davieG Posted 6 February 2012 Posted 6 February 2012 Not seen this before? A new book came out last August, title self explanatory - http://www.life-after-football.co.uk/ Costs £11.95, £1 from each book sale will be donated to LOROS. UK postage is included in the book price. For European posting please add £2.50 to the total and for Worldwide posting please add £5. In January 2011 I had the idea to track down former Leicester City stars and players I had idolised as a child. My earliest memories of football were going to Filbert Street and watching a team playing in The Premier League season after season and regularly going to Wembley for Cup Finals. Sadly this was short lived and I realised that along with thousands of other City fans I was being spoiled. I decided to track down some of the people behind making this period so special, this culminated in interviewing over 20 players and staff from the era. Stars such as Steve Walsh, Muzzy Izzett, Matt Elliott, Pontus Kaamark, Robbie Savage, Kasey Keller and Steve Claridge give their insights into one of Leicester's finest eras under the great Martin O'Neill.
HEGGSY Posted 6 February 2012 Posted 6 February 2012 Not seen this before? A new book came out last August, title self explanatory - http://www.life-after-football.co.uk/ Costs £11.95, £1 from each book sale will be donated to LOROS. UK postage is included in the book price. For European posting please add £2.50 to the total and for Worldwide posting please add £5. sample picture Although I am not old enough to remember these great days for our club, being only 16. I certainly appreciate how those years under MON defined our club and how they were most definitely our glory days. Seems a long time since then and they don't look like returning any time soon Definitely a book to buy.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 7 February 2012 Posted 7 February 2012 Not seen this before? A new book came out last August, title self explanatory - http://www.life-after-football.co.uk/ Costs £11.95, £1 from each book sale will be donated to LOROS. UK postage is included in the book price. For European posting please add £2.50 to the total and for Worldwide posting please add £5. Unbelievable days now looking back with the dross we have had since
Gold Coast Fox Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 My one regret in my short life is never getting to see leicester play at filbert street my first game was when adams was in charge so i think its safe to say i missed the glory days
z-layrex Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Unbelievable days now looking back with the dross we have had since We could be having consecutive top 12 finshes in the EPL and Leicester fans would still moan.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 My one regret in my short life is never getting to see leicester play at filbert street my first game was when adams was in charge so i think its safe to say i missed the glory days Yeah same here
Alexikokopops Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 We could be having consecutive top 12 finshes in the EPL and Leicester fans would still moan. Top 12???? I want top half!!!!!!
Raj Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 WE dont realise how lucky we are to have been fans of LCFC during that era. It was immense but we thought(stupidly) it will last forever. We will NEVER see such days again.
ozleicester Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 A quick look back at the 60's...3 FA cup finals, League cup wins, regular 1st Division..even winning Div2. Those were also the greatest days... 30 years between them and the MON era.... i disagree with NEVER, those days will be back, just a matter of when
Guest Col city fan Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 WE dont realise how lucky we are to have been fans of LCFC during that era. It was immense but we thought(stupidly) it will last forever. We will NEVER see such days again. You are wrong Raj... We knew it wouldn't last forever because we knew MON would move on in the end. 'twas only a matter of time and we knew that Great whilst it lasted though
OzFox Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 WE dont realise how lucky we are to have been fans of LCFC during that era. It was immense but we thought(stupidly) it will last forever. We will NEVER see such days again. I bet a lot of people were thinking the same in the McLintock era. And again under Hamilton & Pleat. Never say never
Corky Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Am I the only one who has preferred the last 10 years to those 5?
StanSP Posted 8 February 2012 Posted 8 February 2012 Am I the only one who has preferred the last 10 years to those 5? 2006/07 was a great season. Solid 19th place, comfortably escaping relegation.
flowwolf Posted 9 February 2012 Posted 9 February 2012 We could be having consecutive top 12 finshes in the EPL and Leicester fans would still moan. Lets be honest top twelve ISN'T good enough.
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 9 February 2012 Posted 9 February 2012 WE dont realise how lucky we are to have been fans of LCFC during that era. It was immense but we thought(stupidly) it will last forever. We will NEVER see such days again. Wrong !! A quick look back at the 60's...3 FA cup finals, League cup wins, regular 1st Division..even winning Div2. Those were also the greatest days... 30 years between them and the MON era.... i disagree with NEVER, those days will be back, just a matter of when There you go !!
Corky Posted 9 February 2012 Posted 9 February 2012 2006/07 was a great season. Solid 19th place, comfortably escaping relegation. Yeah, much better than 8th in the Premier League.
stourbridgefox Posted 9 February 2012 Posted 9 February 2012 The O'Neill days could've lasted much longer but the opportunity was squandered by the powers that be at the club. O'Neill built a side capable of finishing in the top ten, players sales raised a considerable amount of money for the time (£17 million just for Heskey and Lennon) and we had built a reputation as top flight regulars with the chance of the odd cup final medal for any players thinking of joining us. All it took was the appointment of a man to build on, or at least perpetuate, the success of O'Neill's reign. Harry Redknapp issued a 'come and get me' call from Portsmouth, where he was unhappy, but instead we went the 'Leicester way' of appointing an up and coming manager. Well, up and coming managers are fine for clubs looking to build but not for clubs established in the top ten of the Premier League. The rest, as they say, is history. The point, however, is that Leicester could now STILL be in the Premier League following the O'Neill years. The reason we are not is because of a bad decision at board level which put someone not up to the job in charge. We are now better placed off the field to have a sustained tilt at the top flight than at any time since I have been following the club. We have wealthy, ambitious owners who are prepared to back a manager to the hilt. So we should be patient with our exotic owners because they have done more for this club in their short time in charge than any amount of boards of local businessmen have done in the past. Once we do finally get back to the 'promised land', be prepared to be spoiled some more and for Leicester City to set down some top flight roots!
Weller in Tights Posted 10 February 2012 Posted 10 February 2012 I loved these years, the trips to Wembley, the replay at Hillsborough, and I've been going since 1968. Is there anyone old enough to remember the early 60's thogh. We had Fa cup Finals(2) and League cup finals(winning once) in the 1960-65 period, and our league positions wern't bad. Come on you old gits (even older than me), how did that spell compare ?
Webbo Posted 10 February 2012 Posted 10 February 2012 The O'Neill days could've lasted much longer but the opportunity was squandered by the powers that be at the club. O'Neill built a side capable of finishing in the top ten, players sales raised a considerable amount of money for the time (£17 million just for Heskey and Lennon) and we had built a reputation as top flight regulars with the chance of the odd cup final medal for any players thinking of joining us. All it took was the appointment of a man to build on, or at least perpetuate, the success of O'Neill's reign. Harry Redknapp issued a 'come and get me' call from Portsmouth, where he was unhappy, but instead we went the 'Leicester way' of appointing an up and coming manager. Well, up and coming managers are fine for clubs looking to build but not for clubs established in the top ten of the Premier League. The rest, as they say, is history. The point, however, is that Leicester could now STILL be in the Premier League following the O'Neill years. The reason we are not is because of a bad decision at board level which put someone not up to the job in charge. We are now better placed off the field to have a sustained tilt at the top flight than at any time since I have been following the club. We have wealthy, ambitious owners who are prepared to back a manager to the hilt. So we should be patient with our exotic owners because they have done more for this club in their short time in charge than any amount of boards of local businessmen have done in the past. Once we do finally get back to the 'promised land', be prepared to be spoiled some more and for Leicester City to set down some top flight roots! Harry Redknapp was managing W Ham at the time.IIrc we offered him the job after Peter Taylor was sacked but he didn't want to move up to the midlands. Peter Taylor looked a good appointment on paper, in hindsight he was a bad appointment but you couldn't have predicted that at the time.
melrose Posted 11 February 2012 Posted 11 February 2012 WE dont realise how lucky we are to have been fans of LCFC during that era. It was immense but we thought(stupidly) it will last forever. We will NEVER see such days again. Wise words mon amis!
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