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[Andy K @andyk1884]

“We had a lot of players who are doing a three game week for the first time in their careers” is up there with when Rodger’s blamed the heat and it was about 16 degrees, if memory serves me correctly! #lcfc

[Union FS @UFS2013]

Tifo - Burton Albion.

Please share. UFS.

[Andy K @andyk1884]

More MK Dons away tickets released 🦊 #lcfc

[Josh Holland @joshhollandLCFC]

People who I’ve spoken to about Russell Martin on his time at Southampton and Rangers, who were close to the situation, have both stressed that given time, he should find success easily at Leicester City.

Both spoke highly of him as a person and he was adored by players at Southampton. He opened up training for some fans to get his ideas across. He will want to build that relationship.

He’s got a to-do list longer than anything he’s dealt with before at City. At the top of that list is the playing squad and shaping it as his own.

Certain players have to leave after two years (or more) getting away with it. Martin proved at Rangers, rightfully or wrongly, that he will call out player attitude. That is exactly what is needed. Ideally, it happens internally and not with the press, as they should be winning games.

The transfer window opens tomorrow and the search for new players should officially begin. Can’t sign/line players up without knowing who the manager is as it could result in wasting money etc.

It’s a brand new Leicester City for next season. The next step is to get the right players in for Martin to succeed. #LCFC

[Andy K @andyk1884]

Legend 🦊 🇩🇰

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

What an amazing career Kasper Schmeichel has had. Showing his exceptional capabilities as a keeper in helping Leicester City to that 5,000-1 title triumph. Showing his character as a man with his courageous and compassionate response to the Vichai tragedy. Schmeichel a class act as a professional and a human being.

39-year-old announces retirement because of a shoulder issue. Tells Danish TV2: "I have consulted several different surgeons and experts regarding my shoulder, and they have said that I should not expect to be able to return to elite football. I've thought a lot, but I think it's the right time (to retire).”

[Foxes Trust @foxestrust]

Our End of Season Survey is still open for ALL fans to give their views about our football club.

It's important, now more than ever, that fans take a few minutes to complete the survey and have their voice heard.

https://t.co/1guBooMgBu

[John Percy @JPercyTelegraph]

Ten years after the fairytale, #lcfc are relegated to League One - a consequence of huge mismanagement, negligence & ruinous decisions.

The cycle of football? Absolute rubbish. Completely self-inflicted.

Leicester had it all and have totally blown it

https://t.co/Pd1OwSmCYA

[Andy K @andyk1884]

@MCC14 @LCFC @xavi_calm @javiortiz_92 @CarlosMG_83 Sorry it didn’t work out @MCC14 - all the best in the future

[Andy K @andyk1884]

@senorbott And Kasper’s to Ward!

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Shocking and sad to see so many empty seats in home sections of the King Power. Shows level of frustration and anger with the mess Leicester are in on and off the pitch. Cifuentes will get the grief and possibly the sack for another loss but problems run far deeper. Leicester need stronger leadership from dressing-room to boardroom.

More spirited second half cannot hide the shambles and surrender of the first and the troubles within the Club. Threat of possible points deductions, issues around Top, Rudkin and too many players overpaid and underperforming. Wout Faes has played 28 times for Belgium in last three years so he must be decent but he rarely exudes much authority or security with Leicester.

It’s about concentration and attitude as well as ability. It’s about taking responsibility and remembering Leicester’s identity and that Foxes never quit.

Recruitment a huge issue. Lost some leaders, didn’t replace them with strong characters, fighters needed in times like this. Why did they start playing only when 3-0 down to Sheffield United? Pulled two goals back, bit more enterprise, Mavididi having a go, Soumare a good sub, James’ outstanding strike, Monga brings trickery and hope. But too late. Damaging defeat at home to a team who started the day 22nd in the Championship (and Chris Wilder, a leader, has got Sheffield United going).

Leicester have to wake up. They’re heading towards celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the great Premier League title triumph. Leicester have also to beware they’re not heading to League One. They have to fight back and win back the fans. #LCFC 🦊 #LEISHU

[Nigel Pearson @NigelGPearson]

Milan Mandaric, a wonderful eccentric 87-year-old, young at heart and soul man, has sadly died this week.

Milan was a man I admired, liked hugely, worked for and with, and came across when our professional connection ended. He had a boyish and never-ending youthful outlook on football, and insatiable impatience for success and satisfaction... his love of being included in conversations about absolutely everything or anything, his love of winning, doing a deal, arguing a case, being valued and loved. He gave me an opportunity, when many wouldn't.

The 2008/09 season, when we were promoted as champions, back to the Championship, the fun we had, the friendships we made, the lasting football connections made and developed, is still without doubt my favourite season of my long career.

Goodbye, dear Milan...you were a singular force I couldn’t help loving, even when I didn't want to... but let me tell everyone, he taught me how to never be satisfied, to strive for better even when you think the ceiling was reached. He could always make me smile, even when I was furious with his unreasonable demands. I'm smiling now while writing this...

So long, Columbo xx

[Nigel Pearson @NigelGPearson]

The news of Susan Whelan leaving Leicester City has come as a huge shock and surprise to me.

Her contribution to the incredible rise and success of the football club as a business and sporting operation is absolutely in no doubt. But vitally, as most managers like myself would recognise and discover, some of her best, meaningful and important work, from my own experience, was done during difficult and turbulent times.

Her business skillset, her strength of personality, directness and ability to make tough decisions during stress is unrivalled, in my experience.

When we first met at an interview, her presence and strength was very clear, but importantly her understanding of her role and place was crystal clear to me. Her loyalty to Khun Vichai and the whole Srivaddhanaprabha family was set in stone. She was literally King Power’s ‘safe pair of hands’ during the earlier period of their wonderful Leicester City adventure.

Mine, along with Craig and Steve's understanding of how to hopefully find the right way to communicate with our new bosses was constantly reviewed via the feedback, care and assistance of Susan's contribution to our professional relationship. She never abused this authority as the conduit to the owners. This is not always the case, as I’ve experienced at other clubs.

The understanding of cultural nuances is pivotal to achieving a successful and meaningful relationship, and her advice to me, in relation to this, is something I cherish. I have both learned, and in turn passed on, that advice and help to others I've experienced and encountered in life.

Susan and I both being, let's say, ‘of a strong will and mind’ have crossed swords, and we still both now when we occasionally meet, reminisce over some of these encounters. But one of her watchwords ‘compromise’ is etched in my brain!

I remember one colossal disagreement when she was away on holiday with Robbie, and I was nearly home in the car at Chesterfield roundabout, on hands free, lights on red... I looked across, mid-expletive, and the woman in the car adjacent to me just looked at me with her mouth wide open 😂.

When Susan and I met next we laughed, apologised and shared a glass of wine. We are both cut from the same cloth... desperate to succeed, strong-minded, but both recognised we were just cogs in a machine and wanted the best for the club and business.

Our fondness and respect for each other has never waned, even though as she has discovered, the journey always has an endpoint, even if you don't want it to.

I am proud to have managed both King Power clubs, been sacked at both, had personal and family heartache with departure, which has been difficult for us to overcome, but I've always counted on the integrity and honesty of Susan Whelan, someone Leicester City would not have achieved and navigated the choppy waters of this wonderful sport without.

Good luck Susan, you’ve been a brilliant colleague, boss, ally and friend. Love to you and Robbie from us all.

The Leicester City family will truly miss you and your wonderful wisdom and love.

Cheers and love,

Nige x

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Andy K @andyk1884]

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[Leicestershire County Cricket Club🦊 @leicsccc]

𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗! ⬆️🦊

We've done it! After 22 years away, Leicestershire will play Division One cricket in 2026. 🥳

THIS TEAM. THIS CLUB. 💚

#Foxes🦊

[Andy K @andyk1884]

@WTFox1884 @tbframe Thanks 👌🏻 for some reason it won’t let me message you, can you try and DM me and l’ll reply? 👍🏻

[Andy K @andyk1884]

@kasey_mcateer All the best, Kasey. One of our own #LTID 🦊💙

[Andy K @andyk1884]

RIP, Brad - seemed a lovely chap on the occasion I met him, and certainly missed hearing him last season 😞

[Jason Bourne @JasonBourne1986]

Brad Varnam’s passing is so sad. The voice of Filbert Street and King Power for 26+ seasons. A genuinely good guy, loved the club and loved chatting to colleagues and friends at games. Loved chatting to him too. Will be hugely missed. Thoughts are with those closest to him 🦊 💙