CHANNY LEADS THE LINE IN 1927 THRILLER
In the long history of Leicester’s Filbert Street, few afternoons rival the prestige of September 21, 1927. It was a day that the ground played hosted an Inter-League Match—a fiercely…
The Four-Day Football Frenzy: When the “Midget Minstrels” Took Leicester by Storm
November 1891. The air in Leicester was crisp, smelling faintly of coal smoke, damp wool, and the distinct, rising fever of Association Football. Local sports fans were in a bit…
The Beautiful Game Meets the Summer Crease
The British summer of 1887 was dominated by two things: Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee and the undisputed reign of cricket. But on a damp Tuesday evening in July, the town…