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Old Foxes: My First Team 1950s

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I'm new to this forum but not to watching Leicester City.

This is the first Leicester City team I watched, around 1952 (I'd be grateful if someone could correct any errors and omissions)

Johnny Anderson

Stan Milburn

Ron Jackson

Jimmy Baldwin

? Tony Knapp / Ian King ?

Ian Russell

Mal Griffiths

Johnny Morris

Derek Hines

Arthur Rowley

Tom Dryburgh / Derek Hogg ?

I'm really not sure about the centre-half or left winger.

Posted

I'm new to this forum but not to watching Leicester City.

This is the first Leicester City team I watched, around 1952 (I'd be grateful if someone could correct any errors and omissions)

Johnny Anderson

Stan Milburn

Ron Jackson

Jimmy Baldwin

? Tony Knapp / Ian King ?

Ian Russell

Mal Griffiths

Johnny Morris

Derek Hines

Arthur Rowley

Tom Dryburgh / Derek Hogg ?

I'm really not sure about the centre-half or left winger.

Mine was the early 60s and I remember seeing both Knapp & King play. Never saw any of the others at least not as I remember.

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I'm fairly sure Tony Knapp and Ian King were a few years later than 52

possibly Matt Gillies , Norman Plummer or Billy Webb ?

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Looking at my Fossil and Foxes Knap and King didn't play for Leicester in 52. If you can remember who it was against I'll give you the team.

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Looking at my Fossil and Foxes Knap and King didn't play for Leicester in 52. If you can remember who it was against I'll give you the team.

I think it was one of the Nottingham teams, very early in the season, maybe even the first match as I went to a reserve game at the end of the previous season aged 10.

Do you have team line-ups for those days, even earlier maybe?

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First Game of the season 52/53 vs Notts County;

1 Johny Anderson.

2 Arthur Lever.

3 Stan Milburn.

4 Jimmy Baldwin.

5 Matt Gillies.

6 Johny King.

7 Mal Griffiths

8 Fred Worthington.

9 Derek Hines.

10 Arthur Rowley.

11 Tom Dryburgh.

It has the line ups from every game upto 97 (in my copy)

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First Game of the season 52/53 vs Notts County;

1 Johny Anderson.

2 Arthur Lever.

3 Stan Milburn.

4 Jimmy Baldwin.

5 Matt Gillies.

6 Johny King. (oops he did play then I was wrong)

7 Mal Griffiths

8 Fred Worthington.

9 Derek Hines.

10 Arthur Rowley.

11 Tom Dryburgh.

It has the line ups from every game upto 97 (in my copy)

Not Ian King though

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My first team v Bristol City Aug 27 1977

1 Mark Wallington

2 Steve Whitworth

3 Dennis Rofe

4 Steve Kember

5 Steve Sims

6 Alan Woollett

7 Brian Alderson

8 Jon Sammels

9 Frank Worthington

10 Eddie Kelly

11 Keith Weller

If I'm honest I have no memory of any player called Brian Alderson.

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My first team v Bristol City Aug 27 1977

1 Mark Wallington

2 Steve Whitworth

3 Dennis Rofe

4 Steve Kember

5 Steve Sims

6 Alan Woollett

7 Brian Alderson

8 Jon Sammels

9 Frank Worthington

10 Eddie Kelly

11 Keith Weller

If I'm honest I have no memory of any player called Brian Alderson.

we bought the useless little twat from coventry ( about 100k , big money then )

can you remember if norman "bite yer legs" hunter, and/or chris garland played that day ?

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we bought the useless little twat from coventry ( about 100k , big money then )

can you remember if norman "bite yer legs" hunter, and/or chris garland played that day ?

tbh not really. The only thing I can remember was being bored out of my brain. I didn't go again that season.

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My first ever game was away against Notts County in the 1979-80 season and we won 1-0 with a Strickland goal, in front of 14859 on 19th January 1980, the team was:

1) Mark Wallington

2) Mark Goodwin

3) Peter Welsh

4) Eddie Kelly

5) Larry May

6) John O'Neill

7) Gary Lineker

8) Derek Strickland

9) Alan Young

10) Ian Wilson

11) Bobby Smith

Sub

12) Dave Buchanan

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Webster, I think my first game was at home to Newcastle in the 96/97 season? Would you have the squads for that?

Stan SP - Leicester City 2 Newcastle United 0 - was played on 26th October 1996 with Clardige and Heskey scoring the goals in front of 21'134, the team was:

Keller

Grayson

Whitlow

Watts

Walsh

Prior

Izzett

Lennon

Taylor

Heskey

Claridge

Subs

Marshall

Lawrence

i think anyway

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Can you do mine please?

Won 3-nil against Brum. 95/96ish?

Claridge, Heskey and Lennon scored in a 3-0 win against Birmingham on April 27th 1996, attendance was 19'702, team was

Poole

Grayson

Whitlow

Watts

Walsh

Izzett

Lennon

Taylor

Claridge

Robins

Heskey

Sub

Parker

again - i think

Posted

I'm new to this forum but not to watching Leicester City.

This is the first Leicester City team I watched, around 1952 (I'd be grateful if someone could correct any errors and omissions)

Johnny Anderson

Stan Milburn

Ron Jackson

Jimmy Baldwin

? Tony Knapp / Ian King ?

Ian Russell

Mal Griffiths

Johnny Morris

Derek Hines

Arthur Rowley

Tom Dryburgh / Derek Hogg ?

I'm really not sure about the centre-half or left winger.

That right there is the one ex-city player i really wished i had seen play.

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That right there is the one ex-city player i really wished i had seen play.

Him and Keith Weller for me.

When my dad reminisces about the good old days of Filbert Street, my dad never fails to mention how Weller shone every match.

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Him and Keith Weller for me.

When my dad reminisces about the good old days of Filbert Street, my dad never fails to mention how Weller shone every match.

Weller / Worthington (saw him play against us later in his career) / Glover / Rowley / Chandler / Sep Smith / Davie Gibson / tbh there are too many to mention so i would probably pick Rowley and Chandler as they were both goal machines for us

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