document_title: Leicester City F.C.

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text: Leicester City F.C.

text: History[edit]

text: Founding[edit]

text: Formed in 1884 by a group of old boys of Wyggeston School as "Leicester Fosse", the club joined The Football Association (FA) in 1890.[10] Before moving to Filbert Street in 1891, the club played at five different grounds, including Victoria Park south-east of the city centre and the Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground.[11] The club also joined the Midland League in 1891, and were elected to Division Two of the Football League in 1894 after finishing second. Leicester's first ever Football League game was a 4–3 defeat at Grimsby Town, with a first League win the following week, against Rotherham United at Filbert Street. The same season also saw the club's largest win to date, a 13–0 victory over Notts Olympic in an FA Cup qualifying game.[3] In 1907–08 the club finished as Second Division runners-up, gaining promotion to the First Division, the highest level of English football. However, the club were relegated after a single season which included the club's record defeat, a 12–0 loss against Nottingham Forest.[3][12]

text: In 1919, when League football resumed after World War I, Leicester Fosse ceased trading due to financial difficulties of which little is known. The club was reformed as "Leicester City Football Club", particularly appropriate as the borough of Leicester had recently been given city status. Following the name change, the club enjoyed moderate success in the 1920s; under the management of Peter Hodge, who left in May 1926 to be replaced two months later by Willie Orr, and with record goalscorer Arthur Chandler in the side,[13] they won the Division Two title in 1924–25[14] and recorded their second-highest league finish in 1928–29 as runners-up by a single point to Sheffield Wednesday.[10] However the 1930s saw a downturn in fortunes, with the club relegated in 1934–35[15] and, after promotion in 1936–37,[16] another relegation in 1938–39 would see them finish the decade in Division Two.[3][17]

text: Post-World War II[edit]

text: City reached the FA Cup final for the first time in their history in 1949,[3][18] losing 3–1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club, however, was celebrating a week later when a draw on the last day of the season ensured survival in Division Two.[19][20] Leicester won the Division Two championship in 1954,[21] with the help of Arthur Rowley, one of the club's most prolific strikers. Although they were relegated from Division One the next season, under Dave Halliday they returned in 1957,[22] with Rowley scoring a club record 44 goals in one season.[13] Leicester remained in Division One until 1969,[23] their longest period ever in the top flight.

text: Under the management of Matt Gillies and his assistant Bert Johnson, Leicester reached the FA Cup final on another two occasions, but lost in both 1961 and 1963.[3] As they lost to double winners Tottenham Hotspur in 1961, they were England's representatives in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1962–63 season, the club led the First Division during the winter, thanks to a sensational run of form on icy and frozen pitches the club became nicknamed the "Ice Kings" eventually placed fourth, the club's best post-war finish. Gillies guided Leicester to their first piece of silverware in 1964, when Leicester beat Stoke City 4–3 on aggregate to win the League Cup for the first time.[3] Leicester also reached the League Cup final the following year, but lost 3–2 on aggregate to Chelsea. Gillies and Johnson received praise for their version of the "whirl" and the "switch" system, a system that had previously been used by the Austrian and Hungarian national teams.[24] After a bad start to the season, Matt Gillies resigned in November 1968. His successor, Frank O'Farrell was unable to prevent relegation, but the club reached the FA Cup final in 1969 for the last time to date, losing to Manchester City 1–0.

text: In 1971, Leicester were promoted back to Division One, and won the Charity Shield for the only time.[3] Unusually, due to double winners Arsenal's commitments in European competition, Division Two winners Leicester were invited to play FA Cup runners-up Liverpool, beating them 1–0[3] thanks to a goal by Steve Whitworth.[25] Jimmy Bloomfield was appointed for the new season, and his team remained in the First Division for his tenure. No period since Bloomfield has seen the club remain in the top division for so long. Leicester reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1973–74.[26]

text: Frank McLintock, a noted player for seven years for Leicester in a successful period from the late Fifties to the mid Sixties, succeeded Jimmy Bloomfield in 1977. City were relegated at the end of the 1977–78 season and McLintock resigned. Jock Wallace resumed the tradition of successful Scottish managers (after Peter Hodge and Matt Gillies) by steering Leicester to the Division Two championship in 1980.[27] Unfortunately, Wallace was unable to keep Leicester in Division One, but they reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1982. Under Wallace, one of City's most famous home-grown players, Gary Lineker, emerged into the first team squad. Leicester's next manager was Gordon Milne, who achieved promotion in 1983. Lineker helped Leicester maintain their place in the First Division but was sold to Everton in 1985 and two years later Leicester were relegated, having failed to find a suitable replacement to partner Alan Smith, who was sold to Arsenal after Leicester went down.

text: Milne left in 1986 and was replaced in 1987 by David Pleat, who was sacked in January 1991 with Leicester in danger of relegation to the Third Division. Gordon Lee was put in charge of the club until the end of the season. Leicester won their final game of the season, which guided them clear of relegation to the third tier of the football league.[3]

text: Brian Little took over in 1991 and by the end of the 1991–92 season Leicester had reached the playoff final for a place in the new FA Premier League, but lost to Blackburn Rovers and a penalty from former Leicester striker Mike Newell. The club also reached the playoff final the following year, losing 4–3 to Swindon Town, having come back from 3–0 down. In 1993–94 City were promoted from the playoffs, beating Derby County 2–1 in the final.[3] Little quit as Leicester manager the following November to take charge at Aston Villa, and his successor Mark McGhee was unable to save Leicester from finishing second from bottom in the 1994–95 season.

text: McGhee left the club unexpectedly in December 1995 while Leicester were top of the First Division to take charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers.[28] McGhee was replaced by Martin O'Neill.[3] Under O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the 1996 Football League play-offs and beat Crystal Palace 2–1 in the final through a 120th minute Steve Claridge goal to gain promotion to the FA Premier League. Following promotion, Leicester established themselves in the Premier League with four successive top ten finishes. O'Neill ended Leicester's 33-year wait for a major trophy, winning the League Cup twice, in 1997 and 2000, and Leicester were runners-up in 1999. Thus, the club qualified for the UEFA Cup in 1997–98 and 2000–01, the club's first European competition since 1961. In June 2000, O'Neill left Leicester City to take over as manager of Celtic.

text: Decline in the early 21st century[edit]

text: O'Neill was replaced by former England under-21 coach Peter Taylor. During this time, one of Leicester's European appearances ended in a 3–1 defeat to Red Star Belgrade on 28 September 2000 in the UEFA Cup.[29] Leicester began well under Taylor's management, topping the Premier League for two weeks in the autumn and remaining in contention for a European place for most of the campaign, before a late season collapse dragged them down to a 13th-place finish.

text: Taylor was sacked after a poor start to the 2001–02 season, and his successor Dave Bassett lasted just six months before being succeeded by his assistant Micky Adams, the change of management being announced just before relegation was confirmed. Leicester won just five league matches all season.

text: Leicester moved into the new 32,500-seat Walkers Stadium at the start of the 2002–03 season, ending 111 years at Filbert Street. Walkers, the Leicestershire-based crisp manufacturers, acquired the naming rights for a ten-year period.[30] In October 2002, the club went into administration with debts of £30 million. Some of the reasons were the loss of TV money (ITV Digital, itself in administration, had promised money to First Division clubs for TV rights), the large wage bill, lower than expected fees for players transferred to other clubs and the £37 million cost of the new stadium.[31] Adams was banned from the transfer market for most of the season, even after the club was rescued with a takeover by a consortium led by Gary Lineker.[3] Adams guided Leicester to the runners-up spot in Division One and automatic promotion back to the Premier League with more than 90 points. However, Leicester lasted only one season in the top flight and were relegated to the newly labelled Championship, previously known as Division One.

text: When Adams resigned as manager in October 2004, Craig Levein was appointed boss. This would prove to be an unsuccessful period and after 15 months in charge, Levein was sacked, having failed to get the Foxes anywhere near the promotion places. Assistant manager Rob Kelly took over as caretaker manager, and after winning three out of four matches, was appointed to see out the rest of the season. Kelly steered Leicester to safety and in April 2006 was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.[3]

text: In October 2006, ex-Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandarić was quoted as saying he was interested in buying the club, reportedly at a price of around £6 million, with the current playing squad valued at roughly £4.2 million. The takeover was formally announced on 13 February 2007.[32] On 11 April 2007, Rob Kelly was sacked as manager and Nigel Worthington appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season. Worthington saved the club from relegation, but was not offered the job on a permanent basis. On 25 May 2007, the club announced former Milton Keynes Dons manager Martin Allen as their new manager with a three-year contract. Allen's relationship with Mandarić became tense and after only four matches, Allen left by mutual consent on 29 August 2007. On 13 September 2007, Mandarić announced Gary Megson as the new manager of the club, citing Megson's "wealth of experience" as a deciding factor in the appointment. However, Megson left on 24 October 2007 after only six weeks in charge, following an approach made for his services by Bolton Wanderers. Mandarić placed Frank Burrows and Gerry Taggart in the shared position as caretaker managers until a professional manager was appointed.

text: On 22 November, Ian Holloway was appointed manager, and he became the first Leicester manager in over 50 years to win his first league match in charge, beating Bristol City 2–0.[33] However, this success did not last, and Leicester were relegated from the Championship at the end of the 2007–08 season. Holloway left by mutual consent after less than a season at the club, being replaced by Nigel Pearson.

text: Third tier to Premier League[edit]

text: The 2008–09 campaign was Leicester's first season outside the top two levels of English football, but they hit this nadir only seven years before becoming the 2015–16 Premier League champions – the fastest seven-year rise to the top of the English football league system apart from Ipswich Town in 1962.[34] Following relegation to the third tier the previous season, Leicester returned to the Championship at the first attempt in 2008–09, finishing as champions of League One after a 2–0 win at Southend United, with two matches in hand. The 2009–10 season saw Leicester's revival under manager Nigel Pearson continue, as the club finished fifth and reached the Championship play-offs in their first season back in the second tier. Though coming from 2–0 down on aggregate, away to Cardiff City, to briefly lead 3–2, they eventually lost to a penalty shoot-out in the play-off semi-final. At the end of the season, Pearson left Leicester to become the manager of Hull City, claiming he felt the club seemed reluctant to keep him, and that Paulo Sousa had been the club's guest at both play-off games, hinting at a possible replacement. On 7 July 2010, Sousa was confirmed as Pearson's replacement.[35]

text: In August 2010, following agreement on a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with duty-free retailers the King Power Group, Mandarić sold the club to Thai-led consortium Asian Football Investments (AFI), fronted by King Power Group's Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.[36] Mandarić, an investor in AFI,[37] was retained as club chairman.[38] On 1 October 2010, after a poor start that saw Leicester bottom of the Championship with only one win out of the first nine league matches, Paulo Sousa was sacked by the club with immediate effect.[39] Two days later, Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had been approached by the club after the 6–1 loss to then bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth two weeks earlier, was appointed as his replacement, signing a two-year contract with the club.[40] On 10 February 2011, Vichai Raksriaksorn, part of the Thai-based Asia Football Investments consortium, was appointed new chairman of the club after Mandarić left in November to take over Sheffield Wednesday.[41]

text: Leicester were viewed as one of the favourites for promotion in the 2011–12 season, but on 24 October 2011, following an inconsistent start with the Foxes winning just 5 out of their first 13 matches, Eriksson left the club by mutual consent.[42] Three weeks later, Nigel Pearson returned to the club as Eriksson's successor. Pearson would go on to lead the Foxes to a sixth-place finish in the 2012–13 season, ensuring Leicester were in the Championship play-offs. However, Leicester lost the playoff semi-final 3–2 on aggregate to Watford after Anthony Knockaert missed a late penalty and Troy Deeney scored right at the end after a swift counterattack from a Manuel Almunia double save.[43]

text: In 2014, Leicester's march up the league system hit a breakthrough. Their 2–1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday, combined with losses by Queens Park Rangers and Derby County, allowed Leicester City to clinch promotion to the Premier League after a ten-year absence. Later that month, a win at Bolton saw Leicester become the champions of the 2013–14 Championship, the seventh time they had been champions of England's second tier.

text: Leicester started their first season in the Premier League since 2004 with a good run of results in their first five league matches, starting with a 2–2 draw on the opening day against Everton.[44] The Foxes then claimed their first Premier League win since May 2004, with a 0–1 win at Stoke City.[45] On 21 September 2014, Leicester went on to produce one of the greatest comebacks in Premier League history to beat Manchester United 5–3 at the King Power Stadium after coming back from 3–1 down with 30 minutes left to score four goals. They also made Premier League history by becoming the first team to beat Manchester United from a two-goal deficit since the league's launch in 1992.[46]

text: During the 2014–15 season, a dismal run of form saw the team slip to the bottom of the league table with only 19 points from 29 matches. By 3 April 2015, they were seven points adrift from safety. This could have brought a sudden end to Leicester's seven-year rise, but seven wins from their final nine league matches meant the Foxes finished the season in 14th place with 41 points. They finished the season with a 5–1 thrashing of relegated Queens Park Rangers. Their upturn in results was described as one of the Premier League's greatest ever escapes from relegation.[47][48] They also became only the third team in Premier League history to survive after being bottom at Christmas (the other two being West Bromwich Albion in 2005 and Sunderland in 2014), and no team with fewer than 20 points from 29 matches had previously stayed up.

text: 2015–16: Premier League champions[edit]

text: However, on 30 June 2015, Pearson was sacked, with the club stating, "[T]he working relationship between Nigel and the Board is no longer viable." The sacking was linked to a number of public relations issues involving Pearson throughout the season, with the final straw involving his son James' role in a "racist sex tape" made by three Leicester reserve players in Thailand during a post-season goodwill tour.[50][51][52] Leicester reacted by appointing former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri as their new manager for the new 2015–16 Premier League season.[53] Under Ranieri, the club made an exceptional start to the season. Striker Jamie Vardy scored 13 goals over 11 consecutive matches from August to November, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's Premier League record of scoring in 10 consecutive matches.[54] On 19 December, Leicester defeated Everton 3–2 at Goodison Park to top the Premier League on Christmas Day, having been bottom exactly 12 months earlier.[55] A 2–0 victory at Sunderland on 10 April, coupled with Tottenham Hotspur's 3–0 win over Manchester United, ensured Leicester's qualification for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history.[56]

text: Leicester won the Premier League on 2 May 2016 after Tottenham threw away a 2–0 lead against Chelsea, drawing 2–2 at the "Battle of Stamford Bridge".[57][58] This completed the fastest seven-year rise to the title except for Ipswich Town in 1962, and Leicester faced a far more unequal top tier than Ipswich did back then.[34][59] Bookmakers thought Leicester's victory was so unlikely that Ladbrokes and William Hill offered odds of 5,000–1 for it at the start of the season. Neither bookmaker had ever paid out such long odds, and the trophy resulted in the largest payout in British sporting history with total winnings of £25 million.[60][61][62] The scale of the surprise attracted global attention for the club and the city of Leicester.[63][64] The Economist declared it would be "pored over for management lessons".[65] Several commentators have viewed it as an inspiration to other clubs and fundamentally transforming the expectations similar sized clubs face in English football.[66] Ranieri's Leicester became known for their counterattacking style of play, "incredible pace in the areas it is most essential" and defensive solidarity.[67] Players were often praised for their work ethic and togetherness which was apparent throughout the squad. Reacting to City winning the Premier League, Executive chairman Richard Scudamore said:

text:
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If this was a once in every 5,000-year event, then we've effectively got another 5,000 years of hope ahead of us.
”

text: A film has been planned of the story, centred on Jamie Vardy.[68]

text: Ranieri to Puel[edit]

text: Just ahead of the opening match of the 2016–17 season, Ranieri cautioned against excessive hope of City retaining the title arguing that the other clubs now understood Leicester's break tactics. His principal objective, as last season, was to avoid relegation. He also warned against overconfidence against relegation favourites – by implication, their next opponents, newly promoted Hull City.[69] His view on Leicester's chances were shared by Gary Lineker, who said that N'Golo Kanté, who left the club during the summer to join Chelsea, had been Leicester's most important player and essential to Ranieri's system.[70]

text: Leicester initially struggled in their domestic form during 2016–17, spending much of the first few months in the bottom half of the table. In December 2016, Ranieri was awarded coach of the year and Leicester team of the year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.[71] However, on 23 February 2017, Ranieri was sacked due to the club's continuing poor form, resulting in them being only one point above the relegation zone. Gary Lineker called the sacking "very sad" and "inexplicable",[72] while Manchester United manager José Mourinho blamed it on "selfish players".[72] Rumours began emerging some days later that players had been meeting with the owners to discuss Ranieri's sacking without Ranieri knowing, which sparked widespread outrage over social media.[73] Commenting on the collapse in form of the team and particularly Jamie Vardy during the first 20 matches of the 2016–17 season, Alan Shearer said Vardy had signed a "bumper new contract", but was no longer doing what brought him success last season, and that the entire club was "no longer doing the basics".[74]

text: Less than a week after Ranieri was sacked, Craig Shakespeare took over as caretaker manager, and in his first match in charge, Leicester won 3–1 against fifth-placed Liverpool, with Vardy scoring a brace.[75] In his second match as caretaker, Shakespeare led Leicester to another 3–1 victory, over Hull City.[76] Following two impressive results and initiating "the type of positive response that we hoped change would bring", the club's owners then decided Shakespeare would become the club's manager until the end of the season.[77] The 2016–17 campaign was also the first season in 15 years that Leicester qualified for European football. Leicester were placed in Group G of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, alongside Porto, Copenhagen and Club Brugge. In their inaugural Champions League campaign, they went undefeated in their first five matches to progress to the knockout stages as group winners.[78] The Foxes then faced La Liga club Sevilla in the round of 16 and defeated the Spanish side 2–0 on the night, and 3–2 on aggregate to advance to the quarter-finals.[79]

text: In the quarter-finals, they faced Atlético Madrid, and drew 1–1 on the night, but lost 1–2 on aggregate after losing 1–0 in the first leg. This put an end to Leicester's 2016–17 European campaign, as they finished as Champions League quarter-finalists.[80] Despite the loss, Leicester remained unbeaten at home in the 2016–17 Champions League campaign.

text: Commenting on the first match of Leicester's 2017–18 season, a close-fought 4–3 loss to Arsenal, The Guardian newspaper reported that Vardy was extremely well-suited to the current Leicester team – the "embodiment of pure Leicester-ism" – but a much more difficult fit for other teams.[81] Shakespeare was sacked in October 2017 after four months officially in charge, with Leicester in 18th place in the table. [82] Claude Puel was appointed as Leicester's new manager on 25 October 2017. By Christmas, Leicester were in 8th position in the Premier League.

text: Colours, crest, nicknames and traditions[edit]

text: The club's home colours of royal blue shirts, white shorts, and either white or royal blue socks have been used for the team's kits throughout most of its history.[83] The first sponsorship logo to appear on a Leicester shirt was that of Ind Coope in 1983. British snack food manufacturer Walkers Crisps held a long association with the club, sponsoring them from 1987 to 2001.

text: The club have three main nicknames – The Foxes, The Blues and City. "The Foxes" is the most common nickname for the club, whereas "The Blues" and "City" are more local terms, usually used by supporters. Other names include "The Filberts" and "The Fossils".[84] An image of a fox was first incorporated into the club crest in 1948, as Leicestershire is known for foxes and fox hunting.[85] This is the origin of the nickname "The Foxes".

text: The club mascot is a character called "Filbert Fox". There are also secondary characters "Vickie Vixen" and "Cousin Dennis." Since 1992, the club's badge has featured a fox's head overlaid onto a Cinquefoil; the Cinquefoil is similar to the one used on the coat of arms of Leicester. Prior to 1992, the club's badge had a range of designs. In the 2009–10 season, the club's 125th anniversary year, the home kit featured no sponsor and a new central crest with "125 Years" written beneath it. [86]

text: In 1941, the club adopted the playing of the Post Horn Galop prior to home matches.[87] It was played over the PA system as the teams came out of the tunnel at all home games. The club since replaced it with a modern version, which is now played as teams emerge for the second half. For the first half, the post horn has been played live on pitch by Paul Hing since 2009.[88] "Foxes Never Quit" is the club's motto, which is placed above the tunnel entrance as the teams head out onto the pitch.

text: On 8 July 2016, the club launched their new third away kit for the 2016–17 Premier League season. It featured in their 2016–17 UEFA Champions League campaign, and was also in use for Leicester's debut match in the competition. The design took inspiration from the 1983–84 kit, boasting a clean white design with thin blue pinstripes on the shirt and a textured form stripe design across both the shirt and shorts.

text: Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]

text: Since 2012, Leicester City's kit has been manufactured by Puma.[89] Previous manufacturers have included Bukta (1962–64, 1990–92), Admiral (1976–79, 1983–88), Umbro (1979–83), Scoreline (1988–90), Fox Leisure (1992–2000), Le Coq Sportif (2000–05), JJB (2005–07), Jako (2007–09), Joma (2009–10), and Burrda (2010–12).[90] The current shirt sponsors are King Power, a company also owned by the club's owners. The first sponsorship logo to appear on a Leicester shirt was that of Ind Coope in 1983. British snack food manufacturer Walkers Crisps held a long association with the club, sponsoring them from 1987 to 2001. Other sponsors have included John Bull (1986–87), LG (2001–03), Alliance & Leicester (2003–07), Topps Tiles (2007–09), Jessops (2009–10), and Loros (2009–10). Ladbrokes will be Leicester's Official UK and Ireland betting partner for the 2017/18 football season.[91]

text: Stadium[edit]

text: In their early years, Leicester played at numerous grounds, but have only played at two since they joined the Football League. When first starting out they played on a field by the Fosse Road,[92] hence the original name Leicester Fosse. They moved from there to Victoria Park, and subsequently to Belgrave Road. Upon turning professional the club moved to Mill Lane.[92] After eviction from Mill Lane the club played at the County Cricket ground while seeking a new ground. The club secured the use of an area of ground by Filbert Street, and moved there in 1891.[92]

text: Some improvements by noted football architect Archibald Leitch occurred in the Edwardian era, and in 1927 a new two tier stand was built,[92] named the Double Decker, a name it would keep till the ground's closure in 2002. The ground wasn't developed any further, apart from compulsory seating being added, till 1993 when work began on the new Carling Stand. The stand was impressive while the rest of the ground was untouched since at least the 1920s; this led manager Martin O'Neill to say he used to "lead new signings out backwards" so they only saw the Carling Stand.[93]

text: The club moved away from Filbert Street in 2002 to a new 32,500 all-seater stadium.[94] The stadium was originally named The Walkers Stadium in a deal with food manufacturers Walkers, whose brand logo can still be found in some areas around the outside of the stadium.[95] The first match hosted at Walkers was a 1–1 friendly draw against Athletic Bilbao, with Bilbao's Tiko being the first scorer at the stadium and Jordan Stewart being the first Leicester player to score.[96] The first competitive match was a 2–0 victory against Watford.[97] The stadium has since hosted an England international against Serbia and Montenegro, which finished 2–1 to England, as well as internationals between Brazil and Jamaica, and Jamaica and Ghana. The stadium has been used to host the Heineken Cup European Rugby semi-finals for the Leicester Tigers rugby club, itself based within a mile of the King Power Stadium.

text: On 19 August 2010, it emerged that the new owners King Power wanted to rename the stadium The King Power Stadium, and had plans to increase the capacity to 42,000 should Leicester secure promotion.[98] On 7 July 2011, Leicester City confirmed the Walkers Stadium would now be known as the King Power Stadium. In 2015, vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha stated plans were in place to increase the capacity of the stadium to around 42,000.[99] Relocation to a bigger stadium has also been considered.[100]

text: The King Power Stadium has also honoured past greats of the club, by naming suites and lounges inside the stadium after the club's former players Gordon Banks, Adam Black, Arthur Chandler, Gary Lineker, Arthur Rowley, Sep Smith, Keith Weller and former manager Jimmy Bloomfield.[101]

text: Support[edit]

text: Leicester City moved to their current stadium in 2002 after exiting Filbert Street, and since then average home attendances have never dropped below 20,000, even when the club were relegated to League One in 2008 for the first time in their history.

text: The club have several supporter groups in England,[102] and alongside the support in the UK, Leicester City also have fans around the world. Since being bought by the King Power group in 2011, Leicester have developed a following in Thailand, the home of their owners.[103] In Thailand, Singha Corporation is an "Official Club Partner". Leicester City supporters share good relations with fans of European teams VfL Bochum and Anderlecht. Regularly, supporters travel over to Europe to support these two teams, and vice versa.[104]

text: Rival clubs[edit]

text: Some Leicester fans consider Nottingham Forest to be their main rivals. The club's other rivals are Derby County. An East Midlands Derby is any match involving two of these three clubs.[105]

text: Leicester also have a rivalry with Coventry City, 24 miles away. The game between the two clubs has become known as the M69 derby, named after the M69 motorway which connects the two cities together.[106]

text: European record[edit]

text:
Season
Competition
Round
Club
Home
Away
Aggregate

1961–62
European Cup Winners' Cup
PR
 Glenavon
3–1
4–1
7–2

1R
 Atlético Madrid
1–1
0–2
1–3

1997–98
UEFA Cup
1R
 Atlético Madrid
0–2
1–2
1–4

2000–01
UEFA Cup
1R
 Red Star Belgrade
1–1
1–3[nb 1]
2–4

2016–17
UEFA Champions League
GS
 Porto
1–0
0–5
1st place in Group G

 Club Brugge
2–1
3–0

 Copenhagen
1–0
0–0

R16
 Sevilla
2–0
1–2
3–2

QF
 Atlético Madrid
1–1
0–1
1–2

text:
Goals by Leicester are listed first.
PR: Preliminary round
1R: First round
GS: Group stage

text: Jump up ^ 'Away' leg held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria

text: Honours[edit]

text: Domestic[edit]

text: League[edit]

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First Division / Premier League (first tier)

Champions (1): 2015–16
Runners-up (1): 1928–29

Second Division / Football League Championship (second tier)

Champions (7): 1924–25, 1936–37, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1979–80, 2013–14
Runners-up (2): 1907–08, 2002–03
Play-off winners (2): 1993–94, 1995–96

Football League One (third tier)

Champions (1): 2008–09

text: Cup[edit]

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Football League Cup

Winners (3): 1963–64, 1996–97, 1999–2000
Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1998–99

FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield

Winners (1): 1971
Runners-up (1): 2016

FA Cup

Runners-up (4): 1948–49, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69

text: Regional competitions[edit]

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War League South

Champions (1): 1942[107]

Football League War Cup

Winners (1): 1941

text: Other[edit]

text:
BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year

Winners (1): 2016

Laureus Spirit of Sport

Winners (1): 2017

text: Managerial history[edit]

text: Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, the club had no official manager. A nominal role of secretary/manager was employed, though the board and the selection committee took control of most team affairs. It was Hodge who instated a system at the club for the manager having complete control over player and staff recruitment, team selection and tactics. Though Hodge was originally also titled "secretary/manager" he has retrospectively been named as the club's first official "manager".[108]

text: Leicester have had a total of nine permanent secretary/managers and 36 permanent managers (not including caretakers). Nigel Pearson and Peter Hodge have both had two separate spells in charge of the club. Dave Bassett also had a second spell as caretaker manager after his spell as permanent manager.[109]

text: Records and statistics[edit]

text: Graham Cross holds the record for the most Leicester appearances, with the defender playing 599 games between 1960–1976, although Adam Black holds the record for the most appearances in the league with 528 between 1920–1935.[110]

text: Striker Arthur Chandler is currently the club's all-time record goal scorer, netting 273 in his 12 years at the club; he also found the net in 8 consecutive matches in the 1924–25 season.[10] The most goals managed in a single season for the club is 44 by Arthur Rowley, in the 1956–57 season.[10] The fastest goal in the club's history was scored by Matty Fryatt, when he netted after just nine seconds against Preston North End in April 2006.[111]

text: Jamie Vardy broke the Premier League record for scoring 13 goals in 11 consecutive league games, in the 2015–16 Premier League season. Vardy is also the ninth player to score 20 top-flight goals in a season, following Arthur Chandler, Ernie Hine, Arthur Rowley, Jimmy Walsh, Ken Keyworth, Jackie Sinclair, Frank Worthington and Gary Lineker. Vardy's goal at Sunderland on 10 April 2016 saw him become the first player since Gary Lineker in 1984–85 to score 20 top flight goals for the club, having already become Leicester's highest Premier League scorer in a single season.[112]

text: The record transfer fee paid by Leicester for a player was around £29 million for Sporting CP striker Islam Slimani. The highest transfer fee received for a Leicester player was approximately £35 million from Chelsea for midfielder Danny Drinkwater.[113]

text: The club's record attendance is 47,298 against Tottenham Hotspur at Filbert Street, in a fifth round FA Cup clash in 1928. The highest league record at their current home, the King Power Stadium, was 32,242 for a competitive match against Sunderland on 8 August 2015. The highest ever attendance for a non-competitive football match of 32,188, was seen at a pre-season friendly against Spanish giants Real Madrid on 30 July 2011.[114]

text: Leicester's highest ever league finish is first in the Premier League in 2015–16. Their lowest ever league finish was first in League One in 2008–09. Leicester are joint equal with Manchester City for having won the most English second tier titles (7). The club has reached four FA Cup finals, yet lost them all.[10] This is the record for the most FA Cup final appearances without winning the trophy.

text: Leicester's longest ever unbeaten run in the league was between 1 November 2008 and 7 March 2009, to which they remained unbeaten for 23 games on their way to the League One title.[115] (This was their only ever season in the third tier of English football). Their longest run of consecutive victories in the league is nine, which they achieved between 21 December 2013 and 1 February 2014 (in the Championship).

text: In the 2015–16 season, Leicester won what The Daily Telegraph described as "one of the most astonishing league titles of all-time"[116] and achieved many new historical, club records. They had the fewest away defeats in any top flight season, as they were defeated only twice on their travels. They also recorded the fewest losses in any of the club's Premier League seasons, losing just three matches throughout their entire campaign. The club produced another record for the most consecutive wins in the top flight, each coming against Watford, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Southampton and Sunderland. Coincidentally, they kept a record of five-straight clean sheets all set against each of the same five opponents. The King Power Stadium home crowd in 2015–16 saw City beaten just once in the Premier League all season.[112]

text: Leicester made their UEFA Champions League debut in the 2016–17 season, their fourth appearance in European football. The club became the third English team to win on their Champions League debut, after Manchester United in 1994 and Newcastle United in 1997. They are also the first English team to win away on their Champions League debut, and win all three of their opening games in the competition.[117][118] They are the first team in Champions League history to keep clean sheets in each of their opening four games in the competition.[119]

text: In the club's 2015–16 Premier League title winning season, between September 2015 and November 2016 the team went 20 league games unbeaten at home. The stint was ended by West Bromwich Albion on 6 November 2016 in a 1–2 defeat.[120][121]

text: In March 2017, the club became the 50th team to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.

text: League history[edit]

text: Since their election to the Football League in 1894, Leicester have spent much of their history within the top two tiers of English football. Leicester have played outside the top two tiers only once in their history to date; during the 2008–09 season they played in League One, the third tier of English football, after relegation from the Championship the season prior. However, they made a swift return to the second tier, as they were promoted as champions in the 2008–09 season. The club have never played lower than England's third tier.

text:
1894–1908 Division 2 (L2)
1908–1909 Division 1 (L1)
1909–1915 Division 2 (L2)
1919–1925 Division 2 (L2)
1925–1935 Division 1 (L1)
1935–1937 Division 2 (L2)

1937–1939 Division 1 (L1)
1946–1954 Division 2 (L2)
1954–1955 Division 1 (L1)
1955–1957 Division 2 (L2)
1957–1969 Division 1 (L1)
1969–1971 Division 2 (L2)

1971–1978 Division 1 (L1)
1978–1980 Division 2 (L2)
1980–1981 Division 1 (L1)
1981–1983 Division 2 (L2)
1983–1987 Division 1 (L1)
1987–1992 Division 2 (L2)

1992–1994 Division 1 (L2)
1994–1995 Premier League (L1)
1995–1996 Division 1 (L2)
1996–2002 Premier League (L1)
2002–2003 Division 1 (L2)
2003–2004 Premier League (L1)

2004–2008 Championship (L2)
2008–2009 League One (L3)
2009–2014 Championship (L2)
2014–present Premier League (L1)

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Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 50
Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 62
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

text: (up to and including 2017–18)

text: Players[edit]

text: Current squad[edit]

text: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

text:
No.

Position
Player

1

GK
Kasper Schmeichel (vice-captain)

2

DF
Danny Simpson

3

DF
Ben Chilwell

5

DF
Wes Morgan (captain)

6

DF
Robert Huth

7

MF
Demarai Gray

8

FW
Kelechi Iheanacho

9

FW
Jamie Vardy

11

MF
Marc Albrighton

12

GK
Ben Hamer

14

MF
Adrien Silva

15

DF
Harry Maguire

16

DF
Aleksandar Dragović (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)

17

GK
Eldin Jakupović

No.

Position
Player

18

MF
Daniel Amartey

20

FW
Shinji Okazaki

21

MF
Vicente Iborra

22

MF
Matty James

25

MF
Wilfred Ndidi

26

MF
Riyad Mahrez

28

DF
Christian Fuchs

29

DF
Yohan Benalouane

30

MF
George Thomas

32

MF
Harvey Barnes

33

MF
Fousseni Diabaté

34

DF
Josh Knight

38

MF
Hamza Choudhury

text: Out on loan[edit]

text:
No.

Position
Player

10

MF
Andy King (at Swansea City until the end of the season)

13

FW
Ahmed Musa (at CSKA until the end of the season)

19

FW
Islam Slimani (at Newcastle until the end of the season)

23

FW
Leonardo Ulloa (at Brighton until the end of the season)

No.

Position
Player

24

MF
Nampalys Mendy (at OGC Nice until the end of the season)

31

DF
Callum Elder (at Wigan Athletic until the end of the season)

—

DF
Elliott Moore (at OH Leuven until the end of the season)

—

MF
Bartosz Kapustka (at SC Freiburg until the end of the season)

text: Reserves and Academy[edit]

text: Former players[edit]

text: Club staff[edit]

text: As of 8 August 2015[update][124][125]

text:
Board members & Directors

Role
Person

Chairman
 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

Vice Chairman
 Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha

Chief Executive
 Susan Whelan

Executive Director
 Supornthip Choungrangsee

Executive Director
 Malcolm Stewart-Smith

Director of Football
 Jon Rudkin

Football Operations Director
 Andrew Neville

Finance Director
 Simon Capper

Operations Director
 Kevin Barclay

text:
First Team Management

Role
Person

First Team Manager
 Claude Puel

First Team Assistant Manager
 Pascal Plancque

First Team Assistant Manager
 Michael Appleton

First Team Coach & Goalkeeping Coach
 Mike Stowell

Head of Fitness & Conditioning
 Matt Reeves

Head of Senior Player Recruitment
 Eduardo Macià

Head Scout
 David Mills

Academy Director
 Jon Rudkin

Head Physiotherapist
 Dave Rennie

text: Player statistics[edit]

text: Captains[edit]

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Dates
Name

1987–1992
 Ally Mauchlen

1992–1993
 Steve Walsh

1993–1994
 Gary Mills

1995–1996
 Garry Parker

1996–1999
 Steve Walsh

1999–2005
 Matt Elliott

2005–2006
 Danny Tiatto

2006–2007
 Paddy McCarthy

2007–2008
 Stephen Clemence

2008–2011
 Matt Oakley

2011–2012
 Matt Mills

2012–
 Wes Morgan

text: Player of the Year[edit]

text: Leicester City's Player of the Year award is voted for by the club's supporters at the end of every season.[108]

text:
Year
Winner

1987–88
 Steve Walsh

1988–89
 Alan Paris

1989–90
 Gary Mills

1990–91
 Tony James

1991–92
 Gary Mills

1992–93
 Colin Hill

1993–94
 Simon Grayson

1994–95
 Kevin Poole

1995–96
 Garry Parker

1996–97
 Simon Grayson

1997–98
 Matt Elliott

1998–99
 Tony Cottee

1999–2000
 Gerry Taggart

2000–01
 Robbie Savage

Year
Winner

2001–02
 Robbie Savage

2002–03
 Paul Dickov

2003–04
 Les Ferdinand

2004–05
 Danny Tiatto

2005–06
 Joey Guðjónsson

2006–07
 Iain Hume

2007–08
 Richard Stearman

2008–09
 Steve Howard

2009–10
 Jack Hobbs

2010–11
 Richie Wellens

2011–12
 Kasper Schmeichel

2012–13
 Wes Morgan

2013–14
 Danny Drinkwater

2014–15
 Esteban Cambiasso

Year
Winner

2015–16
 Riyad Mahrez

2016–17
 Kasper Schmeichel

text: English Hall of Fame members[edit]

text: The following have played for Leicester and have been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame:

text:
Gordon Banks 2002 (Inaugural Inductee)[126]
 Peter Shilton 2002 (Inaugural Inductee)[126]
 Gary Lineker 2003[127]
 Don Revie 2004 (Inducted as a manager)[128]
 Frank McLintock 2009[129][130]

text: Football League 100 Legends[edit]

text: The Football League 100 Legends is a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of League football.[131] It also included Premier League players, and the following former Leicester City players were included:

text:
Arthur Rowley[131]
 Gordon Banks[131]
 Frank McLintock[131]
 Peter Shilton[131]
 Gary Lineker[131]

text: World Cup players[edit]

text: The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup Finals, while playing for Leicester.

text:
John Anderson (1954)
 Willie Cunningham (1958)
 Ken Leek (1958)
 Gordon Banks (1966) – Won the 1966 World Cup while at Leicester
 John O'Neill (1982, 1986)
 Paul Ramsey (1986)
 Gary McAllister (1990)
 David Kelly (1990)
 Matt Elliott (1998)
 Kasey Keller (1998)
 Muzzy Izzet (2002)
 Riyad Mahrez (2014)

text: International honours[edit]

text: The following players have been selected by their country while being playing for Leicester City (including players both on loan at and away from the club). The number of caps won whilst at the club are given, along with the date of the first cap being won while with Leicester City. Players listed in bold are current Leicester City players.

text:
Alfred Watkins (2 Caps, 19 March 1898)
 Richard Jones (1 Cap, 19 March 1898)
 Mick Cochrane (1 Cap, 23 February 1901)
 Horace Bailey (5 Caps, 16 March 1908)
 Andy Aitken (3 Caps, 2 April 1910)
 Douglas McWhirter (4 Caps, 21 March 1913)
 Ronald Brebner (3 Caps, 15 November 1913)
 John Paterson (1 Cap, 10 April 1920)
 Mick O'Brien (3 Caps, 4 March 1922)
 John Duncan (1 Cap, 31 October 1925)
 Sydney Bishop (4 Caps, 2 April 1927)
 Reg Osborne (1 Cap, 28 November 1927)
 Leonard Barry (5 Caps, 17 May 1928)
 Ernest Hine (6 Caps, 22 October 1928)
 Hugh Adcock (5 Caps, 9 May 1929)
 David Jones (7 Caps, 4 November 1933)
 Thomas Mills (1 Cap, 29 September 1934)
 Septimus Smith (1 Cap, 19 October 1935)
 William Maldwyn Griffiths (11 Caps, 16 April 1947)
 Tommy Godwin (5 Caps, 9 October 1949)
 Arthur Lever (1 Cap, 18 October 1952)
 John Anderson (1 Cap, 25 May 1954)
 Willie Cunningham (24 Caps, 3 November 1954)
 Kenneth Leek (16 Caps, 20 October 1960)
 Gordon Banks (35 Caps, 6 April 1963)
 David Gibson (7 Caps, 4 May 1963)
 Frank McLintock (3 Caps, 4 May 1963)
 Derek Dougan (8 Caps, 2 October 1965)
 Peter Rodrigues (16 Caps, 30 March 1966)
 Jackie Sinclair (1 Cap, 18 June 1966)
 Peter Shilton (20 Caps, 25 November 1970)
 Keith Weller (4 Caps, 11 May 1974)
 Frank Worthington (8 Caps, 15 May 1974)
 Stephen Whitworth (7 Caps, 12 March 1975)
 Joe Waters (1 Cap, 13 October 1976)
 John O'Neill (39 Caps, 26 March 1980)
 Gerry Daly (1 Cap, 22 September 1982)
 Paul Ramsey (14 Caps, 21 September 1983)
 Gary Lineker (7 Caps, 26 May 1984)
 Ian Wilson (2 Caps, 23 May 1987)
 Jari Rantanen (10 Caps, 9 September 1987)
 Robert James (2 Caps, 9 September 1987)
 James Quinn (4 Caps, 14 September 1988)
 David Kelly (7 Caps, 25 April 1990)
 Gary McAllister (3 Caps, 25 April 1990)
 Brian Carey (1 Cap, 23 March 1994)
 Iwan Roberts (3 Caps, 20 April 1994)
 Colin Hill (16 Caps, 29 March 1995)
 Željko Kalac (2 Caps, 25 February 1996)
 Neil Lennon (29 Caps, 27 March 1996)
 Kasey Keller (21 Caps, 3 November 1996)
 Pontus Kåmark (17 Caps, 30 April 1997)
 Robert Savage (20 Caps, 20 August 1997)
 Matt Elliott (18 Caps, 12 November 1997)
 Theodoros Zagorakis (18 Caps, 17 February 1998)
 Arnar Gunnlaugsson (3 Caps, 10 March 1999)
 Emile Heskey (5 Caps, 28 April 1999)
 Frank Sinclair (17 Caps, 26 May 1999)
 Stephen Guppy (1 Cap, 10 October 1999)
 Gerald Taggart (6 Caps, 26 April 2000)
 Mustafa Izzet (8 Caps, 15 June 2000)
 Callum Davidson (5 Caps, 2 September 2000)
 Matthew Jones (8 Caps, 24 March 2001)
 Trevor Benjamin (2 Caps (1 won while on loan to Gillingham), 20 November 2002)
 Keith Gillespie (9 Caps, 6 September 2003)
 Paul Dickov (5 Caps, 6 September 2003)
 Nikolaos Dabizas (6 Caps, 18 February 2004)
 Benjamin Thatcher (3 Caps, 31 March 2001)
 Danny Coyne (3 Caps, 31 March 2001)
 Peter Canero (1 Cap, 28 April 2004)
 Ian Walker (1 Cap, 5 June 2004)
 Jóhannes Guðjónsson (6 Caps, 18 August 2004)
 Lars Hirschfeld (1 Cap, 26 March 2005)
 Alan Maybury (1 Cap, 29 March 2005)
 Daniele Tiatto (1 Cap, 9 May 2005)
 Robert Douglas (1 Cap, 17 August 2005)
 Iain Hume (7 Caps, 16 November 2005)
 Mohammed Sylla (3 Caps, 7 January 2006)
 Elvis Hammond (1 Cap, 1 March 2006)
 Patrick Kisnorbo (3 Caps, 14 November 2006)
 Hossein Kaebi (2 Caps, 15 July 2007)
 Márton Fülöp (7 Caps (won while on loan from Sunderland), 22 August 2007)
 Radostin Kishishev (4 Caps (2 won while on loan at Leeds United), 22 August 2007)
 Gareth McAuley (4 Caps, 17 October 2007)
 Aleksander Tunchev (5 Caps, 6 September 2008)
 Andy King (46 Caps (2 won while on loan at Swansea City), 29 May 2009)
 Ryan McGivern (3 Caps (won while on loan from Manchester City), 14 October 2009)
 Yuki Abe (4 Caps), 8 October 2010)
 Greg Cunningham (1 Cap (won while on loan from Manchester City), 17 November 2010)
 Jeffrey Bruma (1 Cap (won while on loan from Chelsea), 7 June 2011)
 Sean St Ledger (19 Caps (3 won while on loan at Millwall), 10 August 2011)
 Gelson Fernandes (4 Caps (won while on loan from Saint-Étienne), 6 September 2011)
 John Paintsil (8 Caps, 5 November 2011)
 Souleymane Bamba (8 Caps, 12 November 2011)
 Jeffrey Schlupp (15 Caps, 15 November 2011)
 Kasper Schmeichel (33 Caps, 6 February 2013)
 Christopher Wood (9 Caps (1 won while on loan at Ipswich Town), 22 March 2013)
 Jermaine Beckford (5 Caps (won while on loan at Huddersfield Town), 22 March 2013)
 Wes Morgan (30 Caps, 7 September 2013)
 Simonas Stankevičius (10 Caps, 18 November 2013)
 Márkó Futács (3 Caps (won while on loan at Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre), 5 March 2014)
 Riyad Mahrez (37 Caps, 31 May 2014)
 Harrison Panayiotou (12 Caps (5 won while on loan at Raith Rovers), 8 October 2014)
 Alie Sesay (3 Caps, 11 October 2014)
 Andrej Kramarić (10 Caps (5 won while on loan at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), 28 March 2015)
 Jamie Vardy (21 Caps, 7 June 2015)
 Shinji Okazaki (18 Caps, 3 September 2015)
 Christian Fuchs (11 Caps, 5 September 2015)
 Gökhan İnler (5 Caps, 8 September 2015)
 Tom Lawrence (6 Caps (2 won while on loan at Blackburn Rovers, 2 won while on loan at Cardiff City and 2 won while on loan at Ipswich Town), 13 October 2015)
 Daniel Amartey (17 Caps, 24 March 2016)
 N'Golo Kanté (8 Caps, 25 March 2016)
 Danny Drinkwater (3 Caps, 29 March 2016)
 Ahmed Musa (11 Caps (2 won while on loan at PFC CSKA Moscow), 3 September 2016)
 Bartosz Kapustka (3 Caps, 4 September 2016)
 Islam Slimani (15 Caps (1 won while on loan at Newcastle United), 4 September 2016)
 Faiq Jefri Bolkiah (5 Caps, 15 October 2016)
 Wilfred Ndidi (10 Caps, 23 March 2017)
 Kelechi Iheanacho (5 Caps, 1 September 2017)
 Aleksandar Dragović (5 Caps (won while on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen), 2 September 2017)
 Harry Maguire (4 Caps, 8 October 2017)
 Admiral Muskwe (1 Cap, 8 November 2017)
 Yohan Benalouane (2 Caps, 23 March 2018)
 Adrien Silva (1 Cap, 26 March 2018)

text: Players with over 300 appearances for Leicester[edit]

text: Includes competitive appearances only. Current players in bold.[108][110]

text:
Graham Cross 599
 Adam Black 557
 Hugh Adcock 460
 Mark Wallington 460
 Steve Walsh 450
 Arthur Chandler 419
 John Sjoberg 413
 Mal Griffiths 409
 Steve Whitworth 400
 Andy King 377
 Sep Smith 373
 Mike Stringfellow 370
 Richie Norman 365
 Gordon Banks 356
 John O'Neill 345
 Dave Gibson 339
 Peter Shilton 339
 Colin Appleton 333
 Dennis Rofe 324
 Paul Ramsey 322
 Arthur Rowley 321
 Arthur Lochhead 320
 Muzzy Izzet 319
 Ian Wilson 318
 Derek Hines 317
 Lenny Glover 305

text: Players with 50 or more goals for Leicester[edit]

text: Includes competitive appearances only. Current players in bold.[108][132][133]

text:
Arthur Chandler 273
 Arthur Rowley 265
 Ernie Hine 156
 Derek Hines 117
 Arthur Lochhead 114
 Gary Lineker 103
 Mike Stringfellow 97
 Johnny Duncan 95
 Jimmy Walsh 91
 Jamie Vardy 86
 Jack Lee 84
 Alan Smith 84
 Frank Worthington 78
 Mal Griffiths 76
 Ken Keyworth 76
 Danny Liddle 71
 Arthur Maw 64
 Matty Fryatt 62
 Andy King 62
 Steve Walsh 62
 Steve Lynex 60
 David Nugent 59
 Fred Shinton 58
 Jack Bowers 56
 Dave Gibson 53
 Jackie Sinclair 53
 Hugh Adcock 52
 George Dewis 51
 Gary McAllister 51

text: Personnel honours and awards[edit]

text: Ballon d'Or nominees[edit]

text: The following players have been nominated for the Ballon d'Or while playing for Leicester; the award is also referred to as the World or European Footballer of the Year.

text:
Gordon Banks (1966)[134]
 Jamie Vardy (2016)[135]
 Riyad Mahrez (2016)[135]

text: PFA Player of the Year[edit]

text: The following players have been named the PFA Player of the Year whilst playing for Leicester:

text: 2016 –  Riyad Mahrez[136]

text: FWA Footballer of the Year[edit]

text: The following players have been named the FWA Footballer of the Year whilst playing for Leicester:

text: 2016 –  Jamie Vardy[137]

text: English Golden Boot[edit]

text: The following players have won the English Golden Boot for being the country's top goalscorer, while at Leicester (Note: This applies only to players playing in the top tier of English football):

text: Gary Lineker (1984–85) (joint winner)[138]

text: English Second Division Golden Boot[edit]

text: The following players have won the golden boot for being the top goalscorer in the second tier of English football while at Leicester:[139]

text:
David Skea (1894–95)
 Arthur Chandler (1924–25)
 Jack Bowers (1936–37)
 Arthur Rowley (1952–53), (1956–57)
 Willie Gardiner (1955–56)
 Gary Lineker (1982–83)

text: Football League Awards Player of the Year[edit]

text: The following players have been named the best player in their division in the Football League Awards while at Leicester:

text: Matty Fryatt (League One, 2009)[140]

text: LMA Manager of the Year[edit]

text: The following managers have been named the LMA Manager of the Year or won their division award while at Leicester:

text:
Nigel Pearson (Championship, 2014)[141][142]
 Claudio Ranieri (Overall, 2016; Premier League, 2016)[143]

text: Best FIFA Men's Player nominees[edit]

text: The following players have been shortlisted for the Best FIFA Men's Player, while playing for Leicester:

text:
Jamie Vardy (2016)[144]
 Riyad Mahrez (2016)[144]

text: Best FIFA Men's Coach winners[edit]

text: The following managers have been shortlisted and won, the Best FIFA Men's Coach award while managing Leicester:

text: Claudio Ranieri (2016)[145]

text: BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year Award[edit]

text: Claudio Ranieri (2016)[146]

text: BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award[edit]

text: Leicester City (2016)[146]

text: ESPN Team of the Year[edit]

text: Leicester City (2016)[147]

text: FIFA FIFPro World11 nominees[edit]

text: The following players have been shortlisted for the FIFA FIFPro World11, while playing for Leicester:

text: Jamie Vardy (2016)[148]

text: PFA Team of the Year[edit]

text: The following players have been named in the PFA Team of the Year while at Leicester:

text:
1979 – Second Division –  Mark Wallington
1982 – Second Division –  Mark Wallington
1989 – Second Division –  Gary McAllister
1990 – Second Division –  Gary McAllister
1996 – First Division –  Garry Parker,  Steve Claridge
2003 – First Division –  Muzzy Izzet,  Paul Dickov[149]
2009 – League One –  Jack Hobbs,  Matt Oakley,  Matty Fryatt[150]
2011 – Championship –  Kyle Naughton,  Andy King[151]
2013 – Championship –  Kasper Schmeichel,  Wes Morgan[152]
2014 – Championship –  Kasper Schmeichel,  Wes Morgan,  Danny Drinkwater[153]
2016 – Premier League –  Wes Morgan,  N'Golo Kanté,  Riyad Mahrez,  Jamie Vardy[154]


document_title: The Hangover

question_text: what las vegas hotel was in the hangover

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text: The Hangover

text: Plot[edit]

text: To celebrate his upcoming marriage to Tracy Garner, Doug Billings travels to Las Vegas with his best friends Phil Wenneck, Stuart "Stu" Price, and Tracy's brother Alan, in Doug's future father-in-law Sid's vintage Mercedes-Benz W111. They spend the night at Caesars Palace, where they relax in their hotel suite before celebrating with a few drinks on the hotel rooftop. The next morning, Phil, Stu, and Alan awaken to find they have no memory of the previous night, and Doug is nowhere to be found. Stu's tooth is in Alan's pocket, their suite is in a state of complete disarray, a tiger is in their bathroom, a chicken is in their living room, and a baby is in the closet, whom Alan names "Carlos". They see Doug's mattress impaled on a statue outside of Caesars Palace and when they ask for their Mercedes, the valet delivers an LVPD police cruiser.

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text: Using clues to retrace their steps, the trio travel to a hospital where they discover they were drugged with Rohypnol ("roofies"), causing their memory loss, and that they came to the hospital from a chapel. At the chapel, they learn that Stu married a stripper named Jade, despite being in a long-term relationship with his abusive, domineering girlfriend Melissa. Outside the chapel, the trio is attacked by gangsters saying they are looking for someone. They flee and visit Jade, discovering that she is the mother of the baby, whose real name is Tyler. They are then arrested by the police for stealing the police cruiser. After being told that the Mercedes has been impounded, the trio is released when they unknowingly volunteer to be targets for a taser demonstration. While driving the Mercedes, they discover a naked Chinese man named Leslie Chow in the trunk. Chow jumps out of the trunk, beats the trio up with a crowbar and flees. Alan confesses that he drugged their drinks to ensure they had a good night, believing the drug to be ecstasy.

text: Returning to their suite, they find the boxer Mike Tyson, who orders the trio to return the tiger to his mansion immediately. Stu drugs the tiger with the remaining Rohypnol, and they drive towards Tyson's home in the Mercedes-Benz. However, the tiger awakens midway and attacks them, clawing Phil on the neck and damaging the car's interior. After pushing the car the rest of the way to the mansion, Tyson shows the trio footage of them at his house to help them locate Doug. While driving, their car is intentionally t-boned by a 2009 Cadillac Escalade. The passengers are revealed to be the gangsters from the chapel, and their boss Chow. Chow accuses the trio of kidnapping him and stealing $80,000 that was in his purse. As the trio denies this, Chow tells them he has Doug, and threatens to kill him if his money is not returned. Unable to find Chow's $80,000, Alan, with help from Stu and Jade, uses his knowledge of card counting to win $82,400 playing Blackjack.

text: The next morning, they meet with Chow in the desert and exchange the money, only to find that "Doug" is the black drug dealer who accidentally sold Alan Rohypnol. With the wedding set to occur in 5 hours, Phil calls Tracy and tells her that they cannot find Doug. When "Black Doug" mentions that, "If you take Roofies, you're more likely to end up on the floor than on the roof," Stu realizes where Doug is. The trio travels back to their hotel where they find a badly sunburned Doug on the roof. Stu, Phil, and Alan had moved him there on his mattress the night before as a practical joke, but forgot where they left him. Doug had thrown his own mattress onto the statue, in an attempt to signal help. Before leaving, Stu makes arrangements to go on a date with Jade the following week. With less than four hours before the wedding and with no flights to L.A. available, the four quickly drive home. Along the way, Doug reveals he has possession of Chow's original $80,000. Despite their late arrival, Doug and Tracy are married, the former learns the damaged Mercedes was a wedding gift, and Stu breaks up with Melissa, having grown tired of her domineering attitude. As the reception ends, Alan finds Stu's digital camera containing photos of the events they cannot remember, and the four agree to look at the pictures together before deleting the evidence of their exploits. All of them, save for Alan, are traumatized by what they see.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Bradley Cooper as Philip "Phil" Wenneck, a teacher and the leader of the Wolfpack
Ed Helms as Dr. Stuart "Stu" Price, a dentist
Zach Galifianakis as Alan Garner, Doug's socially inept, future brother-in-law, who suffers from ADHD and acts childishly
Heather Graham as Jade, a stripper and escort
Justin Bartha as Douglas "Doug" Billings, the groom, who goes missing for most of the film
Sasha Barrese as Tracy Garner, Doug's bride and Alan's sister
Jeffrey Tambor as Sidney "Sid" Garner, Tracy's and Alan's father
Sondra Currie as Linda Garner, Tracy's and Alan's mother
Ken Jeong as Leslie Chow, a flamboyant Chinese gangster

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text: The cast also includes: Mike Epps as "Black Doug", a drug dealer who is mistaken for Doug; Rachael Harris as Melissa, Stu's domineering, philandering girlfriend; Bryan Callen as Eddie, the wedding organizer; Rob Riggle and Cleo King as Officers Franklin and Garden, respectively; Gillian Vigman as Stephanie Wenneck, Phil's wife; Ian Anthony Dale and Michael Lee portray Chow's henchmen. Matt Walsh portrays Dr. Valsh and Dan Finnerty plays a wedding singer at Doug and Tracy's wedding. Todd Phillips, the film's director, appears as Mr. Creepy, who appears briefly in an elevator. Mike Tyson appears as himself; Tyson originally refused to appear in the film, but he changed his mind when he found out that Todd Phillips directed Old School, which Tyson liked.[5] Tyson later said that working on the film convinced him to change his lifestyle.[6] Professional skateboarder Mike Vallely portrays Neeco, the high-speed tuxedo delivery man.[7] Las Vegas personalities Wayne Newton and Carrot Top appear as themselves in the photo slide show.[8]

text: Production[edit]

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"I think part of what's special about this movie is that none of the comedy comes from the characters being clever, like you see in a lot of sitcoms or movies, where the characters actually have a funny sense of humor. That's not the case in this movie. So as an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances being funny. The joke is kind of the situation you're in, or the way you're reacting to something, as opposed to the characters just saying something witty."
—Ed Helms[9]

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text: Writing[edit]

text: The plot of The Hangover was inspired by a real event that happened to Tripp Vinson, a producer and friend of executive producer Chris Bender. Vinson had gone missing from his own Las Vegas bachelor party, blacking out and waking up "in a strip club being threatened with a very, very large bill [he] was supposed to pay".[10]

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Jon Lucas and Scott Moore sold the original script of The Hangover to Warner Bros. for over $2 million. The story was about three friends who lose the groom at his Las Vegas bachelor party and then must retrace their steps to figure out what happened.[11]
It was then rewritten by Jeremy Garelick and director Todd Phillips, who added additional elements such as Mike Tyson and his tiger, the baby, and the police cruiser. The Writers Guild of America, West disallowed their work to be credited due to the rules of its screenwriting credit system.[10][12]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and Bradley Cooper were all casual acquaintances before The Hangover was filmed, which Helms said he believed helped in establishing a rapport and chemistry amongst their characters. Helms credited Phillips for "bringing together three guys who are really different, but really appreciate each others' humor and sensibilities". Helms also said the fact that the story of the three characters growing closer and bonding informed the friendship between the three actors: "As you spend 14 hours a day together for three months, you see a lot of sides of somebody. We went through the wringer together, and that shared experience really made us genuine buddies."[9]

text: Lindsay Lohan was offered the role of Jade in the film. However, she turned it down, saying that the script "had no potential". She later regretted making that decision.[13]

text: Filming[edit]

text: On a budget of $35 million,[2] principal photography took place in Nevada for fifteen days.[14]

text: The Hangover was mostly filmed on location at Caesars Palace, including the front desk, lobby, entrance drive, pools, corridors, elevators, and roof, but the suite damaged in the film was built on a soundstage.[15]

text: Helms said filming The Hangover was more physically demanding than any other role he had done, and that he lost eight pounds while making the film. He said the most difficult day of shooting was the scene when Mr. Chow rams his car and attacks the main characters, which Helms said required many takes and was very painful, such as when a few of the punches and kicks accidentally landed and when his knees and shins were hurt while being pulled out of a window.[9] The missing tooth was not created with prosthetics or visual effects, but is naturally occurring: Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and got a dental implant as a teenager, which was removed for filming.[16]

text: Jeong stated that his jumping on Cooper's neck naked wasn't a part of the script, but rather improvisation on their part. It was added with Phillips' blessing. Jeong also stated that he had to receive his wife's permission to appear nude in the film.[17]

text: Phillips tried to convince the actors to allow him to use a real Taser until Warner Bros. lawyers intervened.[18]

text: Regarding the explicit shots in the final photo slide show in which his character is seen receiving fellatio in an elevator, Galifianakis confirmed that a prosthesis was used for the scene, and that he had been more embarrassed than anyone else during the creation of the shot. "You would think that I wouldn't be the one who was embarrassed; I was extremely embarrassed. I really didn't even want it in there. I offered Todd's assistant a lot of money to convince him to take it out of the movie. I did. But it made it in there."[19]

text: The scenes involving animals were filmed mostly with trained animals. Trainers and safety equipment were digitally removed from the final version. Some prop animals were used, such as when the tiger was hidden under a sheet and being moved on a baggage cart. Such efforts were given an "Outstanding" rating by the American Humane Association for the monitoring and treatment of the animals.[20]

text: Music[edit]

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The Hangover: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSoundtrack album by Various ArtistsReleased
June 9, 2009Genre
SoundtrackLength
38:52Label
WaterTower MusicProducer
Christophe BeckThe Hangover soundtrack chronology

The Hangover: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(2009)

The Hangover Part II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(2011)The Hangover Part II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack2011

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text: The film's score was composed by Christophe Beck. The film featured 20 songs, consisting of music by Kanye West, Dyslexic Speedreaders, Danzig, The Donnas, Usher, Phil Collins, The Belle Stars, T.I., Wolfmother and The Dan Band, who tend to feature in Phillips' films as the inappropriate, bad-mouthed wedding band. The Dan Band also has a version of the 50 Cent hit single "Candy Shop". Pro-skater and punk musician Mike Vallely was invited with his band, Revolution Mother, to write a song for the film and also makes a cameo appearance as the high speed tuxedo delivery guy.[7]

text: "Right Round" by Flo Rida is played over the ending credits.[21][22] The film uses the Kanye West song "Can't Tell Me Nothing" for which Zach Galifianakis made an alternative music video.

text: No.TitleArtistsLength1."It's Now or Never"El Vez5:172."Thirteen"Danzig4:153."Take It Off"The Donnas2:584."Fever"The Cramps4:165."Wedding Bells"Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps2:316."In the Air Tonight"Phil Collins5:307."Stu's Song"Ed Helms0:568."Rhythm and Booze"Treat Her Right2:499."Iko Iko"The Belle Stars2:5010."Three Best Friends"Zach Galifianakis0:2911."Ride the Sky II"Revolution Mother2:0312."Candy Shop"Dan Finnerty and The Dan Band2:58Total length:38:52

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"Who Let the Dogs Out?" – Baha Men
"Right Round" – Flo Rida ft. Ke$ha
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" – Kanye West
"Live Your Life" – T.I. featuring Rihanna
"What Do You Say?" – Mickey Avalon
"Yeah!" – Usher featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon
"Joker & the Thief" – Wolfmother
"Shut Up Alan" - Dan Hughes ft. MC Ed Lewis

text: Release[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

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The Hangover was a financial success. As of  December 17, 2009[update], it had grossed $467,416,722, of which $277,322,503 was in Canada and the United States. It was tenth-highest-grossing film of 2009 in the world, the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2009 in the U.S. and the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever in the United States, surpassing a record previously held by Beverly Hills Cop for almost 25 years.[3][23]
Out of all R-rated films, it is the sixth-highest-grossing ever in the U.S., behind The Passion of the Christ, Deadpool, American Sniper, It and The Matrix Reloaded.[24] However, adjusted for inflation The Hangover earned less than half the total earned by Beverly Hills Cop and is out grossed by several comedies including Porky's.[25][26]

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On its first day of release in the U.S., the film drew $16,734,033 on approximately 4,500 screens at 3,269 sites, and exceeded the big-budgeted Land of the Lost—the other major new release of the weekend—for first day's box office takings.[27]
Although initial studio projections had the Disney·Pixar film Up holding on to the number one slot for a second consecutive weekend, final revised figures, bolstered by a surprisingly strong Sunday showing, ultimately had The Hangover finishing first for the weekend, with $44,979,319 from 3,269 theaters, averaging $13,759 per venue, narrowly edging out Up for the top spot, and more than twice that of Land of the Lost, which finished third with $18.8 million.[28]
The film exceeded Warner Bros.' expectations—which had anticipated it would finish third behind Up and Land of the Lost—benefiting from positive word-of-mouth and critical praise, and a generally negative buzz for Land of the Lost.[28][29] It stayed at the number one position in its second weekend, grossing another $32,794,387, from 3,355 theaters for an average of $9,775 per venue, and bringing the 10-day amount to $104,768,489.

text: Home media[edit]

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The Hangover was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and UMD on December 15, 2009. There is a single-disc theatrical version featuring both full- and wide-screen option (DVD only), as well as a wide-screen two-disc unrated version of the film, also containing the theatrical version (DVD, Blu-ray, and UMD). The unrated version is approximately seven minutes longer than the theatrical version.[30] The unrated version is on disc one and the theatrical version, digital copy, and the different features are on disc two.[31]
The Hangover beat Inglourious Basterds and G-Force in first week DVD and Blu-ray sales, as well as rentals, selling more than 8.6 million units and making it the best-selling comedy ever on DVD and Blu-ray, beating the previous record held by My Big Fat Greek Wedding.[32]

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text: Critical response[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 234 reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With a clever script and hilarious interplay among the cast, The Hangover nails just the right tone of raunchy humor and the non-stop laughs overshadow any flaw."[33] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 73 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[34] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[35]

text: Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised the film for its funniness and comedic approach.[36] A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised Cooper, Helms and Galifianakis for their performances in the film as well as Todd Phillips for its direction. Scott later went on to say that the film is "safe as milk".[37] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle also praised Phillips' direction. LaSalle also praised the film's comedic scenes and called it "the funniest movie so far this year [2009]".[38] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times praised the film for its perverseness. Sharkey also said that the film is "filled with moments as softhearted as they are crude, as forgiving as unforgivable".[39] Although Joe Leydon of Variety criticized the film's trailers and TV-spots for its "beer-and-boobs, party-hearty farce", Leydon praised the film for its cleverness.[40]

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Conversely, Richard Corliss of Time said that "virtually every joke [in the film] either is visible long before it arrives or extends way past its expiration date" and added, "Whatever the other critics say, this is a bromance so primitive it's practically Bro-Magnon."[41]
In his review in The Baltimore Sun, Michael Sragow called the film a "foul mesh of cheap cleverness and vulgarity"[42] Joe Neumaier of the Daily News gave the film two-and-a-half out of 5 stars and noted, "Amusing as it is, it never feels real. That may not seem like a big deal—a lot of funny movies play by their own rules—except that The Hangover keeps doubling-down on the outlandishness."[43]
Family-oriented reviewers have harangued the film, noting that Galifianakis said he tried to forbid his own mother from seeing it and that he yells at parents of kids who tell him they like the film.[44]

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Critics noted the weak character development, especially in its female characters.[45] Critics also focused on misogyny[46] and stereotyping, in particular the Asian gangster.[41][47]
Ebert, despite his praise, stated, "I won't go so far as to describe it as a character study"[36] but that the film is more than the sum of its parts—parts that may at first seem a little generic or clichéd,[48] since many other films (such as Very Bad Things) have already explored the idea of a weekend in Vegas gone wrong. The film's premise has several similarities to Dude, Where's My Car?[49] Both films are about "a couple guys waking up after a night of getting trashed, only to find they are missing something important",[50] whose adventures include "a trail of clues, a missing car, dubious encounters with strippers and wild animals, a brush with the law and gangs chasing them for something they don't realize they have".[51]

text: Accolades[edit]

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On January 17, 2010, The Hangover won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.[46]
It was also named one of the top ten films of the year by the American Film Institute.[52]
The film won "Best Ensemble" from the Detroit Film Critics Society.[53]
The screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America and BAFTA awards.

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Award
Category
Recipient
Result

American Cinema Editors Awards

Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical

Debra Neil-Fisher

Won

American Film Institute Awards

Top 10 Movies

Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Best Comedy Film

Won

British Academy Film Awards

Best Original Screenplay

Jon LucasScott Moore

Nominated

Detroit Film Critics Society

Best Ensemble

Won

Empire Awards

Best Comedy

Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Won

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Zach Galifianakis

Nominated

MTV Movie Awards

Best Movie

Nominated

Best Breakthrough Performance

Zach Galifianakis

Nominated

Best Villain

Ken Jeong

Nominated

Best Comedic Performance

Zach Galifianakis

Won

Best Comedic Performance

Bradley Cooper

Nominated

Best WTF Moment

Ken Jeong

Won

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Comedy Movie

Nominated

Favorite Movie

Nominated

Satellite Awards

Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Bradley Cooper

Nominated

Spike Guys' Choice Awards

Guy Movie of the Year

Won

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards

Best Comedy

Won

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Movie: Comedy

Nominated

Choice Movie: Villain

Ken Jeong

Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

Best Original Screenplay

Nominated

text: Impact and Legacy[edit]

text: By depicting and celebrating Las Vegas as the "ultimate guys' getaway", The Hangover had a major impact on Caesars Palace and Las Vegas.[54] It was reported in 2013 that as of that year, guests were still continuing to quote to Caesars staff two lines from the film's check-in scene: "Did Caesar live here?" and "Do you know if the hotel is pager friendly?"[54] As a result of the film, Hangover-themed slot machines became popular at casinos throughout the Las Vegas Valley, the Caesars Palace gift shop sold tens of thousands of Hangover-related souvenirs, and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority received numerous inquiries from persons interested in recreating some of the film's most wild scenes, such as those involving a tiger.[54]

text: Sequels[edit]

text: Principal photography of The Hangover Part II began in October 2010, with Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, and Zach Galifianakis returning, in addition to Ken Jeong who appears in a much larger role. The film was released on May 26, 2011.[55]

text: Filming of The Hangover Part III began in September 2012 and was released on May 23, 2013.[56]