How Lucky We Are

[Foxdiamond]

33 minutes ago, FOXSE said:

I am sure I read that this season would equal our record for consecutive seasons I'm the top flight. So, if we stay up, next season will mark our longest ever run. That's how lucky we are!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did 12 years between 1957 to 1969. In fact we managed 19 out of 21 years between 1957 and 1978 with just 1970 and 71 outside. 

[StanSP]

 

 

Still feel so lucky, despite how underwhelming things may have been since. 

 

But add to the above an FA Cup final win, another season in Europe culminating in our first semi-final. 

 

There was a big lull in the past 12-18 months but let's hope the good/better times will return soon... 

[fuchsntf]

4 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

We're the most ridiculous club there's ever been.

Being Leicester rooted fans,

We are like a sponge that soaks up the shit, but occasionally cleans ups with panash..when we shine 

We have to sponge and carry the weight of depression covering the country's heart, when England,football,Rugby,cricket,etc are crap,but ready to hail our heroes when they rise from the pheonix. Tigers overs more years the only respite,tho' they have hit bottom over the recent years..

 

It's the trials and tribulations of life being in the heart & middle of the country...but having  great badges to perform behind...

Typifying Leicester guy...miserable ol'fart,who will bitch all day,but will give his heart his all to those who are willing to share & bare their souls in times when down, and is somewhat confused in celebration when the good times roll

Edited 13 February 2023 by fuchsntf

[fuchsntf]

7 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

We did 12 years between 1957 to 1969. In fact we managed 19 out of 21 years between 1957 and 1978 with just 1970 and 71 outside. 

Plus delivering the famous ice-kings,great cup runs,lost tears,great managers, wtf-managers, 3 greatest GKs in our history. Never out of two  top flights...

First covered pitch..& best losers in history...

[FoyleFox]

It actually seems ridiculous when you see it written in black and white. After the highs of the MON era and the low of relegation to league one. The incidents of the 2 play off semi finals.

 

When we finally got promoted, it was such a relief. I thought that was our holy grail completed. 

 

The last few years have just been truly mental. 

 

 

[Simoken]

10 minutes ago, fuchsntf said:

We're the most ridiculous club there's ever been.

This whole thread sums up the state of our fanbase. Its beyond embarrasing. People on here have questioned me personally if im an actually LCFC fan just because im pro BR and remain a loyalist and dont have a change of heart after every loss, I think there needs to be a change of mentality not just on the pitch but as a fanbase because im really tired of seeing these threads when a few weeks ago, you were all calling for BR to be sacked and relegation polls were flooding.

 

[SkidsFox]

16 minutes ago, Simoken said:

This whole thread sums up the state of our fanbase. Its beyond embarrasing. People on here have questioned me personally if im an actually LCFC fan just because im pro BR and remain a loyalist and dont have a change of heart after every loss, I think there needs to be a change of mentality not just on the pitch but as a fanbase because im really tired of seeing these threads when a few weeks ago, you were all calling for BR to be sacked and relegation polls were flooding.

 

Always been like that, fan bases become complacent. I remember both Jimmy Bloomfield and Gordon Milne becoming unpopular with the fans. Hard to stay optimistic I suppose when the league position worsens slightly year on year. but it's often a lot worse when the axe falls. The new boss is rarely the saviour.

As mentioned above, it's a victory just to stay consistently in the top flight, long may it continue...

[bovril]

11 hours ago, tom27111 said:

There's been a lot of doom and gloom around the club lately, maybe rightly so, but the last couple of weeks made things look brighter.

 

Lucky might be the wrong word to use, maybe it should have been fortunate, or something else instead.

 

Anyway, my West Ham supporting mate has just just text me saying "I'd take getting relegated if it means we win the Conference League, I'd kill to see us win a trophy in my lifetime, JUST ONE"

 

Met a West Ham fan in the pub after Chelsea this year who said the same to me - we've lived the dream. It has been amazing. Still can't believe I watched us lift the FA Cup after our almost legendary bad luck in the 1960s finals. 

[shailen]

No other club will do what we did. The money in the game now, the way it has and will be monopolised by the so called big 6. We're the only team to have broken the big 6 monopoly on the PL since Blackburn and since Wigan on the FA cup. 

 

To have done both and gone on various European runs is absolute testimate to our owners and players. Every other club are jealous of our achievements as they are epic!! 

[Electric Yetis]

3 hours ago, tetly said:

And the drama of all the playoff games. Swindon Blackburn Derby Watford.

 

Its been emotional!

Not forgetting the other play off drama against Cardiff and Tranmere.

And the further legendary 5-0 demolition of Cambridge.

 

Edited 13 February 2023 by Rain King

[Fox92]

I was thinking the other day actually how domestic trophy results under Rodgers have been great.

 

It wasn't too long ago we were dumped out early on but under Rodgers has taken us to one quarter final and one semi final of the League Cup and one quarter final and final (winning it, of course) of the FA Cup. This season we could get to the quarter finals of the FA Cup too. All in four seasons.

 

Getting to the quarter finals of each competiton feels like minimum now under him which is amazing considering I know what sort of club we are, how big we are, and how important cup competitions should be to us.

[Spudulike]

12 hours ago, Foxdiamond said:

Great Post. Started supporting Leicester when I was a nipper at less than 7 year old. Until I was over 40 we had not won any major honour (64 League Cup aside and a number of top sides did not enter) in that time I can remember your mate's West Ham winning FA Cup in 64, Cup Winners Cup 65, Cup again in 75 and 80. As much as I loved our club I used look at clubs like West Ham and those Brian Clough sides and Ipswich and Sunderland etc and think we ultimate bottlers. O'Neill changed that but then we got really bad Taylor and all that until the drop to League One. The League win and finally The FA Cup has brought a wonderful Indian summer into my supporting life. I still pinch myself on a regular basis we have won so much in the last 30 years compared to the first 30 years of following our club. 

And none of it wouldn't have happened without Vichai. 

[Nalis]

I have a lot of Newcastle supporting mates. The fans and the city are treating the league cup final in a way that we would treat a champions league final. 

 

Its a reminder to never underestimate what we achieved.

[Fox92]

16 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

And none of it wouldn't have happened without Vichai. 

Without Nigel Pearson none of it would have happened.

 

To build the club up on and off the pitch he did was unbelivable.

 

The best thing this ownership ever did was get Pearson back from Hull and then stick with him.

Edited 13 February 2023 by Fox92

[Spudulike]

I have to have a sneaky look at our honours board every now and then and pinch myself. 

 

Most clubs have never won a major domestic trophy in their entire history let alone in the modern era. 

 

Thanks Dad for taking this little lad down the City on Boxing Day 1965.

[MrSpaM]

Spoken to my mates about this multiple times, and pretty much everybody catagorically agrees Leicester have been the most exciting club to watch over the past ten years

[Suzie the Fox]

Uplifting thread, i like it  

Edited 13 February 2023 by Suzie the Fox

[dorsetboy]

From the joys of tony james hitting that goal to save us from relegation its been a rollercoaster of a ride.

 

Still the saddest football day of my life was that wembley game at swindon coming back to 3-3 and losing it ffs.

 

Been a great journey and i can die happy.

 

Two important people i think deserve a mention

 

Milan mandaric - whatever people think he saved the club and found vichai as a buyer 👍

 

Nigel pearson - that great escape was the catalyst for that title in my eyes. Ranieri was just over seeing a team and spirit that was built by nigel

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, Rain King said:

Not forgetting the other play off drama against Cardiff and Tranmere.

And the further legendary 5-0 demolition of Cambridge.

 

 

Must add Claridge winner 2 seconds from the end against Palace

[Electric Yetis]

Just now, Foxdiamond said:

 

Must add Claridge winner 2 seconds from the end against Palace

Indeed, mistakenly thought that was included in the post I quoted.

[The boy Linacre]

12 hours ago, Foxdiamond said:

Great Post. Started supporting Leicester when I was a nipper at less than 7 year old. Until I was over 40 we had not won any major honour (64 League Cup aside and a number of top sides did not enter) in that time I can remember your mate's West Ham winning FA Cup in 64, Cup Winners Cup 65, Cup again in 75 and 80. As much as I loved our club I used look at clubs like West Ham and those Brian Clough sides and Ipswich and Sunderland etc and think we ultimate bottlers. O'Neill changed that but then we got really bad Taylor and all that until the drop to League One. The League win and finally The FA Cup has brought a wonderful Indian summer into my supporting life. I still pinch myself on a regular basis we have won so much in the last 30 years compared to the first 30 years of following our club. 

ONLY Man Utd, Chelsea, Man C, Liverpool & Arsenal have won more trophies than us since the year 2000, making us 5th

We're 7th on top 6 finishes since 2010 with 3

A European Quarter final & Semi final, when prior to that we hadn't got past the 2nd round EVER & qualified rarely

Villa 7 titles 1 European cup no trophy since 1996, Everton 9 titles no trophy since 1995, Leeds 3 titles no trophy since 1992, Newcastle 4 titles no trophy since 1969, Forest 1 Title 2 EC's no trophy since 1990, Tottenham 2 titles no trophy since 2008, West Ham no trophy since 1975, Wolves 3 titles no trophy since 1980

Teams with real foot league 

Only Wigan & Portsmouth FA Cup outliers & look where they are now

Only Swansea, Blackburn, Middlesbrough,  Birmingham League Cup outliers & look where they are now.

Between 1959 & 1972 12 different clubs won the title, between 1982 & now i.e. 41 years, 9 clubs have won the title including us, IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO WIN THE LEAGUE OR EVEN CHALLENGE, a 1st & 2 5THS

12 is our record for consecutive years in the top flight, we are currently on 9 and looking stronger for it now to be 10.

10 years of the best years of our supporting lives!!!!

 

[Fox92]

38 minutes ago, The boy Linacre said:

ONLY Man Utd, Chelsea, Man C, Liverpool & Arsenal have won more trophies than us since the year 2000, making us 5th

We're 7th on top 6 finishes since 2010 with 3

A European Quarter final & Semi final, when prior to that we hadn't got past the 2nd round EVER & qualified rarely

Villa 7 titles 1 European cup no trophy since 1996, Everton 9 titles no trophy since 1995, Leeds 3 titles no trophy since 1992, Newcastle 4 titles no trophy since 1969, Forest 1 Title 2 EC's no trophy since 1990, Tottenham 2 titles no trophy since 2008, West Ham no trophy since 1975, Wolves 3 titles no trophy since 1980

Teams with real foot league 

Only Wigan & Portsmouth FA Cup outliers & look where they are now

Only Swansea, Blackburn, Middlesbrough,  Birmingham League Cup outliers & look where they are now.

Between 1959 & 1972 12 different clubs won the title, between 1982 & now i.e. 41 years, 9 clubs have won the title including us, IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO WIN THE LEAGUE OR EVEN CHALLENGE, a 1st & 2 5THS

12 is our record for consecutive years in the top flight, we are currently on 9 and looking stronger for it now to be 10.

10 years of the best years of our supporting lives!!!!

 

The whole "look where they are now" is not right though. We are not a small club who got lucky.

 

We are a bigger club than Wigan and Portsmouth, always have been. Wigan are probably overachieving being in the second tier never mind the top division and then winning the FA Cup (which isn't talked about enough in the "biggest achievement in football" argument). We're bigger than Swansea too and have won more than Middlesbrough and Birmingham.

 

We are traditionally a yo-yo club but have played in the third division once, we are not lucky to be in the top tier and I wish posts like "look where they are now" would stop painting it as that.

Edited 13 February 2023 by Fox92

[Spudulike]

9 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

The whole "look where they are now" is not right though. We are not a small club who got lucky.

 

We are a bigger club than Wigan and Portsmouth, always have been. Wigan are probably overachieving being in the second tier never mind the top division and then winning the FA Cup (which isn't talked about enough in the "biggest achievement in football" argument). We're bigger than Swansea too and have won more than Middlesbrough and Birmingham.

 

We are traditionally a yo-yo club but have played in the third division once, we are not lucky to be in the top tier and I wish posts like "look where they are now" would stop painting it as that.

Can't be that much of a yo-yo club if we are 13th in the modern (Premier League) era. And it is an era as its now over 30 years since football changed. 

 

Agree that we are a big, successful club and the lil'ol Leicester tag really isn't appropriate. 

[Hammo]

I was sorting out a health insurance quote with a broker on the phone the other day and when he saw where I lived, he went: “Leicestershire? You wouldn’t be a Leicester City fan, would you?”

 

I told him I was a season ticket holder. After an “oh my god” he spent roughly the next ten minutes branching off topic to tell me how envious he was, how I must be living the dream, how lucky I was, how our successes were an inspiration to other clubs of our size etc etc.

 

When he had finished I was positively glowing, but he hadn’t said who he supported. So I asked him.

 

When he told me, I just had to give him my business.

 

“Southampton” the poor bastard muttered.

 

 

[The boy Linacre]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

The whole "look where they are now" is not right though. We are not a small club who got lucky.

 

We are a bigger club than Wigan and Portsmouth, always have been. Wigan are probably overachieving being in the second tier never mind the top division and then winning the FA Cup (which isn't talked about enough in the "biggest achievement in football" argument). We're bigger than Swansea too and have won more than Middlesbrough and Birmingham.

 

We are traditionally a yo-yo club but have played in the third division once, we are not lucky to be in the top tier and I wish posts like "look where they are now" would stop painting it as that.

Wasn't trying to say we were, was trying to say, having not won a title in 132 years, best 2nd in 1929 I think & lost in 4 cup finals, in the last 7 years we have become the 14th Club to win all 3 domestics trophies, by winning an additional 2.

Its not about them, its about how well WE have done since winning the League Cup in 2000 & these are the BEST of times in our history.

But from a context perspective it was the comparison to the historically successful top flight clubs, Everton, Villa, Newcastle, Tottenham, Wolves since 2000.

We are a middling club that got stratospherically better in a tremendously hard period of time for clubs to win trophies due to the weighting to the monied "big 6". 

Maybe that didn't come across.