So, the fixtures came out this morning and Leicester are actually playing Plymouth on a Saturday, which means that Sky will probably move it to a Monday for live coverage. The first away game is Ipswich on 15th August and then the might that was Newcastle two weeks alter - that's if they have any players left.
Blackpool is again in February and he last away game id Preston on24th April, except the play-offs, obviously.
I wonder what the millionaires in Canon League Division One are up to....
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Carling Cup Draw
Leicester have been drawn away to Macclesfield in the first round of the Carling Cup. That's somewhere in Cheshire as I recall, which probably rules out a visit for a midweek game.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
£80 million
If Cristiano Ronaldo is worth £80million that means that Kaka is only a third as good as he is at £56million.
Therefore if you rate them out of ten every time Kaka gets a six Ronaldo must get an eight. I think you can see where I'm going with this.....
Therefore if you rate them out of ten every time Kaka gets a six Ronaldo must get an eight. I think you can see where I'm going with this.....
Monday, 8 June 2009
Where I'm Going
So now I'm looking forward to next season and hoping there will be opportunities for more trips. I guess I'm getting the Foxes bug, a bit late in life but these things happen. Leicester have already announced some friendlies for next season and there is already a plan to go to Shrewsbury. It's a place I've never been and having read a fair bit of Ellis Peters and heard reports from people who've been there it's been on an imaginary list I have of places to go for some time. That's places in England, as opposed to San Francisco, Barcelona, Florence (again), New York (again) etc.
There's a few grounds I wouldn't mind visiting next season, although Plymouth on a Tuesday isn't likely to happen. There are five grounds I have been to, although when I went to The City Ground it was to see an Under 21s match so I'm not sure if that counts.
I went to QPR many years ago when I was living in London. Alan, my brother-in-law is a season ticket holder at Fulham and when I lived in London during the 1979/80 season I saw a few games at Craven Cottage and took in a couple of away games. This was the season Fulham got relegated to Canon League Division Three with Tony Gale, Gerry Peyton and Gordon Davies.
The fixtures are released on Wednesday 17th June in the morning and this year I will be checking them out as soon as they are released. Last night I realised that I have no idea when the Premiership fixtures come out so maybe I am drifting away from the countries so called elite.
There's a few grounds I wouldn't mind visiting next season, although Plymouth on a Tuesday isn't likely to happen. There are five grounds I have been to, although when I went to The City Ground it was to see an Under 21s match so I'm not sure if that counts.
I went to QPR many years ago when I was living in London. Alan, my brother-in-law is a season ticket holder at Fulham and when I lived in London during the 1979/80 season I saw a few games at Craven Cottage and took in a couple of away games. This was the season Fulham got relegated to Canon League Division Three with Tony Gale, Gerry Peyton and Gordon Davies.
The fixtures are released on Wednesday 17th June in the morning and this year I will be checking them out as soon as they are released. Last night I realised that I have no idea when the Premiership fixtures come out so maybe I am drifting away from the countries so called elite.
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Where I've Been
Despite the disaster of relegation for many Foxes fans, people I knew felt it had been coming for a while. Last year was a good opportunity to see some Leicester away games and go to places I wouldn't often visit. I'm not a completist and at the present rate, based on 2008/09 it would take me until about 2020 to be approaching all the League grounds. There are already some I have been to that are no more - the Baseball Ground, Maine Road, the County Ground at Northampton and, of course Filbert Street - and some that will, if we believe what we read, not be there in ten years time - Anfield, Fratton Park, the Memorial Ground in Bristol. There will also only ever be 91 that I will visit as there is a place in Buckinghamshire where I would not set foot.
I've also seen Leicester at Wembley in a play off final in 1992, but that was the old Wembley as opposed to the new expensive corporate entity that has been created in North London and must host every vaguely important match to justify its existence and keep the banks happy.
Last year i managed five away trips, one of which included a stop over Saturday night but all of which included pubs. The best away day was Cheltenham, where we went down by train on the Saturday morning. We had a couple of beers, but unfortunately no food in the Swan in town before heading to the ground. Whaddon Road would be described as quaint by Estate Agents but it was a beautiful day and you could see walkers on the hills in the background.
Instead of heading back into town we set off for Prestbury and a wonderful pub called the Plough. Overlooked by the church, we sat in the garden, drinking gravity tapped beer and eating decent pub food - steak and Guinness pie for me. And Leicester won 4-0.
I've also seen Leicester at Wembley in a play off final in 1992, but that was the old Wembley as opposed to the new expensive corporate entity that has been created in North London and must host every vaguely important match to justify its existence and keep the banks happy.
Last year i managed five away trips, one of which included a stop over Saturday night but all of which included pubs. The best away day was Cheltenham, where we went down by train on the Saturday morning. We had a couple of beers, but unfortunately no food in the Swan in town before heading to the ground. Whaddon Road would be described as quaint by Estate Agents but it was a beautiful day and you could see walkers on the hills in the background.
Instead of heading back into town we set off for Prestbury and a wonderful pub called the Plough. Overlooked by the church, we sat in the garden, drinking gravity tapped beer and eating decent pub food - steak and Guinness pie for me. And Leicester won 4-0.
Friday, 29 May 2009
Where I'm From
You must understand I am not a diehard Leicester City fan. I was brought up in Pembrokeshire and with no great guidance from either parent like any kid went through a phase of supporting teams because I liked the colour of their shirts or a mate liked them. But it was mainly because Swansea City, who were the nearest professional club to where I lived, although still 60 miles away, were not that glamorous an option. However they did bast a top flight team in 1981/82 and some famous. famous if you have an affinity with Welsh football, names such as Jeremy Charles, Alan Curtis and Robbie James.
I moved to Leicester in 1981 when Leicester City had just been relegated and were in the old Second Division although, being a student I didn't take much notice at the time. I was just trying to figure out how to maximise my alcohol expenditure, pay the rent and try to seem cool. Those were the days of Gary Lineker and Alan Smith wearing the blue and white down at Filbert Street.
It wasn't until I started work in the real world, after being a barman for a couple of years, that I started taking an interest in football again. I met Gary. I still know Gary. Born in Leicester and apart from a brief hiatus a man who has been here all his life. I have known Gary longer than I have known any other of my current friends. I still occasionally bump into people I knew at University but that just confuses me as I never really kept in touch with anyone from that period of my life and it as as if I didn't really arrive in Leicester until 1985.
Soon after I met Gary I met Guy and Andy. . These were the days when Leicester City were bouncing around between the top flight and division two. I have never really accepted the concept of Premiership, Championship etc - Canon League Division One, Two, Three and four is easy to remember.
In those days I lived within fifteen minutes of Filbert Street and could usually make a decision at a fairly late stage as to whether to attend the match. You bought a ticket on the door, turnstiles, and then stood on the terraces with your mates. A few beers afterwards and then home to catch Match of the Day.
In 1993 they started building the Carling Stand at Filbert Street and I became a fair weather fan. I wasn't prepared to go every week so wouldn't buy a season ticket and half the fun, if not most of the fun, for me was an afternoon with my mates. I went if there was a day somebody couldn't go.
Andy stopped going on a regular basis but Guy's wife Karen became a regular and Tony went down as well.
The move to the Walkers stadium in 2002 didn't change much from my perspective as I went when tickets were available or when somebody else wanted to go who wasn't a regular and I accompanied them.
We always met in the pub after the game - the Black Horse, Pump and Tap, Western - have been sowme of the more recent ones. Currently the Swan and Rushes is the venue of choice and I became fairly knowledgeable about the names of the players who Leicester had on their books, if not their capabilities.
Then for the first time ever Leicester were relegated to 'Canon League Division Three' at the end of 2007/08.
I moved to Leicester in 1981 when Leicester City had just been relegated and were in the old Second Division although, being a student I didn't take much notice at the time. I was just trying to figure out how to maximise my alcohol expenditure, pay the rent and try to seem cool. Those were the days of Gary Lineker and Alan Smith wearing the blue and white down at Filbert Street.
It wasn't until I started work in the real world, after being a barman for a couple of years, that I started taking an interest in football again. I met Gary. I still know Gary. Born in Leicester and apart from a brief hiatus a man who has been here all his life. I have known Gary longer than I have known any other of my current friends. I still occasionally bump into people I knew at University but that just confuses me as I never really kept in touch with anyone from that period of my life and it as as if I didn't really arrive in Leicester until 1985.
Soon after I met Gary I met Guy and Andy. . These were the days when Leicester City were bouncing around between the top flight and division two. I have never really accepted the concept of Premiership, Championship etc - Canon League Division One, Two, Three and four is easy to remember.
In those days I lived within fifteen minutes of Filbert Street and could usually make a decision at a fairly late stage as to whether to attend the match. You bought a ticket on the door, turnstiles, and then stood on the terraces with your mates. A few beers afterwards and then home to catch Match of the Day.
In 1993 they started building the Carling Stand at Filbert Street and I became a fair weather fan. I wasn't prepared to go every week so wouldn't buy a season ticket and half the fun, if not most of the fun, for me was an afternoon with my mates. I went if there was a day somebody couldn't go.
Andy stopped going on a regular basis but Guy's wife Karen became a regular and Tony went down as well.
The move to the Walkers stadium in 2002 didn't change much from my perspective as I went when tickets were available or when somebody else wanted to go who wasn't a regular and I accompanied them.
We always met in the pub after the game - the Black Horse, Pump and Tap, Western - have been sowme of the more recent ones. Currently the Swan and Rushes is the venue of choice and I became fairly knowledgeable about the names of the players who Leicester had on their books, if not their capabilities.
Then for the first time ever Leicester were relegated to 'Canon League Division Three' at the end of 2007/08.
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