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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.
Frank Stewart Worthington (23 November 1948 – 22 March 2021) was an English footballer who played as a forward.Worthington was born into a footballing family in Shelf, near Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire.
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 ]
The 2020–21 Leicester City F.C. season was the club's 116th season in existence and their 53rd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League .
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 five major honours, including one Premier League, one FA Cup and three League Cups.
Leicester City Centre is Leicester's historical commercial, cultural and transport hub and is home to its central business district. Its inner core is roughly delineated by the A594, Leicester's inner ring road, although the various central campuses of the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Leicester College are adjacent to the inner ring road and could be considered to be a ...
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]
Gary Winston Lineker (/ ˈ l ɪ n ə k ər / LIN-ə-kər; born 30 November 1960) is an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer who played as a striker.Lineker is the only player to have been the top goalscorer in England with three clubs: Leicester City, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur.