Towns that are “Leicester”

[PAULCFC]

45 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

There is a pub in Stamford which hints at being owned / ran by a Leicester fan.

 

I had the unfortunate pleasure of watching last weeks game alongside a day tripping Coventry fan in there 😏

 

For completeness, there is also a pub a short walk away owned and run by a Middlesbrough fan. 

The Golden Fleece in Stamford is my favourite pub there.....know a few city fans there,Market Deeping,Bourne.

[DJ Barry Hammond]

5 minutes ago, PAULCFC said:

The Golden Fleece in Stamford is my favourite pub there.....know a few city fans there,Market Deeping,Bourne.

Been going next door to the Millstone for Leicester games recently - had favoured the Lord Burleigh before that, but got lazy given it’s a reasonable treck to town for me as it is.

 

Haven’t troubled The Golden Fleece in my time here yet.

[Claridge]

19 hours ago, PAULCFC said:

The Golden Fleece in Stamford is my favourite pub there.....know a few city fans there,Market Deeping,Bourne.

Loads of great pubs in Stamford. Toby Morris is my favourite

[STEVIE B]

6 minutes ago, Claridge said:

Loads of great pubs in Stamford. Toby Morris is my favourite

Grainstore is ok too. Always busy. 

[Phenom]

On 18/01/2024 at 09:38, Molson Canadian said:

Why Yikes ?

Immigrants who got to a place shitting on other immigrants just because they were first. Which is ironic considering that you’re an immigrant in Canada, too…

[Molson Canadian]

On 20/01/2024 at 09:18, Phenom said:

Immigrants who got to a place shitting on other immigrants just because they were first. Which is ironic considering that you’re an immigrant in Canada, too…

Maybe they should learn to fit into the society and culture. Rather than coming and making no effort at all. For example some being in the county for over 20 years and not bothering to learn how to speak English ? How about the immigrants who come make no efforts at all, take advantage of everything given to them and make no efforts to contribute anything back? How about the behaviour of those who do carry themselves in that manner undermining all the hard work the ones before them who put in when they arrived. If it wasn’t for any of them that came before and put the work in things wouldn’t be so easy for the ones who came after.  I can continue on but don’t want to make you upset.
 

 

[Stadt]

Remember that Sky graphic where we were the most popular team in the Outer Hebrides? Then it turned out it was one Leicester fan and he posted on here  

[FoxesTalker]

Great to still see shirts out and about in the areas surrounding the city. Wigston is very Leicester. Fleckney has its fair share of support as well.

[Nolucklcfc]

Harborough is the weird one, literally shirts from all over the place there. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

Coalville is 99% Leicester 

[The whole world smiles]

5 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Coalville is 99% Leicester 

Coalville is the most Leicester place on earth. 

[RoboFox]

37 minutes ago, Nolucklcfc said:

Harborough is the weird one, literally shirts from all over the place there. 

It’s crossed a cultural threshold in recent years, and subsequently seen a massive influx of affluent families in the last 5-10 years. People have moved there from all over.

 

Edited 9 May by RoboFox

[Nolucklcfc]

3 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

It’s crossed a cultural threshold in recent years, and subsequently seen a massive influx of affluent families in the last 5-10 years. People have moved there from all over.

 

Aye seen villa, forest, cov, Brentford, Millwall, Leeds, Ipswich … plenty of Leicester tho tbf 

[MattFox]

24 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Coalville is 99% Leicester 

Coalville is more Leicester than Leicester 

[tinpot_fox]

Probably see a fair few Leicester shirts around Skegness and Mablethorpe in the summer months

[Officer Doofy]

1 hour ago, MattFox said:

Coalville is more Leicester than Leicester 

Might actually be true 

[niyaminski]

I went tigers today. The amount of non-Leicester accents in the stands did my nut in.

 

Walked past the train station and everyone buggering off to all over the country.

 

I just don’t understand why people can’t support their local clubs, whether that be football, rugby, cricket or whatever.

[CloudFox]

18 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

I went tigers today. The amount of non-Leicester accents in the stands did my nut in.

 

Walked past the train station and everyone buggering off to all over the country.

 

I just don’t understand why people can’t support their local clubs, whether that be football, rugby, cricket or whatever.

If you're talking about it in relation to the Tigers being a "big club", then I get you. But from a City perspective, there are plenty of fans like me that were either born in Leicester and moved away young (so lost the accent, and have to travel), and/or grew up supporting Leicester because their family did. My "local" club is Brighton, but I've always been a Leicester fan. That's just how it is.

[Leicesterpool]

Always thought hinckley was pure leicester but seen too many cov shirts around whenever i have past through.. surely a cure must be discovered 😆

[westernpark]

23 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

I went tigers today. The amount of non-Leicester accents in the stands did my nut in.

 

Walked past the train station and everyone buggering off to all over the country.

 

I just don’t understand why people can’t support their local clubs, whether that be football, rugby, cricket or whatever.

Most infuriating thing at Tigers is seeing Forest hats/memorabilia then with a Tigers shirt.

There’s an extreme view regarding Leicester, when you think those in the county should maybe support their nearest county town rather than the city. It’s one I’ve thought about but normally the reason you support a team is slightly nuanced anyway. Nonetheless, I hate it when people slag the city off whilst supporting the club!

[HP1]

8 minutes ago, westernpark said:

Most infuriating thing at Tigers is seeing Forest hats/memorabilia then with a Tigers shirt.

There’s an extreme view regarding Leicester, when you think those in the county should maybe support their nearest county town rather than the city. It’s one I’ve thought about but normally the reason you support a team is slightly nuanced anyway. Nonetheless, I hate it when people slag the city off whilst supporting the club!

That forest memorabilia would be in a cardboard box in the loft if they were back in the bottom half of the championship.

 

Makes me laugh that over the last few years back in the Premier league you now hear loads of Forest fans piping up on talksport about random topics when previously you never heard a peep from them. 

Edited 9 May by HP1

[Stuntman_Mike]

3 hours ago, MattFox said:

Coalville is more Leicester than Leicester 

Having moved from the city to not far from Coalville, this makes complete sense 

 

I'm not sure many people would agree with me, but I think the Coalville area is great. Mostly friendly and humble people with the traits that Leicester as a city (the good side) had when I was growing up. 

[MattFox]

49 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

I went tigers today. The amount of non-Leicester accents in the stands did my nut in.

 

Walked past the train station and everyone buggering off to all over the country.

 

I just don’t understand why people can’t support their local clubs, whether that be football, rugby, cricket or whatever.

EMR from Derby always heaving on Tigers match days

[waddadamadda]

27 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Always thought hinckley was pure leicester but seen too many cov shirts around whenever i have past through.. surely a cure must be discovered 😆

Was about to say the same! Hinckley has been taken over by the highlighter orange £1 monzo shirts crew. 

[HP1]

4 minutes ago, MattFox said:

EMR from Derby always heaving on Tigers match days

To be fair to those folk, there isnt much to shout about if you like sport and you're from Derby.  Rubbish teams everywhere.