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Leicester CM Diary

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9th August 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - West Ham Utd 0-1 Leicester City

We scrapped out narrow win at a sunny Upton Park in a televised afternoon match on the opening day. The first half was action packed but both sets of strikers missed good chances, David Connolly wasn't having the best of times against his old club. Pre-season training took its toll on the players as 4 players were strecthered off in total, only one for us. We looked most dangerous from set pieces and it was a corner that broke the dead lock, Connolly wipped in a corner and Peter Canero stooped low to head in from close range! We hung on for a superb victory against the title favourites.

13th August 2004 - Carling Cup 1st Round - Leicester City 1-0 Coventry City

Totally dominated the whole match but it took a Dion Dublin goal on 70 mins to win the match. Jason Wilcox crossed into the box where Dublin powered a header at goal which was saved by Bosnich, Dublin then pounced to tap in the rebound.

16th August 2004 - Draw Norwich at Carrow Road in the Carling Cup 2nd Round.

16th August 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-1 Stoke City

A very tired performance from us. We were by far the better side but couldn't break Stoke down in the final third. Stoke took the lead early on and on the hour Jason Wilcox headed home a Connolly cross to draw level. That's how it stayed though despite a lot of pressure. A lot of work to be done and not the best way to kick things off at the Walkers Stadium.

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Due to the lost posts on the forum last night a few updates have been lost, here is shortned update without match reports to tell you what went on just incase you missed the orginal posts.

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23rd August 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Wolves 1-0 Leicester City

30th August 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 4-1 Rotherham Utd

3rd Septemeber 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Reading 0-2 Leicester City

13th Septemeber 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 5-1 Nottingham Forest

20th Septemeber 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leeds United 1-2 Leicester City

Current Championship league stadings

23rd Septemeber 2004 - Carling Cup 2nd Round - Norwich City 0-3 Leicester City

27th Septemeber 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Gillingham 0-0 Leicester City

4th October 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-0 Preston NE

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15th October 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 3-0 Queens Park Rangers

A comfortable victory that was won at half time. Peter Canero scored first from a tight angle, David Connolly doubled from close range and a impressive Diawara headed in the 3rd.

18th October 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Coventry City 1-3 Leicester City

Another great display from us! Lilian Nalis scored a 25 yard screamer to set us off, he then set up David Connolly to smash in a 2nd and Diawara headed in a 3rd

25th October 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 2-0 Ipswich Town

It took until the 71st minute for us to take the lead, Peter Canero heading in. Dion Dublin the smashed in a 2nd to make sure of the win

29th October 2004 - Carling Cup - Leicester City 3-2 Southampton AET

We managed to knock out Southampton in dramatic style. Peter Canero gave us a early lead after just 2 mins but it was cancelled out 14 mins later as Stephen Crainey converted a penalty after Keown fouled Beattie in the area, Keown was sent off. Diawara then headed us back in the lead with 26 mins gone but a 65th minute Beattie strike meant extra time would be played with the scoes at 2-2. Chances were few and far between in ET but with less than 60 seconds to go Jamie Scowcroft hit a thunderous volley which somehow sneaked in to send us into the 4th round. We will face Wolves at Molineux.

1st November 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Sheffield United 2-2 Leicester City

We came back from being 2-0 at half time to grab a point, David Connolly grabbing a brace to futher extend is goal tally

5th November 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-2 Derby County

Crap! :angry: We took the lead in the 3rd mintue from a superb curling Gareth Williams shot. Keith Gillespie of all people equalized for the Rams with 15 mind remaining and then in stop[age time the jammy buggers grabbed a winner through Stolcers. Derby are in 2nd behind us so it closed the gap.

8th November 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-0 Crewe

Jordon Stewart got the only goal of the game to keep us on top of the league

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22nd November 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Watford 2-0 Leicester City

Poor performance from us and we were easily beaten.

26th November 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 2-0 Cardiff

Due to injuries we were forced to play 17 year old Steven Dawson in midfield, he played well and set up Nikos Dabizas to head in the opener. David Connolly the made it 2-0 with a calm finish.

29th November 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 3-1 Sunderland

Injuries struck us further and we were forced to play Dawson again along with 18 year old right back Colin O'Shea, both played decent. Jordan Stewart grabbed a first half brace, both goals hard shots from the left hand side of the area. David Connolly later wrapped things up before Sunderland got one back. We remain top of te league :)

1st December 2004 - Alvito D'Cunha from East Bengal signs a pre-contract deal to sign for us, he will join on a free on the 2nd May. He can play upfront, behind the front 2, on the left wing or in midfield.

3rd December 2004 - Carling Cup 4th Round - Wolves 1-2 Leicester City

Another entertaining Carling Cup game that we managed to sneak. Wolves controlled much of the game against our injury hit side but in the 55th minute Lescott was sent off for Wolves, this opened up the game and we had bucket loads of chances. Almost immediately David Connolly hit the equalizer after the keeper went walkabouts. We then attacked and attacked but some how the ball managed to stay out of the net, I even resorted to playing a 3-2-5 formation! 2 minutes into stoppage time Jordan Stewart hammered in a shot into the top corner to send us in the quarter finals!

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4th December 2004 - Draw Arsenal at home in the Carling Cup Quarter-Finals

5th December 2004 - 16 year old Italian striker Alessio Cerci joins on trail from Bologna, he was suggests to me by my scout BlueMistress ;)

6th December 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Wigan Athletic 4-1 Leicester City

Crap performance and we were well beaten, Dublin got our goal

13th December 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Millwall 1-2 Leicester City

Solid performance and we held out for the win. Peter Canero and Dion Dublin got the goals for us.

17th December 2004 - Carling Cup Quarter-Final - Leicester City 3-2 Arsenal

Another amazing game for us in the Carling Cup! We took a early lead agaist a reserve but still strong Arsenal side, Nikos Dabizas hitting home from a corner. Freddie Ljungberg then equalized almost instantly and it stayed 1-1 until the second half. With 73 minutes gone Djibril Diawara headed in a corner to put us back in a shock lead, it only lasted until the 83rd minute though as Pires struck to make it even again. The game was looking like going to extra time when with just 2 mins left David Connolly latched on to a Canero through ball to score and send us into the semi-finals! We will face Hull in the semi's, revenge on Taylor will be sweet ;)

19th December 2004 - Alessio Cerci agrees a pre-contract deal with us to sign in the summer, he is a superb player and a great prospect.

20th December 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Burnley 1-3 Leicester City

Easy victory for us in the end. Diawara, Dublin and Wright getting on the scoresheet for us.

23rd December 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-0 Brighton

Peter Canero grabbed the only goal of the game to keep us top of the league and cruising!

26th December 2004 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-1 West Ham Utd

We only managed a draw against West Ham who were only in mid table in the boxng day fixture. A John Welsh own goal put us in the lead but Bobby Zamora equalised from the spot.

3rd January 2005 - FA Cup 3rd Round - Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Leicester City

A last minute David Connolly goal put is into the next round. Crewe has taken a early lead but Peter Canero equalised before Connolly won us the match

5th January 2005 - Sign keeper Shaun Allaway for £90k as cover for Ian Walker

7th January 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 5-0 Plymouth Argyle

:lol: Wahey! David Connolly scored 4 goals to totally hammer Plymouth at the Walkers Stadium. His first was a penalty (he missed another later on), his second was a header at the near post, his third a stunning a free-kick and his fourth was a simple tap in. He's 23 goals in 28 appearences for us far this season, what a man! Chris Makin made it 5 with a long range belter

10th January 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Another last minute David Connolly won us the match against Wolves, he is becoming a expert in them. Other than that a dull match but another 3 points to further stregth our lead at the top :)

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17th January 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Rotherham Utd 2-0 Leicester City

Played rubbish and rightly lost the match

21st January 2005 - Carling Cup Semi-Final 1st leg - Hull City 2-0 Leicester City

:( Bugger! Bad performance from us and Hull took advantage of that. We couldn't score no matter how hard we tried and we now have mountain to climb if we want to reach the Final.

24th January 2005 - FA Cup 4th Round - Leicester City 8-1 Bristol City

Bloody hell! :D We ran riot against Bristol City blasting 8 past them, 8 great goals at that aswell. Tommy Wright grabbed a amazing 4 goals and Canero, Nalis, Williams and Stewart got a goal each. A good moral bosster for the squad and fans.

28th January 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 2-0 Reading

Easy victory in the end for us and we further increase our lead at the top. Djinril Diawara and Tommy Wright got the goals.

30th January 2005 - Sold Jamie Scowcroft to Middlesbrough for £1.5m....I bit their hands off! He wasn't getting in here and wasn't in my plans so £1.5m for him is excellent :D

31st January 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Nottingham Forest 0-0 Leicester City

Neither side could find a way through 2 tough defences. 2 points dropped.

4th February 2005 - Carling Cup Semi-Final 2nd leg - Leicester City 6-1 Hull City

Hell yeah! :D We showed Peter Taylor how to win a match and totally hammered Hull to remarkabley put us in the Final of the Carling Cup to face Tottenham! It was looking bleak going into half time, we needed to win by 3 goals or more to send us through and with mintutes left of the first half it was still 0-0. However too close range tap ins from Connolly and Williams in stoppage time sent us into the break 2-0 up and level on aggeregate. Early in the second half things turned bleak again, Walters scored a away goal for Hull meaning we would now require another 2 goals to go through. Cue David Connolly to superbly plant home 3 goals in the space of 13 minutes to secure our place in the final! Peter Canero then made it 6 to further embarrass Hull. Good nights work :lol:

7th February 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 3-0 Leeds United

A great display from us to beat Leeds. Diawara, Dublin and of course Connolly scored our goals to send us 10 points clear at the top with a game in hand.

14th February 2005 - FA Cup 5th Round - Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Leicester City

In a dress rehearshal for the League Cup Final we were beaten convincley by Spurs to knock us out of the FA Cup. We never threatened and it's going to be very hard to beat Spurs in Cardiff at the end of the month.

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18th February 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Leicester City 2-1 Gillingham

We were made to work for the 3 points but goals from Jordan Stewart and Dion Dublin gave us the win.

21st February 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Ipswich Town 0-3 Leicester City

A Tommy Wright brace and a Jason Wilcox tap in secured a eay victory at Portman Road.

25th February 2005 - Coca-Cola Championship - Preston NE 2-3 Leicester City

I fielded a weakened side with just 4 days before the Carling Cup Final. We however did take a 3-0 lead with goals from Canero and 2 from Wright. Preston pulled 2 back late on. Bring on the Spurs!

29th February 2005 - Carling Cup Final at the Millennuim Stadium

The roof was over at the Millennuim Stadium in Cardiff for the League Cup Final between Championship leaders Leicester and Premiership 2nd placed side Tottenham.

Teams:

LEICESTER CITY (442) - Walker, Tiatto, Dabizas, Diawara, Makin, Stewart, Nalis, Williams, Connolly, Dublin

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (442) - Robinson, Rullo, Gardner, Doherty, Kelly, Fortune, Davis, Mendes, Davies, Defoe, Keane

Clockwatch:

3 mins - Defoe breaks clear of Dabizas and cheekily loads the ball over Ian Walker into the net to put Spurs ahead early on! Leicester 0-1 Tottenham

15 mins - Defoe breaks clear again and only has Walker to beat but somehow Dabizas chases back to superbly tackle Defoe and clear it

18 mins - Chris Makin whips in a low ball which Canero swings a leg at, the ball goes zipping over the bar.

19 mins - From the resulting goal kick Tottenham launch a attack. Keane swings in a cross into the area which is headed away, only as far as Pedro Mendes who half volleys a stunning strike into the top corner! Leicester 0-2 Tottenham

31 mins - Mendes nearly makes it 3 but he shoots over from a corner

34 mins - Defore fires over, Tottenham are looking dangerous

35 mins - Dublin heads the ball from a goal kick to Connolly who is free in the area! His shot hits Robinson and is cleared, Connolly is clattered by a defender and drops to the ground in pain. He is later carried off holding his thigh, massive blow for Leicester when they need goals

40 mins - Dion Dublin powers a header straight at Robinson and it's cleared

44 mins - Dion Dublin is pushed over just inside the area by Gardner, the referee points at the spot!

45 mins - Dion Dublin picks himself up to take the kick. He stepped up and............placed it to the right of Robinson and into the net! Leicester 1-2 Tottenham

HALF TIME

79 mins - Tottenham play a superb defensive keep ball game and we can't get a shot on goal for love nor money! The first shot for either side of the second half is a Yeates shot for Spurs which goes straight to Walker.

80 mins - Dion Dublin has a free header from a Wright cross, but he heads it straight at Robinson! Leicester are so desperate for that equalizer

90 mins - Diawara plays through Tommy Wright in the area, he has time and space and just the keeper to beat........but he waits too long and Robinson is able to clear. A great chance wasted for Leicester

FULL TIME

Nevermind :( We played well and battled hard but Spurs were simply too strong in every area. It's been a great cup run though and good to get into the final.

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