City's Crowning Moment & Farewell To Filbert Street

Next Match | Tuesday 21 April Tue 21 Apr

HUL

(H)

01 D

16 H

34 M

35 S

Interviews & Features

Heritage

Photos

City's Crowning Moment & Farewell To Filbert Street

Leicester City finally received the Premier League trophy for the first time in 132 years over the past week in the Football Club's history.

2025-05-06T07:45+00:00

Leicester City win Premier League - May 2016

by Sam Stevens

Published

06 May, 2025

City's Crowning Moment & Farewell To Filbert Street

Leicester City finally received the Premier League trophy for the first time in 132 years over the past week in the Football Club's history.

Sam Stevens

2025-05-06T07:45+00:00

City's Crowning Moment & Farewell To Filbert Street

Leicester City finally received the Premier League trophy for the first time in 132 years over the past week in the Football Club's history.

Sam Stevens

2025-05-06T07:45+00:00

City's Crowning Moment & Farewell To Filbert Street

Leicester City finally received the Premier League trophy for the first time in 132 years over the past week in the Football Club's history.

Sam Stevens

2025-05-06T07:45+00:00

City's Crowning Moment & Farewell To Filbert Street

Leicester City finally received the Premier League trophy for the first time in 132 years over the past week in the Football Club's history.

Sam Stevens

2025-05-06T07:45+00:00

On 7 May, 2016, we welcomed Everton to King Power Stadium for an occasion which would end with Claudio Ranieri and Wes Morgan hoisting the Premier League trophy to the sky.

Following our 1-1 draw at Manchester United, title rivals Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 2-2 draw at Chelsea a day later, confirming Leicester as the newest champions of England.

The day started with an emotional rendition of Nessun dorma by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, while a brace from Jamie Vardy and solitary effort from Andy King wrapped up City's 23rd win of 2015/16.

Naturally that 3-1 success over the Toffees is not the lasting memory of the day, however, as the Foxes were presented with the trophy later on - marking the greatest day in the Club's history.

Leicester City-s last game at Filbert Street

Fourteen years earlier, despite having upgraded Filbert Street with the new 9,500-capacity Carling Stand, replacing the 72-year-old Main Stand in 1993, we left our home of 111 years on 11 May, 2002.

The magnificent era of Martin O'Neill's tenure in charge was a distant memory and a season which included three managers - Peter Taylor, Dave Bassett and Micky Adams - ended in relegation.

City were to move into the 32,500-capacity King Power Stadium, initially called Walkers Stadium, that summer, but they nonetheless signed off the 2001/02 campaign with a rare victory over Tottenham.

Following Teddy Sheringham's penalty, Paul Dickov and youngster Matt Piper scored the goals in a 2-1 win for the Foxes - and they were able to secure an immediate return to the top-flight a year later.

Anthony Knockaert scores vs Nottingham Forest - May 2013

Later on, Nigel Pearson's first full season back at the Club had promised so much but, ahead of a trip to Nottingham Forest on 4 May, 2013, they needed three points to have a chance of a play-off berth.

Leicester had dropped from the top two to fighting for a place in the top six and the clash with Forest at the City Ground turned out to be the nail-biting affair the Blue Army had feared.

Simon Cox put the home side in front after just three minutes, but Matty James was about to level the scores, before Andy King nudged the Foxes in front before half-time.

Elliott Ward's equaliser, though, seemed to have denied City the win they so badly craved - until Anthony Knockaert broke away to net a last-gasp winner for Leicester.

LATEST HEADLINES

Page, James & Braybrooke Win Seasonal EFL Honours It was a memorable evening for Louis Page, Jordan James and Sammy Braybrooke at the EFL Awards as they picked up seasonal honours for their displays during the 2025/26 campaign.

5 Hours 10 Mins Ago

Rowett ‘Deeply Frustrated’ After Pompey Defeat Gary Rowett expressed his frustrations following Saturday’s 1-0 away defeat to Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

18 Hours 10 Mins Ago

U18s Lose Out To Norwich Norwich City claimed all three points in Saturday's U18 Premier League South clash at LCFC Training Ground.

18 Apr, 2026

City Fall To Defeat At Fratton Park Portsmouth came away with a 1-0 success over Leicester City in Saturday’s crunch Sky Bet Championship clash at Fratton Park.

18 Apr, 2026