Tag Archives: Leicester city

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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SHINJIrarenai! (Unbelievable!!)

Posted on July 19, 2016 by tokyofox

The following article was written specifically for the Summer issue (#20) of J-Soccer magazine; Japan’s number one English language football publication. The editor chose the title for the piece and is rather fitting as the Japanese word shinjirarenai means unbelievable.   … Continue reading →

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Leicester City’s Asian Influence Helps Win Premier League Title

Posted on May 16, 2016 by tokyofox

  Miracles happen, they really do. Who in their right mind ever thought Leicester City could ever even challenge for the Premier League title let alone go on and win it in such style! Not me, that’s for sure! For … Continue reading →

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Leicester City References In English Lessons

Posted on April 26, 2016 by tokyofox

As someone who teaches English as a foreign language in Japan I have to get my kicks how I can when it comes to amusing myself. In the past I’ve incorporated books, music, songs, toys, Star Wars, Kung-fu Panda and learning to … Continue reading →

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Leicester City/Okazaki Fans Tokyo Get-Together

Posted on April 4, 2016 by tokyofox

At the start of April 2015 Leicester City were rooted to the bottom of the Premier League seven points from safety and now one year on they are top of the table and seven points ahead of nearest rivals Spurs. What an incredible 12 … Continue reading →

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Get Your Kits Out For The Lads – My Leicester City Replica Shirt Collection

Posted on March 8, 2016 by tokyofox

Ever since my 8th birthday I have regularly been getting the latest replica Leicester City replica shirts as worn by my heroes….as well as some less-liked players of course! Back in 1985 I spent £5 on what was already a dated … Continue reading →

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Leicester City Supporters Night In Tokyo Bar

Posted on February 7, 2016 by tokyofox

  After all these years in Tokyo I pretty much assumed I was the only Foxes fan around here and it was hard enough just trying to find a Japanese person who had even heard of the city of Leicester or … Continue reading →

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My Leicester City Memorabilia

Posted on June 30, 2015 by tokyofox

One of the presents I got last Christmas was ‘Got Not Got! The Lost World of Leicester City‘ which is co-written by Gary Silke who is the editor of ‘The Fox‘; the long running City fanzine that’s been going for … Continue reading →

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FA Cup R3: Leicester City 1-0 Newcastle United

Posted on January 4, 2015 by tokyofox

The BBC may have been trying desperately to make us think there was still some magic left in this famous, old, traditional Cup competition (with a barrage of FA Cup related programmes throughout the week) but I certainly didn’t feel … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Fox’s World Cup 2014 Overview

Posted on July 14, 2014 by tokyofox

Brazil 2014 promised to take this big world event to a country which really is the heartbeat of the World Cup and though it was fairly disastrous for England (and Japan) the tournament was much better than four years ago in South … Continue reading →

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