Thai-owned Leicester City fall out of Premiere League

[snoop1130]

 

Leicester City FC have been relegated from the Premier League just seven years after a spectacular title win and a 2-1 triumph over West Ham on Sunday. The team’s chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, of King Power duty-free fame, said he would fight on because this is “not the end of the world”.

 

“I will do everything I can to return the team to the Premier League next season. There is a lot of hard work ahead of us. I wish to thank all the fans for their support throughout,” Aiyawatt said.

 

Leicester City were promoted in 2014 and shocked the football world by winning the Premier League title in the 2015-2016 season, but they have been unable to rediscover that winning form since.

 

Caption: Leicester City’s English striker Jamie Vardy (C) reacts at the end of the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and West Ham United on Sunday.//AFP

 

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[bob smith]

LOL. Hope they go down to league 1 next season.

[stoner]

hub of relegations.

[RedArmy]

Everton beat Bournemouth 1-0 yesterday - Had that match stayed 0-0, Leicester would have stayed up & Everton would have been relegated instead.

 

Shame really, as Leicester City are well supported, with a decent fanbase & I'm sure many people were happy when they defied all the odds to actually win the Premier League a few years back - Wish them all the best for next season & hopefully an immediate return back to the Premiership.

[hotchilli]

A game of two halves with the intention of getting the ball into the oppositions net.

Not hope other teams win or lose to help you.

Maybe he will transfer some Thai players west?

[RichardColeman]

So Leicester, Leeds and Southampton relegated - I think you'd get very small odds on those self same 3 coming straight back up again.

[mikebell]

It's a shame Everton didn't go down.  Many of their fans are disgusting louts.  I stopped going to Goodison after a couple of incidents when, as a visiting away fan, I was subjected to violent abuse by grown men on a 15 year old boy.

[sammieuk1]

I see Anutin was in the executive box to witness the relegation how very fitting ???? 

[lanng khao]

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

It's a shame Everton didn't go down.  Many of their fans are disgusting louts.  I stopped going to Goodison after a couple of incidents when, as a visiting away fan, I was subjected to violent abuse by grown men on a 15 year old boy.

And who do you support 

[lanng khao]

16 hours ago, RedArmy said:

Everton beat Bournemouth 1-0 yesterday - Had that match stayed 0-0, Leicester would have stayed up & Everton would have been relegated instead.

 

Shame really, as Leicester City are well supported, with a decent fanbase & I'm sure many people were happy when they defied all the odds to actually win the Premier League a few years back - Wish them all the best for next season & hopefully an immediate return back to the Premiership.

If , buts, and maybe's,,, the toffees are staying up,, UTFT..????

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

I see Anutin was in the executive box to witness the relegation how very fitting ???? 

Maybe Sino-Thai will put in a bargain bid for Kingpower's control of the club?

[JonnyF]

I've never supported Thais being able to own English football clubs, given the restrictions of foreign ownership of various entities in Thailand.

 

A friend of mine was also brutally assaulted by Leicester fans outside a nightclub in the mid 90's.

 

So no tears from me on this one. 

[Clarkey611]

The main sponsor, who is a monoploly, has not had a pot to p*ss in for the past three years, so not a lot of money available. This required the removal of their name from the shirts, even though Filbert Street continued to be named after the sponsor. I can see them falling further down the pecking order.

[Golden Triangle]

Hardly earth shattering news.

[trainman34014]

Anything Managed by Thai's will be sure to fail; they can't even run Supermarkets properly !

[proton]

On 5/29/2023 at 4:35 PM, bogs smith said:

LOL. Hope they go down to league 1 next season.

Why?

[josephbloggs]

18 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Anything Managed by Thai's will be sure to fail; they can't even run Supermarkets properly !

What are you talking about exactly?

[Mac Mickmanus]

16 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Anything Managed by Thai's will be sure to fail; they can't even run Supermarkets properly !

They won the Premiership a few years back , at odds of 5000-1

Beating American , British , U.A.E , Russian and Saudi owned teams 

[josephbloggs]

13 hours ago, mikebell said:

It's a shame Everton didn't go down.  Many of their fans are disgusting louts.  I stopped going to Goodison after a couple of incidents when, as a visiting away fan, I was subjected to violent abuse by grown men on a 15 year old boy.

Yeah, sorry about that but he did look at me funny.

And which virtuous club do you support?

[josephbloggs]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

They won the Premiership a few years back , at odds of 5000-1

Beating American , British , U.A.E , Russian and Saudi owned teams 

Wow, I actually support a Mac Mickmanus post! Well said. See you back in the Brexit threads for BAU.

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 5/29/2023 at 6:05 PM, RedArmy said:

Wish them all the best for next season & hopefully an immediate return back to the Premiership.

Wish them no luck and hope they end up in League One. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 hour ago, trainman34014 said:

Anything Managed by Thai's will be sure to fail; they can't even run Supermarkets properly !

The son does not share the father's business acumen by all accounts. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

13 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

I see Anutin was in the executive box to witness the relegation how very fitting ???? 

 

[proton]

1 hour ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

They won the Premiership a few years back , at odds of 5000-1

Beating American , British , U.A.E , Russian and Saudi owned teams 

As well as the FA cup for the first time and the charity shield. Went down hill this year when Kasper the goalie left, poor replacement.

[Mr Meeseeks]

Interesting article from the FT after Vichai's death:

 

https://www.ft.com/content/2696c26e-dc2d-11e8-9f04-38d397e6661c

[proton]

1 minute ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Interesting article from the FT after Vichai's death:

 

https://www.ft.com/content/2696c26e-dc2d-11e8-9f04-38d397e6661c

You have to pay to read it, what do it say?

[Mr Meeseeks]

Just now, proton said:

You have to pay to read it, what do it say?

All about his connections to the Buriram Mafia and how he played politics to amass his fortune. 

 

It was free to read for me btw.

[mikebell]

10 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Yeah, sorry about that but he did look at me funny.

And which virtuous club do you support?

Man Utd since 1956.

[mikebell]

21 hours ago, lanng khao said:

And who do you support 

Man Utd since 1956.

[Henryford]

10 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

They won the Premiership a few years back , at odds of 5000-1

Beating American , British , U.A.E , Russian and Saudi owned teams 

I often wish i had a few quid on that one. Great odds for any sporting event.