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King Power: Leicester City’s Remarkable Season
I had a hunch we’d be champions!
The most unlikely story in the history of sport, told by our greatest football writer
On 25th March 2015, when King Richard III, recently rescued from a municipal car park, was reburied in Leicester Cathedral, his beloved football team had just lost 4-3 to Tottenham Hotspur and were bottom of the Premier League, relegation certainties. With King Richard finally at rest, everything changed for Leicester City.
Here, in his own words, King Richard III tells this, the most remarkable sporting story of all time – how 5,000-1 Premier League outsiders became the goals, the games, the dressing-room banter. He gives us the Jamie Vardy story, from prosthetic-limb factory employee to the most celebrated striker this side of the River Soar; Mahrez, the great Muslim dynamo from Algeria, once stuck in the French seventh tier; the dark days of the sex video and the late December wobble; Lords Drinkwater, Albrighton and the great Tinkerman from Italy, all of them heroes of Shakespearean proportions.
This isn’t a fairy-tale, this really happened. From the unsanctioned hand of a much-loved Royal, the greatest football book ever written.
The most unlikely story in the history of sport, told by our greatest football writer
On 25th March 2015, when King Richard III, recently rescued from a municipal car park, was reburied in Leicester Cathedral, his beloved football team had just lost 4-3 to Tottenham Hotspur and were bottom of the Premier League, relegation certainties. With King Richard finally at rest, everything changed for Leicester City.
Here, in his own words, King Richard III tells this, the most remarkable sporting story of all time – how 5,000-1 Premier League outsiders became the goals, the games, the dressing-room banter. He gives us the Jamie Vardy story, from prosthetic-limb factory employee to the most celebrated striker this side of the River Soar; Mahrez, the great Muslim dynamo from Algeria, once stuck in the French seventh tier; the dark days of the sex video and the late December wobble; Lords Drinkwater, Albrighton and the great Tinkerman from Italy, all of them heroes of Shakespearean proportions.
This isn’t a fairy-tale, this really happened. From the unsanctioned hand of a much-loved Royal, the greatest football book ever written.
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177 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 6, 2016
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July 2, 2016
humour look at leicester city winning season by the deceased king Richard III who was buried at Leicester cathedral felt in parts however it got bogged down but on the whole a funny spoof
July 11, 2019
I really wanted to like this book. As a Leicester City season ticket holder since 2003 I've read a handful of books all documenting the remarkable season of when we won the Premier League. I was hoping that the twist in this books concept would make it stand out. Although it was different to anything else I have read on the subject and at times humorous, some jokes were repeated several times throughout the book. (We get it, the author "Richard the Third" doesn't like William Shakespeare for writing "that play" about him you don't have to mention it each chapter!) On top of this it was clear that it was rushed to get it on sale, as there were three errors that I spotted that a proof read by a Leicester fan would have corrected. Overall, I appreciate the twist on how to tell our underdog story but it wasn't executed very well in my opinion. I will be honest, if it had been any longer than its reasonably short 179 pages I may have put it down about a third of the way in.
September 12, 2017
Fabulous!!! Addictive story telling, Richard III is a scribe indeed!!
Read it over a few days whilst on hols, chuckled all the way through, bringing back many nail biting fantastic memories as I went. Read it if you're a Foxes fan!!
Read it over a few days whilst on hols, chuckled all the way through, bringing back many nail biting fantastic memories as I went. Read it if you're a Foxes fan!!
January 24, 2019
A hilarious look at Leicester's 2015-2016 meteoric rise. You need a little working knowledge of the Premier League and some late medieval English History may be helpful as well. I would strongly encourage the audio version of the work as the narrator's performance makes this book what it is.
May 24, 2017
Full review to come!
June 14, 2018
A Fun look at Leicester city’s winning of England’s soccer league. As told through the eyes of Richard the third. Funny and interesting. Glad I listened to it
May 6, 2019
It’s in iambic pentameter. 😂
July 31, 2020
Good value!
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January 21, 2023A very entertaining read
Brilliantly written by Richard III himself, with.passion, humour and historical references that entertain from beginning to end. So clever, I loved it.
Brilliantly written by Richard III himself, with.passion, humour and historical references that entertain from beginning to end. So clever, I loved it.
March 29, 2026
Very funny, especially for my octogenarian Mum who loves Richard III.
May 22, 2016
I so wanted to like this book. I loved the idea of combining the story of Leicester's meteoric rise with Leicester's other recent rise to fame caused by Richard III. Alas I just couldn't get past the archaic language and minimal wit.
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