The least boring club in English professional football?

[Finnegan]

Yeah, yeah, you'll never sing that, etc.

 

But in all seriousness, can any club in the country claim to be as eventful as Leicester City to follow? I'm not even talking just about promotions, relegations and title wins - all of which make for a bonkers rollercoaster btw.

 

But there's been promotion despite administration, La Manga, Dennis Wise, Ostrichgate and the unravelling of Nigel Pearson, our owner dying in a helicopter fireball outside the ground, youth players embroiled in a Thai sextape, our years long battle with the Prem and EFL over points deductions, BC Game. Obviously a fair bit of recency bias, there, I'm sure people can think of countless other incidents and headlines we've made for right or wrong.

 

There's just always a story. I mean, for both our bout of administration and our recent battles with various governing bodies over FFP / PSR we've instigated actual rule changes.

 

Obviously the positives, 5000/1, Vardy's 11, winning the FA Cup after losing a record number of finals, MON turning Wembley in to a second home.

 

There's definitely a certain amount of cognitive bias, right? I'm sure every club has it's news that seems huge to itself and doesn't really register with the outside world. Fans of West Ham, Newcastle, Leeds probably all feel like they've had bumpy rides. Sunderland's dramatic fall and rise, Wrexham's hollywood story, the slow and sad collapse of Sheffield Wednesday.

 

But surely no club at the top end of the game has had such stark highs, such stark lows, such YoYoing between the top two flights and such a plethora of maddening and infuriating off-field drama and chaos as we've had? Even pre-dating King Power.

 

I know it's stark consolation after having our worst ever season on record and I don't mean to be sickeningly chipper but christ, the only time it's ever particularly dull is for 90 odd minutes on some Saturdays.

 

I'm not just soap-boxing for rep, by the way, I'm genuinely asking. Can anyone think of a club with a better claim than us?

 

[Stadt]

Lowest point, to highest, to lowest again in essentially Aluko's lifetime is hard to comprehend.

[EastAnglianFox]

We couldn't even keep our play off matches simple 

 

Blackburn - Speedie dive 

Swindon 0-3 to 3-3 then late penalty

Derby - Walsh in the dying minutes

Palace - Claridge's shin with about a minute to go

Cardiff - Kermorgant the clown

Watford - Deeney

 

 

[HP1]

Harchester utd is our sister club

[Kinowe Soorie]

They are the most annoying 

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Watford - Deeney

 

Jesus Christ, I'd almost forgotten for a second.

 

[TiffToff88]

1 minute ago, HP1 said:

Harchester utd is our sister club

 

I used to think the storylines in Dream Team were a bit farfetched, now they seem boring in comparison to being a Leicester fan!

[ashbyj]

I think I’d take being a Brighton at this moment in time.

[goose2010]

8 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Yeah, yeah, you'll never sing that, etc.

 

But in all seriousness, can any club in the country claim to be as eventful as Leicester City to follow? I'm not even talking just about promotions, relegations and title wins - all of which make for a bonkers rollercoaster btw.

 

But there's been promotion despite administration, La Manga, Dennis Wise, Ostrichgate and the unravelling of Nigel Pearson, our owner dying in a helicopter fireball outside the ground, youth players embroiled in a Thai sextape, our years long battle with the Prem and EFL over points deductions, BC Game. Obviously a fair bit of recency bias, there, I'm sure people can think of countless other incidents and headlines we've made for right or wrong.

 

There's just always a story. I mean, for both our bout of administration and our recent battles with various governing bodies over FFP / PSR we've instigated actual rule changes.

 

Obviously the positives, 5000/1, Vardy's 11, winning the FA Cup after losing a record number of finals, MON turning Wembley in to a second home.

 

There's definitely a certain amount of cognitive bias, right? I'm sure every club has it's news that seems huge to itself and doesn't really register with the outside world. Fans of West Ham, Newcastle, Leeds probably all feel like they've had bumpy rides. Sunderland's dramatic fall and rise, Wrexham's hollywood story, the slow and sad collapse of Sheffield Wednesday.

 

But surely no club at the top end of the game has had such stark highs, such stark lows, such YoYoing between the top two flights and such a plethora of maddening and infuriating off-field drama and chaos as we've had? Even pre-dating King Power.

 

I know it's stark consolation after having our worst ever season on record and I don't mean to be sickeningly chipper but christ, the only time it's ever particularly dull is for 90 odd minutes on some Saturdays.

 

I'm not just soap-boxing for rep, by the way, I'm genuinely asking. Can anyone think of a club with a better claim than us?

 

Not a club in the world are like us, these past 30 years will be studied in years to come. It will be a module you can study at uni!

 

One of my mates swears we are a social experiment and even that seems too far fetched currently. 

 

The crazy bit though - we have a good few years of it continuing by the looks of things! 

 

my prediction for next season - first club to get promoted from finishing 8th in the league! 

Edited 22 April by goose2010

[Foxdiamond]

6 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Yeah, yeah, you'll never sing that, etc.

 

But in all seriousness, can any club in the country claim to be as eventful as Leicester City to follow? I'm not even talking just about promotions, relegations and title wins - all of which make for a bonkers rollercoaster btw.

 

But there's been promotion despite administration, La Manga, Dennis Wise, Ostrichgate and the unravelling of Nigel Pearson, our owner dying in a helicopter fireball outside the ground, youth players embroiled in a Thai sextape, our years long battle with the Prem and EFL over points deductions, BC Game. Obviously a fair bit of recency bias, there, I'm sure people can think of countless other incidents and headlines we've made for right or wrong.

 

There's just always a story. I mean, for both our bout of administration and our recent battles with various governing bodies over FFP / PSR we've instigated actual rule changes.

 

Obviously the positives, 5000/1, Vardy's 11, winning the FA Cup after losing a record number of finals, MON turning Wembley in to a second home.

 

There's definitely a certain amount of cognitive bias, right? I'm sure every club has it's news that seems huge to itself and doesn't really register with the outside world. Fans of West Ham, Newcastle, Leeds probably all feel like they've had bumpy rides. Sunderland's dramatic fall and rise, Wrexham's hollywood story, the slow and sad collapse of Sheffield Wednesday.

 

But surely no club at the top end of the game has had such stark highs, such stark lows, such YoYoing between the top two flights and such a plethora of maddening and infuriating off-field drama and chaos as we've had? Even pre-dating King Power.

 

I know it's stark consolation after having our worst ever season on record and I don't mean to be sickeningly chipper but christ, the only time it's ever particularly dull is for 90 odd minutes on some Saturdays.

 

I'm not just soap-boxing for rep, by the way, I'm genuinely asking. Can anyone think of a club with a better claim than us?

 

Agreed. There has been a few seasons where I would have happily accepted a nice quiet mid table finish without all the drama

[HankMarvin]

3 relegations in 4 seasons is shocking even for us.

The last 2 seasons have been the worst as a fan.

That zero goal spell last season, and the final part of this season have been beyond painful 

[urban.spaceman]

The last 35 years:

 

1991. Final day relegation escape. 

1992. Play off final defeat.
1993. Play off final defeat.
1994. Play off final win. Premiership.
1995. Relegation. Division One.
1996. Play off final win. Premiership.
1997. League Cup winners and UEFA Cup tie with insane referee
1998. Relatively boring.
1999. League Cup Final last minute defeat
2000. League Cup Winners and UEFA Cup enthusiasts. Plus La Manga 1
2001. Boring.
2002. Relegation, new stadium and administration. Division One. Dennis Wise violently assaulting a team mate in his sleep.
2003. Promotion and La Manga 2: Electric Boogaloo. Premier League.
2004. Relegation. Championship.
2005. Boring.
2006. Shit.
2007. Boring and shit. Loan player suffers heart attack in changing room. 
2008. Relegation. League One. Uncle Nige.
2009. Promotion. Championship.
2010. Play off semi final brain fart. Paolo. Sven.
2011. Sven. Uncle Nige 2.
2012. Boring.
2013. Play off semi final brain fart 2.
2014. Championship winners.
2015. Great Escape. Thailand orgy.
2016. Premier League winners.
2017. Champions League quarter final.
2018. Owner killed in helicopter crash.
2019. English football record 9-0 away win.
2020. First club with players to get COVID.
2021. FA Cup and Community Shield winners.
2022. Europa Conference League Semi-Final.
2023. Relegation. Championship.
2024. Promotion. Premier League.
2025. Relegation. Championship.
2026. Relegation. Points deduction. League One.

Edited 22 April by urban.spaceman
Added Dennis Wise

[Broof]

Anyone think we might be interesting enough for some sort of TV or movie to be made? Would absolutely love for Rudkin and Top's imbecility to be immortalised somehow. 

[TheGoldenGod]

7 minutes ago, ashbyj said:

I think I’d take being a Brighton at this moment in time.

Easy to feel like that now but you can't take away what we've won. That's history! Brighton an irrelevance. Sometimes win a few in the PL, sometimes get pumped...nothing going on!

[Stadt]

The worst thing is your emotional response becomes oversaturated and fried, after a while the shocks and disasters aren't shocking anymore. The mismanagement is just standard so it doesn't jolt enough of a reaction from most fans.

 

Probably 200 outside the ground yesterday and a quarter clapped Choudhury and Lascelles' platitudes and empty words. 

[CrazyKopCorner]

The most bipolar club I'll give us that 

[Finnegan]

5 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The worst thing is your emotional response becomes oversaturated and fried, after a while the shocks and disasters aren't shocking anymore. The mismanagement is just standard so it doesn't jolt enough of a reaction from most fans.

 

Probably 200 outside the ground yesterday and a quarter clapped Choudhury and Lascelles' platitudes and empty words. 

 

There's definitely something in that, to be fair. The Rodgers relegation season took a lot of my love for football.

 

The last two seasons have absolutely decimated it. I genuinely barely care about this relegation to be honest, I do feel pretty numb and apathetic towards the club in general so maybe that contradicts my overall claim. Although I think a lot of my fatigue is based on just financial nonsense, suffering PSR and it's pitfalls and knowing that there's almost certainly more of it to come next year. 

 

[Groby_Blue]

Weren't we the first club to be awarded a goal after a VAR check as well? 

 

Iheanacho in a cup game IIRC. Suppose that's some sort of claim to fame...

 

Yeah it's never dull here and there hasn't been a period of sustained stability in the thirty odd years I've been a supporter, and that's not changing any time soon. 

 

Would we prefer to be an Everton? Just hanging around the PL, never doing anything, just taking part in it every season. Right now, the answer would probably be yes but then looking back over the last ten years, and the years before with the promotions and great escapes, definitely not. 

 

Why can't we just be a competitive PL side that pushes for trophies and Europe every few seasons. Why is that too much to ask?

[StanSP]

Always something happening with us. Definitely never boring but not always joyful. 

[Samilktray]

Boring kits though 

[Izzy]

48 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

 

1998. Boring.
 

Ah yes, that boring year of beating the incredible Man Utd side at OT,  going 4-0 up in 15 minutes away at Derby and finishing top 10 in the premier league.

Please give me that boring year again compared to the current chaos. 

[urban.spaceman]

2 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Ah yes, that boring year of beating the incredible Man Utd side at OT,  going 4-0 up in 15 minutes away at Derby and finishing top 10 in the premier league.

Please give me that boring year again compared to the current chaos. 

Should have just put ‘relatively boring’. 

[urban.spaceman]

Just realised we had a player having a heart attack at half time in 2007. 
 

We are just mental. 

[urban.spaceman]

@Izzy updated. 

[Samilktray]

Cant forget when Don Barker murdered club legend Karl Fletcher with a clothes peg can we

 

Edited 22 April by Samilktray