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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 ...
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 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 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 ...
Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LES-tər) [7] is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a population of 373,399 in 2022. [4]
After leaving White Hart Lane, Lane appeared for Leicester City (joining for £2250), [5] Reading and Brentford, where he scored 89 goals in 123 appearances. [6] As of 2015, his record of seven league hat-tricks is second behind club record-holder Jack Holliday and his 33-goal haul in the 1929–30 season was a club record until Holliday broke ...
Leicester City Football Club is an English football club based in Leicester, Leicestershire. The club was founded in 1884 and has competed in the English football league system since 1894. The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League was their fourth appearance in Europe, following campaigns in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961–62 , and the UEFA ...
Leicester Square (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England, and is the centre of London's entertainment district.It was laid out in 1670 as Leicester Fields, which was named after the recently built Leicester House, itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester.