On Sunday afternoon a host of City legends took on a Guest XI Aylestone Park FC in aid of Callum, Connor & Jack Smith, three young lads diagnosed with a rare terminal illness ALD, which attacks the brain and central nervous system.  

The Legends, led by Ali Mauchlen included former team mates Gary Mills, Paul Ramsey, Paul Reid & Jimmy Quinn while Matty Elliot & Gerry Taggart renewed their central defensive partnership in front of keeper Carl Muggleton. 

Gary Mills

 Paul Ramsey

The opening exchanges were keenly contested with the Guest XI including a number of Senior League players keen to give a good account of themselves against their more skilful, if somewhat older opponents…. 

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Due to some technical problems with our old website following a hacker attack, a few website articles were written but not published, so for information we are publishing over the coming week while LCFC has no fixtures 

Foxes Trust Review of Leicester City Community Day30 July 2006 from 12pm – 4 pm 

This was an excellent free admission curtain raiser to the season as the club open up its doors to the community. The activities advertised included the Leicestershire and Rutland County Royal British Legion Pipe Band, A Community Cup (with the winners having the right to play at the stadium), Various Community Related Displays/Presentations, Leicester Sound DJ along with the Black Thunder Crew, Disability football display, Fun fair, Bouncy Castle, Children’s Activities and Face Painting 

In addition to the above, the most popular two activities were

A first team squad autograph session

A behind the scenes tour of the tunnel area and changing rooms…..

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Coventry 0 City 0 – Fri 18 August 2006

This was the first time I had seen City this season, having been caught out by it starting earlier than I expected, although I had seen most of the Luton game courtesy of a friend who taped it for me.  There were a couple of surprising starters (Hammond and Porter), although my neighbour told me the latter had done well in the Ipswich game.  Hume was again on the bench and I found it hard to believe that Hammond is more effective, even if he did score a few times in the pre-season friendlies. 

City started brightly and I was particularly impressed with Low, playing wide on the right; he was involved in a lot of the play and made some telling passes.  The defence looked reasonably solid and up to half-time City looked the more likely to score.  They faded away in the second half, though, and at times it looked as if Coventry would sneak a goal.  Had they not lost their best striker perhaps the result would have been different….

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