What this club is really about
Leicester City makes most sense when the 2016 Premier League title is treated as the astonishing peak of a much longer local story, not the whole story. The club began as Leicester Fosse among young men from Leicester's West End, spent 111 years at cramped and idiosyncratic Filbert Street, repeatedly moved between divisions, lost four FA Cup finals before finally winning one, went into administration just after leaving its old ground, recovered from its first spell in the third tier at the first attempt, then travelled from relegation danger to champions of England in little more than a year. Supporters inherit a club that has repeatedly had to start again. That helps explain why old-ground references, the word 'Filbert', the Post-Horn Gallop, When You're Smiling, blue-and-white visual language and memories of players who fought, entertained or stayed connected to the city carry so much weight.