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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Leicester City/
Leicester Fosse
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Leicester
City FC Profile |
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Club name
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Leicester City Football Club |
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Previous names
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Leicester Fosse FC 1884-1919; |
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Ground (s)
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The Walkers Stadium, since 2002; previously occupied
The City Stadium, Filbert Street 1891-2002; |
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Founded
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1884, turned professional in 1888. |
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Colours |
Royal blue shirts, white shorts, white stockings. |
| Domestic
honours |
Football League Division Two Winners 1924-25,
1936-37, 1953-54, 1956-57, 1970-71, 1979-80;
FA Cup runners-up
1948-49, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69;
Football League Cup winners
1963-64, runners-up 1964-65, (Coca-Cola) winners 1996-97,
(Worthington) winners 1999-2000, runners-up 1998-99;
FA Charity Shield winners 1971; |
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European honours |
None. |
| International
honours |
None. |
Most Appearances
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
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Leicester Fosse F.C. |
| 333 |
Bailey, Horace Peter |
1908 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Leicester City F.C. |
| 518 |
Bishop, Sidney Macdonald |
1927 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| 525 |
Osborne,
Reginald |
1927 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 533 |
Barry, Leonard James |
1928-29 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 537 |
Hine, Ernest William |
1928-31 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
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541 |
Adcock,
Hugh |
1929 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| 616 |
Smith,
Septimus Charles |
1935 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 816 |
Banks, Gordon |
1963-67 |
37 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
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867 |
Shilton,
Peter Leslie |
1970-75 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
| 897 |
Weller,
Keith |
1974 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| 898 |
Worthington, Frank Stuart |
1974 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
| 902 |
Whitworth, Stephen |
1975 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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979 |
Lineker,
Gary Winston |
1984-85 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
| 1094 |
Heskey, Emile William Ivanhoe |
1999-2000 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 1098 |
Guppy,
Stephen Andrew |
1999 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1075 |
Walker,
Ian Michael |
2004 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 |
Total |
1908-2004 |
107 |
11 |
118 |
0 |
12 |
Notes
Three City players, Peter Shilton, Keith Weller and Frank
Worthington, all played at the same time for England, against Scotland and
Argentina, in May 1974. Shilton and Weller started the match against
Northern Ireland in the same month, Worthington was a substitute.
Leicester City had two players in the England line-up at
one time on five occasions in 1929. Hugh Adcock and Len Barry played
together in England's summer tour of Europe, against France, Belgium and
Spain, May 1929.
A few months later, Hugh Adcock played alongside Ernie Hine
in England's games against Ireland and Wales, October and November 1929.
Peter Shilton and Keith Weller than starred for England
against Wales, May 1974.
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