to have witnessed us playing in the 60's. Some glorious players and so close to winning things.

 

I'm 42 now, so my childhood was the Pleat days and I'm still here!

[tom27111]

2 minutes ago, Stadt said:

I love the idea of kids growing up in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds etc (when we were shit) as Leicester fans.

Now they grow up in Nottingham, Derby and Coventry as Leicester City supporters 

[HighPeakFox]

23 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Where in Oadby? I moved there from Wigston when I was 7 and we really went up in the world 

 

I was just off Rosemead Drive and we moved up to the new Oadby Grange houses years later. 

 

I went to Gartree and Beauchamp 

As did I, although I'm 9 years older than you. I lived off Ash Tree Road, near the junction with the A6 - indeed my Mum still does.

[Foxdiamond]

5 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Weird for me to think we had Gordon Banks in goal. One of the best ever. World Cup winner.

 

We've been spoilt in the last few years, but I'd have loved to have witnessed us playing in the 60's. Some glorious players and so close to winning things.

 

I'm 42 now, so my childhood was the Pleat days and I'm still here!

I often tell my mates that England need a Leicester player to win the world Cup. Still pinch myself how we done in recent years

[tom27111]

4 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

As did I, although I'm 9 years older than you. I lived off Ash Tree Road, near the junction with the A6 - indeed my Mum still does.

Blimey, I have a Harry Potter style scar on my forehead...tried to jump over a tree root growing through the pavement on Ash Tree Road. It went wrong and I never wanted to ride my BMX again 

 

7 stitches at the Royal! You were at the top of the hill, I was at the bottom, Briar Walk.

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, tom27111 said:

Blimey, I have a Harry Potter style scar on my forehead...tried to jump over a tree root growing through the pavement on Ash Tree Road. It went wrong and I never wanted to ride my BMX again 

 

7 stitches at the Royal! You were at the top of the hill, I was at the bottom, Briar Walk.

I could never work out where Briar Meads ended and Briar Walk began...

[tom27111]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

I could never work out where Briar Meads ended and Briar Walk began...

About 100 yards down the hill from the shop you went into to buy penny sweets after school 

 

Possibly where Hidcote Road is?

 

Oh man, memories. Not been around there for years

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

About 100 yards down the hill from the shop you went into to buy penny sweets after school 

 

Possibly where Hidcote Road is?

 

Oh man, memories. Not been around there for years

Lane's, in my days. Where I nicked Panini stickers from.

 

Hidcote Road - that's where John Deacon lived.

 

And if anyone has to ask who John Deacon is, I'll.... I'll... I'll... roll my eyes and say 'tut'. 

[tom27111]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

Lane's, in my days. Where I nicked Panini stickers from.

 

Hidcote Road - that's where John Deacon lived.

 

And if anyone has to ask who John Deacon is, I'll.... I'll... I'll... roll my eyes and say 'tut'. 

It was Lane's. Jesus, that was where I had my first paper-round.

 

Dodgy hairdressers next door. 

 

Looking at John Deacon, he might have been in there for a trim 

 

That hill was lethal. Remember a lad giving someone a croggie, wiped out and both in hospital for weeks!

[Foxdiamond]

4 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Lane's, in my days. Where I nicked Panini stickers from.

 

Hidcote Road - that's where John Deacon lived.

 

And if anyone has to ask who John Deacon is, I'll.... I'll... I'll... roll my eyes and say 'tut'. 

Is that a bass I can hear

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, tom27111 said:

It was Lane's. Jesus, that was where I had my first paper-round.

 

Dodgy hairdressers next door. 

 

Looking at John Deacon, he might have been in there for a trim 

 

That hill was lethal. Remember a lad giving someone a croggie, wiped out and both in hospital for weeks!

Yes, it was highly tempting on a bike.

[tom27111]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

Yes, it was highly tempting on a bike.

I'll clear something up for you...you made it alive to the bottom, that was definitely Briar Walk 

[tom27111]

Slightly off topic, but I hate how anyone not from Leicester calls a croggie a backie. 

 

Fvck off. 

 

It's a croggie.

 

The true international readers of this thread are thinking WTF???

Edited 19 January 2022 by tom27111

[shen]

42 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Slightly off topic, but I hate how anyone not from Leicester calls a croggie a backie. 

 

Fvck off. 

 

It's a croggie.

 

The true international readers of this thread are thinking WTF???

[Smudge]

I was born in Leicester and at the age of eleven we moved to Birstall. I went to school in Barrow

I worked in the road building and construction materials business for a large UK company. In 1987, I was asked to manage a new acquisition in the Palm Springs area of California. I then moved to Virginia and finally retired near my daughter's family in Massachusetts.

 

Neither my dad nor grandfather were interested in football and so I never had the chance to go to Filbert Street until I was about 12 or 13. My first game was to see a cup tie against Birmingham with a bunch of lads from Birstall. A terrifying experience in the Kop. The crowd was heaving and as you can imagine being short and a lightweight young boy, I was just flotsam in the sea of humanity.

 

In our early married years we lived in Worcestershire and it wasn't until we moved to Wigston did I buy a season ticket. I kept them until the late seventies, when we moved away again to Cambridgeshire.

 

Following Leicester from California in the late eighties was very difficult. There was no internet and the only game shown once a year was the FA Cup final which started at 7am. Watching it at my friends house drinking Bloody Mary's with breakfast was a memorable occasion.

 

My son, who now lives in Quorn, never lived in Leicester other than as a toddler but has been an avid Leicester fan all his life. So these last few years he has had three season tickets which we take advantage of when we visit.

Edited 19 January 2022 by Smudge

[ozleicester]

Born (as with all the best people) in Kettering, dad from Leics, mum from :O Watford.

60s, - Moved to Aus as a 6 year old, saw a couple of games at Filbert before leaving, dad went on to tell me he played for LCFC youth/reserves in his youth and even once marked Danny Blanchflower, though as time has gone on.... i dont believe anything he told me (for our older readers Im pretty sure Arfur Daley was based on my dad).

Weirdly....ended up meeting and marrying an Ashby/Coalville girl here in Aus 15 years later. Her family didnt care about football but her extended family in Ashby still did.. filthy Derby fans!

During the 70s, the entire coverage of football was Sunday morning listening to the ABC as they read out the overnight scores, then keeping the league tables on my "Score magazine" leagues tables liftout on the back of my bedroom door. I think about a week later we got Match of The day shown late night on the ABC. If we werent 1st division there was ZERO coverage.

80s - Lost interest in keeping up with the game in England....was playing myself and married, kids etc all took precedence

90s - The internet arrived and i was able to start following a little more closely still family and own game focussed but back to listening with interest. First trip home to the UK in mid 90's and i was able to enjoy a 1-2 loss to Pompey (I think, coz there was an incessant bell being rung all match) from the top of the double decker

00s - Foxes player, Foxestalk and real coverage on pay TV.... League cups werent shown over here, just Premier league and FA Cup, so i missed the joys from those years.... but then ahh the joy of being able to watch in one of our rare covered games... as we get relegated in 2008   Visited back in 2009 and watched a few games from that super season

10s - Moved back to the UK with the plan of staying 8-10 years... lasted 18 months but saw so many great games.... a few aways ... Real Madrid at home   and the birth of the new LCFC... I was a huge fan of the Sven appointment. Moved back to Aus my obsession for City had been hugley fed andcontinued to grow... access to regaulr streams meant i could feel a part of it again..and FOXESTALK allowed me to interact with other knowledgeable City fans, probably the greatest loss is the lack of knowledge or care for your club from everyone else when you leave Leicester.

15/16... managed to get back for 3 games in December of the title winning season... got to sing "We're top of the league" at King Power... what a time to be alive. (all down to my amazing mrs telling me before the season started.... "go, spend the money, they may never be in the premier league again in your lifetime"  

20s Covid sux balls and but OMG... the FA Cup!

[Raj]

7 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

de dent - is that some fancy foreign terminology I'm not aware of?

You should be used to my terrible spelling by now!!!

Edited 19 January 2022 by Raj

[VinceNoir]

7 hours ago, Stadt said:

@shen @VinceNoir

As Danes (?) how did you end up supporting Leicester? 

Well, for me it’s pretty simple really. I’m born and raised in Leicester, but moved to Denmark in 1997 when I was 8 years old. My dad’s a huge Leicester fan so naturally it rubbed off on me and it’s peaked since living here. The Championship days (obvs not 04-08) were class and I managed to get a lot of my uni mates involved because it was a bit hipster supporting a crap team instead of any of the “big six”. And it’s been an excellent journey since! 
 

I’m not sure if it was my first game but the first one I remember was the 2-1 win against Southampton at Filbert Street when Heskey scored a brace  But what I remember distinctly from that game was when Muzzy got the ball on the halfway line and the keeper was on the edge of his box or a little off his line. As far as I recall, my brother (seemingly as the only person in the ground) got up and shouted “Shoot, Muzzy!”. Muzzy didn’t shoot. 

[jonthefox]

7 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

Lane's, in my days. Where I nicked Panini stickers from.

 

Hidcote Road - that's where John Deacon lived.

 

And if anyone has to ask who John Deacon is, I'll.... I'll... I'll... roll my eyes and say 'tut'. 

I always thought John Deacon live on Bollington road?. I was born on Brookside drive and moved to Somerby drive till i left home. Manor and Beauchamp for me. 

[SpacedX]

4 hours ago, jonthefox said:

I always thought John Deacon live on Bollington road?. I was born on Brookside drive and moved to Somerby drive till i left home. Manor and Beauchamp for me. 

No, Hidcote Road, down at the bottom, just after the bend. 

 

The Turner nominated artist David Shrigley lived on Ash Tree Road, who was responsible for one of the most bizarre and surreal mascots in football history...

 

Edited 19 January 2022 by Line-X