History of Leicester City Football Club
Formed in 1884 by a group of Wyggeston School youth as "Leicester Fosse", the club joined the British Football Association in 1890. Prior to moving to Filbert Road in 1891, the club played in five different places, including Victoria Park southeast of the center city and at Belgrave Road Cricket and Bicycle Grounds.
The club also joined the Midland League in 1891, and was elected to Division Two in 1894 after finishing second in the rankings. Leicester suffered a 4-3 defeat at Grimsby Town, with a win in their inaugural Premier League the following week, against Rotherham United at Filbert Street. in the same season they also won the club's biggest victory to date that is a 13-0 victory over Notts Olympic in an FA Cup qualifying match.
In the 1907-08 season the club ended as second runner-up Division II, and grabbed promotion to the main Division, the highest caste of English football. However, the club relegated in just one season, and earned record the biggest defeat of the season that lost 12-0 against Nottingham Forest. In 1919, when the soccer league came back after World War I, Leicester Fosse stopped in a transaction due to financial difficulties.
The club was reformed as "Leicester City Football Club", very aptly the area of Leicester was recently given city status. Following the name change, the club enjoyed success in 1920; under the management of Peter Hodge, who left May 1926 replaced two months later by Willie Orr, and with record goalscorer Arthur Chandler, they won the Second Division title in 1924-25 and achieved the second highest league in 1928-1929 as runners-up with one point to Sheffield Wednesday.
But in the 1930s Leicester suffered a decline in wealth, the club relegated in 1934-35 and, after promotion in 1936-1937, relegated again in 1938-1939 and they completed a decade in Division Two. They play in the Premier League, after promotion as Football League Championship champions in 2013-14, return to the top of English football after a decade and eventually become champions in the 2015-16 season, or two seasons after the promotion.
Leicester certainly came out as champion for the first time in his history after achieving his point could not be pursued Arsenal and Tottenham second and third position. Their uniforms are blue and white pants. The club is now competing in the English Premier League. The team was founded in 1884, with the club's name Leicester Fosse, playing in a field near Fosse Road.
They moved to Filbert Street in 1891, and began to enter the Football League in 1894 and adopted the name Leicester City in 1919. They moved to the Walkers Stadium in 2002, which was renamed the King Power Stadium after a change of ownership in 2011. Leicester won the Premier League 2015-16, champions for the first time in their history in the top league of the English league.
Prior to this, the highest achievement they had achieved was sitting in second place in Division One in 1928-29. This club collects a total of seven second tier titles. (6th Division II and one Championship), and one League One title. They have also won the League Cup three times and have runners-up FA Cup four times, a record appearing in the final without winning the competition.
Their mainstay players such as Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Kasper Schmeicel have succeeded in bringing the Foxes into history by becoming English Premier League champions for the first time.
STADIUM LIECESTER CITY
King Power Stadium is a soccer stadium located in the city of Leicester and became the home of the English football club that is Leicester City F.C. The 32,262 seater stadium, unveiled in July 2002 and is the 19th largest stadium in the UK. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner Vichai Raksriaksorn. Previously the stadium was known as Walkers Stadium, due to sponsorship deal with Walkers Crisps, the name of a food company.
The club also joined the Midland League in 1891, and was elected to Division Two in 1894 after finishing second in the rankings. Leicester suffered a 4-3 defeat at Grimsby Town, with a win in their inaugural Premier League the following week, against Rotherham United at Filbert Street. in the same season they also won the club's biggest victory to date that is a 13-0 victory over Notts Olympic in an FA Cup qualifying match.
In the 1907-08 season the club ended as second runner-up Division II, and grabbed promotion to the main Division, the highest caste of English football. However, the club relegated in just one season, and earned record the biggest defeat of the season that lost 12-0 against Nottingham Forest. In 1919, when the soccer league came back after World War I, Leicester Fosse stopped in a transaction due to financial difficulties.
The club was reformed as "Leicester City Football Club", very aptly the area of Leicester was recently given city status. Following the name change, the club enjoyed success in 1920; under the management of Peter Hodge, who left May 1926 replaced two months later by Willie Orr, and with record goalscorer Arthur Chandler, they won the Second Division title in 1924-25 and achieved the second highest league in 1928-1929 as runners-up with one point to Sheffield Wednesday.
But in the 1930s Leicester suffered a decline in wealth, the club relegated in 1934-35 and, after promotion in 1936-1937, relegated again in 1938-1939 and they completed a decade in Division Two. They play in the Premier League, after promotion as Football League Championship champions in 2013-14, return to the top of English football after a decade and eventually become champions in the 2015-16 season, or two seasons after the promotion.
Leicester certainly came out as champion for the first time in his history after achieving his point could not be pursued Arsenal and Tottenham second and third position. Their uniforms are blue and white pants. The club is now competing in the English Premier League. The team was founded in 1884, with the club's name Leicester Fosse, playing in a field near Fosse Road.
They moved to Filbert Street in 1891, and began to enter the Football League in 1894 and adopted the name Leicester City in 1919. They moved to the Walkers Stadium in 2002, which was renamed the King Power Stadium after a change of ownership in 2011. Leicester won the Premier League 2015-16, champions for the first time in their history in the top league of the English league.
Prior to this, the highest achievement they had achieved was sitting in second place in Division One in 1928-29. This club collects a total of seven second tier titles. (6th Division II and one Championship), and one League One title. They have also won the League Cup three times and have runners-up FA Cup four times, a record appearing in the final without winning the competition.
Their mainstay players such as Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Kasper Schmeicel have succeeded in bringing the Foxes into history by becoming English Premier League champions for the first time.
STADIUM LIECESTER CITY
King Power Stadium is a soccer stadium located in the city of Leicester and became the home of the English football club that is Leicester City F.C. The 32,262 seater stadium, unveiled in July 2002 and is the 19th largest stadium in the UK. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner Vichai Raksriaksorn. Previously the stadium was known as Walkers Stadium, due to sponsorship deal with Walkers Crisps, the name of a food company.
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