Answer: They'd never won it
Prior to the 2015-16 season, the highest they had finished in their 132-year history was 2nd in 1928.
From Quiz: Leicester City's Outstanding Season
Answer: 1884
Leicester Fosse played on a field opposite Fosse Road for 7 years before moving to the fantastic Filbert Street ground in 1891, playing there for 111 years. They then moved to the Walkers Stadium in 2002.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: 1884
Leicester were founded as Leicester Fosse, playing on a field near Fosse Road.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: Dean Sturridge
Although Peter Taylor hardly ever played Sturridge he was Leicester's top scorer, so no wonder he was the fans favorite.
From Quiz: Leicester - Early 21st century
Answer: Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker is one of England's most famous players, and for him to say that about Walshie must be special.
From Quiz: Steve Walsh
Answer: Mark Mcghee
He left Reading to come to Filbert Street when Brian Little left to join Villa.
From Quiz: The Foxes
Answer: Leicester Fosse
Leicester City's original name of Leicester Fosse is derived from the ancient Roman road, Fosse Way, adjacent to their first home ground. The club reformed as Leicester City in 1919 after Fosse had suffered severe financial troubles.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC History
Answer: Leicester 5-2 Sunderland
It was an amazing match, with Collymore scoring a hat-trick on his home debeut. Unfortuantly Heskey was sold to Liverpool a few days later. Just think where Leicester would be if these 2 were still up front!
From Quiz: Under Martin O'Neill
Answer: Walkers Stadium
It was originally going to be called Walkers Bowl! Thankfully, fans and sportswriters criticised this motion, and we have to be grateful that Walkers Crisps (who had naming rights) listened!
From Quiz: 21st Century Foxes
Answer: 5000-1
Leicester City finished just 14th in their previous season, 2014-15. This title win by Leicester City was the longest-odds winner of a football competition in living memory. Other labels: "the biggest single price winner in history" (i.e. a one-off not an accumulator), "the biggest upset in sporting history".
From Quiz: Leicester City's Outstanding Season
Answer: 1907-08
Leicester Fosse finished runner-up in the English Second Division, gaining promotion for the first time in their club history.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: Gordon Lee
He was only a caretaker manager, and was in charge for 4 months, but he saved Leicester from relegation to Division 3.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: 14
Steve Walsh joined in 1986, and left Leicester in 2000.
From Quiz: Steve Walsh
Answer: 1884
They were originally called Leicetser Fosse.
From Quiz: The Foxes
Answer: Filbert Street
Filbert Street opened in 1891 with a match against Loughborough Town. The record attendance at the stadium was 47,298 for an FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur in 1928. The final match at the ground came in 2002 when Tottenham Hotspur were again the visitors. Later that year, Leicester moved into the brand new Walkers Stadium, later renamed the King Power Stadium.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC History
Answer: Stefan Oakes
It was a Beckham style freekick, from outside the area curling right around the wall.
From Quiz: Under Martin O'Neill
Answer: Brian Deane
The strike partnership of Deane and Dickov proved to be a highly potent one, and both players proved hugely popular with Foxes fans.
From Quiz: 21st Century Foxes
Answer: Jamie Vardy
Vardy scored 24 goals for Leicester in 2015-16, the equal second-most in the Premier League with Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) ... behind Harry Kane with 25 gaols (Tottenham Hotspur).
From Quiz: Leicester City's Outstanding Season
Answer: Mike Newell
Mike Newell broke the hearts of the 30,000+ LCFC fans who traveled to Wembley, as Blackburn Rovers got themselves promoted to the newly-named 'Premiership' to play top-flight football.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: Dave 'Harry' Bassett
Dave Bassett took over with Micky Adams as the assistant manager, but things didn't go too well, and Bassett stepped down to Directer of Football, and Micky Adams took the full time job.
From Quiz: Leicester - Early 21st century
Answer: Wigan Athletic
Walshie played for a few years at Wigan until 1986 when he was transfered to Leicester, and became a 'fans favorite.'
From Quiz: Steve Walsh
Answer: Blue & White
After wearing a variety of different colour schemes during their first 20 years, Leicester City permamently adopted blue and white as their first choice strip in 1904. Shirt designs change from season to season, but the most common Leicester kit is blue shirts with a white trim, and white shorts.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC History
Answer: Muzzy Izzet
And Izzet hadn't even been bought, he was just on loan, and because of his success, Leicester bought him at the end of the season.
From Quiz: Under Martin O'Neill
Answer: Italian
Ranieri was born in Rome in 1951. He has supported the Roman club AS Roma since he was a boy. He was sacked as manager of the Greek national team in November 2014, after they lost at home to Faroe Islands, and was appointed manager of Leicester City in July 2015.
He was previously a manager in the Premier League - manager of Chelsea from September 2000 to May 2004, when he was sacked by Roman Abromivich (who had acquired the Chelsea club in June 2003). He did not win any titles or cup competitions during those four seasons.
From Quiz: Leicester City's Outstanding Season
Answer: Swindon Town
Glenn Hoddle's Swindon Town went 3-0 up in City's 2nd successive final, but the LCFC fans were terrific, staying behind their team and inspiring them to comeback and draw level at 3-3. However, City were to lose at Wembley for a second year running.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: Ben Alnwick
Leicester had Marton Fulop on loan until January, when Leicester tried to buy him on a permanent basis. However, Fulop was recalled to Sunderland and wasn't available, so Leicester loaned Tottenham Hotspurs Ben Alnwick.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: 7
Ade Akinbyi quickly became the fans' least favorite player, as most of his goals were tap-ins.
From Quiz: Leicester - Early 21st century
Answer: Stoke City
They beat them 4-3 on aggregate, to win their first Cup competition since they began.
From Quiz: The Foxes
Answer: The Foxes
Leicestershire is considered to be the origin of the "sport" of fox hunting. Leicester City adopted a fox on their club badge in 1948, and the "foxes" nickname in all likelihood began being used at around the same time.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC History
Answer: Frank Sinclair
Very few players came out of that season with ANY credibility whatsoever. Goalkeeper Ian Walker deserved a medal in my opinion - without him the team probably would have been relegated by October - but Frank had a good season too. Sadly though, it's difficult to put out of mind a ridiculous 40 yard own goal he conceded on 2nd March 2002 at Middlesbrough! Leicester lost the match 0-1.
From Quiz: 21st Century Foxes
Answer: 1st
A year earlier, on Christmas Day 2014, Leicester were bottom of the Premier League, which highlights the strong change/reversal in the club's fortunes.
From Quiz: Leicester City's Outstanding Season
Answer: Ian Holloway
It was against Bristol City, and won 2-0.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: Muzzy Izzett vs. Grimsby
Muzzy's goal was a spectacular overhead kick from just inside the penalty area. All the other goal's were Leicester's goal of the month. Dickov's in August, Stewart's in September, and Benjamin's in February.
From Quiz: Leicester - Early 21st century
Answer: Defender
Although for one season Brian Little played him up-front, and he seemed to score a lot of goals despite this he played in defence coming forward to get a few goals, mainly headers.
From Quiz: Steve Walsh
Answer: Bolton Wanderers
He went in the season of 1979 to Burndern Park, after finishing the previous season with 24.
From Quiz: The Foxes
Answer: Theo Zagorakis
The Leicester shirt with '37 Zagorakis' on the back sold more than anyone else's in Greece at the time.
From Quiz: Under Martin O'Neill
Answer: 13th
City reached the top after four games, but any Foxes fans will know that this was generally because of the side left behind by arguably the most popular Leicester manager, Martin O'Neill (December 1995 - June 2000). Unfortunately after he'd left to join Celtic he decided to take the team's influential midfielder Neil Lennon with him, after which the results started to go down the pan somewhat!
From Quiz: 21st Century Foxes
Answer: Arsenal
Arsenal v Leicester City finished 2-1. Arsenal were the only team to do this in the 2015-16 season, and were one of only two teams to beat Leicester in the entire Premier League season (the other loss was Liverpool v Leicester 1-0 in December 2015).
Back in September 2015, Leicester City v Arsenal had finished 2-5.
From Quiz: Leicester City's Outstanding Season
Answer: 1
Leicester City gained promotion the season after relegation, despite not one but two managers leaving the club. Despite this, Martin O'Neill turned a disastrous season around by beating Crystal palace in the 1995-96 Division 1 playoff finals.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
Answer: Fox
They are nicknamed the Foxes and its in the Leicester crest.
From Quiz: Leicester City FC
