Ashamed

[jayfox26]

For the first time in my life, I actually feel ashamed to say im a Leicester fan. 

 

Bit of background, but my Dad was from Leicester and always supported them, so despite me living my whole life in the north West, I've always proudly supported Leicester since being 7 and went to my first game on my 10th birthday, 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Filbert Street. 

 

Spent my whole youth being surrounded by Man U and Liverpool plus Bolton fans and constantly being asked "why do you support Leicester" and regardless of what league we were in or how we were doing, I always proudly wore my shirts and never bothered about other people slating me for my football choices. 

 

My kids now wear leicester shirts to but im now at a point where I dont feel proud to support Leicester anymore. 

 

People at work always want to talk about football and have a little dig about leicester being rubbish and I dont even engage in conversation about foorball anymore. 

 

This owner, board and players have destroyed any enjoyment I've ever had in football. 

 

I will always look back fondly about our trips to Wembley in play offs and league cups plus of course the title win and fa cup win, and even times when we weren't very good but we were always proud of our team and our players. 

 

Of course me never living in the city may have a different outlook to others but im genuinely interested to see if others feel the same. 

 

Are people proud to say they support Leicester right now? 

 

Do people enjoy our games? 

 

Im not one that suffers with mental health as such but football has been my whole life and im now at an age (because of injuries) that i dont play anymore, and im finding i dont even enjoy watching football anymore and it makes me really sad. 

 

I do hope that one day I will get back watching games again, and im not even bothered what league we are in but I just want a club and a group of players that I can feel pride in again. Everyone and everything about this club currently makes me feel sick. 

[Birkdale Fox]

I can so relate to this. Grew up in Leicester but lived away since I was 18 (50 years ago), mainly in the North West as with you. Club was respected in the past then admired during the golden period but the pride has been sucked out of me. Embarrassing now - based on resources, facilities and fan base we must be the worse run club in the 4 leagues. And until KP leave, there’s no real hope. 

[sly1]

Yes ashamed

[Groby_Blue]

What a game for your debut. I was there too in Crazy Corner. 

 

My first game was around 1980 and we lost. Took it seriously from the very early 90s when Little was the manager. Got a ST and that was it. 

 

Home and away. Amazing times and utter shit times. Sunderland away mid week. Seen us lose away at Gillingham and Doncaster. Seen us win away at Liverpool and United. 

 

Madrid away for on that horrendous coach trip. 

 

So many Wembley finals I've almost lost count. Enough money to almost pay off a mortgage. And no matter how bad it got, I came back for more. And the pay off was the ultimate prize, watching us lift that trophy at home to Everton. 

 

And you think, well that's it. We've done it. It doesn't matter what happens now. But it does matter. You still care. Relegation from the PL the first time. Anger and hurt because that was so avoidable. Promotion. Brilliant. And then, worse and worse and worse. To today, where we all know what's coming but now..... Meh. After all these years, I don't actually care. 

 

I was in the Wellington selling raffle tickets for the Foxes Trust when we were in the shit. I was outside the Walkers with a bucket. All of that. 

 

And they've actually managed to kill it. Top and Rudkin and this utterly appalling group of players have managed to kill it all. I still watch us on streams but I kind of hope we get a win now without any actual expectation of getting one, and when we lose I don't let it bother me anymore like it always did.

 

Thanks King Power. 

Edited 11 April by Groby_Blue

[wurmer]

Even if we had got the 6 points back, we'd still only be 3 points above the drop zone.

 

It's that bad.

 

If I were King Power I'd just let us go into admin - the chances of them getting any of their money back vs the money they are going to have to pump into the club just to keep us afloat when we go down.

They can't sell any assets as they've secured loans against them and there's no guarantees that we will get promoted next season.

 

Looking purely from a commercial perspective, it's not worth it.

[Tomo260]

12 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

..

I am in a similar boat to you. Family are all from Leicester, moved to the South West as a kid in the countryside. Most here support the top 6 or Bournemouth. 

I can't even enjoy watching other teams as a neutral as much because of the landslide we're in, not talking about it at work because it's difficult to explain to non Leicester fans the details of how we got here. 

I'm not expecting us to be battling for the PL title every year, I just want the club owners and players to care a fraction of the amount I and other fans do

[Twitcher]

I can relate. Born and bred in Leeds. The whole family are Leeds, and there's times I wish history had taken a different course for me. However, I adopted Leicester in 1974 and have supported them ever since. I had daughters who weren't really into football. However, my grandson is Leicester. It's tough and costly getting to games, and so he fits in at school, I want him to switch to Leeds. He's at the age I switched.

However, am I ashamed? Absolutely not. It's not me out there playing. I'll definitely still wear the colours. I still play over 60's football, and will be wearing the shirt a week on Thursday when it comes round.

You support who you support, and I think other teams' fans recognise that. I think the fact you continue to show who you support actually creates more respect, and gives you more creadance. I've always recognised Notts. County or Bristol Rovers fans for who they support, over their bigger teams in the respective cities. You see a guy in a Liverpool shirt, you think, mmm, but see a guy in a Tranmere top, fair do's.

You've just got to keep going. It's the lowest of the low at the moment, but we'll be back 👊!!

[JonnyBoy]

It’s gone from really caring and being angry when we lose, to apathy, now to genuinely hating the club and everything about it (and a lot of the fans who still support the ownership) and now want us to go into administration for the small hope we get new owners and start again 

 

cheers Top 

[coolhandfox]

Never be ashamed of a football club, this is on them not me......

[DoveValleyFox]

Very embarrassed but never ashamed.

[Pliskin]

35 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

For the first time in my life, I actually feel ashamed to say im a Leicester fan. 

 

Bit of background, but my Dad was from Leicester and always supported them, so despite me living my whole life in the north West, I've always proudly supported Leicester since being 7 and went to my first game on my 10th birthday, 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Filbert Street. 

 

Spent my whole youth being surrounded by Man U and Liverpool plus Bolton fans and constantly being asked "why do you support Leicester" and regardless of what league we were in or how we were doing, I always proudly wore my shirts and never bothered about other people slating me for my football choices. 

 

My kids now wear leicester shirts to but im now at a point where I dont feel proud to support Leicester anymore. 

 

People at work always want to talk about football and have a little dig about leicester being rubbish and I dont even engage in conversation about foorball anymore. 

 

This owner, board and players have destroyed any enjoyment I've ever had in football. 

 

I will always look back fondly about our trips to Wembley in play offs and league cups plus of course the title win and fa cup win, and even times when we weren't very good but we were always proud of our team and our players. 

 

Of course me never living in the city may have a different outlook to others but im genuinely interested to see if others feel the same. 

 

Are people proud to say they support Leicester right now? 

 

Do people enjoy our games? 

 

Im not one that suffers with mental health as such but football has been my whole life and im now at an age (because of injuries) that i dont play anymore, and im finding i dont even enjoy watching football anymore and it makes me really sad. 

 

I do hope that one day I will get back watching games again, and im not even bothered what league we are in but I just want a club and a group of players that I can feel pride in again. Everyone and everything about this club currently makes me feel sick. 

I am yes. I’ve recently had my first child, and ordinarily I would be straight down the shop buying merch, but I’ve not even thought about it. 
 

I too avoid talking about it at work, but luckily the people I work with kind of get it, so they just pity me. Next year would have been 30 years going to watch Leicester, but I’ve cancelled my season ticket, and I genuinely don’t care, I’ve lost all love and passion for the club. This club is unrecognisable, it’s lost its identity, purpose and direction. 
 

We’re just going to end up being an occasional re-run on Sky and that’s it.

[lgfualol]

I won't let myself feel ashamed to support this club - I was here before KP. The only ones that should be ashamed are the board, management and players. Us fans are victims in this lol. 

[Officer Doofy]

1 minute ago, lgfualol said:

I won't let myself feel ashamed to support this club - I was here before KP. The only ones that should be ashamed are the board, management and players. Us fans are victims in this lol. 

And every fan who is still enabling 

[jayfox26]

10 minutes ago, DoveValleyFox said:

Very embarrassed but never ashamed.

Im ashamed of the club in its current guise. Its not my club and not the club I've supported all my life. My feeling of shame is more than results/success/potential relegation to the 3rd tier. 

 

Im ashamed we have a dodgy gambling sponsor on our shirts. 

 

Im ashamed that the people running our club take no accountability/responsibility and are constantly trying to find loopholes to get around points deductions etc. 

 

Im ashamed that the people that run the club have treat our fans so appallingly and we are now seen as customers rather than fans. 

 

Im ashamed that we have a group of players that are the highest paid in the league but dont give 2 shits whether the club stays up or goes down. 

 

Im not ashamed of Leicester City football club as such, im ashamed of this sham club we've become which seems more like KPFC than LCFC. 

[DennisNedry]

I have a 4 year old son and I'd always imagined me taking him to games and trying to get him into it all. Seriously questioning whether that's something I want to get him involved in now. It's very sad.

[DoveValleyFox]

Just now, jayfox26 said:

Im ashamed of the club in its current guise. Its not my club and not the club I've supported all my life. My feeling of shame is more than results/success/potential relegation to the 3rd tier. 

 

Im ashamed we have a dodgy gambling sponsor on our shirts. 

 

Im ashamed that the people running our club take no accountability/responsibility and are constantly trying to find loopholes to get around points deductions etc. 

 

Im ashamed that the people that run the club have treat our fans so appallingly and we are now seen as customers rather than fans. 

 

Im ashamed that we have a group of players that are the highest paid in the league but dont give 2 shits whether the club stays up or goes down. 

 

Im not ashamed of Leicester City football club as such, im ashamed of this sham club we've become which seems more like KPFC than LCFC. 

Quite. I will still wear my City scarf when it's cold, not out of duty but because it is part of who I am. KP have brought this down on us and I see their many, many mistakes being very separate to my having Leicester City as part of my identity. 

[dmayne7]

57 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

For the first time in my life, I actually feel ashamed to say im a Leicester fan. 

 

Bit of background, but my Dad was from Leicester and always supported them, so despite me living my whole life in the north West, I've always proudly supported Leicester since being 7 and went to my first game on my 10th birthday, 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Filbert Street. 

 

Spent my whole youth being surrounded by Man U and Liverpool plus Bolton fans and constantly being asked "why do you support Leicester" and regardless of what league we were in or how we were doing, I always proudly wore my shirts and never bothered about other people slating me for my football choices. 

 

My kids now wear leicester shirts to but im now at a point where I dont feel proud to support Leicester anymore. 

 

People at work always want to talk about football and have a little dig about leicester being rubbish and I dont even engage in conversation about foorball anymore. 

 

This owner, board and players have destroyed any enjoyment I've ever had in football. 

 

I will always look back fondly about our trips to Wembley in play offs and league cups plus of course the title win and fa cup win, and even times when we weren't very good but we were always proud of our team and our players. 

 

Of course me never living in the city may have a different outlook to others but im genuinely interested to see if others feel the same. 

 

Are people proud to say they support Leicester right now? 

 

Do people enjoy our games? 

 

Im not one that suffers with mental health as such but football has been my whole life and im now at an age (because of injuries) that i dont play anymore, and im finding i dont even enjoy watching football anymore and it makes me really sad. 

 

I do hope that one day I will get back watching games again, and im not even bothered what league we are in but I just want a club and a group of players that I can feel pride in again. Everyone and everything about this club currently makes me feel sick. 

Similar circumstances in that I am from Kent but supported them because of my dad and older cousins (by far the biggest supporter now). I literally got bullied at school for it so it's always caused me pain but part of what made me who I am. Hopefully will have kids soon so I want the club to survive and flourish so I can pass that on and share (as long as social services don't take them away for that kind of child abuse ). General interest has gone with football so it's basically Leicester and nothing else but this really is rock bottom.

 

Not ashamed to support them but there's so much wrong and happened from such a position of strength, I can't bear to talk to people about it because they simply don't understand what's happened.

[leicesterlad1989]

I wish I felt something. I don't. I've had moments of anger this season. Now I just shrug and crack on with my life when I see the results. I say that as a season ticket holder who has been to one game since October. Ive been to Anstey Nomads more. 

[Kitchandro]

I’d be ashamed if I was paying to watch them every week, because that would be a personal choice to let low lives take advantage of me.

 

If I still felt associated with what the club is, rather than what the club was, maybe I’d be angry. 
 

But there’s nothing left to be ashamed of or angry at. When we went down in 2008 I was gutted and embarrassed, we’d lost our record and given every other fan the right to laugh at us.
 

But this time, not so much. Because that happened years ago. It happened when we allowed the likes of Puel and Rodgers to drag the club’s name through the mud without being sacked on the spot. It happened when our own fans started calling us a small club, a championship club, lucky to be in the top 5, then lucky to be in the top half, then lucky to be in the prem, then lucky to have King Power.

 

I don’t associate with these people. You should acknowledge you’re better than the majority of our fanbase and let go. I’m no more than disappointed. This was inevitable because this is where our club believes it should be. No club with our amount of fans should believe it’s outside the top 20 clubs in this country but our fans did. They deserve this.

[Dan]

I'm more ashamed that they would associate me with the KPFC lot tbh.

[Brixtonfox]

To be honest. It’s less a feeling of shame. It’s more a feeling of apathy. Which I don’t ever remember feeling. This is what I imagined that Newcastle side that got relegated felt like: awful owner, terrible team and put-upon fans. It’s so much worse than supporting a side that is 100% battling but still struggling to generate results. It more like looking at your once favourite shop going under and having a fire sale. 

[davieG]

I'm jealous of Oxford United and Newport.

[BeaumontFox]

I really miss being excited by the footy. 

[Stavros81]

Wasn’t as painful when we went down to league one last time because we were just little old Leicester. But this one will hit hard after the success we’ve had in recent years. Will always support the club through thick and thin but TOP needs to sell up before the club is finished for good. 

[NorthernFox]

50 minutes ago, Twitcher said:

I can relate. Born and bred in Leeds. The whole family are Leeds, and there's times I wish history had taken a different course for me. However, I adopted Leicester in 1974 and have supported them ever since. I had daughters who weren't really into football. However, my grandson is Leicester. It's tough and costly getting to games, and so he fits in at school, I want him to switch to Leeds. He's at the age I switched.

However, am I ashamed? Absolutely not. It's not me out there playing. I'll definitely still wear the colours. I still play over 60's football, and will be wearing the shirt a week on Thursday when it comes round.

You support who you support, and I think other teams' fans recognise that. I think the fact you continue to show who you support actually creates more respect, and gives you more creadance. I've always recognised Notts. County or Bristol Rovers fans for who they support, over their bigger teams in the respective cities. You see a guy in a Liverpool shirt, you think, mmm, but see a guy in a Tranmere top, fair do's.

You've just got to keep going. It's the lowest of the low at the moment, but we'll be back 👊!!

I was born in Chorley, Dad from Blackpool, Mam from Leicester, didnt move back to Leicester until 1970, supported City since I was 7 and understood footie, 1st game vs bury in fa cup 1976, married a geordie in 1989 and have lived in north east ever since. follow everything leicester,  tigers riders lions cricket et al. Loved the fact we were an up and down club with bright moments that were few and far between. Couldn't believe when the great escape was followed by that win, was roundly congratulated by all my Geordie & Mackem mates. I'm also not ashamed, I'm ****ing angry at the ineptitude and general lassez faire attitude of the peeps in charge. How can you go from being the best run club in the UK to the 2nd worst (Sheff Wed fans I feel your pain). However, for an establishment that lets Bury, Macclesfield etc go under but then doles points deductions out to any club that dare to spend money to try to compete with the "Top Six"  can go fook itself. We were relegated twice in the FFP period. What advantage did we gain? I will support LTID but Bromley away? Really......