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The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C, and became known as Leicester City in 1919. They moved to Filbert Street in 1891, were elected to the Football League in 1894 and moved to the nearby King Power Stadium in 2002. Leicester City have won one Premier League, one FA Cup, three League Cups and two FA Community Shields.
The city council said 1,865 warning notices were issued between May and November across the two junctions and 475 penalty charge notices (PCNs) had so far been given out.
Non-home ground Leicester have played on most often – 65 times on the Boleyn Ground (a.k.a. Upton Park)(including twice v Charlton Athletic) [1] Player who has scored the most goals scored against Leicester – 18 by Dixie Dean (18 with Everton ) and George Brown (9 with Huddersfield Town and 9 with Aston Villa ) [ 1 ]
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leicester City, although it includes players who were with the club when it was called Leicester Fosse.The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches and/or scored 50 or more senior goals for the club.
The 2015–16 season was Leicester City Football Club's 111th season in the English football league system and their 48th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. [1] During the season, Leicester participated in the Premier League for the second consecutive season, as well as the FA Cup and League Cup.
Leicester City started the season with a home game against Tottenham Hotspur. Pedro Porro scored a header for Tottenham in the 29th minute to make it 1–0 to Tottenham, which was the score at half-time. Tottenham created many chances during the first half but were unable to take them, and were punished by Leicester for not doing so in the ...
The corporation was replaced in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, with the modern Leicester City Council, a non-metropolitan district council. This was a lower tier district-level authority, with county-level services being provided to the city by Leicestershire County Council for the first time.
Leicester City entered the FA Cup in the third round, and won away to Millwall. [74] [75] Leicester then won at home against Birmingham City in the fourth round, [76] [77] and won away to Bournemouth in the fifth round. [78] Leicester were knocked out of the competition after losing in an away game to Chelsea in the quarter-finals. [79]