Leicester City FC: A tale of two leagues
As a team that’s spent much of its history yo-yoing between the top two tiers of English football since founding in 1884, Leicester City Football Club is hungry to regain a spot in Britain’s highest division. Defender Sol Bamba, who immediately became a cult hero when he scored with his first touch in a City shirt, thinks automatic promotion to the Premier League is well within the club’s reach this season—as do the club’s tens of thousands of passionate fans.
Currently sitting in seventh position in the npower Championship, the Leicester City Foxes will need to creep up to first or second place for automatic promotion, while a season finish above sixth will guarantee a spot in the play-offs.
Tough times for Leicester City FC
The past few years have been troubling for the Foxes, who were relegated to the third tier League 1 division for the 2008-2009 season. Although they promptly returned to the Championship the following year, the club has battled to maintain a stable squad over the past decade. New manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson, has big ambitions for Leicester, and hopes to sign his ringers, on loan from Premier League teams such as Chelsea and Everton, if the club gets promoted.
Important games for Leicester City FC
Big matches are in store for the Foxes over the coming weeks, with a challenge against top-of-the-table Queens Park Rangers (QPR) on Saturday, before attempting to knock points off fifth-place Norwich City on Tuesday 8 March.
East Midlands new train service for Leicester FC fans
Travelling by train to matches is the easiest way for fans to support their club, so East Midlands Trains will be trialling a new late-evening service for Leicester City fans to return home after night matches at the Walkers Stadium. The new service, which will depart from Leicester at 22.22, will be trialled after the Norwich City game and again after the Foxes meet Crystal Palace, on Tuesday 12 April.
