Little known things

[worth_the_wait]

2 hours ago, LestaFox92 said:

Before we were relegated to league 1 we were like 1 of 7 clubs that had never gone below the championship.

1 of 9 actually

 

(Us, Newcastle, Liverpool, Everton, ManU, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, WHam)

[Guest StevieLynex]

We played in the Charity Shield even though we didn't win the league or the FA Cup

[Guest StevieLynex]

We nearly signed Johan Cruyff

[tylesta]

Every player went through Pearson's daughter while he was manager

[shailen]

1 hour ago, Matt_Lcfc said:

Is this true though? Playing devils advocate here to a certain extent as I get Pearson regularly played him on the wing in 14/15 but he was an out and out number 9 in 13/14, no?

Yeah he played mainly in a two up front alongside Nugent or Wood if my memory is right. 

[Phil Bowman]

33 minutes ago, StevieLynex said:

We nearly signed Johan Cruyff

And Lee Chapman.

[LaCiudad]

11 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

I found out yesterday that we played Iraq in a friendly in 87.

Is that even true? 

[Sambiasso]

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Edited 15 September 2021 by Sambiasso

[tom27111]

2 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

"When Pegguy went for a pee, he didn't shake it, he kicked it,"

"The joke in the dressing room was that he used to feed it mice."

 

That's nothing. 

 

When Dion Dublin walked out of the showers, he left behind wet footprints with a line in-between 

[Phil Bowman]

57 minutes ago, StevieLynex said:

We played in the Charity Shield even though we didn't win the league or the FA Cup

No, no - we won the FA Cup. I’m surprised you don’t remember. Tielemans scored a pretty good goal.

[tom27111]

I do have a serious one that I'd say the majority don't know...

 

At Stamford Bridge in 1954, Leicester City players Jack Froggatt and Stanley Milburn scored what is though to be English footballs only ever joint own-goal.

 

Milburn was the cousin of Jackie Milburn and uncle to Bobby and Jack Charlton.

 

It is unconfirmed if Froggatt was any relation to 90's Villa, Wolves and Coventry winger, Steve Froggatt.

Edited 15 September 2021 by tom27111

[Phil Bowman]

8 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

I was born on exactly the same day as Richard Smith, and I am still friends with some of his distant cousins whom I went to school with. 

You’re younger than you look.

[tom27111]

Just now, Phil Bowman said:

You’re younger than you look.

Brutal! 

[nwl fox]

11 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

I found out yesterday that we played Iraq in a friendly in 87.

Weirdly I've just noticed on the pre-season 87 thread, that my cousin played and scored in that match! 

[HighPeakFox]

9 minutes ago, Phil Bowman said:

You’re younger than you look.

Ironic, because in reality it's the other way round  

Edited 15 September 2021 by HighPeakFox

[Phil Bowman]

7 minutes ago, nwl fox said:

Weirdly I've just noticed on the pre-season 87 thread, that my cousin played and scored in that match! 

Is there a thread on here for proper (but slightly obscure) Leicester-related Claims to Fame?

If there isn’t you should start one. ‘My cousin scored in a pre-season friendly against Iraq’ would be hard to beat!!

Edited 15 September 2021 by Phil Bowman
I’m assuming they played for Leicester and not Iraq!

[tom27111]

Just now, Phil Bowman said:

Is there a thread on here for proper (but slightly obscure) Leicester-related Claims to Fame?

If there isn’t you should start one. ‘My cousin scored in a pre-season friendly against Iraq’ would be hard to beat!

 

Nah, could never beat 'My mate's the ref' 

[nwl fox]

1 minute ago, Phil Bowman said:

Is there a thread on here for proper (but slightly obscure) Leicester-related Claims to Fame?

If there isn’t you should start one. ‘My cousin scored in a pre-season friendly against Iraq’ would be hard to beat!!

Alternatively titled "The Shit claims to fame thread" 

[enmac]

6 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Aren't ginger cats always male? 

Much more likely but not always, apparently. 

"Whether a kitten displays full or partial ginger coloration depends on how many copies of the “O” gene the kitten inherits. Male kittens need only inherit the dominant “O” ginger gene from their mother to be fully orange while female kittens need to inherit it from both mother and father."

[willie-bell-in-rothley]

No inflatable dinosaurs have been seen at the King Power since 2016

[MrsJohnMurphy]

19 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Ironic, because in reality it's the other way round  

When I read your posts, this is the picture I have in my head....am I close?

 

[SemperEadem]

The club have some serious high spec CCTV that pretty much gets you as far down as the F bar.

[enmac]

2 hours ago, shailen said:

Ranieri turned Vardy into an out and out number 9

That is a genuine eye opener. Never occurred to me before. I wonder if we'd have still won the PL if he'd played as one of a two? Doubtful. 

Ranieri - genius. 

[Wymsey]

52 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

When I read your posts, this is the picture I have in my head....am I close?

 

Not sure why, but each time he posts - I read them as if Stephen Fry is saying it himself (well-educated etc.). 

Edited 15 September 2021 by Wymsey

[foxfanazer]

Edited 15 September 2021 by foxfanazer