The LFA celebrates the history of football in Leicestershire, which is full of drama, excitement, controversy, violence, and even a tinge of sadness.
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Coalville FC's first-ever game - February 1876
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Discover the bad behaviour shown by Leicestershire footballers during the 19th century.
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Classified advertisement from the Leicester Daily Post - 13 July 1895. Would you apply?
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Sketch of the Belgrave Cricket and Cycle Ground - which hosted the Fosse, The Tigers and County #Cricket in the late nineteenth century.
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Drawn in the 1940s - this is the only known sketch of the Mill-lane enclosure - home of the Leicester Fosse between 1889 and 1891. #LCFC #leicester #leicestershire
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The day #Whitwick became the third #Leicestershire town - after #Leicester and #Loughborough - to stage a Football League fixture. For the full story: shorturl.at/y5IQL
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Loughborough ‘Town’ were the first Leicestershire club to play in the FA Cup – October 1889 -see match report
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Leicester Fosse played their first ever FA Cup tie – a first round qualifier -on Saturday 4 Oct 1890
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North v South British Ladies FC first ever match - March 1895
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Jan 2nd– 1917
Fosse Victory …. 9 Players …. Lost Kit … Magenta Shirts….. Missed Connection …. and more!
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Leicester Daily Mail - 8 December 1943
FOUNDER OF LEICESTER CITY F.C. DEAD
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Football Jerseys, Knickers & Stockings - Victorian style.
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Should Women Play Football? – Leics Chron 1950
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EMGALS – Leics Chron 1967
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Provide a fascinating insight into women’s football & social attitudes in the late 50s & 60s.
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Xmas Day 1940 football results
Two matches - loss in the morning and a win in the afternoon against the #Cobblers
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Corinthian’s Christmas Spirit - Filbert Street, Boxing Day 1899
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Earliest shot of #LCFC in action [vs Leeds City, 1914] where you can actually make out the players.
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140 years ago this month, Leicester Fosse played their first-ever game - against Syston Fosse. Remarkably the event was reported in the Melton Mowbray Mercury and Oakham & Uppingham News on 6 Nov 1884.
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