Tag Archives: Leicester City
English Soccer Fan Chat: Ian of Leicester City
The first installment of our new video series, Fan Chats, is now up on our YouTube channel. And we are starting with Ian, a Leicester City supporter since the 1970s. A while back, in previewing the Champions League Round of 16, we wrote that Leicester City had only been in a European competition once before,…
Seeing a Game at Reading FC
Update: This post was written in May, 2014, and is largely unchanged. Leicester City are in the Championship, and Reading are in League One for the 2023-24 season. I have always referred to the first day of any trip to England or Europe as my Zombie Day. That’s because I arrive at about 7 a.m.,…
Premier League Game Day: Leicester City at Stoke
Note: This post is from 2014, when Stoke City were stable in the Premier League and Leicester City were new there, and hasn't been updated much. Both Stoke and Leicester are now in the Championship, though. The thing about watching soccer games in England is that every game, and every city, brings surprises. Take my…
Leicester v Manchester City, December 2015
(Writer's note: This was written in January 2016, and I have decided to leave it as is.) Seeing a game at Leicester City these days is almost a spiritual experience. Have you ever been to a game where your team was getting crushed, all seemed hopeless, and somehow they started coming back to life? And…
