It had to be Nugent, but today was not about winning or losing it was about remembering Mike Kemp - Kempy RIP
Showing posts with label Leicester City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leicester City. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 November 2013
It had to be Nugent
Saturday 23 November 2013, Ipswich Town 1 Leicester City 2, Championship - Portman Road
It had to be Nugent, but today was not about winning or losing it was about remembering Mike Kemp - Kempy RIP
It had to be Nugent, but today was not about winning or losing it was about remembering Mike Kemp - Kempy RIP
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Fighting hard
Saturday 2 March 2013, Ipswich Town 1 Leicester City 0 - Championship, Portman Road
The team had to fight and they did- 3 points gained, summed up by the running of Chopra up front and when sub JET threw himnself in front of a Leicester shot with seconds remaining - well done lads
The team had to fight and they did- 3 points gained, summed up by the running of Chopra up front and when sub JET threw himnself in front of a Leicester shot with seconds remaining - well done lads
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Embarrassing
Tuesday 13 November 2012 - Walsham Le Willows 1 Ipswich Town Reserves 5, Suffolk Premier Cup - Summer lane
Saturday 17 November 2012 - Leicester City 6 Ipswich Town 0, Championship, King Power Stadium
On Tuesday we saw our club in a good light, taking a strong team to play a village side and Big Mick charming the locals then today we were a joke - or as Mick said on Radio 5 - 'embarrassing'
Saturday 17 November 2012 - Leicester City 6 Ipswich Town 0, Championship, King Power Stadium
On Tuesday we saw our club in a good light, taking a strong team to play a village side and Big Mick charming the locals then today we were a joke - or as Mick said on Radio 5 - 'embarrassing'
Monday, 26 December 2011
No longer the Walkers - not a crisp in sight
Monday 26th December 2011, Leicester City 1 Ipswich Town 1, Championship - King Power Stadium
No longer the Walkers and not a crisp in sight- but a display that does show we are now moving in the right direction
No longer the Walkers and not a crisp in sight- but a display that does show we are now moving in the right direction
Sunday, 8 May 2011
A sporting city - Leicester
Saturday 7th May 2011 - Leicester City 4 Ipswich Town 2 - Championship, Walkers Stadium
Some cities and towns are famous for sport, Barcelona, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Milan, New York, Sydney whilst other large cities do not have a great sporting tradition - Berlin and Oslo to name two.
Leicester can certainly be named as a City where sport plays a prominent role, Football (less said about the result or the display by Town the better!) was followed straight after and only a few hundred metres away by a top of the table Rugby Union match and in the evening Speedway was also on offer, with the recently formed Lions riding and if that was not enough you could watch 40 over Cricket match on the Sunday at Grace Road.
The area around the Walkers is a real sporting hotbed, with the neighbouring rugby Ground at Welford Rd and on the site of the old Filbert Street ground we even have a road named after a Leicester born favourite- Lineker Road, and even as we left the football we even passed a club cricket ground between the Walkers Stadium and the Rugby.
In the city centre, they even have a statue to mark a period in the 90's when Football, Rugby and Cricket all managed to win a cup or a title - a true sporting city.
p.s I did bump into Marcus Evans, seemed a decent bloke (for a Lib Dem supporter) so not sure he needs to keep up this idea of not having a public presence at the club- but maybe he should get rid of Clegg!
Some cities and towns are famous for sport, Barcelona, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Milan, New York, Sydney whilst other large cities do not have a great sporting tradition - Berlin and Oslo to name two.
Leicester can certainly be named as a City where sport plays a prominent role, Football (less said about the result or the display by Town the better!) was followed straight after and only a few hundred metres away by a top of the table Rugby Union match and in the evening Speedway was also on offer, with the recently formed Lions riding and if that was not enough you could watch 40 over Cricket match on the Sunday at Grace Road.
The area around the Walkers is a real sporting hotbed, with the neighbouring rugby Ground at Welford Rd and on the site of the old Filbert Street ground we even have a road named after a Leicester born favourite- Lineker Road, and even as we left the football we even passed a club cricket ground between the Walkers Stadium and the Rugby.
In the city centre, they even have a statue to mark a period in the 90's when Football, Rugby and Cricket all managed to win a cup or a title - a true sporting city.
p.s I did bump into Marcus Evans, seemed a decent bloke (for a Lib Dem supporter) so not sure he needs to keep up this idea of not having a public presence at the club- but maybe he should get rid of Clegg!
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Why we love old grounds!
Most new grounds (and there are plenty in the Championship) are very similar but some you like more then others. It may be that your team always gets a good result there or that it always has a good match atmosphere. I quite like the Walkers Stadium at Leicester and one of the reasons is it's close proximity to the old Filbert Street ground. Most of the old ground is now covered my student accommodation that may be modern and fresh looking but could place you at any modern university in the UK.
But when you walk round the back of the student accommodation you find yourself in the tight Victorian terrace streets that bring back memories of night games in front of capacity crowds at Filbert Street.
the best part of the old ground was the entrance to the away stand, just a small entrance between two terrace houses in Burnmoor Street 9picture above), through the turnstile and you found yourself in a stand not much wider than the houses you squeezed past.
An experience you will probably never have again in the top two divisions. A similar experience can still be found at non league Luton Town, where away fans still enter their end between two small terrace houses, and where the male toilet is part of someones back garden.
Views, seats, catering and safety may be better at these new grounds but it is hard for any to have that unique feel that grounds like Filbert street had.
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