Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 2 April 2014 Posted 2 April 2014 Have to have bad times to appreciate the good!
lcfc1994 Posted 2 April 2014 Posted 2 April 2014 The only promotion season I've seen is 2008/09 Same here, was only two in 1996.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 2 April 2014 Posted 2 April 2014 Same here, was only two in 1996. Now I feel old, I was nearly 30 in 1996. Great times though.
ceredigion Posted 2 April 2014 Author Posted 2 April 2014 Same here, was only two in 1996. Don't worry. You didn't miss much.
EastNeukFox Posted 2 April 2014 Posted 2 April 2014 Got to be the 79/80 season, under Jock Wallace, for me. He was the reason that I began following Leicester City, after the joy he had brought me as a young Rangers supporter growing up in Glasgow. Despite the thousands of miles I've travelled to each home game this season - I've only missed one midweek game back in September - it has been thoroughly enjoyable. Indeed, singing "Always 5hit on the red side of the Trent" as I head over the bridge on the A1 at Newark has been particularly enjoyable in recent weeks!! So 13/14 will definitely eclipse any previous promotions, as it means so much more when you've actually been able to get to many of the games in person.
ceredigion Posted 2 April 2014 Author Posted 2 April 2014 Got to be the 79/80 season, under Jock Wallace, for me. He was the reason that I began following Leicester City, after the joy he had brought me as a young Rangers supporter growing up in Glasgow. Despite the thousands of miles I've travelled to each home game this season - I've only missed one midweek game back in September - it has been thoroughly enjoyable. Indeed, singing "Always 5hit on the red side of the Trent" as I head over the bridge on the A1 at Newark has been particularly enjoyable in recent weeks!! So 13/14 will definitely eclipse any previous promotions, as it means so much more when you've actually been able to get to many of the games in person. Jock had just won the treble with Rangers when he took over, if I recall. They were a big club back then. He was very much a big fish in a small pool because we were a newly-relegated team. I think Jock Stein had come south the year before to manage Leeds and he wanted to renew their rivalry. Well done with all the travelling. For once it's been worth it.
reynard Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 The 79/80 promotion season was great and Jock was one of the real characters. However, for me the best to date has to be the 82/83 season. From what I recall we were terrible for the first 15 games or so and were nearer relegation than promotion. I think we then signed Gerry Daly (on loan?) and he proved the catalyst to an amazing transformation. I think we went 15 games unbeaten at the end of the season and eventually hunted down Fulham for the final promotion spot. The game at their place, where we won 1-0 with an Ian Wilson goal was one of the two best away days I've experienced as a Leicester fan. We took a lot that day and the place went mad. Then it all came down to the very last day of the season and we could only draw at home to Burnley. We were all on the pitch celebrating when news filtered through that Burnley's match at Derby had been abandoned two minuteds early as their fans were standing almost on the pitch and impeding the Fulham players. Fulham then appealed so the drama continued for a few days before we finally made it. The play off final vs Crystal Palace for the drama of it probably equals the 82/83 season though.
teblin Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 4 for me. 94, 96, 03 and 2009. Claridge at Wembley has to be my fave.
Tielemans63 Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 The 2-1 win over Derby in 94 for me. Went to the Blackburn final in 92 as a tiny lad not really knowing what was going on but crying when we lost at the end. Went to the 93 final v Swindon only to come home roaring again. By 94 I didn't actually want to go! But my Grandad took me anyway and it felt bloody brilliant when we finally did it and I was only 9 or 10 I think.
Al-aLondon-Foxile Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 82/83 was special to me. One of my favourite aways ever at Fulham, and a superb run in to make 3rd spot and go up. Derby at wembley was also great ten years or so later as the p/o finals were always a great way to go up.
Rob1742 Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 My first was the Jock Wallace one at is was very special. Everything was special from the kit, the manager, the players to the games. All are great, but looking back now I think it's great for the kids that are younger that will be sampling their first promotion. For sure if they have been to the matches and lived it, they won't forget it.
StanSP Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Been alive for 4 of those promotion campaigns, but have only been supporting for 2. I remember snippets of the 02/03 season, notably the win over Brighton actually to get us over the line. I'd say this season will stand out the most just because the way we've gone about it and just simply been better than anyone else so consistently. And with so many records broken along the way too. Win tomorrow and we equal our record for wins in a season don't we? Not sure about wins, but we've set the new record for going unbeaten away in a season. 10th away game unbeaten occurred vs Burnley . We also need to score in the next 8 consecutive games to equal a record for 'games since failing to score'. Go one better and we break a 71-year old record. Last game we didn't score was vs Forest at home all the way back in November.
LanguedocFox Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Memories... Like a couple of other posters, I've seen eight promotions, and I've loved them all. The first one, in 56-57, was special because it was my first season, and as an 11-year-old I just loved the theatricality of it all: colour, sights, sounds, smells that kind of brightened up the rather dull mid-50s. The O'Neill promotion was special for me because it was my first season watching a lot of City after several years of devoting my time to bringing up the kids, and I was there at Watford away and at the final - just a magic time. The Micky Adams promotion was good because it felt like us against the world - but also slightly bittersweet for me for personal reasons, but also because I was pretty sure that it wouldn't last. And the League One promotion was just brilliant because so many teams like City had gone down and stayed down - for a few seasons at least. To be honest, though, this one - assuming we make it intact through the next week - will be the best ever for me. We've played some of the best football I've ever seen by a City team, and there is that thrilling combination of style and swagger with a never say die/Foxes never quit spirit that is just great to watch.
broughtonblue Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 79/80 for me, as a 12 year old who loved everything about football I was in heaven. Football didn't have wall to wall tv coverage then so the only real way to get involved was to be there, spent many hours down belvoir drive autograph hunting, and was also fortunate enough to be taken inside filbert st where I met jock and a few players, still got the Christmas card u got from him!
isaidno Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 I'm sure that we beat Brighton at home to gain promotion in 2002/2003. Could happen again
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