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Leicester City FC was established in 1884 and known as Leicester Fosse because they played on a field by the Fosse Road. The club became part of the Football Association in 1890. The ‘Foxes’ were runners-up in the Midland League and elected from there to Division Two of the Football League in 1894. There first win in the League was against Rotherham at Filbert Street. In this first season the club had its biggest win a 13:0 pounding of Notts Olympic. In the 1907/08 season Leicester finished the as runners-up in the Second Division and gaining promotion to the First Division. Our football gift book opens with this season and promotion to the top tier. In a vivid collection of match snapshots our unique Leicester football souvenir captures moments from the history of this exceptional club.

Three game reports have been selected to show the team during the 1937 season. The first game is a narrow and thrilling victory, 1:0, over Aston Villa. The second features a five goal hammering of Chesterfield in the promotion race. The final game is the magical 4:1 demolition of Spurs thus earning promotion as Division Two Champions. The 1940s are covered with an impressive FA Cup run in 1949. The 2:0 victory over Brentford in the quarter-final, the 3:1 win over Portsmouth in the semi-final, and the so close final when a brave Leicester went down to Wolves. Nostalgic memories will flood back to captivate the true fan in this compelling Leicester City football present.

Onto the 1960s and a packed decade full of the majesty of this great game and filled with incidents; another FA Cup run, a friendly against the greats of Aletico Madrid, a League Cup run, and the signing of a fresh-faced seventeen year old goalkeeper called Peter Shilton. 1963 was Leicester’s third FA Cup final and again a story of so close but so far as they lose to Manchester United. 1964 brought the League Cup back to the ‘Filberts.’ The decade ends with another FA Cup Final and another disappointment. A collection of behind the scenes stories and eyewitness accounts makes this the most evocative Leicester football gift idea for the true fan.

It’s not just the matches that are reported in this impressive personalised Leicester football book. The 1972 signing of Frank Worthington, the loss of Gary Lineker to Everton in 1985, and the debut of Martin O’Neill as manager in 1995 also receive full coverage. More recent events receive the treatment with the 2003 promotion to the Premiership, The signing of Rab Douglas in 2005, a ten-man Leicester drawing with Leeds in 2006 and a fine demolition of West Brom in a Premiership game from 2008.

Every Leicester City football books is hand-made. You add your personalization details and our craftsmen and women create this unique Leicester football gift. For a small fee you can make this book even more personalised by adding the name of the recipient in gold embossing on the cover.

Each season we update our version of the Leicester City football gift from our archive of newspaper titles. Every year our gift of nostalgia and Leicester history is refreshed and new memories added to make a treasure trove of Leicester City memorabilia.

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