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someone is taking the p**s.
I just found this on some site by I think a tottenham fan.
In Roman times, Leicester was a famous place; more famous then than it will ever be today. They even had a Roman Road lead to it (it was one which didn't lead to Rome), called the Fosse Way. So that is why the first team that was formed in the town was known as Leicester Fosse. Formed by some Sunday School students and kids from Wyggeston School who used to play football in the road, their nimble skills were honed by avoiding horses and carts as they travelled to London. At their first meeting they collected 9d (4p) to buy a football and the same amount in membership fees. To this day, Leicester still have the cheapest season tickets in the country as they have not converted to decimalisation like the rest of the UK did in 1971.
The club took on the nickname of "The Foxes", because the glove puppet Basil Brush was operated by a man who was a big Leicester City fan. He tried to take over at Filbert Street once, but they didn't want him pulling the strings at the club. The nickname also links to the proliferation of hound and hare activity in the area. They plumped for the nickname above rather than be named after a bunch of hunts
Harry Webb was the club's first professional, who signed for 2 shillings and 6d (13p), much the same as they had to shell out for Stan Collymore recently. There were early investigations during their existence when they lost 0-12 to Nottingham Forest in 1909. The poor performance was not anything to do with the quality of their play, but they had been out celebrating a former colleague - "Legless" Turner's wedding the night before and all were stoned drunk (allegedly). The same happened a week later, when they were out celebrating the fact that there was a "y" in the day. Stan Collymore realised that this was the club for him !! Ten years later they changed their name to Leicester City to escape the shame of the drunken slur. Funnily enough, no questions were asked when they beat Portsmouth 10-0 in 1928 !! That was a bit rum, I must say. It was that season that a ground capacity record of 47,298 was set in a match against Tottenham Hotspur
I thought the fox came from the shape of leicestershire itself!?!? can someone tell me if this is correct?[/quote]
I just found this on some site by I think a tottenham fan.
In Roman times, Leicester was a famous place; more famous then than it will ever be today. They even had a Roman Road lead to it (it was one which didn't lead to Rome), called the Fosse Way. So that is why the first team that was formed in the town was known as Leicester Fosse. Formed by some Sunday School students and kids from Wyggeston School who used to play football in the road, their nimble skills were honed by avoiding horses and carts as they travelled to London. At their first meeting they collected 9d (4p) to buy a football and the same amount in membership fees. To this day, Leicester still have the cheapest season tickets in the country as they have not converted to decimalisation like the rest of the UK did in 1971.
The club took on the nickname of "The Foxes", because the glove puppet Basil Brush was operated by a man who was a big Leicester City fan. He tried to take over at Filbert Street once, but they didn't want him pulling the strings at the club. The nickname also links to the proliferation of hound and hare activity in the area. They plumped for the nickname above rather than be named after a bunch of hunts
Harry Webb was the club's first professional, who signed for 2 shillings and 6d (13p), much the same as they had to shell out for Stan Collymore recently. There were early investigations during their existence when they lost 0-12 to Nottingham Forest in 1909. The poor performance was not anything to do with the quality of their play, but they had been out celebrating a former colleague - "Legless" Turner's wedding the night before and all were stoned drunk (allegedly). The same happened a week later, when they were out celebrating the fact that there was a "y" in the day. Stan Collymore realised that this was the club for him !! Ten years later they changed their name to Leicester City to escape the shame of the drunken slur. Funnily enough, no questions were asked when they beat Portsmouth 10-0 in 1928 !! That was a bit rum, I must say. It was that season that a ground capacity record of 47,298 was set in a match against Tottenham Hotspur
I thought the fox came from the shape of leicestershire itself!?!? can someone tell me if this is correct?[/quote]
;-) :mrgreen: 
