Why is leicester city called Fox City?

1, Leicestershire is considered as the origin of fox hunting.

2. Many signboards all over the county are related to foxes. In addition to the well-known logo of Leicester City Football Club (which makes the name of Fox City more well known), the logo of Leicestershire Police also has foxes.

3. The signs of some local councils below the county level are also related to foxes.

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Team history

Leicester City Football Club was founded by a group of devout religious believers in the spring of 1884. 1890, the team joined the FA. After three years in the Central League, he won the runner-up with 1894, thus qualifying for the National Second League.

1908 autumn, the team won the runner-up in the second division and advanced to the first division. However, their football level is not enough to stand in the top division, so they were downgraded at 1909.

19 10, they could only fight in the second division, but they reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup that year and unfortunately lost to the later champion Newcastle United.

19 19 The team was reorganized after World War I and officially named Leicester City Football Club. At that time, the head coach was Peter Hodge, and because of his good coaching, the team's performance was greatly improved. Hodge led the team 1925 first shift.

In 1930s, the team was silent between League A and League B, and 1934 reached the semi-final of FA Cup for the first time.

1949, Leicester City Football Club was in danger of being relegated to Class C, but it was lucky to reach the FA Cup final that year. Although it was defeated by 1:3 in the end, this achievement inspired the whole team to unite and finally avoid relegation.

From 1957 to 1969, the team maintained the title of first-class team, which is a miracle in the history of the club. The head coach at that time was Scottish Matt Gillis. In the 1960s, the team reached the FA Cup finals five times, and all failed except the League Cup of 1964.

The team participated in the European tournament for the first time in 196 1- 1962 season. Because the FA Cup champion Tottenham also won the league title and participated in the European Champions Cup, it was fortunate to replace the position of the European Cup Winners Cup, but it was eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the second round.

Later, the famous goalkeeper Bite Hilton also joined the team. Because of him, they 197 1 won the second-division championship, defeated Liverpool and won the charity shield cup. 1974 reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, but was eliminated by Liverpool.

The demotion of 1978 has dealt a great blow to Leicester City Football Club, leaving it in a downturn for a long time.

In July 2004, Leicester City Football Club moved into Vauxhall, which can accommodate 32,500 people. The new stadium is just across the street from the old stadium Faber Street Stadium, which is located in the former site of a power plant on the Sua River. It took only 60 weeks to complete and put into use in June 2000/kloc-0, and it cost 37 million pounds.

The new stadium is named after Volkers Foods, the sponsor of the team. Volkers Foods sponsored the advertisement of leicester city jerseys from 1987. In the summer of 2002, it won the naming right for ten years with a seven-figure contract. Because of the appearance of the stadium and sponsors, it was dubbed the "potato chip bowl".

On 20th11May18th, Thailand Asian Football Investment Company, which already owns 80% of the team, acquired the remaining 20% of the Indonesian Cronus Sports Management and became a single shareholder.

On July 5th, 2065438+0/KLOC-0, the Thai owner of the club renamed the stadium King Power Stadium in the name of its duty-free shop King Power.

20 10- 1 1 season, although the team expanded its troops in summer, its performance was unstable at the beginning of the season, and 13 league only won five games. Head coach Sven Goran Ellison agreed to cancel the contract early. Former head coach Nigel Pearson returned to his old club from Hull City and signed a contract until 20 14.

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