Category Archives: Leicester City

Cycling To Every Inari Shrine In Tokyo’s 23 Wards: The Fox Top Collection

Posted on September 17, 2022 by tokyofox

One of the quirks of this epic Tokyo cycling challenge was to wear a fox-related top to loosely tie in with the Inari Shrines where kitsune (foxes) are revered. The majority of the tops I wore were related to Leicester … Continue reading →

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The Complete List Of Live Leicester City Matches On ITV In The Early 1990s

Posted on August 5, 2022 by tokyofox

When Sky gained the rights to show Premier League games live from the 1992-93 season onwards it meant the end of live top flight English football on terrestrial TV. In the absence of ‘The Match‘ on ITV on Sunday afternoons … Continue reading →

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The (Almost) Complete Record Of Leicester City vs. Scottish Clubs (Since 1940)

Posted on May 31, 2021 by tokyofox

   The likes of Bruges, Copenhagen, Porto, Prague and Athens have all been destinations for Leicester City on their European adventures in recent years and a few more will be added in the 2021-22 season when they compete in the … Continue reading →

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The A-Z Of Tokyo Fox Celebrating 15 Years of Blogging (Part 1)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by tokyofox

  15 years of Tokyo Fox! Who’d have thought that would happen?! Not I! It began in February 2006 as a fun pun-based place to keep an online journal to let friends and family back home know what things were … Continue reading →

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Appearing As A Guest On BBC Radio Leicester’s Football Forum

Posted on February 2, 2020 by tokyofox

Ever since the late 80s I have listened to the football output on BBC Radio Leicester. Every match is covered live nowadays but back then (and going into the early 90s) we were lucky if we got second half commentary … Continue reading →

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Meeting The Ex-Leicester City Player Who Scored The Final Goal At Filbert Street

Posted on January 18, 2020 by tokyofox

Filbert Street was the home of Leicester City from 1891 until May 2002 when they played their last ever competitive match against Tottenham Hotspur. An already relegated foxes side managed to go out on a high and the man who scored … Continue reading →

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Return To The King Power Stadium 5 Years After My Last Visit As Leicester City Aim For FA Cup Glory

Posted on January 6, 2020 by tokyofox

  The recent success of my beloved Leicester City sure has been great but it does sadly mean that getting a ticket for any match (without the season ticket credentials) is really difficult. When I knew I’d be returning to … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox’s World Cup 2018 Overview

Posted on July 16, 2018 by tokyofox

This was my ninth World Cup but it was one I went into with the least anticipation and excitement but once it all began in Russia it was business as usual for me. Watching all those films set in Russia … Continue reading →

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On The Fox Trail……At Tokyo’s Most Hidden Shrine!

Posted on June 24, 2018 by tokyofox

About four years ago I was talking to an older student about strange and interesting shrines in and around Tokyo and he mentioned that there was a kind of secret shrine in Akihabara somewhere but I completely forgot about it … Continue reading →

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Day Trip To The Toyota Stadium!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by tokyofox

Nagoya Grampus Eight (as they were known back then) were the first team I knew of in the J-League back in the early 90’s when Leicester’s favourite son Gary Lineker announced he was moving to Japan. A few years later … Continue reading →

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