Former Leicester City goalkeeper Tim Flowers believes the ever-present form of his modern day equivalent Chris Weale is a big part of the team's resurgence this season.

The Foxes have built up one of the best defensive records in the Championship, on the back of 11 clean sheets kept by the signing from Bristol City last summer.

Weale, 28 on Monday, is the only player to appear in every game of the campaign, after a decade in the game mainly spent either in the lower leagues or warming the bench at Ashton Gate.

It's a stark contrast to last season, where City went through six goalkeepers during the League One title winning campaign, four of those loan signings.

Former England international Flowers, a Foxes keeper between 1999 until his retirement in 2003, knows continuity is vital as part of the Blackburn Rovers team that won the Premier League in 1995.

And the one-time most expensive goalkeeper in the country believes City's settled No 1 spot is making all the difference.

He said: "Chris has done fantastically well at Leicester and his form has kept him in the side. He has gone in there and done the business, and every time I have seen him he has looked rock solid.

"He would have been No 1 at Bristol City but for the form of Adriano Basso, so decided to move on and has hit the ground running.

"I watched a lot of Leicester last season and they had no end of goalkeepers, as there was a ridiculous amount of injuries and loan signings being recalled.

"They could just never get a settled goalkeeper and Chris has changed all that. That must give the lads in front of him confidence."

Flowers stayed on at the Walkers Stadium as goalkeeping coach before taking up a similar role at Manchester City, later serving as Iain Dowie's assistant at Coventry and QPR.

The 42-year-old is now looking for his first break as a manager, completing his coaching hours at non-league clubs Redditch and Kidderminster in readiness for his UEFA 'B' licence in the summer.

But the 11-cap England keeper remembers his time in the backroom at City well, where he also coached Weale's understudy Conrad Logan.

The 23-year-old is actually the club's longest serving player, having been with the Foxes since joining the academy in 2004, although the Irishman has only made 18 appearances since his debut in 2006.

But Logan has refused to throw in the towel, even when overlooked during the merry-go-round of goalkeepers last season.

Flowers believes that is testament to the spirit of his former student.

He said: "To be fair to Conrad, he has also done well. I saw him earlier in the season and he looks in great shape, he has got his weight down and looks in good nick.

"He was out of the picture last year and has got back to a point where he is back on the bench and pushing Chris for his place, so more power to him.

"He was there as a very young lad when I was goalkeeping coach, he was one of the players I worked with and always had potential.

"They have both done very well, City look strong in that area."

This article was written by Craig Birch