The Foxestalk Leicester City Player Encyclopedia

[C-man]

I don't want to do anyone major, because I don't want to waste them...

So i'm going to do Jordan Stewart.

Ha, I was thinking that.

I was also thinking of doing Jordan Stewart, great minds eh. Hero.

[Alexikokopops]

I don't want to do anyone major, because I don't want to waste them...

I think we can all agree that I did the 'Droyd proud.

[lildave3]

I think we can all agree that I did the 'Droyd proud.

You missed out key points though, such as his trip to the moon and the brief time he was a chart topping gangsta rapper.

[Wycombe Fox]

Tony Spearing

Stupid name, stupid hair, stupid player.

:laugh:

[General Smuts]

Ricky Sappleton:

Ricky wasn't born he was handed down to his parents Bill Cosby and Aretha Franklin by god herself. Adam wasn't the first man on earth Sapplezilla was. He quickly grew bored of the dinosaurs and made them extinct within a week. He told God to send him back to chill in heaven until Leicester City were interested in signing him, hand picking his parents.

Ricky is the earth emergency plan in case of alien invasion. His favourite thirst quencher is Sappletiser the company he owns. Ricky Sappleton let the dogs out.

Ricky likes long walks on the beach, Barry White music, Harry Potter books, Tweety Pie, rainbows, and quiet time with his ladies - Megan Fox and Jessica Alba. He literally has bullets nipples.

Ricky Sappleton has been known to make onions cry. He watched the entire 7 seasons of 24 in one day. He is Mr. T's uncle and he pities the fool and aint getting on no plane sucker.

Ricky Sappleton likes his ice like he likes the spirits of his opponents. Crushed. He needs a monkeywrench and a blowtorch to masturbate. He knows the Colonels secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.

Ricky Sappleton is a god amongst men.

[surrifox]

As the brief for this thread does not require the choice to be a favourite player I have chosen Allan Clarke.

Clarke was signed by City for a staggering £150,000 at the start of the 1968 season, this was a huge investment for a club the size of city and represented an investment gamble by the chairman in attempt to join the first division elite.

I can still recall the thrill of anticipation and expectation and looked forward to victories over the likes of Chelsea and Man United with their Osgoods and Charltons. Clarke would fire the bullets which would bring the goals we needed

A family holiday in Italy never passed so slowly as I impatiently waited to get home and see the football results.

Clarke had a great scoring record at all his clubs except 1- his return for 1968/9 a paltry 12 goals - but there was plenty of posturing and waving at team mates and conveying the impression that he was a lion playing for donkeys except -- in the FA Cup.

As City slid towards relegation their progress in the FA cup became a remorseless march to the final. A fixture build up caused by too many postponements however left the squad too much to do to save themselves but in a glorious day at Hillsborough Clarke suffered a serious looking injury in the closing minutes of the defeat of WBA. We feared he would miss the final. He received a thunderous ovation as he left the field and was fit to play in the final winning the (first ever) man of the match award. City however lost to a very good Man City side

A young Alistair Brown did more to nearly keep the side up than Clarke as the season reached a conclusion.

We all new clarke would go - but hey - he must be worth £200-250k now after his heroics, enough to buy the next big thing

Not a bit of it - not only did he go to the heart of darkness - he went for the same money we paid for him bar pocket change.

Worse he would never miss a chance to slag off city after his departure and his career went better and better.

[Edmund]

Lee Smith

Lee Smith grabbed his moment of fame when he replaced James Chambers on 89 minutes and was handed the captain's armband. This was his only appearance for the club in a friendly against Notts County.

[lou]

Ricky Sappleton:

Ricky wasn't born he was handed down to his parents Bill Cosby and Aretha Franklin by god herself. Adam wasn't the first man on earth Sapplezilla was. He quickly grew bored of the dinosaurs and made them extinct within a week. He told God to send him back to chill in heaven until Leicester City were interested in signing him, hand picking his parents.

Ricky is the earth emergency plan in case of alien invasion. His favourite thirst quencher is Sappletiser the company he owns. Ricky Sappleton let the dogs out.

Ricky likes long walks on the beach, Barry White music, Harry Potter books, Tweety Pie, rainbows, and quiet time with his ladies - Megan Fox and Jessica Alba. He literally has bullets nipples.

Ricky Sappleton has been known to make onions cry. He watched the entire 7 seasons of 24 in one day. He is Mr. T's uncle and he pities the fool and aint getting on no plane sucker.

Ricky Sappleton likes his ice like he likes the spirits of his opponents. Crushed. He needs a monkeywrench and a blowtorch to masturbate. He knows the Colonels secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.

Ricky Sappleton is a god amongst men.

:thumbsup:

[flanimal]

For me, it's got to be Zeljko Kalac.

At the time, I thought he was going to be awesome. An Australian international, 9 feet tall, nicknamed Spider. He was like some sort of exotic poor man's superhero. I remember seeming to wait months for his work permit to clear so he could play, we were doing good in the league, top I think. Then, came the chance for Zeljko to do his thing and play for Leicester in the televised match against West Brom. Surely now we had him in goal, we'd be indestructabel!! Scott Taylor played awesome that day, we were 3-0 up, and practically strolling it. Then, Kalac showed what it means to be an Australian international - and fluffed two easy chances. He was total shit. Then, he played in a cup game against Bolton I think, and fluffed yet another easy effort. I remember everyone seemed to think Poole wasn't so bad after all! The only good memory I have of Kalac is in the play off final, when he came on in the last seconds for the likely penalty shoot-out, I was shitting it by this point. I was excited that Kalac might redeem all his fluffed catches with a brilliant performance, and part thought he'd probably screw up again. Despite all that, it seemed as if the very occasion of a gigantic gangling 'keeper entering the pitch was enough of a distraction to break Palace's concentration and allow Claridge to volley in the winner. Part of still thinks Kalac (kind of) won us that match!

The weirdest thing is, Kalac went on to play for AC Milan and became regarded as one of the best shot-stoppers in Serie A. Strange.

[Chairman of the Bored]

He's here, he's there, he's even combed his hair, Rodney Fern.

I once asked Rod "The Nod" Fern for his autograph. "I can't write mate" he said and pointed me in the direction of Bobby Roberts (who could write). Who can forget that wonderful overhead kick in front of the Kop against Birmingham in (I'm guessing) 1970/71. Poetry in motion. I so dearly wanted to be that man. His back heeled goal from 2 yards at Crystal Palace one Easter Monday almost convinced me Jesus walked amongst us.

Hero, legend and possibly the worst hair cut LCFC has ever seen.

[Simi]

Steve Howard

Used to always like him when he played for the Shaggers, was delighted when we signed him along with Matty Oakley. Although signing both of them wasn't enough to keep us up, I still thought Howard was a a valuable asset for us.

It seemed to take everyone apart from me and Lildave an age to start liking him and appreciating what he did for the side. For sure, at times he was lazy. He took his fair share of harsh flack for that from some of our fans.

He certainly shut them up last year though.

The partnership that he has formed with Fryatt is defintley one of the most feared in this league now. Last season he played a pivotal role in our promotion scoring some vital goals. Not only his goals though, his assist tally was very respectable, double figures in the end I beleive. That is what I feel some people did not appreciate in his first season with us. His work for Fryatt certainly did us a lot of good.

The work rate as well has improved significantly. Who'd have thought they'd see Howard chasing down 100's of yards to close down defenders when he first joined us? Pearson has defintley helped to bring the best out of him at the peak of his career.

[dogadug]

For me, it's got to be Zeljko Kalac.

At the time, I thought he was going to be awesome. An Australian international, 9 feet tall, nicknamed Spider. He was like some sort of exotic poor man's superhero. I remember seeming to wait months for his work permit to clear so he could play, we were doing good in the league, top I think. Then, came the chance for Zeljko to do his thing and play for Leicester in the televised match against West Brom. Surely now we had him in goal, we'd be indestructabel!! Scott Taylor played awesome that day, we were 3-0 up, and practically strolling it. Then, Kalac showed what it means to be an Australian international - and fluffed two easy chances. He was total shit. Then, he played in a cup game against Bolton I think, and fluffed yet another easy effort. I remember everyone seemed to think Poole wasn't so bad after all! The only good memory I have of Kalac is in the play off final, when he came on in the last seconds for the likely penalty shoot-out, I was shitting it by this point. I was excited that Kalac might redeem all his fluffed catches with a brilliant performance, and part thought he'd probably screw up again. Despite all that, it seemed as if the very occasion of a gigantic gangling 'keeper entering the pitch was enough of a distraction to break Palace's concentration and allow Claridge to volley in the winner. Part of still thinks Kalac (kind of) won us that match!

The weirdest thing is, Kalac went on to play for AC Milan and became regarded as one of the best shot-stoppers in Serie A. Strange.

And win a champions league medal!