Best Leicester 11 of your lifetime (in terms of ability)

[bovril]

Flowers

 

Ricardo

Kaamark

Huth

Elliot

Fuchs

 

Cambiasso

Kante

Izzet

 

Mahrez

Vardy

 

Subs:

Lennon

Kasper

Mancini (obviously the most talented but limited games)

Tielemans

Fofana

 

[bovril]

6 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

Is everyone forgetting Neil Lennon?

 

6 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

Parker was also great for us.

Two very talented players.

 

Parker might be the best striker of a dead ball we've ever had. Was one of the best in England at the time.

 

Lennon splits opinion for obvious reasons but is a Leicester legend for what he achieved and for how good he was. Was the engine of that team.

[bovril]

Flowers was quite comfortably better than Kasper imo, although obviously the latter has more legendary status.

[RumbleFox]

13 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

There's a recency bias from my perspective, I'm sure of it. 

Yeah maybe. Like obviously Evans is a top defender and there may be arguments to say he was better than Elliott. But to say he was “far more complete” than Elliott is just untrue. Matt Elliott was honestly the best defender I’ve seen play for us (I was born in 1981 for reference). He was a big ugly brute and we were a very good yet scruffy and unfashionable team who probably punched above their weight due to great management and a siege mentality. Certainly many of our players were journeymen. But Izzet and Elliott were (in my opinion) as good as any players we’ve ever had in my lifetime (bar Kante, Mahrez and Vardy).  As I say, he was kind of a big ugly brute in terms of stature but, not only was he an amazing, no nonsense defender, on the ball he was phenomenal. I haven’t seen us in person for a long time (I live in Scotland) but I lived in Leicester during some of Elliott’s time with us and I genuinely think he’s the best defender we’ve ever had. Also, as someone else pointed out, he scored seven league goals in a premier league season. Insane. 

Edited 3 September 2025 by RumbleFox

[bovril]

Yeah Elliott was great. You couldn't design a better centre half. Really elevated us from a surprise package when we first got promoted to a top half premier League team, one that probably could've been top 6 with a deeper squad 

[dmayne7]

9 minutes ago, bovril said:

Flowers was quite comfortably better than Kasper imo, although obviously the latter has more legendary status.

Na. Flowers was quality but Kasper is criminally underrated by some. Remember having a debate with somebody on here who claimed that he made loads of errors leading to goals, yet he had the lowest out of any keeper in the whole time he played in the PL. Less overall than Alisson had in a single season! Even his playing out from the back was blown out of proportion. People forget how good his long range passing was and the fact that he played in Danish youth set ups as an outfield player until his mid teens.

[FoxOnWheels]

Looking at everyone’s selections we’ve had some cracking centre halves!

 

Elliot

Walsh

Morgan

Huth

Evans

Fofana

Maguire

 

hard to pick 2 out of that

[dmayne7]

3 minutes ago, bovril said:

Yeah Elliott was great. You couldn't design a better centre half. Really elevated us from a surprise package when we first got promoted to a top half premier League team, one that probably could've been top 6 with a deeper squad 

I always maintain that we were maybe 1 player away from having a fight good go at CL places back then, when we had those few weeks of Heskey and Collymore. Plenty of teams with more talented players but the functionality of that team, with how players complimented each other, plus still some very talented players, made it excellent.

[RumbleFox]

Shout out to Tunchev. 

[bovril]

Just now, dmayne7 said:

Na. Flowers was quality but Kasper is criminally underrated by some. Remember having a debate with somebody on here who claimed that he made loads of errors leading to goals, yet he had the lowest out of any keeper in the whole time he played in the PL. Less overall than Alisson had in a single season! Even his playing out from the back was blown out of proportion. People forget how good his long range passing was and the fact that he played in Danish youth set ups as an outfield player until his mid teens.

So probably the difference is much less than I made out in my post but I think Flowers was really underrated. I think he might have been the best shot stopper England had in that era but Seaman was perhaps more consistent and was elevated by the back four he played with. But when Flowers was on it he was almost superhuman. Banzai goalkeeping. 

[enmac]

7 minutes ago, FoxOnWheels said:

Looking at everyone’s selections we’ve had some cracking centre halves!

 

Elliot

Walsh

Morgan

Huth

Evans

Fofana

Maguire

 

hard to pick 2 out of that

Graham Cross, John Sjoberg. 

[Jobyfox]

Kasper

Ricky, Morgan, Elliott, Fuchs

Kante, Lennon

Izzet

Mahrez, Vardy, Oooooo,,,, Tommy Wright

Edited 3 September 2025 by Jobyfox

[Long Eaton Fox]

Shilton

Whitworth

Morgan

Walsh

Fuchs 

Izzet

Kante

Albrighton 

Mahrez

Vardy

Weller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lesterlad]

Banks

Nish

Kamaark

Huth

Elliott

Glover

Kante

Cambiasso

Weller

Mahrez

Vardy

Edited 4 September 2025 by Lesterlad

[Mark_w]

42 minutes ago, FoxOnWheels said:

Looking at everyone’s selections we’ve had some cracking centre halves!

 

Elliot

Walsh

Morgan

Huth

Evans

Fofana

Maguire

 

hard to pick 2 out of that

Bloody easy to rule out Maguire though

[fazzyfox]

                         Wallington

      Kaamark       Walsh       Elliott

                         Kante

                                  Cambiasso

                           Izzett.              
Mahrez.                                          L.Cunningham

                 Lineker         Vardy

 

Subs:-

 

Ricardo
Fofana

Huth or Evans 

Lennon

Macalister

Tielemans

Madison

A.Smith

Heskey

Then there’s Morgan, Collymore, Mancini, Fuchs, MacDonald, Barnes, Peter Weir, Fatawu, Draper, Sergio Hellings 

 

3 at the back in order to fit in my midfield choices, with the Kante twins shielding it’ll do!. Having Mahrez and Cunningham on the wing makes it a footballing Harlem Globe Trotters and whilst the Vardy / Lineker partnership may not be the best balance I find it hard to look past them and imagine that combined pace.

 

 

[dorsetboy]

tough one this  started watching 1980s 

 

                                                      Kasper

            Ricardo               Elliott                   Morgan          Kaamark

                                 Kante                     Lennon

           Mahrez                       Macallister                    Guppy

                                              Vardy

 

 

       Could easily have also had lineker , lynex , prime ndidi  , stan collymore , cambiasso , hesky , walsh   also although he was only on loan i loved watching Kevin Campbell                  

[OntarioFox]

Are we counting players who were underwhelming for us but went on to be world-beaters? Because if that's the case, I guess you can make a case for Kane and Lookman.

Going in the other direction, there was Nobby Solano who was absolute mustard in his Newcastle days but past it by Pearson's second season.

[Golden Fox]

15 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

1. Ward

Very underrated. Think of where the club was before he became No 1 - hadn't been in the too flight for years, but he was one of the missing pieces of the puzzle for that '93-'94 campaign when we finally reached the promised land. 

 

Hard done by to only get 6 appearances in our first ever Premier League season, but glad someone else recognises his talent. 

 

 

And a great chant... Gavin Ward, My Lord... 

Edited 4 September 2025 by Golden Fox

[Golden Fox]

10 minutes ago, OntarioFox said:

Are we counting players who were underwhelming for us but went on to be world-beaters? Because if that's the case, I guess you can make a case for Kane and Lookman.

Going in the other direction, there was Nobby Solano who was absolute mustard in his Newcastle days but past it by Pearson's second season.

Roberto Mancini? 

[enmac]

Any team without Weller and Worthington is ridiculous. 

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, RumbleFox said:

Yeah maybe. Like obviously Evans is a top defender and there may be arguments to say he was better than Elliott. But to say he was “far more complete” than Elliott is just untrue. Matt Elliott was honestly the best defender I’ve seen play for us (I was born in 1981 for reference). He was a big ugly brute and we were a very good yet scruffy and unfashionable team who probably punched above their weight due to great management and a siege mentality. Certainly many of our players were journeymen. But Izzet and Elliott were (in my opinion) as good as any players we’ve ever had in my lifetime (bar Kante, Mahrez and Vardy).  As I say, he was kind of a big ugly brute in terms of stature but, not only was he an amazing, no nonsense defender, on the ball he was phenomenal. I haven’t seen us in person for a long time (I live in Scotland) but I lived in Leicester during some of Elliott’s time with us and I genuinely think he’s the best defender we’ve ever had. Also, as someone else pointed out, he scored seven league goals in a premier league season. 

 Remember that cup goal at Chelsea? Very good with the ball was Matt 

[enmac]

The problem with this poser is that it depends on how long you've following City for. 

[Dorkingfox]

Banks/Shilton

Whitworth Cross Walsh Nish

Kante Gibson

Glover Worthington/Vardy Mahrez

 

Too many good players since the early 60s to now, hard to pick a team, suprising how many good players we have had over the years, not all great player but many good club players.

 

Jon Sammels, Weller Alan Clarke, Linaker, Cambiasso, Fuchs, Elliot, Weller, Izzet, Lennon, Bobby Robers John Sjoberg, Heskey, Collemore, Kasper, Morgan, Huth, Evans, Maguire, Fofana, Bobby Kellard, Willie Carlin, Rodney Fern, Tommy Wright, Tielemans, Manchini, Peter Rodrigues, Len Chalmers, Ian King, Colin Appleton, Frank McLintock, Derek Dougan, Richie Norman, Jackie Sinclair, Alan Birchenall, Denis Rofe, Jeff Blockley, Steve Earl, Steve Kember, Dave Webb, George Armstrong, Eddie Kelly, Larry May, Steve Lynex, Kevin MacDonald, Jim Melrose, Ian Wilson, Alan Yound, Eddie Kelly, John O'Neil, Paul Ramsey, Alan Smith, Andy Peake, Mark Venus, Simon Morgan, Russell Osman, Gary McAllister, Ali Mauchlen, Paul Ramsey, Mike Newell, Tony Spearing. Paul Reid, Nicky Cross, Wayne Clarke, Allan Evans, Gary Mills, David Oldfield, Kevin Russell, Simon Grayson, Paul Kitson, Nicky Platnauer, Richard Smith, Steve Thompson, Bobby Davison, Colin Hill, Julian Joachim, Steve Agnew, Simon Grayson, Iwan Roberts, Mark Draper, Mark Blake, Nicky Mohan, Gary Parker, Scott Taylor, Steve Clarridge, Steve Guppy, Pontus Kamark, Gary Parker, Spencer Prior, Julian Watts, Ian Marshall, R Savage, Theo Zagorakis, Tony Cottee, Andy Impey, Frank Sinclair, Rob Ullathorne, Darren Eadie, PhilGilchrist, Stefan Oaks, Gerry Taggart, Callum Davison, Gary Rowett, Dean Sturridge, Paul Dickov, Lee Marshall, Matt Piper, James Scrowcroft, Alan Rogers, Jordan Stewart, Briane Dean, Billy McKinlay, Marcus bent, Les Ferdinand, Riccy Scimera, Lillian Nalis, Ben Thatcher, David Connolly, Scot Gemmill, Keith Gillespie, Martin Keown, Alan Maybury, Joey Gudjonsson, Chris Makin, Dion Dublin, Stephen Hughes, Paddy McCarthy, Richard Stearman, Momo Sylla, Matt Fryatt, Paul Henderson, Gareth McAuley, Levi Porter, Ian Hume, Paddy Kisnorbo, Bruno NGotty, James Wesolowski, Steve Howard, Stephen Clemence, DJ Cambell, Bruno Berner, Lloyd Dyer, Jack Hobbs, Andy King, Joe Mattock, Matt Oakley, Alex Tunchev, Paul Gallagher, Martyn Waghorn, Richie Wellens, Kyle Naughton, Darius Vassell, Dany Drinkwater, Jamaine Beckford, Paul Konchesky, Matt Mills, David Nugent, Lee Peltier, Richie De Laet, Matty James, Michael Keane, Anthony Knockaert, Jeff Schlupp, Chris Wood, Lian Moore,  Marcin Wasilewski, Marc Albrighton, Danny Simpson, Ben Chilwell, Fuchs, Okazaki, Ulloa, H Barnes, Mendy, Choudhurry, Iheanacho, Gray, Iborra, Ndidi, Maddison, R Pereira, Soyuncu, Dewsbury-Hall, Perez, Praet, Castagne, JJ, Lookman, Vestergaard, Buonanotte, Hermansen, Fatawu, BEK, Stolarczyk, Winks, probably missed a few

To come Alves, Aluko, Evans, Monga, Cover, Baybrooke, Cartwight, Wilson-Brown, Opoku, Page etc.

Edited 3 September 2025 by Dorkingfox

[TonyN11]

Born 1956

 

Shilton

Rodrigues  Walsh Cross  Nish

Weller  Kante  Sammels  Mahrez

Vardy  Worthington