By Razcal
July 6 2002
History and Club Honours
Founded : 1880
Moved to present ground : 10/09/1892
Official Club Name : The Leicester Football Club
Tigers : A match report in 1885 shows that this name was already established. No one truly knows why the club has always been known as the Tigers but two obvious possibilities are the shirt colours in the 1880s, chocolate and yellow stripes, or the connection with the local regiment which was nicknamed The Tigers after service in India. Or both!
Honours
Midland Counties Cup
Winners : 1897-8; 1898-9; 1899-1900; 1900-01; 1901-2; 1902-03; 1903-04; 1904-05; 1908-09; 1909-10; 1911-12; 1912-13
Finalists : 1888-89; 1890-91; 1893-94
The Cup
Winners : 1978-79; 1979-80; 1980-81; 1992-93; 1996-97
Finalists : 1977-78; 1982-83; 1988-89; 1993-94; 1995-96
League Champions
1987-88; 1994-95; 1998-99; 1999-2000; 2000-01; 2001-02; 2006-07; 2008-09; 2009-10; 2012-13; 2021-22
Finalists: 2004-05; 2005-06; 2007-08; 2010-11; 2011-12
Zurich Play-off Trophy
Winners: 2000-01
Anglo Welsh Cup
Winners: 2006-07; 2011-12; 2016-17
Finalists: 2007-08
European Cup Winners : 2000-01; 2001-02 Finalists : 1996-97; 2006-07; 2008 -09; European Challenge Cup Finalists : 2020-21 |