Following confirmation of Leicester City’s relegation to League One, Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has issued the following statement:
To our fans,
Relegation to League One is now confirmed. As Chairman, that responsibility sits with me. There are no excuses.
We have experienced the highest highs and now the lowest lows, and the pain is shared by all of us. I am truly sorry for the disappointment we have caused. I understand the strength of feeling among our supporters, and we do not take your support for granted, especially at moments like this.
Our focus now is on what comes next. We will take the necessary decisions to move the Club forward, working together to rebuild, improve, and restore the standards expected of Leicester City. Our objective is clear – to respond strongly and compete to move this Club forward again.
We will face this head-on. We will keep going.
Together.
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A couple of years ago my life was saved by a very special man.
His name is Hanny Anwar. He’s a surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He removed the cancer from the base of my spine. Along with a lot of bone.
But he did so much more than that.
Surgeons have a reputation for being cocky, arrogant and cursed with poor people skills. Hanny isn't like that. As well as being exceptionally gifted, he's also a very thoughtful and spiritual man.
Once he'd diagnosed my cancer as chordoma, he explained to me that it has a very high recurrence rate. On average, there's a 60% chance that chordomas return.
I was trying to get my head around this. That I was going to put myself through brutal surgery with a long recovery, losing bladder bowel and sexual function... to emerge with the odds against me.
Hanny said something to me that I'll never forget.
He reassured me that if the cancer did return that it could be treated with radiotherapy or further surgery. He told me that the hospital treats patients with recurrent cancer that live for decades.
'So if it comes back, it's not necessarily a death sentence?', I asked.
'No more than life is', he replied.
Wow. It was such a great answer, I burst out laughing.
In that moment I knew that I completely trusted him. I felt immensely privileged to be his patient.
Along with his colleague who also operated on me, John Afolayan, he is currently trekking ONE HUNDRED KILOMETRES across THE SAHARA DESERT. It will take them five days.
Yes, they're insane.
But they’re doing it to raise money for the @thernohcharity.
All the money raised goes back into NHS services at the hospital to help more patients in the future.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is our only national orthopaedic hospital. It treats patients from all over the country, including injured service personnel and people like me who suffer from rare bone cancer.
Anything you can give will make a massive difference.
Surely they deserve it.
Thank you.
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Outpatients fabulous space themed survey station, complete with our very own ET & astronaut, we didn’t quite make it to comms but wanted to share the photos, the team are all very proud runners up. Thank you for the basket of goodies 🚀👽🛰️🪐 @Leic_hospital#P2E#Teamwork
The EFL is deeply saddened by the passing of Joe Thompson.
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and former Clubs at this very difficult time. ❤️
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