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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts) Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:25 PM Feb 2016

We are witnessing what could be the most improbable story in the history of mankind.

Is anyone still following the EPL?

In just their second season after promotion, Leicester City sits 5 points atop the table with 13 games to play.

And in other news, my Gunners have turned a golden opportunity into another 4th place finish.

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We are witnessing what could be the most improbable story in the history of mankind. (Original Post) WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 OP

Of course! T_i_B Feb 2016 #1

Amazing what's happening at the top of the table! Ron Obvious Feb 2016 #2

Thanks for thank link. I'll have to drop St. Totteringham Day on WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #3

I thought Coventry City winning the FA Cup... Aquavit Feb 2016 #4

But LC is doing it in an era dominated by exorbitant salary disparity WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #5

West Brom got a draw with them yesterday. BKH70041 Mar 2016 #6

Leicester are still top... T_i_B Mar 2016 #7

LOL!!!! BKH70041 Mar 2016 #8

Boing Boing! HuckleB Mar 2016 #9

Leicester City!! stifler Mar 2016 #10

I was chatting with a history professor friend about Leicester LisaM Apr 2016 #11

This will be a movie in 10 minutes WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #12

It's a clear case of cause and effect Ron Obvious Apr 2016 #13

LOL. My chortle for the day. LisaM Apr 2016 #14

Just tried checking this up... T_i_B Apr 2016 #15

T_i_B

(14,800 posts)

1. Of course!

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 07:10 AM

Feb 2016

Worth remembering that Jamie Vardy was playing for this lot not that long ago at all

http://www.stocksbridgeps.com/

Adrian Butchart, the award-winning screenwriter, has held talks with Jamie Vardy’s agent over the prospect of a film about the Leicester City striker’s remarkable rise.

Vardy made history on Saturday by scoring in his 11th consecutive Premier League game, four years after he was playing in non-league for Fleetwood Town.

The 28-year-old’s fairytale journey has also seen him elevated to Roy Hodgson’s England senior team and Butchart believes there is potential to turn Vardy’s story into a movie.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/leicester-city/12027235/Jamie-Vardy-in-talks-to-turn-his-Premier-League-rise-into-a-Hollywood-film.html

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

2. Amazing what's happening at the top of the table!

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 06:57 PM

Feb 2016

Everybody's talking about it. How did this lot wind up at the top of the table? Most of the people I know, including me, tipped them to go down. And yet there they are at the top. It's incredible.

Spurs in second, who would have believed it?

Fellow gooner here, who fears we might not get to celebrate St. Totteringham Day this year....

WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts)

3. Thanks for thank link. I'll have to drop St. Totteringham Day on

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 08:28 PM

Feb 2016

my mates in England.

Aquavit

(488 posts)

4. I thought Coventry City winning the FA Cup...

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 02:06 AM

Feb 2016

was the most improbable story in the history of mankind. But then they went and ruined that myth back in the 80s...

WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts)

5. But LC is doing it in an era dominated by exorbitant salary disparity

Reply to Aquavit (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 08:31 AM

Feb 2016

Gunners might have something to say about it yet!

BKH70041

(961 posts)

6. West Brom got a draw with them yesterday.

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:29 PM

Mar 2016

I'll take a small miracle now and then.

Go Baggies!!

T_i_B

(14,800 posts)

7. Leicester are still top...

Reply to BKH70041 (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 05:16 AM

Mar 2016

....as both Spurs and Arsenal lost midweek.

And right on cue, I stumbled across this today!

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/nobody-sure-who-invited-west-brom-to-superleague-talks-20160305106878

EUROPEAN football’s superpowers were surprised to find West Brom at their secret ‘super league’ meeting.

Officials from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United attended the high-powered talks alongside West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace who was clutching a lukewarm pint of Foster’s.

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward said: “We were all saying how nice it was to get away from the riffraff, the Norwich Citys of this world, so it was a jolt to see Jeremy there in his Marks & Spencer suit. Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis and I exchanged stories about what it’s like running a global superpower only for Peace to drown us out with a story about how he managed to get some knock-off kits from a market stall in Birmingham.

Peace said: “I’ve volunteered to host the next meeting at the All Bar One in New Street Station.”

BKH70041

(961 posts)

8. LOL!!!!

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 03:26 PM

Mar 2016

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

9. Boing Boing!

Reply to BKH70041 (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 05:34 PM

Mar 2016

stifler

(5 posts)

10. Leicester City!!

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 04:29 AM

Mar 2016

It seems like Leicester City will bring the trophy to their home this season. Their effective and consistency of playing makes me sure about this.

LisaM

(28,614 posts)

11. I was chatting with a history professor friend about Leicester

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:52 PM

Apr 2016

Not only are they on top of the EPL, but they had a royal funeral with Richard III this year! A never-to-be-forgotten year for them, that's for sure.

WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts)

12. This will be a movie in 10 minutes

Reply to LisaM (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:10 PM

Apr 2016

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

13. It's a clear case of cause and effect

Reply to LisaM (Reply #11)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:45 PM

Apr 2016

Many people have made the connection. In all the years that Richard III was buried beneath the car park in Leicester, the Foxes never came close to any sort of success but the minute he was dug up they shot to the top of the table.

I'm sceptical. After all, they never won any titles before Richard III died, did they? I think this is a case of a beautiful theory being ruined by an ugly fact.

LisaM

(28,614 posts)

14. LOL. My chortle for the day.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 07:49 PM

Apr 2016

Can they dig up some royal bones near White Hart Lane? (Though Spurs are having a great year; not complaining, really).

T_i_B

(14,800 posts)

15. Just tried checking this up...

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:06 PM

Apr 2016

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Their previous best was finish 2nd behind the mighty Sheffield Wednesday in 1928/29!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928%E2%80%9329_Football_League

the old rule was that if you wanted to see a team winning Trophies in Leicester then you followed Leicester Tigers in Rugby Union.They are the rugby equivalent of Man U.

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