The 2010s had quite a number of incredible underdog stories. Swansea winning the League Cup in 12/13. Bradford remarkably, were the runners up in that final. Wigan winning the FA Cup vs Man City that same season. Obviously Leicester with the league in 15/16

Fun fact: Vichai was a huge Chelsea fan going to matches in the VIP box every time he had the chance. One game at Stamford Bridge, his family had entered the VIP section but Vichai was stopped by security whom almost hit him with a metal detector. Vichai was furious since the security refused to apologise. He then said to Aiyawat, his son, that he was going to buy another English club so that he can beat Chelsea one day. The rest is history.

The Leicester story always warms my heart. I will never forget this. Always new this was going to be a banger the second it dropped

For me the most underappreciated factor in Leicester’s title-winning season was their “throwback” style of tactics, reverting to moving the ball forward exceptionally quickly, forgetting about maintaining possession and moving back to 4-4-2. You need to remember that back in 2015, 4-4-2 was almost seen as totally and utterly dead and redundant. Not only did no-one really play it any longer, no-one really prepared for it either. The prevailing wisdom was twofold: 1) That the modern 4-3-3 was just *better* than 4-4-2; the reason being that a strong and powerful centre-forward could occupy both opposing central-defenders and thereby giving the central-midfield 3 an overload against the opponents 2. 2) Possession is, was and forever will be King. Maintaining possession of the ball was everything; attacking and defending was defined by who had the ball, and territory meant nothing. Ranieri’s Leicester team completely flew in the face of all of this; and for those of you reading this who might be a bit too young to remember this in any detail, it really was something that opposing teams just simply *did not know* how to deal with. They didn’t know how to deal with a team who stood off you and just *didn’t care* about not being in possession. They didn’t know how to deal with the speed of the counter-attacks or how quick Leicester were to go back-to-front. They didn’t know how to deal with the opposing centre-forward being a player with electric pace from the central position rather than the wings. You have to give tremendous credit to Ranieri. I’d even say his success with Leicester has had an element of influence on further success including what Klopp has had with Liverpool.

I'm a Leicester fan and just was in tears at the end of the season, could not believe it. What a season! Thanks for a great vid!

I was visiting my uncle around Christmas in 2015. I live in Germany and was 14 at the time. I always loved football but only ever watched the Bundesliga and the Champions League. My Uncle, a long time Chelsea fan, took me and my dad to a game against Leicester. I knew nothing about Leicester, but I cheared for them as a joke at first to get a reaction out of my uncle. But... when the game started and I saw this incredible team fight with everything they had, as if loosing would literally kill them, I fell in love. The Football, the passion, the athmosphere in their stadium... It was beautyfull. I followed the rest of the season and have been following/supporting Leicester City ever since even though I live in Germany. This Club is so special to me and I am extremely lucky to have whitnessed this miracle of a season thanks to what was largely a coincidence. I'll never forget that 2:1 result against Chelsea in my life. I'll never forget Jamie Vardys Celebration after scoring. This is a core memory for me.

Greatest footballing fairytale we have ever witnessed..... The way the team fought every matchday and the way they won will never be forgotten

For anyone who doubts how far team chemistry and passion can take you, remember Leicester’s story and your doubts be gone

This reminds me of a story I witnessed in where I'm living rn A team called Cobresal were historically known to always fight to avoid relegation, and bounce between Primera División and Primera B, in Chile. In 2015, disaster struck the region where the team is based, a big flood happened, but as Leicester, they just fought to it and won their first and only championship, and in an incredible final matchday, nobody expected them to win, they didn't even have preparations for them to lift the trophy The story can be seen in a mini documentary called "El Milagro de Cobresal"

I grew up in Leicester, raised as a leicester fan for my whole life, the first game I went to was when we were in league 1, I can't remember how old, but anyways. I can't describe how much this meant to the city, to everyone. I'll carry this story with me for the rest of my life, and now I've got an incredible to show people how much it means to.

My biggest regret as a football fan was that I didn't pay attention to this season. When this happened I (an American) was only 10-11 years old, and I wasn't paying much attention to soccer. As I've gotten older and have dove deeper into the soccer world, I look back on this season and wish I had been able to appreciate it more, becuase it is something that I don't think I'll ever see again.

I'm a Leicester City fan, I thought this was a really good video. I particularly appreciate the time taken looking at the history of the club, something that was largely ignored by the main stream media.

as a Bayern Munich supporter all my life I also love me a great underdog story. Like when Kaiserslautern won the Bundesliga as a freshly promoted team in 1998. Ah and before I forget great video as usual.

17:22 I believe you missed a quite "obvious" one here. Fuchs is Austrian so his name is German, and in German "Fuchs" actually means "fox", which is, of course, absolutely perfect considering the team he was playing for! Regarding "an off-year" - this is, maybe on purpose, misinterpreted by you. The big clubs had an off-year, all of them, which is very rare and which is why we don't see this kind of stuff happening a lot. But of course even when the big clubs have an off-year some club must have a very good year to actually be able to capitalize on it, which Leicester did in amazing fashion. btw, it would have been good to also talk about their CL campaign in the following season, which was quite good as well.

My step father is from Leicester, I am from NJ USA. I am a RedBulls fan and have taken Leicester city in as a second team. I understand I will probably never see another Prem championship but it’s a amazing story that I’m glad to call ours

Leicester were the rebuild done in real-life. From 3rd division to consistent European football. Brentford is doing the same as well. They're doing very smart acquisition and doing well in Prem. It'll be hard to win the League with all the "big teams" but it feels good to see clubs being at place they deserve by thier hard work

Here after they got relegated, it was magical while it lasted. Hope to see them back😪

Can u do a video on Kaiserslautern? They were probably the only team in the modern era to win the league title after just coming back from relegation and it was a nice revenge story for their coach Otto Rehhagel who was sacked by Bayern.

This man puts in the work every week. Road to 200k here we come! I’d also like a video on how good were Javier Zanneti, Pavel Nedved, and Fabio Cannavaro really. And you’ve done videos on Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea, and on his Real Madrid teams, so why not complete the trilogy and make a video about his Inter team that won the treble

2015/16 really was a strange time Leicester won the PL and Portugal won the Euro. Great time to be a fan.

Didnt know that this club's history is waayy more interesting than i thought.

I've been following this channel for some time, and I am so glad you finally made a video about Leicester! The ultimate underdogs, a team made of rejects and failures, with a coach who was just sacked from Greece National Team after 4 matches. Over 8 months, I was amazed as Vardy banged in goals and Kante literally ran the opponent to death. Everyone on that team was a key figure. Kasper the reliable goalie, Houth and Morgan at the back, Kante and Drinkwater controlled the mid while Mahrez and his smooth touches gave the ball to Vardy and he did the rest. Okazaki, Ulloa, King, Albrighton, Schlupp, I could go on and on. But the most surprising thing is, they didn't just drop off after one season. They reached the UCL quarter finals tye very next season, won the FA cup last year, and reached UECL semis this year. Leicester is probably the best run club in EPL right now, and hopefully will challenge the big boys week in week out very soon. Love from probably the only fox from Dhaka, Bangladesh.❤️

I was at that PO semi-final vs Leicester as a Watford fan. I was just 8 but my memory is so distinct I don't think we will see another match like this ever.

The most important thing Leicester did that season was stay calm. They were top of the league but it didn't go over their head. And I really feel bad for Ranieri. This guy is the most underappreciated coach in my eyes. I still remember he was sacked from Inter for losing against Milan while he was changing things around after the mess created by the great great Rafa Benitez.

West Brom’s great escape has got to be the best surviving relegation story for me

Leicester City were NOT supposed to get relegated! 🤣🤣🤣

Your videos are brilliant, really helpful videos to learn about the history of clubs

Great video. As an American trying to learn more of the history of football/PL, these videos are clutch! Thank you!

Bruh, your videos are iconic! I love the format, structure, the delivery. Hands down gotta be on my top 3 favorite football media outlets. I love learning off of your research man. You are appreciated!

23:22 I guess we were completely wrong

Love your work Tinashe! Great content.

Been wanting a video on this for ages, thanks mate!

Man I was searching for this video like 3 months ago, glad to know that you removed it to upload another one, thought I was crazy lol 🤣

Been a fan of this channel for a long time, but this video finally made me write just how good your delivery of football ideas is. Poetic.

Love the content bro, my first time here. Very informative. Massive respect from South Africa 🇿🇦

Thanks dude.. you really drop what your subscribers wanted.. you are the best

My favorite bed-time story teller !!! Brilliant video as always. ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Since the Premier League is kinda foreign to me, I remember how much I rooted for these guys back in 2016. Also, I was probably at my lowest low back then, and seeing Leicester coming as an underdog and challenging the title was so inspiring to me. Thankfully I'm doing somewhat better these days, but I'll still follow their results and celebrate big wins as if I was a fan lol, definitely one of my favorite English teams.

22:57 about that

Yayayay another longer video I'm so happy!! Love the vids, keep it up!!

I really enjoy your videos. You've got a great voice and incredible dekivery. The videos are top notch, please keep up the awesome work.

You should make a video on Bilardo's time as the argentine national team manager. It was insane

This is fascinating man, thanks a lot for sharing such high quality content! Keep it up and God bless you man :)

Congrats man! Love your videos and your takes!

I cried when they won, and I’m a bloody Liverpool fan

I moved to Leicester around 2013 and immediately started following the Foxes in the Championship though I wasn't massively into football, but i went to Esteban Cambiasso's last game. The title winning season can only really be described from my perspective with cliches and obvious statements - it was a fairytale, it was the happiest i've ever been in my life. Quite significantly before the title win we also dug up King Richard, a huge cultural moment for the city. It felt like a bang average city suddenly came alive all around me. Nothing warms my heart more than seeing other fans showing their love for my club. Thank you so much for this amazing video!

This channel so so funny and informative. Great video as always 💪🏽

my favourite moment was the commentary after vardy scored his 11th goal in a row. fantastic

Excellent video, very well researched.

This is a fabulous recap! Came across it alongside a highlight clip of Vardy scoring against Preston... I'm not a football fan as such, but this season and Leicester certainly caught my attention; I was hooked. It was really good to see the game being played as it was meant to be played - fast, hard, attacking, no messing about and full of self belief and a strong intent to win every single time. You can't be a team sports fan and not be super-impressed and thoroughly entertained at how they went about that entire competition. The fact that they won it was, well, the cherry on the icing on the cake. The other part of it for me was finding out how the club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha went about his business as owner. His positive approach to ownership and the bond he created between himself, the club and community (not just the fan base) was thoroughly enchanting. It made the whole incredible sporting adventure on the pitch a shared experience, the ultimate group-mind trip. This was not a £billion side mechanistically winning, counting the gate receipts, ad revenue and TV money and restocking the club memorabilia and trinkets shop. This was all about people; *all* the people. Quite a guy. I've rarely been so upset as when I saw the news of his death on the 27/10/2018. And Ranieri; he helped achieve the impossible result. Never has such an investment in pizza paid such dividends. His career has had ups and downs, but of all team sports managers in (probably) all of human history, he is the only one who can pull out the memories quite like that, chuckle, and tuck them away again. I hope the portrait of him and the team and others on the wall in Leicester is still there and remains.

Slight correction: the FA Cup triumph was in 2021 Before I discovered Leicester in 2016, all the talk in primary school at the time was around the so called 'big clubs'- Man Utd, Chelsea and the like. I wasn't interested in football back then, until I saw Leicester's title winning game. I was inspired by the fact that a previously unknown club could achieve the unexpected not with huge profits and big signings, but by teamwork, passion and integrity. From then on, I knew Leicester City was for me. *It has been over 6 years since I made that decision, we have had triumphs and setbacks, seen many greats leave and new talent emerge, and witnessed managers being sacked after shock defeats, but I have never come to regret my decision to be different from the crowd and support grit rather than solely talent*

Been waiting for this video thanks mate

Another day. Another amazing video. His consistency is amazing. Bro i love your content!

WORLD CLASS VID LAD! GOOD JOB

What a remarkable season that was, it was almost impossible not to root for them. This, United's treble and Arsenal's invincible season are three of the most remarkable achievements in English football for me. Another video from the top shelf, well done mate 👍🏾

Dude your channel is awesome. Keep it up!😀

Gotta appreciate this mans content. Repping SA incredibly well! Keep it coming bro! 🙌

Love the content. BIG UP's👍

Your videos are always quality Tinashe!

Leicester City winning the Premier League is for sure one of those 'Where were you when...' moments! Banger of a video as always, cheers T!

Dude what a great video. I think we were lucky to see Leicester's miracle happen that gave me a team to follow in the premier league.

You make one of the best soccer content on KZfaq. Bigup 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Ahh man, that was great, well done. One thing you maybe missed or aren't aware of is the work Dave Henson does for us. "Hero's in blue and white" and "a song for Leicester city". They tell the stories well, and are hilarious.

A real-life story that seems stranger than fiction. Great video! Maybe one about Becks’ Man United days? 😁

I was actually visiting my family in Cameroon at the time when Leicester City won the League. It blew my mind that it actually happened. What a story honestly.

Finally man been waiting for this video from you

I'll always remember watching that campaign. I loved watching Kante develop, the guy left that season with every midfielder in his pocket

Been waiting for this after after hints in your prior videos that you going to do it.

Best way to start the week off! Love the vids 😎

Rewatching this after Leicester got relegated, times have gone by..

As a Leicester City fan, I have to say that was a fantastic. Very well researched and presented. Thank you. Foxes. Never. Quit.

Like two days ago I was looking to see if you had a vid in this yet. Lets gooo

Subbed, very good stuff man

Keep making great content my guy!

This team was insane. Nobody saw this coming. I also think the upheaval at Man City allowed Leicester to consolidate a proper start to the season. Their confidence and trust in Ranieri clearly showed. But like all clubs that win things, the squad wanted more pay and Ranieri lost the dressing room. But still, legendary run from this team in the 2015/16 season.

And now...they are relegated fast-forward a year from this vid. They really do be livin to their name. :)

This aged well

I've been waiting for this video 🥳🥳

Brilliant video as always 👍, can you do this with derby county when their won the league just after the promotion...

Bro, I just neede to hit pause and let you know you are doing an incredible job here.

Great video, gotta be the biggest moment of the prem era. Surprised there was no mention of Gary linker in his pants though

Yea! We all ve been waiting for this one, good stuff

Vardy was probably my favorite striker in the world at this point. He wasn’t just a pace merchant but he was so damn quick and clinical. He is Mr, Leicester. Mahrez also became one of my favorites. That Vardy goal vs Liverpool is one to remember.

Great video

Really enjoy your videos I have an idea because the 2022 World Cup is coming up could you do a review of all of the world cups I would gladly watch a 21 hour video giving an hour to each world cup

Bravo! Bellissimo commento. Pieno di sentimento. Cosi come è stata la favola del Leicester.

Jamie vardy is genuinely a world class player, his passion, his passing, finishing and his entire attitude embodies a professional athlete dedicated to his team. Severely underrated in the prem, he was out for what 6/8 weeks this season gone and comes back, scores a goal, had another minor break comes back and continuously scores till the end of the season. King.

As a Leicester fan since 1961 I congratulate you on this video. Excellent!! PS We have just been relegated again. Oh dear.

Great vid!

This is why I love football, like when Hellas Verona won the Serie A

Who’s here after they got relegated

21:49 - Lagacy? 23:20 - They won the FA Cup in 2021, not 2020. Good video as usual, great job!

A very nice video, but a bit of correction. Wenger had already scouted N'golo Kante and he even says he regrets never signing him together with Ronaldo way back

Great content thank u

Brilliant video

what is more impressive is how they consistently delivered till the end. Relegation candidates to league winners is just beautiful

Another great video

I remember watching the Chelsea match live. As a Liverpool fan, we had a miserable year. I didn't adopt Leicester but I did hope they edged it out just because of their underdog status. What a season it was and match of the day brought with it a more excited Lineker than we had ever seen, even though he tried hiding it on the episode on which they won it. What a refreshing season too. Spurs and Arsenal challenging for the title, two rivals with Arsenal having a fun squad with great talent and spurs who were trying to make a name for themselves after an impressive 14/15 season with Harry Kane and Son's emergence. All of us were behind Leicester and of Course Ranieri!

And now they've been relegated and have lost almost all their best players... How did they get relegated with the squad they had last year? Vardy is still there though... As for their Premier League title, what a season that was for them. But it is true that usual contenders were having difficulties : Manchester CIty had finished the first phase of their rise to the top and were looking for a new breathe. Manchester United were just 2 years after the end of a very long success period and were (and still are) searching for a new beginning. Liverpool had Klopp just arrive but he hadn't started building his own team yet. Chelsea was doing up and down from one year to the other (they won in 2015 and 2017 after all) Arsenal were still good but extraordinary and looked really "average" Tottenham were on the rise, and they really had their best shot that year and the one after, but they were not at their peak yet. But of course, Leicester did fantastic, and after a miracle to not be relegated, that makes it even more surprising. However, there's a save from relegation that happens in 2015-2016 that is even more crazy than Leicester in 2014-2015. That year in Ligue 1, Toulouse was 19th at day 28, 10 points from the 17th place. Look it up, it was crazy. They completely transformed after the new manager arrived.

23:27 This aged well