Captain... Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 I was reading this article in the Mercury today, whilst cutting out my voucher: Ido wonder if any other football club has had quite as many bizarre moments as ours? Right from the moment when Leicester Fosse was formed by a bunch of chaps crowded into a garden shed in 1884, it seems to have been one long list of humorous and ridiculous happenings. Take the stoic actions of Fosse net-minder Charlie Walker on a foggy day in December, 1890. A full 20 minutes after the end of a 1-1 draw with Loughborough Town, a search party was sent to collect him from his goal. He had not deserted his post, believing that the game was still in progress and Fosse were piling on the pressure at the other end. In 1909, Fosse recorded their worst-ever defeat – 12-0 at the hands of neighbours Forest. They had played so badly that the League suspected foul play, but an enquiry held at Leicester's Grand Hotel revealed that they had been celebrating ex-teammate Leggy Turner's wedding. They weren't cheats, they were just drunk! In October, 1917, Fosse keeper Herbert Bown charged up to take a goal-kick, but an unfortunate pitch-invading dog had also taken a shine to the ball at the same moment and was launched up-field. Neither goalie nor dog suffered lasting damage. October, 1928, saw a truly poetic moment as five swans flew over Filbert Street as Arthur Chandler scored his fifth goal against Portsmouth. A sixth swan straggled overhead a few minutes later and Channy obliged with a sixth as City won 10-0. In December, 1954, Leicester managed to create a unique feat in league history when City's Stan Milburn and Jack Froggatt combined to score the first-ever recorded joint own goal, at Stamford Bridge. In April, 1969, the omens were not good when City's "lucky'' black cat, which had featured in the team photos for the impending FA Cup final appearance, was flattened by a truck on Filbert Street. City, of course, lost 1-0 to Manchester City. Other more recent exhibits into the "Leicester City Museum of the Bizarre'' might include Stan Collymore's fire extinguisher from La Manga (Mark I); Keith Weller's woolly white tights from 1979; Alan Birchenall's borrowed umbrella during a rainy game; and Steve Lynex's muddy kit from his swim across the flooded Filbert Street pitch. In today's sanitised and highly-organised game unexpected incidents like that can no longer happen... or so you might think. From the season that has already brought you the "Chris Wood Face Goal'' at Watford, we now have two more entries from the last week. The Queens Park Rangers game was held up for an extraordinarily long time by a squirrel – until David Nugent hit upon the brainwave of, er, chasing it away. And the genuinely hilarious sight of City's Boxing Day match against Reading illuminated by thousands of mobile phones when the floodlights failed. Was it just me, or did it actually help a bit? Happy New Year, lets hope we all get what we want in 2014. So what other bizarre moments do you remeber from our past. Neil Lewis thinking he had been sent off against Millwall (I think) springs to mind he wandered off down the tunnel and we played a man less for about 5 minutes before someone noticed, or Jamie Lawrence knocking himself out whilst scoring with a diving header.
Strokes Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 The hot dog kid, Russell holts debut was quite strange.
Captain... Posted 28 December 2013 Author Posted 28 December 2013 The hot dog kid, Russell holts debut was quite strange. Forgot that one, was still playing a couple of years, I had to google him to check, came across this: Hoult, a married man, has on a number of occasions been the subject of public revelations concerning his sexual conduct. In 2000 he was fined £300 for kerb crawling.[20] He was also cleared of sending indecent letters to a 15-year old girl after his lawyer told magistrates that they were no worse than "saucy seaside postcards".[21] In 2005 he was revealed to have sent 10 nude photographs of himself to his mistress and in January 2007 he was suspended by West Bromwich Albion after footage of him involved in an orgy was leaked onto the Internet allegedly with him wearing a club polo shirt
Strokes Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Forgot that one, was still playing a couple of years, I had to google him to check, came across this: Wow, another hero tarnished.
Strokes Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 The spider kalac substitution at wembley was pretty unique.
rico Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Also Colin Calderwood trying to strangle Julian Joachim
Captain... Posted 28 December 2013 Author Posted 28 December 2013 Also Colin Calderwood trying to strangle Julian Joachim And Joachim getting booked for it if I remember correctly, we must also be the only team to have had a man sent off for taking a free kick too quickly.
Guest Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Wallington, Lynex and Youngy all playing in goal during the greatest FA Cup game in City history.
Guest shearfox Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Frank Sinclairs 35 yard own goal against Boro...
MikeyT Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Also Colin Calderwood trying to strangle Julian Joachim Reminded me of this
Haydos Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Eadie(?) and Phillips having a camp old time in the background.
Guest kristianity77 Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Cant remember who the player was now but we were playing Newcastle and Lauren Robert hit a volleyed clearance clean as a nut straight at a newcastle defender, was it Barnard? Wobbled around for about 5 seconds before hitting the deck!
Bluetintedspecs Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Ian Wilsons bizarre but spectacular OG against Spurs in FA Cup Semi Final.
Kitchandro Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Forgot that one, was still playing a couple of years, I had to google him to check, came across this: You get suspended for having orgies now? Thread title pretty much sums up last season.
Voll Blau Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Love the six swans story. That Sunderland photo. :xmaslaugh: :xmaslaugh: :xmaslaugh:
Soar Fox Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Conrad Logan playing more games out on loan than he has in 12 years at Leicester.
Finnaldo Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Conrad Logan playing more games out on loan than he has in 12 years at Leicester. Surely he must have the record for least appearances for a 10+ year spell at one club? It will be a sad, sad day when Conrad leaves.
Devonfox1884 Posted 28 December 2013 Posted 28 December 2013 Surely he must have the record for least appearances for a 10+ year spell at one club? It will be a sad, sad day when Conrad leaves. Is he going to have a testemonial?? There would be so much banter, it would be immense.
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