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A Decade Away From Filbert Street…
Today sees the 10th anniversary of the last competitive fixture played at Filbert Street. On May 11th 2002 Leicester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 with goals from Paul Dickov and Matt Piper, before closing the doors on their home of … Continue reading
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The Origins of Leicester Aggro
Don’t miss my article on hooliganism in the 1960s in this month’s Leicestershire Chronicle… It’s all kicking off in the September edition of the Leicestershire Chronicle… I interview an original 1960s hooligan; there’s a 1960 article on the trouble breaking … Continue reading
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Images of Filbert Street
Many thanks to Simon Brynjolffssen who has sent us these photos of Filbert Street… “I saw an old link on your blog asking for any pictures of Filbert Street. Attached are some shots I took in July 1988. I basically wandered into … Continue reading
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Filbert Street Revisited – In Aid of LOROS
Micky Bates, AKA MickytheHoss on Bentley’s Roof, has turned his exceptional modelling talents to the subject of Filbert Street in order to raise money for LOROS… This incredible likeness of the old classical entrance on Filbert Street itself is up … Continue reading
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Family Guy…
A lot of people have been in touch regarding my ‘Family Life’ article in this week’s Mercury… ..so here is the link for those of you who didn’t see it. It was a difficult piece to write, let me know if … Continue reading
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Heskey Could return to Leicester
Paulo Sousa’s assistant Bruno Oliveira has fulled rumours that Emile Heskey could be returning to Leicester with the comment: “It would make a big impact. Craig Bellamy was an opportunity that Dave Jones took.” Leicester-born Heskey left Filbert Street for Liverpool for £11m, … 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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The One That Got Away – City’s Liverpool Signing
Liverpool striker John Toshack signed on the dotted line for Leicester City, as reported in the Daily Express in 1974… However, given the amount of enthusiasm Toshack appeared to have for the move to Filbert Street we would imagine no one … Continue reading
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Leicester’s Field of Dreams
Much of what was the playing surface of Filbert Street remains an undeveloped wasteland overun with weeds… You can get a tantalising glimpse through the hole in the fence roughly where Pen 2 was. If you shut your eyes very tight … Continue reading
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City Match the Best
May 3rd 1997 – Leicester City 2:2 Manchester United (Walsh, Marshall/Solskjaer 2). Fox photographer Dave Morcom’s contact sheet from this Filbert Street meeting between Martin O’Neill’s City and soon-to-be-Champions Manchester United…
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