Fosse Fives Podcast – Leicester City's International Landmarks

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Fosse Fives Podcast – Leicester City's International Landmarks

A quintet of Leicester City memories on the international stage are remembered on the latest edition of LCFC Radio's Fosse Fives podcast.

2021-11-15T11:08:00.000Z

Fosse Fives Podcast – Leicester City's International Landmarks

A quintet of Leicester City memories on the international stage are remembered on the latest edition of LCFC Radio's Fosse Fives podcast.

2021-11-15T11:08:00.000Z

Fosse Fives Podcast – Leicester City's International Landmarks

A quintet of Leicester City memories on the international stage are remembered on the latest edition of LCFC Radio's Fosse Fives podcast.

2021-11-15T11:08:00.000Z

Fosse Fives Podcast – Leicester City's International Landmarks

A quintet of Leicester City memories on the international stage are remembered on the latest edition of LCFC Radio's Fosse Fives podcast.

2021-11-15T11:08:00.000Z

Fosse Fives Podcast – Leicester City's International Landmarks

A quintet of Leicester City memories on the international stage are remembered on the latest edition of LCFC Radio's Fosse Fives podcast.

2021-11-15T11:08:00.000Z

- Fosse Fives podcast returns, covering Leicester City internationals- Club Historian John Hutchinson and Assistant Club Historian Elsie Flynn star- Jamie Vardy, Gordon Banks and Kasper Schmeichel are three of the players to be included- The Blue Army can listen to the 30-minute podcast in full below

With presenter Dan Bates joined by Club Historian John Hutchinson and Assistant Club Historian Elsie Flynn in the LCFC Radio studio at King Power Stadium, Foxes fans can enjoy a half-an-hour discussion about five defining games for the Club's international players past and present.

Set amid the backdrop of the final international break of 2021, Dan, John and Elsie picked out five of their favourite memories involving Leicester players representing their countries.

First up, the trip remember Jamie Vardy's strike for England in a 3-2 friendly victory over Germany at the Olympiastadion, Berlin, in 2016. Coming during City's historic run to the Premier League title, which included 24 top-flight goals for Leicester's No.9, it further cemented his growing stock in the game.

"When he played his first game for England against Ireland in June 2015, after the great escape season, he'd only scored five Premier League goals in his whole career," Hutchinson said. "There's so much more to his game and that was obviously recognised. It was great to see him score in Germany.

"I watched it on YouTube again to remind myself and it was a fantastic goal. We're lucky to have Vardy. Not only has he done really well at international level, he's also a real legend at the Club. When he scores another three goals, he'll be the third-ever highest goalscorer in the Club's history.

"He's behind Ernie Hine, who played for England back in the 1920s. That's a remarkable feat for a chap who didn't enter the Premier League until his late 20s. He's already scored over 100 Premier League goals and I'm just hoping he scores those three goals this season."

While Vardy is the man to have scored more England goals while a Leicester City player in the Club's history, no player has made more international appearances while a Foxes player Kasper Schmeichel, who took his tally up to 77 in Denmark's 3-1 victory over Faroe Islands on Friday.

In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Danes faced eventual finalists Croatia in the Round of 16 in Nizhny Novgorod – and drama aplenty was to follow. Schmeichel saved Luka Modrić's penalty in extra-time to keep Denmark in the game, taking the clash to a shootout.

Leicester's No.1 saved another two penalties in the shootout, but it wasn't to be for Denmark.

"(Former Leicester City striker) Andrej Kramarić actually took one that day," Flynn said. "Schmeichel saved two, but Denmark lost 3-2, so you can see why Schmeichel was Man of the Match that day. He saved three penalties across the game."

The greatest moment in England's football history, on the other hand, is of course 30 July, 1966 – and there was a Leicester City involvement, with Gordon Banks in goal for the Three Lions. Sir Alf Ramsey's men would go on to lift the World Cup with a 4-2 extra-time win over West Germany at Wembley.

"I had the great privilege of speaking to Gordon for CITY Matchday Magazine three or four years ago and he remembers standing in that Wembley tunnel," Hutchinson added. "He could hear the roar of the crowd, singing the national anthem, and the Queen coming down to wish them all well.

"He spoke about running around the pitch at full-time with the trophy. He said it's something he'll always remember. There was a civic reception for him when he came back to Leicester. I also spoke to Geoff Hurst and he said Gordon Banks was the best goalkeeper he ever came across."

To find out who also features in the podcast, and to hear more from John and Elsie, listen now, below!

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