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Fan unrest and questionable decisions: Where does Cooper go from here?
No wins in the league and following two very poor performances, fans are asking questions and some want Steve Cooper out. The bookies have him favourite to be sacked and the pressure is mounting, fairly or not. Cooper is saying all the right things but where do we go from here?
Death, disorder and decampment: When Leicester Fosse won at Woolwich Arsenal
The team formed in 1886 by workers at the Dial Square workshop in the Royal Arsenal armaments factory in Woolwich famously played south of the river - but when Leicester Fosse first made the trip to face Arsenal nine years later, they didn’t have to cross the Thames.
Let’s get going: Can Steve Cooper’s Leicester City start on the front foot?
We seem to be always chasing the game. We are reactive. It’s the opposition which ask the early questions. First halves seem to be some sort of preparation for the second half.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 5: Leicester City v Everton
When the words ‘gladiatorial battle’ are said to you, your mind casts to those scenes from the film Gladiator. The Colosseum packed to the rafters with a crowd baying for blood.
Four up for the Foxes: Get to know the Leicester City squad ahead of the big WSL kick-off
Leicester City Women are preparing for their fourth consecutive season in the Women’s Super League. It all starts this Sunday with a visit to face Liverpool before welcoming Arsenal to the King Power before the month is out.
“Jesus Christ - that’s Upson Downes!”: An Everton face in the crowd
It's amazing how often it happens. Researching football history you unearth a little gem that leaves you shouting 'Eureka!' Or something even stronger.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 4: Crystal Palace v Leicester City
The untouched blue skies. The light splashing of the sea against the sands of the beach. The sun beating down. The partaking of Bob Mortimer’s novel or the completion of a puzzle or two.
International break was appearing to be quiet in the Istrian district of Croatia for myself.
Airships, Boxers and Charabancs: When Leicester City won at Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park may be a tough place to go, and a tough place to get to, but Crystal Palace has a rich history of contests and spectacles that have drawn visitors from far and wide.
Foxy figures: 5 stats that explain Leicester City’s Premier League start
The first international break of the season is a chance to reset before the marathon begins in earnest. In the first Foxy Figures of the season, we look at what the first three games have taught us.
This one’s for the underdog: Leicester City in 2024
One point from the first three games of the season leaves the Foxes sitting 15th in the table going into the international break. Jamie Thorpe dives into what this means for our standing in the world.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024/25 - Issue 3: Leicester City v Aston Villa
The idea of Hazzetta Dello Sport is that it provides that perfect little morning read before a game to give some background to events leading up to it. It’s James Richardson Cosplay.
Bilal El Khannouss: Moroccan magic and the power of possibilities
Bilal El Khannouss is a 20-year-old Moroccan international midfielder who arrives at Leicester from the Belgian side Genk, an hour east of his birthplace on the northern outskirts of Brussels.
A start to the year to forget: When Aston Villa struck 8 past the Foxes
While Leicester City supporters may be concerned about the threat posed by Aston Villa this Saturday, there was one miserable afternoon in 1932 when this Midlands derby went even worse than Foxes fans could have envisaged.
A tribute to Sven-Göran Eriksson - a legend of the game who helped Leicester realise their potential
Leicester fans were saddened to learn of Sven's passing on Monday. At 76, we'd known our former manager was unwell but that doesn’t make the news any easier. The Fosse Way wanted to pay our respects to a great man.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 2: Fulham v Leicester City
‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in’, barks Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III.
Oars, war and a dying Day: When Leicester Fosse won at Fulham
When the Union FS party boat from Blackfriars to Putney arrives for Leicester City’s first away game of the 2024/25 season, it will be docked close to where another boat ended its journey hours before our first victory at Craven Cottage on Saturday 21st March 1914.
A view from above: The remarkable story behind one Filbert Street photo
In the first of two historical articles in the run-up to this weekend’s clash with Fulham, an aerial view of Filbert Street takes centre stage.
Leicester City fans’ big predictions for 2024/25: finishing position, what we want to see from Cooper's team, key man and more…
The season is upon us. Time to stop speculating and start spectating. Well, almost. How is the optimism level? It's been better based on the finishing position predictions, but there's more hope where key players are concerned...
A new start for Leicester City but a season of looking to the past
There’s nothing quite like the lure of the away day. Going to someone else’s patch and representing the club that’s close to your heart off the field while those lucky enough to wear the shirt do battle on it. Us against them. Us against the world.