A Top Flight Throwback Thursday: Leicester’s Fairytale Title Win

The most unlikely of Champions

The only shame is that Leicester were not crowned champions on the pitch. Instead, 24 hours after their draw at Old Trafford, the players gathered at Vardy’s house to see their closest rivals, Spurs, take on Chelsea, and falter to a draw.

Leicester were champions.

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Joy, shock, elation, it was pandemonium. In the end, the biggest surprise may have been how inevitable Leicester’s march to the title was. They only lost three games all season. The only teams they did not beat in the Premier League were Arsenal and Manchester United. They ended up winning the title by ten points.

Everything seemed to fall together perfectly for Leicester that year. Vardy, Mahrez and Kante were nominated for every award possible, and each saw their stock raised to new heights. Unheralded players like Drinkwater and Okazaki played their parts, and stepped up when they were needed.

At the centre of it all was Ranieri. A runner-up with Chelsea, a runner-up with Roma. Maligned and ridiculed after his ill-fated stint with Greece, unable to hold down a job. Here he was, a champion.

As Andrea Bocelli serenaded the King Power Stadium, and as Wes Morgan lifted the Premier League trophy, Vichai Srivaddhanaphrabha’s dream of seeing Leicester play in the Champions League had not only been realised, but exceeded.

Leicester were Premier League champions, and had scripted arguably the most stunning underdog story in sporting history.

Never tell them the odds. In memory of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha… R.I.P.