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Nice to read that our fantastic achievements back in 62 are still recognised somewhere, would Leicester be as big a shock as our success ?


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The answer to that is NO. We won the first division in the very first season we competed in it. Where Leicester have been in the Prem before.

They certainly can't do an Ipswich as they're now in their second season in the Premier League, however if they do win the title this season I'd suggest they go to No2 in the table you've shared with us.

if leicester do win it,ipswich title would still be the beter achievment.first year up and beating burnley the powerhose in the north at the time.plus spurs side who were full of internationals,blanchflower,mackay,white etc also they had done the double the year befor.but then again i'm biased

jaykay wrote:if leicester do win it,ipswich title would still be the beter achievment.first year up and beating burnley the powerhose in the north at the time.plus spurs side who were full of internationals,blanchflower,mackay,white etc also they had done the double the year befor.but then again i'm biased

That reminds me I must clean my patio!!

Bloody Villa.
By beating Liverpool 2-0 wasn't a turning point.
Town somehow lost that title,we had beaten Villa 3 times that season.

bluemike wrote:Nice to read that our fantastic achievements back in 62 are still recognised somewhere, would Leicester be as big a shock as our success ?


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Well we won leagues back to back in 1960 -61 1961 - 62 whereas Leicester City have not. Even so this could be the biggest surprise championship win since Nottingham Forest in the 1970's. Back in August no-one would have given them a chance of the EPL title and the odds on such an achievement must have been astronomical.

Maybe someone put on a wild bet and stands to make a significant return from it but as for the club itself, would favor them over the usual boring contenders that win it each season.

Edit - Blue Peter has added a comment to the thread. It was the Middlesbrough game that cost Town the league championship that year. Even Aston Villa lost at Arsenal on the end day if memory serves and by the end of it all, despite being one of the best teams in all Europe we missed out by an inch of winning the league title again.

Add to that the loss with Manchester City in the FA Cup, it could have been an incredible treble achievement, but all we had to show for the most memorable season - and with the most memorable players - in club history, was a European honor. Still remarkable in retrospect that a club of our size came so close, to so much.

I have just checked and we won 3 drew 0 and lost 7 of our last 10 league matches.
Losing at home on a Saturday to Arsenal and 2 days later losing at Norwich was the killer.
I believe we were also 1-0 up at halftime against Middlesborough.
I frecken went to 9 of the 10 games.

I've also seen us be 3-1 up at Soton and loose 4-3 & 3-0 up at Oxford and lose 4-3.
Tonight's result was par for the course.

bluepeter wrote:I have just checked and we won 3 drew 0 and lost 7 of our last 10 league matches.
Losing at home on a Saturday to Arsenal and 2 days later losing at Norwich was the killer.
I believe we were also 1-0 up at halftime against Middlesborough.
I frecken went to 9 of the 10 games.

I've also seen us be 3-1 up at Soton and loose 4-3 & 3-0 up at Oxford and lose 4-3.Tonight's result was par for the course.

Do us a favour, stop going!!

derick_ipsw wrote:

bluepeter wrote:I have just checked and we won 3 drew 0 and lost 7 of our last 10 league matches.
Losing at home on a Saturday to Arsenal and 2 days later losing at Norwich was the killer.
I believe we were also 1-0 up at halftime against Middlesborough.
I frecken went to 9 of the 10 games.

I've also seen us be 3-1 up at Soton and loose 4-3 & 3-0 up at Oxford and lose 4-3.Tonight's result was par for the course.

Do us a favour, stop going!!

I guess you were there too last night Derek, maybe it was your fault...

Charnwood wrote:

derick_ipsw wrote:

bluepeter wrote:I have just checked and we won 3 drew 0 and lost 7 of our last 10 league matches.
Losing at home on a Saturday to Arsenal and 2 days later losing at Norwich was the killer.
I believe we were also 1-0 up at halftime against Middlesborough.
I frecken went to 9 of the 10 games.

I've also seen us be 3-1 up at Soton and loose 4-3 & 3-0 up at Oxford and lose 4-3.Tonight's result was par for the course.

Do us a favour, stop going!!

I guess you were there too last night Derek, maybe it was your fault...

Oh sh*t yeah!!

Derick
Fancy a trip to Carrot Rood tomorrow?
We can take on the 250,000 massive.

Was talking to a work colleague today about Toons appointment of Rafa, and how it could make the difference to them staying up. He said he really wants his team to start picking up points but us really torn cos he wants Leicester to win the league ( their next game on Monday),. I laughed and said Toon could win that game, knowing how "bonkers" football can be and then Toon would be public enemy number1 as most netrals want Leicester to win PL as well. I did add id be very happy if they can get all 3pts monday, (which they probably wont), but if they could it would another nail in the scummers relegation coffin!

I think the relegation battle will be decided in the scum games vs Mackems and Toon in April. Winner takes all as they say. Hope its a NE win.

hallamblue wrote:Was talking to a work colleague today about Toons appointment of Rafa, and how it could make the difference to them staying up. He said he really wants his team to start picking up points but us really torn cos he wants Leicester to win the league ( their next game on Monday),. I laughed and said Toon could win that game, knowing how "bonkers" football can be and then Toon would be public enemy number1 as most netrals want Leicester to win PL as well. I did add id be very happy if they can get all 3pts monday, (which they probably wont), but if they could it would another nail in the scummers relegation coffin!

I think the relegation battle will be decided in the scum games vs Mackems and Toon in April. Winner takes all as they say. Hope its a NE win.

Seems you're alluding to that you would rather favor a Norwich relegation over a Leicester title win ? Maybe read wrong but still worth an area of debate.

This is easy. I'd much rather have the latter win the championship and Norwich stay up, over Leicester missing out and NCFC seeing a relegation.

Why ? Let's face it, Leicester City are on the verge of the greatest accolade of their entire club history and it would be a marvellous advert for the EPL (not to mention a welcome change from the usual boring contenders) to see them be Champions of England. As for Norwich, if they don't go down this season, then pretty much expect it the year after.

NCFC's best chance of success is realistically hoping for an EPL survival / mid-league finish at best - they're not going to achieve much else - while the other once again are on the edge of something remarkable. Sorry but I'd be more than willing to see Leicester as league champions even if it meant NCFC survive a point above the relegation zone.

If on the other hand, Leicester win the league AND Norwich have a relegation - even better, we got the best of both worlds, that would be the best case scenario.