In 1884, a group of old boys from Wyggeston School in Leicester formed a football team and played on a field near Fosse Road. They called the team Leicester Fosse and eventually joined the Football League in 1890.
The Leicester Fosse team of 1892
In 1908, they gained promotion to the First Division (the highest level of English football at the time) but were relegated the very next season.
So began a century-long see-saw pattern of promotion and numerous relegations. Their highest position during all this time was second in Division 1 in 1929.
In 2002, the club hit their lowest point by going into administration with debts of £30m, to be followed in 2008 by relegation to the third tier of English football – their lowest ever position.
Then … in August 2012, King Richard III was found under a Leicester car park, and a right royal turnaround in the Foxes’ fortunes began, with their long-awaited return to the top flight, the Premier League, in 2014.
After narrowly avoiding relegation again at the end of the season, they started the 2015/16 season as favourites to be relegated. Bookmakers assessed their chances of winning the Premier League at 5,000 to 1.
However, as the whole world now knows, after an amazing season the Foxes were CROWNED CHAMPIONS!