How you can help The Fox – The Leicester City Fanzine…

As usual at this time of year The Fox finances are in a parlous state…

 Having followed the fortunes of Leicester City for 26 years we’d rather like to carry on, and here are a few ways you can help us do that.

1. Subscribe… press the big blue button on the right to pay online via Paypal:  You will receive all the issues that have come out to date this season: The Summer Special 2012; FOX 181 and FOX 182,  FOX 183 plus a set of 8 Leicester City postcards). This will be followed by the rest of the season’s issues when they are published in 2013…
If you don’t want to pay on-line you can send a cheque for £15 to: The FOX, PO Box No 2, Cosby, Leicester, LE9 1ZZ.

2. Post Sponsor… now that the price of a second class stamp has gone up to 50p our it costs us £275 to send out our subscriber issues.
We can send your A5 business flyer out to our 550 subscribers for £150 – which helps us meet these costs.

3. Associate Sponsor… you can get the name of your company on the front cover of every issue of The Fox by becoming an associate sponsor. This costs £950 per season. Previous associate sponsors have included ‘Netgear’.

4. Adverts… A full inside page advert in The FOX costs £750 per season. A half page costs £400.

If you are interested in any of these offers then please e-mail us at: garysilke@sky.com

City Pay the Penalty at Leeds

Leeds United 1:0 Leicester City

City failed to match their recent standards for this trip to Elland Road, with Leeds early penalty clinching the points…

Leeds scored their winner with just three minutes on the clock, with a minute’s applause for Gary Speed still ringing in the ears.
Schlupp, who has done a good job standing in at left back, showed a bit of inexperience in the role mis-timing a challenge on  Byram.
Becchio beat Schmeichel from the spot and a team with one win in eight games now had their tails up.
In the 13th minute De Laet went on one of his trademark charges forward, drawing a save from Kenny.
At the other end Schmeichel saved from Green before Waghorn went very close with a volley from a Marshall cross, and Vardy was also off target, but it was Leeds’ half, with the home side chasing down hard and never allowing City to settle into their passing game.
The second half saw City looking more settled and Waghorn’s cross for Morgan forced Kenny into a save.
In the 57th minute Knockaert and Futacs came on for Marshall and Vardy.
Waghorn and Futacs both went close but chances were rare and City were unable to build any meaningful pressure on a home side desperate for victory.

Nigel Pearson admitted: “We didn’t perform particularly well tonight and when we don’t manage the ball effectively it changes the complexion of games. We underachieved tonight.”

Leeds: Kenny, Byram, Lees, Tate, Peltier, Green, Tonge, Norris, Thomas (Brown 61), Diouf, Becchio.

Unused Subs: Ashdown, Drury, White, Gray, Hall, McCormack.

Leicester: Schmeichel, De Laet, Morgan, Whitbread, Schlupp, Marshall (Knockaert 57), Drinkwater, King, Dyer, Vardy (Futacs 57), Waghorn (Lingard 77). Unused Subs: Logan, Konchesky, James, Moore.

 

Referee: Mick Russell (Hertfordshire). Attendance: 17,717.

 You can give The FOX as a Christmas present to the Leicester City fan in your life this year thanks to our new offer.All the issues that have come out to date this season: The Summer Special 2012; FOX 181 and FOX 182, will be posted along with the December issueFOX 183 just in time for Christmas and will be gift-wrapped (also included will be a set of 8 Leicester City postcards).
The recipient will then receive the rest of the season’s issues when they are published in 2013…All this Leicester City related fun and games for just £13…

You can either post the form below enclosing a cheque, or use the green button to pay online via Paypal…

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…

The FOX Summer Special 2011 – Out Now!

The FOX Summer Special 2011 is now in the shops and will be on sale at tomorrow’s game…

The Twentieth Anniversary Summer edition of the Leicester City fanzine features an exclusive interview with David Coates – reserve team coach of the 60s and 70s who lifts the lid on Filbert Street goings-on during the Bloomfield Era; From the Archive by John Hutchinson; Tales From the Riverbank; 2010-11 Season Review; The Walkers Stadium Quiz; Your Handy Guide to the Championship; Doing the Pools; Micky Bates and the building of the magnificent Filbert Street Model; The FOX Awards; Glove Story: a history of our keepers; Burrda is the Word; the Chris Lymn Column, TalkTalk with Ryan Murrant…  and Frank goes to Sweden…

The most fun you can have for £2.50…

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To get your copy posted to you tomorrow subscribe to The Fox fanzine for the 2011-12 season and you will receive a free set of four Leicester City postcards…

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FOX 172 – in the Shops Now…

FOX 172 – the November issue – is now in the shops…

This issue features: An interview with sixties City legend Davie Gibson; Panini 78 stickers; your essential small ads; Odd One Out; Fully Programmed from the Jock Wallace era; Fox Diary – the Sousa Story; the latest from the Foxes Trust; Tales From the Riverbank; Rewind to a meeting of goalkeeping greats; the Chris Lymn Column; The Keith Weller Scrapbook; Our Man in a Van; ‘Of Fossils & Foxes’ reviewed; your letters and Bentley’s Roof; and Fanatical Frank’s goes on a journey…

Extract from the Davie Gibson interview…

FOX: Do you keep in touch with any of your old City team mates?

DG: The only one I see regularly is Frank McLintock. I see Stringy when I go up to games.
Frank was the big brother I never had. If anyone kicked me, they only kicked me once because Frank looked after me.
I remember one Thursday lunchtime over a pint Frank tried to talk me into a game of golf, even though it was against club rules in the days leading up to a game.
“Matt would go mad.” I said. “Yes, but he won’t know will he?” says Frank.
He talked me round and we were striding down the long 15th at Rothley Park when we caught sight of Matt Gillies.
We both dived into the bushes on the railway embankment and were covered in scratches from the brambles.
We laid low for a while until he was out of sight. ‘Do you think he saw us?’ I asked Frank. ‘Well we could see him, so its possible.’ he said.
We sweated it out for a couple of days and nothing was said in training.
We played at Anfield on the Saturday and we were both in the team so we said to each other in the changing rooms before the game: ‘He didn’t see us, we got away with it.’
We beat Liverpool and Matt was delighted after the game, he went round every player looking them in the eye and saying: ‘Well played.’ Then he came to us two and said; ‘…And you pair were fantastic… perhaps you should play golf every Thursday?’ 

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