Glastotorfox
Roofer
Following up from my listing of LCFC managers from my time in supporting LCFC, I put this into a top 6 and those that were shockers. Apologies to those who were lucky enough follow City in the Matt Gilles era, I would have seen 1 or 2 but I really did not get interested in the game before I was 11 years old, this was the start of the 68/69 season and Gilles was replaced by Frank O'Farrell in December 68. Please position Gilles to where you think he should be
1 - Ranieri, Win rate 44%, It was beyond our wildest dreams what Ranieri and his team achieved in that incredible PL winning season.
2 - O'Neil, Win rate 38%, PO Winner 96, 2 League cups , Europe, top 10 PL positions. Outstanding manager, made Leicester a well drilled, organised and highly motivated team that would stand up against any of the top teams of that time.
3 - Pearson, Win rate 51% and 46%, Champions of Division 1, Championship winners, The Great Escape, responsible for building the core of the PL Winning team. Pearson and his assistant coaches completely developed the training and sports science at Belvoir Drive, this was a long time before many other clubs started to bring this in to their training grounds. It all contributed to what happened in 2015/16.
4 - Bloomfield, Win rate 30%, known as the entertainers by fans of a certain vintage. The names just roll off .... Worthington, Weller, Glover, even the Birch! What talent, they just fell short of a getting to the FA Cup final in 74, beating Spurs, Fulham, Luton, and QPR but were beaten by the FA Cup winners in a Semi Final replay. Too many drawn games resulted in no football in Europe but they played some wonderful football!
5- Wallace, Win rate 37%, In the Summer of 1978 Leicester were in need of some serious rebuilding and rebooting after the disaster of the McClintock relegation. In came big Jock who quickly stamped his authority on his team and how he expected them to play. He signed players from Scotland and introduced youngsters like Buchanan, Peake and Lineker. My most memorable games in his three years managing Leicester was the 6th Round FA Cup win over Shrewsbury and the 2-1 at Anfield to break Liverpool's unbeaten 3 year home record.
6- Little, win rate 43%, After Gordon Lee (Short term contract Jan to May) saved us from the drop to the third tier in 91, in came Brian Little from conference champions Darlington. The young manager quickly got to work signing experienced players and introduced young talent like Julian Joachim and built a fine team spirit, they were difficult to beat and could grind out the wins. They reached the PO final three times and were unlucky to lose in 92 to a David Speedie penalty for Blackburn and they lost again to another awful penalty decision in 93 in a 3-4 defeat to Swindon Town. They triumphed 2-1 over the sheep in 94, finally breaking the Wembley jinx
Bottom 4
McClintock - Win rate 12.5%, The inexperienced coach, ex Player, dismantled what was left from the Bloomfield team, signing at what could at best be discribed as journeymen / experienced players from places like Exeter City and paying the Sheep £250K for striker Roger Davies. McClintock was shocking, it was astonishing that he was sacked in April of that relegation season.
RVN - Win rate 16%, will he still be here on the 1st July? The new financial year. Who ever thought replacing an experienced coach with a solid track record with this was a good idea???
Taylor - Win rate 35%, Took over a good MON team, started well but bombed after the Wycombe FA Cup defeat, it went in to the next season before Taylor was sacked. He will be remembered for some awful signings, he was shocking and left a big mess. His win rate came from his good start in 2000/2001, Leicester sat in the top 6 before January.
Holloway - Win rate 28%, Poached from Plymouth, hit and miss results kept us near the relegation area but his team capitulated in the last month of the season to send us down to the third tier for the first time in the history of LCFC.
1 - Ranieri, Win rate 44%, It was beyond our wildest dreams what Ranieri and his team achieved in that incredible PL winning season.
2 - O'Neil, Win rate 38%, PO Winner 96, 2 League cups , Europe, top 10 PL positions. Outstanding manager, made Leicester a well drilled, organised and highly motivated team that would stand up against any of the top teams of that time.
3 - Pearson, Win rate 51% and 46%, Champions of Division 1, Championship winners, The Great Escape, responsible for building the core of the PL Winning team. Pearson and his assistant coaches completely developed the training and sports science at Belvoir Drive, this was a long time before many other clubs started to bring this in to their training grounds. It all contributed to what happened in 2015/16.
4 - Bloomfield, Win rate 30%, known as the entertainers by fans of a certain vintage. The names just roll off .... Worthington, Weller, Glover, even the Birch! What talent, they just fell short of a getting to the FA Cup final in 74, beating Spurs, Fulham, Luton, and QPR but were beaten by the FA Cup winners in a Semi Final replay. Too many drawn games resulted in no football in Europe but they played some wonderful football!
5- Wallace, Win rate 37%, In the Summer of 1978 Leicester were in need of some serious rebuilding and rebooting after the disaster of the McClintock relegation. In came big Jock who quickly stamped his authority on his team and how he expected them to play. He signed players from Scotland and introduced youngsters like Buchanan, Peake and Lineker. My most memorable games in his three years managing Leicester was the 6th Round FA Cup win over Shrewsbury and the 2-1 at Anfield to break Liverpool's unbeaten 3 year home record.
6- Little, win rate 43%, After Gordon Lee (Short term contract Jan to May) saved us from the drop to the third tier in 91, in came Brian Little from conference champions Darlington. The young manager quickly got to work signing experienced players and introduced young talent like Julian Joachim and built a fine team spirit, they were difficult to beat and could grind out the wins. They reached the PO final three times and were unlucky to lose in 92 to a David Speedie penalty for Blackburn and they lost again to another awful penalty decision in 93 in a 3-4 defeat to Swindon Town. They triumphed 2-1 over the sheep in 94, finally breaking the Wembley jinx
Bottom 4
McClintock - Win rate 12.5%, The inexperienced coach, ex Player, dismantled what was left from the Bloomfield team, signing at what could at best be discribed as journeymen / experienced players from places like Exeter City and paying the Sheep £250K for striker Roger Davies. McClintock was shocking, it was astonishing that he was sacked in April of that relegation season.
RVN - Win rate 16%, will he still be here on the 1st July? The new financial year. Who ever thought replacing an experienced coach with a solid track record with this was a good idea???
Taylor - Win rate 35%, Took over a good MON team, started well but bombed after the Wycombe FA Cup defeat, it went in to the next season before Taylor was sacked. He will be remembered for some awful signings, he was shocking and left a big mess. His win rate came from his good start in 2000/2001, Leicester sat in the top 6 before January.
Holloway - Win rate 28%, Poached from Plymouth, hit and miss results kept us near the relegation area but his team capitulated in the last month of the season to send us down to the third tier for the first time in the history of LCFC.
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