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Micky said:
Well I grew up in rural Leicestershire (Vale of Belvoir). My dad and my mum's father were the big Leicester City influences in my life. I remember mum, grandma and sister going shopping in Leicester while dad, grandad and I went to watch the foxes. Early memories weren't great from a footballing point of view. I remember the Pleat out chants and languishing at the bottom of the table. Things did start to pick though as the Brian little era began and the tide started to turn. I didn't go to every game but I went to the majority of home matches. As a boy I remember being in the bath and listening to us hammer Cambridge 5-0 in the play-offs. I went ballistic and was perhaps close to a fatal electrocution (blame Neville Foulger)! I remember seeing us lose to Bristol City in the cup and getting Colin Gibson's autograph (which softened the blow). I recall us beating Leeds 4-3 when we were near the bottom of the table and they were on the way to becoming champions. We left that game early for fear of safety. Other memories include the trip to Wembley to see us lose to Blackburn and also the Wembley game against Palace (which I also attended). I still remember that goal so well and the celebration where I hugged my dad and felt as though nothing could get better!
Onto more recent times, the title winning season in the Premier league was and still is incredible (and the great escape was an incredible experience). I could still cry just thinking about the title win. I feel so lucky because out of all the clubs in the country, the impossible happened to us.
I have two children myself now and my little lad is just starting to show a real interest in football. He watched a full 45 minutes recently and the name Vardy rolls off his tongue when we are having a kick about in the garden. In fact he can name and recognise a good 5-10 players.
For the future I am not sure what I want or expect. All I do know is that I love Leicester.
Blue army!
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How old are you, Micky?

(If you don’t mind me asking)
 
Micky said:
Not a problem. I was 37 all of 4 days ago.
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I guessed you were probably slightly younger than me (I’m 41), but in my year, all the lads from the Vale were Forest fans. Melton has always had a lot of Forest fans, particularly the lads slightly older than me, but there were still a lot of City fans too. When we went to the Upper School, however, it was very much an invasion of Forest fans, when the Belvoir kids joined us.
 
pork pie fox said:
I guessed you were probably slightly younger than me (I’m 41), but in my year, all the lads from the Vale were Forest fans. Melton has always had a lot of Forest fans, particularly the lads slightly older than me, but there were still a lot of City fans too. When we went to the Upper School, however, it was very much an invasion of Forest fans, when the Belvoir kids joined us.
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:) Well I went to Stathern Primary School and then Belvoir High. Then it was onto the Upper School. I bet our paths crossed at some point. When I was at Belvoir High the majority of my mates were Forest or County fans. The Upper School was quite good for me as it was during the Martin O'Neill era. I used to get fed up of the Forest fans whining on about Clough.
 
Micky said:
:) Well I went to Stathern Primary School and then Belvoir High. Then it was onto the Upper School. I bet our paths crossed at some point. When I was at Belvoir High the majority of my mates were Forest or County fans. The Upper School was quite good for me as it was during the Martin O'Neill era. I used to get fed up of the Forest fans whining on about Clough.
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You may well know a couple of my brothers, although they weren’t in your year. I was at Uni by the time the O’Neill years were going, but still made sure my Forest supporting mates were watching :D
 
David Gwilliam said:
Leicester is not a great city. For me the greatest cities are (1) Rome (2) London (3) Paris. When I was young I considered emigrating to Rome. However, great cities are wonderful places to visit but dysfunctional places to live.

I find Aylestone Village a great place to live - handy for the centre and the football while the Aylestone Meadows have the advantages of the countryside. I would guess that other places on the edge of Leicester may be just as nice.

In 2002 I was sharing a Roman taxi with a Londoner who supported West Ham. To his delight the taxi driver had heard of West Ham but had never heard of Leicester City. When there was the La Manga incident with the prostitutes my friend e-mailed me that "The Roman taxi drivers have heard of Leicester now". We really were going through a bad patch.

I consistently had Americans tell me that never heard of Leicester although they had all heard of Nottingham and Robin Hood.

That has now changed. An American historian rang me from Las Vegas to ask about Richard III - Leicester had been on the TV news there. Richard III is genuine and is buried in Leicester; there is little evidence for Robin Hood and even less for any connection with Nottingham. Coventry did have Lady Godiva although there is no reason to believe she ever rode naked.

Then we won the Premier League. This was such a big story that even my favourite MMA commentator Joe Rogan did a piece on Leicester. With Richard III and the Premier League Leicester is doing rather well.

Below is Joe Rogan on Leicester
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David thanks so much for sharing,the language added to the enjoyment as it gets you thinking that is a Radio Station that is out there .Love it and the content covered was spot on.
 
I've never lived in Leicester. For years all I knew of Leicester was the Aylestone Road and Eastern Boulevard where Marvin's bus from Rugby used to park. Some time in the late 60s, the M1 opened north of Crick and some of the drivers used to get back to Lutterworth via the motorway, so I became familiar with the Narborough Road.

It wasn't until the mid-70s that I actually got to the City Centre when I travelled up with the Arsenal fans on their special train for the FA Cup replays. And I don't think I was in the centre again until the early 90s when I started to travel with the London Branch.

After my early retirement in 2003, I started to stay overnight at the Travelodge after night matches so I was able to see a little of the city the following morning. More recently I've arrived in Leicester by boat and had more time to look around/

I really know little about the place.
 
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