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City End With a Flourish
Leicester City 4:2 Ipswich Town City ended the 2010-11 season in style with a 4-2 win over Ipswich on Saturday, leaving their fans wondering what might have been… It was typical end of season fare, an afternoon when applause rang around the … Continue reading
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Birch Signs One Year Contract
Club Ambassador Alan Birchenall will be staying at the club for the time being… The club, possibly surprised by the depth of feeling over the Birch’s proposed axing, have offered him a one year contract in his current full-time role, … Continue reading
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LCFC Takeover Could Be a Week Away
As reported on BBC East Midlands Today this evening, Milan Mandaric has announced that the takeover by an Asian consortium is progressing and could be completed by next week. First job – give Paulo a big war chest. Second job – … Continue reading
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Bring Back the Birch
Andy Betts, on the news that Birch is being put out to pasture… Not much has been sadder in the corporate hijacking of our club than the news broken on August 4th that the ‘Birch’ has been forced to retire … Continue reading
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Thai Buyers, Nothing in Reserve and Bring Back the Birch
Nigel Pearson will probably be named as Hull City manager today. So we should be asking ourselves what has driven him to decide that Hull City, a club with financial problems of their own in the same division as Leicester, are … Continue reading
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37 Years of Hurt…
Although Leicester beat Forest at the City Ground in September 2007, 3-2 in a League Cup tie, they haven’t beaten them in a League game away since January 1972… The sides met on 22 January 1972: Forest took a first half … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of Jimmy Bloomfield
‘Jimmy’s City’ appeared in the 1975 edition of the Scorcher Annual…
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Focus On: Alan Birchenall
Shoot! shines its lamp of interrogation into the face of Alan Birchenall… Full Name: Alan John Birchenall. Birthplace: East Ham (London). Birthdate: August 22nd 1946. Height: 6ft. Weight: 12st 7ib. Previous Clubs: Sheffield United, Chelsea, Crystal Palace. Married: Yes (Heather). Children: … Continue reading
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