Leicester's 2016 title-winners arrange own reunion after club snub

[Spanner73]

2 hours ago, Dan said:

Each passing day I really do wonder if Aiyawatt took some offence to something our fans said/did and decided to just decimate everything on purpose. It would explain a lot.

I seriously think that ! 
With every passing day you hear something else and you start to think even the worst football club couldn’t be this bad surely.

 

It genuinely feels like sabotage 

[OntarioFox]

10 minutes ago, bovril said:

Obviously this is disappointing but I feel that if the club were organising something a lot of people on here would say it was a cynical plot to distract from the current shambles. 

Nah, it's the bare minimum of what should happen. Frankly, it's offensive that none of the title-winning squad got a testimonial, especially Vardy, Morgan or Kingy - who was supposed to have one but had it dropped after the pandemic and never spoken about again.

This SHOULD be the de facto testimonial for everyone involved in the miracle. But let's be real - a reminder of what we once were in very recent memory would be a lightning rod for more criticism of Top and KPFC, so they daren't do it. Not least since multiple members of that squad (Vardy, Simpson, even hints from Albrighton) have been fairly open in their criticism of how the club is now run.

[BoyJones]

20 minutes ago, bovril said:

Obviously this is disappointing but I feel that if the club were organising something a lot of people on here would say it was a cynical plot to distract from the current shambles. 

Tend to agree. A lot of our toxic fans will jump on any decision to suit their agenda of dissing the club.

Personally I think Top should have done something, but he would defo have got slagged off by some “fans” for living in the past and not focusing on survival this season. 

[The_77]

1 hour ago, ramboacdc said:

How it is worded by person on FoxesOfLeicester makes it sound worse than it is. It did it's job though and got reactions and clicks to the site. 

The quote comes from the Four Four Two piece. Simpson says he knows the club is going through some tough times, doesn't know if the club were planning an event and if they were, he hasn't heard of one yet.

 https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/we-havent-heard-anything-from-the-club-about-a-10-year-reunion-for-our-premier-league-title-but-the-lads-are-chatting-and-well-have-one-if-we-can-help-leicester-city-during-a-difficult-time-we-would-ex-foxes-star-tells-fft-about-anniversary-plans

"“I don’t know, the club’s going through a difficult time, we haven’t heard anything from the club,” he told FourFourTwo.

“But we’ve got a WhatsApp group, ‘Reunion 2026’, and we’ve had a few chats about what we’re going to do. Obviously most of the lads are retired now, although some are still playing.""


Frankly, it's bollocks. If the choice was getting the guys back together at whatever expense to have them stand on the pitch against Preston North End at half time when we could be fighting to stay in the championship, or don't and the time, money and effort go into something else that helps the club, I am more than happy to. 

The club don't currently have a pot to piss in, and the players are millionaires so many times over. They are all grown adults and in some cases are still playing. They can arrange their own stuff and meet up. The club shouldn't be footing the bill if they want to get together. Apart from a single photo op, there is nothing more the club can do, and trying to wrangle even just the starting 11 to Seagrave would be difficult and do nothing more than fill a post on the socials for a day or so.

Such a non story. Danny Simpson wants a catch up with his team mates and happened to tell a journalist. 
 

This isn’t just about one player wanting the club to foot the bill for him to meet up with his mates. A bunch of the players from that squad have been trying for many months to arrange something meaningful with the club to mark the anniversary. 

[The_77]

34 minutes ago, bovril said:

Obviously this is disappointing but I feel that if the club were organising something a lot of people on here would say it was a cynical plot to distract from the current shambles. 

Ask yourself this, which of the two options would you prefer? 

[foxfanazer]

2 hours ago, BrilliantFox said:

We're midtable in the Second Division of English Football. What don't you understand?

 

What part of this are you ok with? What is there to look forward to? Genuinely answer this question.

I bet you don't get one

[It'sblueupnorth]

1 hour ago, ramboacdc said:

How it is worded by person on FoxesOfLeicester makes it sound worse than it is. It did it's job though and got reactions and clicks to the site. 

The quote comes from the Four Four Two piece. Simpson says he knows the club is going through some tough times, doesn't know if the club were planning an event and if they were, he hasn't heard of one yet.

 https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/we-havent-heard-anything-from-the-club-about-a-10-year-reunion-for-our-premier-league-title-but-the-lads-are-chatting-and-well-have-one-if-we-can-help-leicester-city-during-a-difficult-time-we-would-ex-foxes-star-tells-fft-about-anniversary-plans

"“I don’t know, the club’s going through a difficult time, we haven’t heard anything from the club,” he told FourFourTwo.

“But we’ve got a WhatsApp group, ‘Reunion 2026’, and we’ve had a few chats about what we’re going to do. Obviously most of the lads are retired now, although some are still playing.""


Frankly, it's bollocks. If the choice was getting the guys back together at whatever expense to have them stand on the pitch against Preston North End at half time when we could be fighting to stay in the championship, or don't and the time, money and effort go into something else that helps the club, I am more than happy to. 

The club don't currently have a pot to piss in, and the players are millionaires so many times over. They are all grown adults and in some cases are still playing. They can arrange their own stuff and meet up. The club shouldn't be footing the bill if they want to get together. Apart from a single photo op, there is nothing more the club can do, and trying to wrangle even just the starting 11 to Seagrave would be difficult and do nothing more than fill a post on the socials for a day or so.

Such a non story. Danny Simpson wants a catch up with his team mates and happened to tell a journalist. 
 

The club recently had a paid event so people could watch a documentary on Fatawus return from an ACL, do you not think a ‘reunion party’ where they can charge fans to have a black tie event or something along them lines would be far and away a bigger money spinner and better event to go to?

[AyewJoking]

could be the club was scared of a potential backlash given the current predicament....

 

I dont think they would make a decent fist of it anyway.

 

Perhaps best the club has zero input and the legends do something themselves

[PAULCFC]

All round to Anstey Nomads.....Nuge,Waggy,Logan and the title winners........bet they would make a better job than KPFC.

[Wink84]

14 hours ago, davieG said:

https://foxesofleicester.com/leicester-s-2016-title-winners-arrange-own-reunion-after-club-snub

 

By
Thomas Bradley Alderman

A decade ago, Leicester City defied the laws of footballing physics. LCFC transformed from 5,000-1 outsiders into the most improbable and unfathomable Premier League champions in history. Maybe any top flight lore. Yet, as the ten-year anniversary of that 2016 miracle approaches, a concerning silence has descended from the King Power boardroom.

In a revelation that underscores a growing chasm between club and heritage, former City right back Danny Simpson has confirmed that the architects of that triumph have received no contact from the hierarchy regarding an official celebration. Shocking, but not surprising! This lack of outreach is not merely an administrative oversight: it is more akin to an indictment of a badly run organisation currently adrift in the English Football League 

Leicester City’s 2016 title-winners arrange own reunion after club snub
While the Leicester ownership remains fixated on financial sustainability and a managerial merry-go-round, the players who once united a city and wowed the world have apparently been forced to coordinate their own commemoration. Wow.

"We haven’t heard anything from the club about a 10-year reunion for our Premier League title, but the lads are chatting and we'll have one – if we can help Leicester City during a difficult time, we would"
Four Four Two
Through a private WhatsApp group titled "Reunion 2026", icons like Riyad Mahrez, N'Golo Kante, and Shinji Okazaki are said to be planning their own tribute to a legacy the contemporary owner seems to have neglected altogether.

Damning optics
The optics are indeed damning, though wholly in keeping with the modern LCFC. At a time when the Foxes desperately need to reconnect with a disillusioned fanbase, they have seemingly ignored the very men who personify an 'all for one' ethos.

Simpson’s admission that the squad is ready to help "get the fans back onside" suggests a group of legends more committed to the club's soul than those currently steering the ship: namely Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (chairman Khun Top), along with director of football Jon Rudkin. If the 2016 heroes actually host their own party, it marks a tragic conclusion to football's greatest ever story.

Club don't want to advertise the drop off since, bad PR for Aiyawatt and Co.

[LCFCJohn]

14 minutes ago, Wink84 said:

Club don't want to advertise the drop off since, bad PR for Aiyawatt and Co.

I wondered this. But they have their social media foot soldiers using it as their defence at every turn. I think it is more that they don’t want to draw attention to those who were really responsible (the players). The narrative they have built is that it was KP and Rudkin etc who are the ones responsible for the achievement. A false narrative eaten up by many of our supporters, who no doubt jumped on the bandwagon around that time.

[Fox92]

On 03/02/2026 at 10:12, LCFCJohn said:

I wondered this. But they have their social media foot soldiers using it as their defence at every turn. I think it is more that they don’t want to draw attention to those who were really responsible (the players). The narrative they have built is that it was KP and Rudkin etc who are the ones responsible for the achievement. A false narrative eaten up by many of our supporters, who no doubt jumped on the bandwagon around that time.

The death built that idea up too, I have never got my head around the fact people want to sing Vichai "made us sing that".

[stevostadium]

The players renunion is being organised by Wes and Marc Allbrighton.

[Foxes1]

You can imagine the scene now hold it at the KP stadium on the pitch, Top and all his Thai influencers will flood the pitch along with hundreds of his other mates from Thailand taking the applause (or booing as the case may be) with the players in the background.

[filthyfox]

Never have i felt more disenchanted woth thr club....

Time to get the Khun T op out

[Bourbon Fox]

Am I the only one who thinks celebrating the 10th anniversary would be completely tinpot?

[fox_up_north]

1 hour ago, Bourbon Fox said:

Am I the only one who thinks celebrating the 10th anniversary would be completely tinpot?

Yes.

 

It was an absolutely amazing achievement and will never be repeated. Celebrate the fuch out of it. 

[AYLESBURY FOX 1961]

Its been years since i re lived the day so indulged myself watching you tube clips of bocelli and ranieri on the podium and polich it off with a trophy lift - i had forgotten what it was like to celebrate lol. If it brings a tear to the eye and a choke in the back of my throat and i was only an innocent observer god knows how the players must feel. Who are we to deny their moment of immortality - celebrate the hell out of it. League one will be with us soon enough

[PAULCFC]

2 hours ago, stevostadium said:

The players renunion is being organised by Wes and Marc Allbrighton.

And they will make a proper job of it......I wouldn't trust our current lot to do it right at all.

 

[Izzy]

2 hours ago, stevostadium said:

The players renunion is being organised by Wes and Marc Allbrighton.

Are they married?

[RowlattsFox]

Not sure about this, and feels a bit of a weird thing to go to the press with. I appreciate he was probably just asked a question. 

 

It would be nice to arrange something for the summer or end of the season but I'm sure the club would be accused of living in the past or not concentrating on the now. 

[Out Foxed]

1 hour ago, RowlattsFox said:

Not sure about this, and feels a bit of a weird thing to go to the press with. I appreciate he was probably just asked a question. 

 

It would be nice to arrange something for the summer or end of the season but I'm sure the club would be accused of living in the past or not concentrating on the now. 

urgh

[Voll Blau]

On 02/02/2026 at 19:40, Langston said:

She was more competent than John Rudkin and Aiyawatt but Susan Whelan was responsible for plenty of crap as well . A lot of eulogising going on about her time with us..

Yeah, a whole lot of revisionism going on here by people with short memories. It barely seems like yesterday that she was lying to literally *tens of thousands of us* about the season ticket loyalty tax.

 

Being the first rat off a sinking ship doesn't make you any less of a rat.

Edited 5 February by Voll Blau

[Buzzell]

Would rather have Top not have nothing to do with it tbh.

[cropstonfox]

Tops probably organised a surprise party