The last home game against Southend was notable for a half time appearance by Chris Garland, a City legend who was once named by Jimmy Bloomfield as his best ever signing. The reason was that Chris saved us (single-handedly it seemed) from relegation to division two in 1975 by scoring 8 goals in 10 games […]
The Home Grown Players Rule
Did you know ….. Fourteen of the 23-man England squad that beat Germany in Berlin, last month, were developed by youth development programmes at Football League clubs. There are 8,500 young footballers aged between eight and 18 on the books of their 72 clubs, with 22 academies and 46 centres of excellence in operation. Did […]
IMPRESSIVE CITY MARCH ON AS BERNER SEALS COMEBACK
Carlisle United 1 City 2 An excellent 2nd half display saw Leicester come back from a one goal deficit at the break to beat a determined and dogged Carlisle side and remain top of League One. News of illness throughout the squad at Nigel Pearson’s Thursday press conference meant that many of the 1,100 fans […]
Next Up – Peterborough
Coming Next – Peterborough 20 December 2008 Player/Manager Darren Ferguson Founded 1934 Ground London Road Ground Address Peterborough, PE2 8AL Capacity 15,314 Squad: 1 Joe Lewis Goalkeeper 2 Russell Martin Defender 3 Shane Blackett Defender 4 Craig Morgan Defender 5 […]
Oppos Views – Carlisle
A bit about you: Name: Simon Clarkson Current home town: Sutton, Surrey Birthplace: Lancaster How long have you supported your team? Since 1985 when I went there to work. Overview of your club: Favourite thing about your home ground: The terracing. I love standing at matches and 50% of our ground is terracing. I think […]