LEICESTER CITY NEWS AND TRANSFER TALK
A decade as a professional had seen keeper Kevin amass only 86 League and Cup appearances before his ex-Boro coach Brian Little added him to the Filbert Street roster for £40,000 a day after his 28th birthday.
He stepped straight between the sticks for City with Carl Muggleton carrying over a suspension, and has subsequently won the lion’s share of senior possession in competition with Muggleton, Russell Hoult and Gavin Ward.
Continue reading “Foxes A to Z; Kevin Poole”Sad news coming our way early September, about the passing of former Leicester winger Paul Matthews.
Paul initially developed as an orthodox outside-right and stood in several times for Jackie Sinclair before seeming to drop out of the senior reckoning for a year or so.
Continue reading “Foxes A to Z; Paul Matthews”Recently, a book about Frank Large’s life was published, told by the words of his son, highlighting his impressive football career. He had a brief time at Leicester, but Bobby Robson, the Fulham manager at the time, in 1968, chose to sign him in a deal that sent Allan Clarke in the opposite direction.
Retiring in 1974 with 209 League goals under his belt – and presumably an expoert knowledge of the geography of Britain – Frank was one of the old have boots will travel brigade an anachromistically effective bustling centre-forward who could terrify goalkeepers with nothing more than a smile in their direction.
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