Joe. Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 A few of you might enjoy this one. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/oct/06/forgotten-story-leicester-city-ice-kings?CMP=twt_gu
davieG Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 I remember it all like it was only yesterday, that season felt just the same as when Swindon got their penalty in the play-offs, ecstasy and agony
I am Rod Hull Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 "With clubs dependent on gate receipts as their only stable source of revenue, increasingly desperate measures were employed to thaw out pitches and allow them to restore bank balances diminished by their salary obligations. Blackpool engaged the army to melt the ice on Bloomfield Road with flame-throwers, Chelsea, a rather unlikely venue even then for Boys from the Blackstuff, tried motorway tar burners, others bought sand in 90-ton loads and Halifax Town threw in the towel and opened The Shay as an ice rink." Nice read...
lcfc_sam_p Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Far too young to know about all that, but it was a great read. We WILL win that FA cup one day
themotivator Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 great read. what with my dad and the rest of my football following family all being villa fans, i've never had the history of era's like this told to me. obviously i know a little bit from bits and bobs i read online, but this article you get a really good sense of the club at the time. i feel strangely gutted that we missed out on a trophy, as if we had just lost recently. combined with the shed to stadium exhibition i saw at New Walk last night im coming over all nostalgic.
TrentFox Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 What a thorough and magnificently constructed article. Someone send it to the tabloids, quick !! I'd completely forgotten about the "Pools Panel" !! It's astonishing to think a group of people were allowed to sit and make up results ! It sits in stark contrast with modern sport, e.g. the trial of Pakistani cricketers that's on-going at the moment. I think we can safely say those days are looooooong gone.
davieG Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 What a thorough and magnificently constructed article. Someone send it to the tabloids, quick !! I'd completely forgotten about the "Pools Panel" !! It's astonishing to think a group of people were allowed to sit and make up results ! It sits in stark contrast with modern sport, e.g. the trial of Pakistani cricketers that's on-going at the moment. I think we can safely say those days are looooooong gone. The 60's had their cheating/betting scandal at Sheff Weds.
TrentFox Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 The 60's had their cheating/betting scandal at Sheff Weds. Just before my memory....... go on - indulge my curiosity !! ( But remember, you never know who's reading this).
I am Rod Hull Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Just before my memory....... go on - indulge my curiosity !! ( But remember, you never know who's reading this).
One Arm Babba Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Great article. Well done on finding that. It was a good read and a team to be proud of.
davieG Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Just before my memory....... go on - indulge my curiosity !! ( But remember, you never know who's reading this). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_British_betting_scandal
SpartakAnj Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 I enjoyed that article so much I felt compelled to leave a comment on the Guardian website! I have heard much about "String the King", Len Chalmers and Davie Gibson from my Dad. My old man cant remember my or my brothers birthdays but he can recite man for man the Leicester team from the 1961 FA cup final!!
Kurrif Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 As one of the forum oldies this takes me back to the very start of my Leicester supporting career and I have stuck with them through thin and thinner!
unreachable Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 I enjoyed that article so much I felt compelled to leave a comment on the Guardian website! I have heard much about "String the King", Len Chalmers and Davie Gibson from my Dad. My old man cant remember my or my brothers birthdays but he can recite man for man the Leicester team from the 1961 FA cup final!! Come on without come on within you ain't seen nothing like the mighty String! Often see him at home matches.
wattolcfc Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Great read, from a 22 year olds perspective, sounds like we had a great team back then.. hope we get back to a team like that one day competing for honours in the top tier.
oxford blue Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Really interesting - thanks for the link And we went very close in 1961 v Spurs too. Len Chalmers injured in first half, and a passenger from then - no subs then. And if Ken Leek hadn't been dropped, having scored in every round to the final, it might have been different. Still, perhaps we might win in 2012...
SpartakAnj Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Really interesting - thanks for the link And we went very close in 1961 v Spurs too. Len Chalmers injured in first half, and a passenger from then - no subs then. And if Ken Leek hadn't been dropped, having scored in every round to the final, it might have been different. Still, perhaps we might win in 2012... My dad reckons Leek was dropped for being out on the piss the night before the final!
stockyfox Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Those of us that were there will NEVER forget that fantastic three and a half months which started on Boxing Day 1962. We were unbeatable. Nobody could live with us. The more it snowed, the better we played. The more it was icy, the more we skated to greater heights –(totally the opposite to the way we performed in that debacle at Ipswich). The run lasted for 16 games, Scored 35, Conceded 7:- Boxing Day – Leyton Orient ((Home) WON 5-1 Jan 8 –FA Cup 3rd Rnd Grimsby (Away) WON 3-1 Jan 30 FA Cup Rnd 4 Ipswich (Home) WON 3-1 Feb 8th Arsenal (Home) WON 2-0 Feb 12th Everton (Home)WON 3-1 Feb 19th Forest (Away) WON 2-0 Feb 23rd Ipswich (Home) WON 3-0 Mar 2nd Liverpool (Away) WON 2-0 Mar 9th Blackburn (Home) WON 2-0 Mar 16th-FA Cup 5th Rnd LeytonOrient (Away) WON 1-0 Mar 23rd Spurs (Home)Drew 2-2 Mar 26th Sheff. Utd (Away) Drew 0-0 Mar 30th FA CUP 6TH Rnd Norwich (WON)2-0 Apr 3rd Leyton Orient (Away) WON 2-0 Apr 6th Man City (Home) WON 2-0 Apr 8th Blackpool (Away) Drew 1-1 – which put usTOP of Div. 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then, on 13th April, we lost 1-0 at West Ham but two days later, 15th April, we drew 2-2 a t Man Utd BUT in the Return fixture at Filbo,the following day, we were treated to one of the most unforgettable fixtures ever seen at Filbo, Leicester City 4, Man Utd 3. Ken Keyworth scored a hat-trick for City in 6 mins, Terry Heath scoring the other, whilst Denis Law scored a hat-trick for Utd which included one of the most spectacular goals ever scored at Filbo., an unbelievable bicycle kick that flew past GordonBanks like a bullet. AND at the end of the game, we were back at the top of Division 1: Played 34, Won 19, Drew 10, Lost 5, Scored 68, Conceded 35,Points 48
davieG Posted 6 October 2011 Posted 6 October 2011 Those of us that were there will NEVER forget that fantastic three and a half months which started on Boxing Day 1962. We were unbeatable. Nobody could live with us. The more it snowed, the better we played. The more it was icy, the more we skated to greater heights –(totally the opposite to the way we performed in that debacle at Ipswich). The run lasted for 16 games, Scored 35, Conceded 7:- Boxing Day – Leyton Orient ((Home) WON 5-1 Jan 8 –FA Cup 3rd Rnd Grimsby (Away) WON 3-1 Jan 30 FA Cup Rnd 4 Ipswich (Home) WON 3-1 Feb 8th Arsenal (Home) WON 2-0 Feb 12th Everton (Home)WON 3-1 Feb 19th Forest (Away) WON 2-0 Feb 23rd Ipswich (Home) WON 3-0 Mar 2nd Liverpool (Away) WON 2-0 Mar 9th Blackburn (Home) WON 2-0 Mar 16th-FA Cup 5th Rnd LeytonOrient (Away) WON 1-0 Mar 23rd Spurs (Home)Drew 2-2 Mar 26th Sheff. Utd (Away) Drew 0-0 Mar 30th FA CUP 6TH Rnd Norwich (WON)2-0 Apr 3rd Leyton Orient (Away) WON 2-0 Apr 6th Man City (Home) WON 2-0 Apr 8th Blackpool (Away) Drew 1-1 – which put usTOP of Div. 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then, on 13th April, we lost 1-0 at West Ham but two days later, 15th April, we drew 2-2 a t Man Utd BUT in the Return fixture at Filbo,the following day, we were treated to one of the most unforgettable fixtures ever seen at Filbo, Leicester City 4, Man Utd 3. Ken Keyworth scored a hat-trick for City in 6 mins, Terry Heath scoring the other, whilst Denis Law scored a hat-trick for Utd which included one of the most spectacular goals ever scored at Filbo., an unbelievable bicycle kick that flew past GordonBanks like a bullet. AND at the end of the game, we were back at the top of Division 1: Played 34, Won 19, Drew 10, Lost 5, Scored 68, Conceded 35,Points 48 Was locked out of that last one with fans in the Popular Side (East Stand) giving a running commentary, my brother got in
Ric Flair Posted 7 October 2011 Posted 7 October 2011 I wish I was born in the 50's so I could have witnessed all this. Phenomenal read
Raj Posted 7 October 2011 Posted 7 October 2011 Thats a lovely read. Amazing the difference from nowadays! In a way im lucky to have been through fixtures which were cancelled due to adverse conditions as most of you young guns will never have to wait for ceefax news on postponed games!!!!
OzFox Posted 7 October 2011 Posted 7 October 2011 Fascinating read. And amusing too. "The semi-final was a remarkable match, so one-sided in Liverpool's favour that Leicester's win was more a case of a mugging than the work of gentlemanly thieves. "Playing them when they were at the top of their game," said McLintock vividly, "was like plastering your face in marmalade then kicking over a wasps' nest." Shankly's team battered City and after Stringfellow's counterattacking 18th-minute goal the wave of Liverpool attacks became relentless. Banks was called on to make more than 30 saves, one of them from Ian St John in injury time, according to McLintock, "the equal of anything he ever did, the Pelé save included". Leicester's victory, he continued, "was the biggest travesty of justice I witnessed during 21 years as a professional".
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