Tag Archives: ian stringer

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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Hong Kong 2017 Pt II: Appearing Live On The BBC Radio Leicester Football Forum

Posted on July 26, 2017 by tokyofox

To my knowledge, Leicester had only played two games in Asia (both in Bangkok) ahead of the Premier League Asia Trophy in Hong Kong. No doubt a few others had been to both of them but the only person I … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox On BBC Radio Leicester Boot Room Special

Posted on February 23, 2016 by tokyofox

  In many ways February 6th really was a landmark day in the history of Leicester City Football Club as, following their crushing victory away at Manchester City, the world sat up and took notice of what has been happening to a … Continue reading →

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Meeting A Leicester City Legend

Posted on February 19, 2015 by tokyofox

Ask Foxes fans to compile their all-time Leicester City XI and the chances are that one of the centre back positions would be filled by Matt Elliott. The gravelly-voiced former City captain has been working as a match-day summariser for … Continue reading →

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A Tour Of The BBC Radio Leicester Studios And Watching The Football Forum Show

Posted on February 4, 2015 by tokyofox

As a lover of the wireless, the highlight of my trip into Leicester earlier this year came when I popped into the BBC Radio Leicester studios which are located at 9 St Nicholas Place adjacent to the medieval Guildhall and Leicester Cathedral as featured in … Continue reading →

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‘Tokyo FoxCast’ Podcast Available To Download For Free On iTunes

Posted on March 10, 2014 by tokyofox

It’s got to be said that I never had any intention to make a podcast of my interview with BBC Radio Leicester’s Ian Stringer. The original idea had been to just use the Voice Memo app on my smart phone … Continue reading →

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TF Interview…..With Football Commentator Ian Stringer

Posted on March 2, 2014 by tokyofox

Following the soaring success of the last TF interview with author Tim Andrewartha its about time for another one. Whilst in the legendary Gonpachi (a.k.a. the ‘Kill-Bill’ place) restaurant in Nishi-Azabu I sat down with BBC Radio Leicester’s football commentator Ian Stringer. Having been interviewed by … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Ian Stringer Special!

Posted on February 26, 2014 by tokyofox

Imagine leaving your familiar surroundings of home to visit a country where you’re slightly consumed with uncertainty and having a radio fanboy constantly asking you questions about players you’ve interviewed or people you work with. Well that was the case … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox On BBC Radio!!

Posted on February 22, 2014 by tokyofox

BBC Radio Leicester’s football commentator Ian Stringer has been in Tokyo this last week ready to take part in tomorrows Tokyo Marathon and last Wednesday morning Tokyo Fox made an appearance on the station’s breakfast show presented by Jonathan Lampon. … Continue reading →

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