Is this your first do or die game?

[Stadt]

If we stay up I think it’s quite likely we drop next season as the necessary changes don’t happen. Hard to feel up for it.

[PAULCFC]

Only one for me was the Oxford game.....feels a bit the same tommorow.....hope the results are similar.

[Plastik Man]

5 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Filbert Street 2001 for me. I think we had to beat Manchester United but lost 1-0. There was a beautifully haunting moment about 5 minutes from the end of time where every single person in the crowd was on their feet singing Stand Up If You Love Leicester. Truly unforgettable.

Not half as haunting as that whole season!😱

 

Wasn't our first game at home to Bolton, just promoted?

 

0-5. And then I had to rush to see my dad who'd been taken into hospital. Terrible start to the season.

 

But I do remember the singing, I was in the Kop in those days.

[Guest Fox-66]

First 'Do or die'? 

 

Old Trafford 17th May 1969. Needed a win against United to stay up. We'd lost the F.A. Cup Final to Man City three weeks prior to the game. So not a great end to the season. 

 

Despite goals from David Nish and Rodney Fern (who is the original owner of the song "he's here, he's there, he's every chuffing where"), we lost 3-2 due to goals from Dennis Law, George Best and Willie Morgan. 

 

And we lost our record signing, Allan Clarke, to dirty Leeds once the season was over. 
 

[Corky]

21 minutes ago, Stadt said:

If we stay up I think it’s quite likely we drop next season as the necessary changes don’t happen. Hard to feel up for it.

My feelings too. Cannot see where we get the players or have the finances to overhaul in the Premier League.

[joachim1965]

Oxford was my first do or die.

[Spiritwalker]

Was on the pitch at the end of the Oxford game, safe to say I won’t be on the pitch tomorrow, I don’t 

think I could get over the advertising boards. 

[Welmantry]

Was at the Oxford game but tbh less riding on it. 40 years supporting leicester and I still have the same hope every game but the love has waned with the tippy tappy side to side in defence rubbish we’ve had for a while.

 

Was chatting with a retired professional footballer and asked why this style predominates now and he said the margins are so fine that if you give the ball away the opposition is so good in the premiership that they can be in your area within 10 seconds of giving it away. Hence the game we see

[foxy boxing]

4 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

Was on the pitch at the end of the Oxford game, safe to say I won’t be on the pitch tomorrow, I don’t 

think I could get over the advertising boards. 

Same here, we've been up and down so many times. We've had successes, we've had failures. We've had players and managers come and go. The club will continue and we will all continue to support the club.

[Jakemoore]

I have a very vivid memory of the Stoke game despite the fact that I was probably only 13 at the time. I remember just feeling devastated but getting over it very quickly as you do when you’re young. Now, as a neatly 30 year old I’d like to say that age and maturity will help me rationalise things and remember that “it’s just a game”. But I fear that come 4:30pm tomorrow afternoon, my emotions will take over and I will be an absolute mess. I am 99.9% sure that we are down already, but when it’s confirmed I don’t think the expectation of relegation will make the reality of it any easier to cope with.    

[Guest Fox-66]

6 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

Same here, we've been up and down so many times. We've had successes, we've had failures. We've had players and managers come and go. The club will continue and we will all continue to support the club.

"The club will continue and we will all continue to support the club". EXACTLY!!! 

 

And if the results go against us let's hope songs are 'We'll support you evermore" and "Leicester till I die!" and not the disappointing toxic chant of "you're not fit to wear the shirt" !

[Vindaloo FOX]

4 minutes ago, Jakemoore said:

I have a very vivid memory of the Stoke game despite the fact that I was probably only 13 at the time. I remember just feeling devastated but getting over it very quickly as you do when you’re young. Now, as a neatly 30 year old I’d like to say that age and maturity will help me rationalise things and remember that “it’s just a game”. But I fear that come 4:30pm tomorrow afternoon, my emotions will take over and I will be an absolute mess. I am 99.9% sure that we are down already, but when it’s confirmed I don’t think the expectation of relegation will make the reality of it any easier to cope with.    

I remember it well, felt like my world had ended when we went down, I was a lot younger back then.

 

Really going down was the best thing that could have happened to us back then.

 

Feel this could be the same.

[Vindaloo FOX]

Tomorrow if we go down, don't feel upset.

 

Celebrate our amazing 9 years, it has been amazing.

 

And then we will keep going.

Edited 27 May 2023 by Vindaloo FOX

[Livid]

I was doing my finals at college so missed the Tony James Oxford game. 
 

By the time of the Stoke game I had stopped going regularly so wasn’t at that one. 
 

Went to all the play off final games but I can’t remember anymore I think in the 70’s and 80’s our fate was always sealed well before the last game of the season. 

[Sampson]

Not sure it's really "do or die" if you can win and still go down. That Stoke game we'd have stayed up if we'd won.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

I was at Charlton away when the Micky Adams side of geriatrics and freebies went down. But I tell you what I was more gutted that lot went down than I’ll be with this shower. That Micky Adam’s side didn’t down tools once, they fought hard in every game and came up short - can we really say the same about this lot? 

[Raj]

Stoke away for me.

Horrible horrible day.

[SheppyFox]

I’ve followed city since 1902, I’ve never missed a match. Home, or away. 
 

Couldn’t resist joining in with the Pepe swinging, I am the best fan.

[HitchinFox]

I've been to so many that I know what's coming.

 

I'm in hospitality for this one. Have already had a chat with the team over there to make sure the wine is ready. Will help soften the blow.  



 

[gw_leics772]

After cov lost in the most painful way possible, maybe just maybe, potentially the worst football weekend ever could now turn into one of the best! 

 

But after that, even relegation won't taste as bad now. We've got an all day fun day planned like the good old days. Brekkie in town, train over, beers before and after either way. Will just be glad this season is finally over if we do go down. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But just imagine...... 🤞

 

(and in answer to the question, no. My first season was the tony James goal and miraculously staying up with other results going our way. No idea if it was less likely than this, just loved the pitch invasion. The big difference being that we had play off form at home, just shit away that season so was still a good season for a young lad only watching the home games) 

Edited 27 May 2023 by gw_leics772

[Old Fox]

5 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I was at Stoke. But this is different…. Back then we were genuine shite, so it was to a certain extent to be accepted. 
 

But now, absolutely not, I can’t accept this situation. It’s a complete and utter farce. But I’m not nervous, I genuinely dislike the club at the moment, so I’m a bit emotionless to it all, I’ve accepted we are done, anything other than that would be a welcome surprise. 

100% how I feel 50+ years watching and over 40 as a season ticket holder and have rarely felt more disconnected to the club ————shower of shut from chair to admin and everything in between !

 

This team is probably one of the most despised in all my time because they are not rubbish players just rubbish people……hopefully our chairman can start all over again ……..

 

I think we have less than 1% chance tomorrow because we won’t be West Ham with this lots attitude sadly…

[Craig]

Yeah, I've seen us go down a couple of times live - Man Utd at home in 2002 which was a pretty spine tingling day at Filbert Street to be fair, and Stoke which was completely gutting although it had been coming. 

 

This one is different though. Maybe it's because I'm older and understand the situation more, but this really does feel completely deserved for a lot of people at this club. What we have thrown away is unforgivable. 

 

I hope beyond hope we can somehow pull it off, but we must not let this paper over the gaping holes that have appeared this season.

 

Edit - well, before this season.

Edited 27 May 2023 by Craig

[CrazyKopCorner]

No I’ve seen loads - one that’s not been mentioned in 1986 when we beat Newcastle 2-0 . Ipswich lost at Sheffield Wednesday and we stayed up by a point  - does anyone remember that one?

[Sly]

1 hour ago, SheppyFox said:

I’ve followed city since 1902, I’ve never missed a match. Home, or away. 
 

Couldn’t resist joining in with the Pepe swinging, I am the best fan.

1902?!? 

[oz was my hero]

5 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I was at Stoke. But this is different…. Back then we were genuine shite, so it was to a certain extent to be accepted. 
 

But now, absolutely not, I can’t accept this situation. It’s a complete and utter farce. But I’m not nervous, I genuinely dislike the club at the moment, so I’m a bit emotionless to it all, I’ve accepted we are done, anything other than that would be a welcome surprise. 

100% was at both rhe Oxford games and Newcastle. Remember being totally  gutted at the manor ground as we were relegated. It's not an age thing either. I have honestly  never felt so removed from the club as I do at the minute [for a couple of seasons really] . Don't think the ivory smugglers constant bullshit and players saying their too good has helped.i accepted our fate months ago although I'll still back them to the hilt until the final whistle. Then wish them to fxxk off.