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Written by Anne Noble
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
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A quick guide to the route to Quorn.
Exit Junction 24 M1 Southbound on A6 through Kegworth, continue on A6 signposted Leicester/Loughborough bypass.
Through Loughborough and at first roundabout take 2nd exit signposted Quorn. Turn left at traffic lights 200 yards from island and the ground is situated just inside on the left. There are a number of pubs, some serving food in the Quorn village |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )
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Written by Ian Bason
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
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The most severe points deduction for going into administration, 20 points, has recently been given to Luton Town who we visit for a friendly this week and when added to the 10 points deduction for issues around transfers, the club has little chance of staying in League Two this season. Yet those responsible for the issues are no longer at the club, resulting in the new owners and fans paying the price. With further 15 point deductions expected to be issued to other clubs soon, the time when each club starts on a level playing field at the beginning of a season seems to have gone. Recently more sensible alternatives have been put forward firstly by Gerald Krasner who floated the idea earlier this year that Club owners should be made to post a bond with the Football League. If they take the club into administration then they immediately lose this bond.
Then rather than punishing the fans, surely those responsible for administration should be brought to task making the Fit and Proper Person Test more meaningful, so any Chairman or director of a football club who goes into administration must be immediately disqualified as a fit and proper person. This would mean that they would be unable to bring that club out of insolvency. The puzzle remains as to why football clubs voted for these sanctions and indeed many of those who are suffering the consequences now voted for the proposals, a situation predicted in April 2003 when the Foxes Trust and the Notts County Supporters Trust issued the following statement…. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 July 2008 )
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Written by Barbara Davidson (Football Aid)
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Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
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Twenty-six Leicester City fans have set a new Football Aid record for the most amount of money ever raised from playing on the hallowed turf of The Walkers Stadium.
Nearly £7,000 was raised by Foxes fans, each of whom had paid for the unique chance to pull on the famous royal blue shirt and play in a 90 minute fully officiated charity football match on the 11th May 2008. Fans travelled from as far as Surrey and Newport to live their dream, which was supported by Leicester legends Ali Mauchlen and Paul Ramsey, both who played in the match. .
A fiercely contested game, the Away team scraped to victory, winning 4-3 in the penalty shoot out. Fan Shaun Burden from Leicester won Man of the Match for his contribution.
He said: “I just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone at Football Aid and Leicester City, as a month ago, my dream came true. I have always wanted to wear my hometown clubs colours and run out onto the pitch and show what I could do.
”To be voted man of the match for the home team was a major honour for me and without you guys I would never have had such an opportunity.”
In past years, moneys raised from this event have helped fund projects including Melton Mencap, Leicester Down Syndrome and Anti Bullying Alliance, all of who were nominated by Leicester City FC......
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 13 July 2008 )
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