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‘Just Incredible’ - Albrighton’s Memories 10 Years On

Marc Albrighton recalls where Leicester City’s Premier League title was won, believing the mentality of the players and staff became a key factor in getting over the line.

2026-05-22T09:00+01:00

by Sam Jones

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22 May, 2026

‘Just Incredible’ - Albrighton’s Memories 10 Years On

Marc Albrighton recalls where Leicester City’s Premier League title was won, believing the mentality of the players and staff became a key factor in getting over the line.

Sam Jones

2026-05-22T09:00+01:00

‘Just Incredible’ - Albrighton’s Memories 10 Years On

Marc Albrighton recalls where Leicester City’s Premier League title was won, believing the mentality of the players and staff became a key factor in getting over the line.

Sam Jones

2026-05-22T09:00+01:00

‘Just Incredible’ - Albrighton’s Memories 10 Years On

Marc Albrighton recalls where Leicester City’s Premier League title was won, believing the mentality of the players and staff became a key factor in getting over the line.

Sam Jones

2026-05-22T09:00+01:00

‘Just Incredible’ - Albrighton’s Memories 10 Years On

Marc Albrighton recalls where Leicester City’s Premier League title was won, believing the mentality of the players and staff became a key factor in getting over the line.

Sam Jones

2026-05-22T09:00+01:00

Our 5000/1 Anniversary Match is approaching, with members of the 15/16 squad taking to the pitch at King Power Stadium next Saturday (2pm BST kick-off), a decade on from that magical title triumph.

Speaking in the build-up to the celebration match, which will support the work of the VS Foundation and Leicester City in the Community, former Fox Albrighton firstly expressed his excitement around returning to Filbert Way with some old team-mates, ready to relive the glory days in front of the Blue Army.

“We speak in a group chat quite regularly but everyone's away in different countries and doing their own thing now,” he explained. “Some are retired, some still playing, but to meet up in the flesh, we had a few of the lads there for Vards’ (Jamie Vardy’s) last game and that was good to see everyone.

Reuniting with Wes Morgan and Danny Simpson last year.

“To have most of the lads back in one place and back at Leicester as well, it's something I'm certainly really looking forward to, getting back out there where we experienced so much together and I know the rest of the lads are as well.

“Obviously it's been a couple of years for me now and I think you probably slightly take it for granted when you actually sign for the Club and you're playing there week in, week out. It’s not until you leave that you actually miss how good it felt being out there on the pitch and in front of the fans.

“There's many of us that are still trying keep as fit as possible. There's a few tournaments over the summer that we especially try and keep fit for. Hopefully we'll be in good shape and won't look to out of place when we're playing.”

Rewinding back the clock, it didn’t take the winger long to make an impact on the campaign in question, scoring and assisting two of the opening-day goals during a 4-2 success at home to Sunderland, followed up by laying on another at West Ham United to come away with three points once more.

“I always found it quite strange going into the first game of the season,” Albrighton admitted. “Not knowing where you are compared to your opposition, in terms of your fitness and whether you have done enough over the off season.

Celebrating his opening day goal against the Black Cats.

“I always had a little bit more nerves going into the first game than any other game. But once we got such a good start, I got an assist and a goal, that settled me down.

“Then going on to the West Ham game, another assist in that, another win and you start to think that you could go on a good run, both personally and as a team as well. From then, that just breathes confidence through yourself and through the team.”

Making strides to ensure it was a positive season from the off, and feeling in good shape heading into the campaign, Albrighton felt the momentum from the great escape carried into what would become a title charge.

He continued: “I knew I'd had a bit of an indifferent (14/15) season that year with being in and out of the team and in and out of squads and when I got the run of games towards the back end of it, I felt really good and I didn't really want the season to end.

“I did as much as I could on my own over the off season, kept myself really fit, probably the fittest I've come back to a pre-season that year, just because I was so motivated to carry on from where I'd left off the season before.

“I think the back end of that season played a huge part in what we achieved, in terms of the momentum and confidence that we were more than capable of competing in that league.”

The man behind the magic.

Manager Claudio Ranieri’s influence was clear, according to Albrighton, who praised his methods and ways of thinking in order to get the best out of the players, especially in difficult periods.

Hitting February in a good position, Leicester had beaten Liverpool and then Manchester City prior to a rare defeat, against Arsenal. The Foxes wouldn’t be beaten again all season.

Showing the character required to succeed was just as important as the on-pitch qualities displayed throughout the season, he believes.

“We had done well but we lost to Arsenal away at the Emirates,” the 36-year-old remembered. “Man City away was fantastic in the way we played. The way we got that result was incredible. To get applauded off by all sides of the stadium, that gave us a massive lift.

“After that Arsenal game, Claudio gave us the week off and I just remember everyone's attitude when we actually came back after that week and even towards the end of it with the group chat going off and I just felt like there was a shift in mentality.

Team spirit helped see City through, says Albrighton.

“Nobody really said anything, but I felt it a little bit. Collectively we were all, without saying it to each other, driven for the same goal and I think we went on to win seven or eight of the next games by a single goal, which just goes to prove that drive that we had to go and dig results out and keep ourselves right up there with a chance.

“I think throughout the season he (Ranieri) showed signs of massive experience as a manager and just little bits of genius. When he first came in, I think his genius was to recognise that it was actually a very good squad with good players. It was a good group.

“For him not to change too much when he could have been tempted to change quite a lot, he did change the system that we were playing, but in terms of personnel, he didn't really change too much.

“He had promised us a week off if we had got seven points out of the Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal games and we only managed six, but he still gave us that week with the work that we did so the lads then jump on board quick and respect him for that.

“He was massively important to what we did. He was the brains behind what we went on to achieve in terms of how he just planned things out. That was his experience as a manager, and it was crucial that we had that, because we had never really been in a situation like that before.”

Eleven heaven.

Woven into the tapestry of our greatest-ever season are several key moments. One of the most iconic arrived quite early on, in November in fact, when Jamie Vardy broke the record for goals in consecutive Premier League games.

“For me, the one game probably that stands out is Man United at home when Vards got the record,” Albrighton said, taking up the story. “I just felt like the build-up to that was different. Even in the warm-up you could sense what a big game it was. We were at home, on TV, under the lights.

“There was obviously a lot more riding on it with the potential record. With it being Manchester United as well, it was doubly as big. I look back and probably at the time that was the biggest game that I'd ever been involved in, in terms of what surrounded it.

“I just remember feeling like these are the games that you want to play in. These are the games that the whole world are watching. We didn't win it, but to come out of it with a point and obviously Vards' record, that gave us a bit of confidence to go on.”

With the title secured once Tottenham Hotspur could only draw at Chelsea, City still had one final home fixture to play, against Everton, before the trophy lift could commence. Keen to avoid a damp squib, the ex-Aston Villa midfielder saw the importance of signing off with a victory.

“It was quite difficult, just because it was such a carnival atmosphere,” he told us. “We had obviously been celebrating as well, and then going into that game, we were desperate to win so it didn't take any kind of gloss off the day.

Time to celebrate.

“It makes it a lot better if you're lifting the trophy on the back of a win, so that was huge. I've said this before, in terms of the Club as a whole and everything that's happened there in in my time, the Club do everything perfect whether it's a success or whether it's a disaster.

“The Club really know how to handle it and I think they handled that day immaculately with the performance of [Andrea] Bocelli and the way that everything was set up for the fans and the trophy lift and then the families after.

“I look back there and I wouldn't want anything to be any different. When you can look back and say that, I think it's a sign of a very good day.”

The subsequent trophy parade through the city saw fans turn up in their droves on the streets of Leicester to greet the title-winning squad. It’s created memories that he will never forget.

Albrighton added: “Obviously, we knew that winning the league was a big deal, we knew that Leicester had a lot of fans and it's a one club city as well, so we knew the fans would come out, but I don't think we'd quite expected the amount that did.

“To be on top of that bus travelling the streets and not being able to see any part of pavement or anything, with people climbing up bus stops and lampposts, it was just incredible. I think it took us all by surprise a little bit.

“Then to be on the stage in Victoria Park was amazing as well. It was a day that couldn't have really been any better. It was everything that you would hope it would be.”

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