Happy Anniversary

[cityfanlee23]

9 hours ago, StanSP said:

Yep, we had Chelsea a few days later in the league then threw it away vs Spurs at home. 

 

I remember Chelsea league game being straight after because they were up in arms about Amartey throwing the Chelsea pennant in the dressing room and dancing around it. Then Pereira and Rudiger having a bit of handbags late in the game. 

 

9 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

Am I right in remembering that the league season was not yet over when we played the cup final? 

Yep thanks for the correction, Even after that season had concluded we were all disappointed but I don't think many could see the absolute collapse that was just around the corner. 

[HighPeakFox]

1 hour ago, cityfanlee23 said:

 

Yep thanks for the correction, Even after that season had concluded we were all disappointed but I don't think many could see the absolute collapse that was just around the corner. 

I agree, we were absolutely on the ropes in the Cup Final.

 

Was not trying to correct you at all, more making conversation/clarifying  

[Bert]

10 hours ago, Big_Nige said:

Saw him there last Friday too. He loves that Co-op

So do I. It’s about the only co-op along with Quorn that still has the little hot food counter  

[Raj]

Was lucky enough to be there with the lads I goto KP with.

A day before my 50th birthday.

Amazing day even with a low capacity covid hit crowd

[Lesta2014]

19 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Watched it at home with my dad. We weren’t together for the title win but for every single other trophy we’ve won we’ve been together and often in attendance (including play-off wins). 

 

I have honestly never seen him so animated. When that goal went in I remember jumping up and screaming, nearly tripping over my flip flops and falling into the TV. Dad was jumping up and down and just screaming ****ING HELL at the top of his lungs. Neither of us sat down for the rest of the match. I literally couldn’t.

 

In the lead up to the final whistle we were stood up, cornering the telly and anxious as ****. When it finally blew, I remember just two things - me stood still (didn’t want to break my ankles or the telly) screaming with joy into the scarf I’ve had since my first ever game. But my dad, in his late 60s, running around the ****ing house, jumping up and down and screaming at the top of his lungs like a 10 year old. 

 

Almost tearing up with joy just thinking about it now. Just an utterly unforgettable moment.

 

How do you even begin to describe that feeling to non-football/sports fans? Or Spurs fans?

 

I’d give anything for us to do it again but it wouldn’t be the same as it was our first FA Cup and just meant so much more. 

The explaining it to non-sports fans is impossible. I stood and cried with joy for 10 mins after final whistle, first time we’d got to a final since becoming a dad and it meant a lot more they were sat with me watching whilst it happened. It’s days like that why when we are poor like now you never give up on following them. The good days however rare always outweigh the bad seasons/games/times. 
 

roll on the next unforgettable achievement however far away that may be. 

Edited 16 May 2025 by Lesta2014

[willie-bell-in-rothley]

27 minutes ago, Raj said:

Was lucky enough to be there with the lads I goto KP with.

A day before my 50th birthday.

Amazing day even with a low capacity covid hit crowd

Fantastic day from start to finish, spent the whole day with my step son which was nice in itself, completed the viewing of a full set of domestic 

honours for me ,the beer flowed freely, a nice way to forget the covid problems for a while, so many happy people, just brilliant

[promised land]

21 hours ago, Bert said:

I was there. Right behind the goal. Unbelievable noise, atmosphere, scenes. Funnily enough, I seen Tielemans last night at the co-op car park in Barrow. 

Does he still live in the area then?

 

Was at the game myself behind goal and as you looked across the stand it looked like more were there than actually were, when we scored everyone piled forward and it was almost normality again at the football which was a good thing.

 

No way I was going by coach though so held off buying until the Friday afternoon (was not going to go due to the stupid bus rules at first) when the last tickets were released without any fox travel commitments so drove down to Stanmore and tubed it in.

 

I heard afterwards it was one person per pair of seats, seated near the window with face nappy on. Sounded like an American prison bus with all the orders what to and not to do.

 

Surprised you weren’t shackled as well on the coach.

 

Oh the ridiculous rules continued I now remember as we had to go for a bat flu test at a centre a few days before the game as well, somewhere in Mowacre Hill I recall for me. 
 

Still, its  an FA Cup win I’ve seen.

Edited 16 May 2025 by promised land

[Raj]

12 minutes ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

Fantastic day from start to finish, spent the whole day with my step son which was nice in itself, completed the viewing of a full set of domestic 

honours for me ,the beer flowed freely, a nice way to forget the covid problems for a while, so many happy people, just brilliant

It was abit weird when we were all travelling down with our "masks on" after waiting in the rain for the buses!

Bizarre day.

Special day to add to the memory bank.

Being a City fan has definitely given us a rollercoaster of a ride!!

[Raj]

22 minutes ago, promised land said:

 

 

No way I was going by coach though so held off buying until the Friday afternoon (was not going to go due to the stupid bus rules at first) when the last tickets were released without any fox travel commitments so drove down to Stanmore and tubed it in.

 

I heard afterwards it was one person per pair of seats, seated near the window with face nappy on. Sounded like an American prison bus with all the orders what to and not to do.

 

Surprised you weren’t shackled as well on the coach.

 

 

Nothing like that at all.

 

On the way there they tried to enforce some sort of guidelines but gave up after a while and on the way back to Leicester it was just like normal more or less- they let you use your own initialise depending on how vulnerable you may be!!

[tinpot_fox]

22 hours ago, goose2010 said:

Couldnt get a ticket, so me and a few mates sat in my garden had a BBQ and set the telly up outside. We watched it on Iplayer as the cables were long enough  but obviously a few in the street were watching it on BBC - we heard the cheer for the goal and the VAR decision before they happened! the VAR one was so confusing as it looked find from the first angle! 

 

Cracking day though jsut a massive shame it happened during Covid! 

We decided no to bother with a pub or bar as there was few of us, got all the food sorted and the front room set up to watch the match. 5 minutes before the game I turn the TV on and realise there’s no ariel cable in the front room. So we watch it on IPlayer instead of having a lead going through two rooms and yes we heard the cheers up the road and had texts coming through about bits of the match that hadn’t happened yet  

22 hours ago, Fox92 said:

I was lucky enough to be there at Wembley. One of the greatest days but I'd love us to get there for a full capacity Wembley.

 

To win a trophy, a major trophy, shouldn't be sniffed at. It's so difficult. Cup competitions should be priorities season after season. 

My mum got to go as she is a steward, well jealous

22 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Must also say about Tielemans. Perhaps things ended sour here but he's forever a legend for that goal.

He is a legend and always would have been for me as he always seemed to get petulant in a match when things weren’t going our way, nice to have a bit of fire on our side. A shame he went but you can’t hang on to all your players forever (unless you vastly overpay them…)

[Heskey2011]

13 hours ago, Vacamion said:

 

Happy to celebrate the anniversary of the sound of that thunderous shot near the end by Mason Mount with the ball slapping loudly off Kasper's hand.

 

It was an unbelievable save. 

 

Maybe the noise of the save came through the telly because the microphone was near a bit of the ground not obscured by crowd noise due to Covid restrictions.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/57129639

 

I think of that save about as much as I think of Youri's goal.

 

I was at home in Glasgow and did the exact same same I did when we won the league - walking around my house staring ahead in disbelief muttering "Ah doont believe it"  

 

 

 

[Edit to add, I think that's Jenas on co-comms on the link.  So glad he's off our tellies]

 

 

I swear it was from further out, how on earth did Kasper get to it, he jumps, lands, two steps and dives in about one tenth of a second.😂 

[HEGGSY]

Was there with a few mates, unbelievable day. 
 

apologies if you're on here but always found it funny we waited 50+ years for it and this bloke behind me was fast asleep hahah

[Bert]

1 hour ago, promised land said:

Does he still live in the area then?

 

Was at the game myself behind goal and as you looked across the stand it looked like more were there than actually were, when we scored everyone piled forward and it was almost normality again at the football which was a good thing.

 

No way I was going by coach though so held off buying until the Friday afternoon (was not going to go due to the stupid bus rules at first) when the last tickets were released without any fox travel commitments so drove down to Stanmore and tubed it in.

 

I heard afterwards it was one person per pair of seats, seated near the window with face nappy on. Sounded like an American prison bus with all the orders what to and not to do.

 

Surprised you weren’t shackled as well on the coach.

 

Oh the ridiculous rules continued I now remember as we had to go for a bat flu test at a centre a few days before the game as well, somewhere in Mowacre Hill I recall for me. 
 

Still, its  an FA Cup win I’ve seen.

Yes mate, he’s still in Quorn. 
 

My situation was the same as you, flatly refused to be shoehorned onto a coach and then on the Friday when basically the club couldn’t find any more coaches I got myself a ticket and my friend who had a ticket that doesn’t live in an LE postcode who had a ticket picked me up and he drove us down. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

3 hours ago, Raj said:

Was lucky enough to be there with the lads I goto KP with.

A day before my 50th birthday.

Amazing day even with a low capacity covid hit crowd

Happy 54th birthday! 👍🏼

[promised land]

2 hours ago, Raj said:

Nothing like that at all.

 

On the way there they tried to enforce some sort of guidelines but gave up after a while and on the way back to Leicester it was just like normal more or less- they let you use your own initialise depending on how vulnerable you may be!!

Your coach maybe but the one my mates went on it was like that, slowly sipping drinks meant you didn’t have to abide by the Covid rules.

 

Grown adults being told what to do. Some make follow their orders, others make their own decisions.

Edited 16 May 2025 by promised land

[promised land]

32 minutes ago, Bert said:

Yes mate, he’s still in Quorn. 
 

My situation was the same as you, flatly refused to be shoehorned onto a coach and then on the Friday when basically the club couldn’t find any more coaches I got myself a ticket and my friend who had a ticket that doesn’t live in an LE postcode who had a ticket picked me up and he drove us down. 

I knew he was Quorn based as after the cup win someone saw him in the park, Birmingham isn’t far to commute as I’ve done it many times in the past.

 

I never knew tickets got released due to coach shortage, I just thought they’d given up on it by then, all week I was trying to convince myself to give in and just travel on it but I wanted to stand by my point of not being told how to travel basically 100 miles as an adult.

 

Plus it was a first come first served so stood queueing in a bus park, forget that.

Edited 16 May 2025 by promised land

[Raj]

49 minutes ago, HEGGSY said:

Was there with a few mates, unbelievable day. 
 

apologies if you're on here but always found it funny we waited 50+ years for it and this bloke behind me was fast asleep hahah

 

Atleast he adhered to the Covid rules whilst sleeping and missing our first ever FA Cup victory!!

 

OH PLEASE be someone from here!!!

[Foxdiamond]

4 hours ago, Lesta2014 said:

The explaining it to non-sports fans is impossible. I stood and cried with joy for 10 mins after final whistle, first time we’d got to a final since becoming a dad and it meant a lot more they were sat with me watching whilst it happened. It’s days like that why when we are poor like now you never give up on following them. The good days however rare always outweigh the bad seasons/games/times. 
 

roll on the next unforgettable achievement however far away that may be. 

My daughter's other half is a smashing bloke but not a sports fan(could be worse and be married to a Spurs or Forest fan etc) When she was watching the final apparently she was shouting at the tv and very animated. He said to her " well that's a side of you not seen before" then understood what it meant.

[pkonline]

I watched it at home. Invited 5 others around (COVID restrictions). Decorated the kitchen in blue and made blue cocktails. The others weren't Leicester fans but any excuse to do something social due to COVID! Followed the whole day in the TV. Final whistle ran outside the street in tears. Got a taxi to KP with a few bottles of wine. 🥹

 

Great memories 💙