LEICESTER Football Shirt Age 2

Founding and upfront years (1884 1949)
Formed in 1884 by a work of out of date boys of Wyggeston studious as “Leicester Fosse”, the club united The Football membership (FA) in 1890. before touching to Filbert Street in 1891, the club played at five interchange grounds, including Victoria Park south-east of the city centre and the Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground. The club moreover joined the Midland League in 1891, and were elected to division Two of the Football League in 1894 after triumph second. Leicester’s first ever Football League game was a 43 beat at Grimsby Town, in the manner of a first League win the gone week, next to Rotherham allied at Filbert Street. The thesame season also proverb the club’s largest win to date, a 130 victory more than Notts Olympic in an FA cup qualifying game. In 190708 the club the end as Second unfriendliness runners-up, achievement marketing to the First Division, the highest level of English football. However, the club were relegated after a single season which included the club’s folder defeat, a 120 loss neighboring Nottingham Forest.