"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. 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"
"Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored. Lineker's media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship football programme ""Match of the Day"" since the late 1990s. He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live, NBC Sports Network and currently hosts BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League. Lineker began his football career at Leicester City in 1978, and finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer"
"Manish Bhasin Manish Dev Bhasin (born 21 May 1976 in Leicester, England) is a sports journalist and presenter broadcasting for Premier League Productions as the face of the Premier League’s global coverage to over 700 million viewers as well as the BBC in the UK. He was the presenter of the former sports programme providing coverage of the Championship, League 1 and League 2 match highlights; The Football League Show, which ran from August 2009 to May 2015. Manish graduated in 1997 from Anglia Ruskin University with a degree in ""Communication Studies with English"" and completed a diploma in ""Broadcast"
"Professional Radio' by the Radio Academy. A lifelong Leicester City F.C. fan who has spent most of his life in the city of Leicester. Andy May (presenter) Andy May (born 4 July 1987 in Shrewsbury), is a television and radio broadcaster and Radio Academy award winner. Andy currently hosts and reports on BT Sport and can often be seen at the network's major UEFA Champions League matches. He was nominated by the Sports Journalists' Association for 2015 Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year, which was won by Sky Sports cricket anchor Ian Ward (cricketer). Andy conducted the first major television"
"Les Murray (broadcaster) Les James Murray (born László Ürge; 5 November 1945 – 31 July 2017) was a Hungarian-Australian sports journalist, association football broadcaster and analyst. He was the host of ""The World Game"" on SBS television, retiring in July 2014, and has been inducted into the FFA's Football Hall of Fame. As the country's most prominent TV presenter of Football, Murray played a major role in the sport's growing popularity in Australia beginning in the 1980s. Murray coined the phrase ""The World Game"", which later became the title of SBS's Football programme. Murray was born as László Ürge in"
"he was murdered on live television. Tony Cottee Antony Richard Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Forest Gate, London) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator. As a player, he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. He was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall. He also had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player-manager of Barnet."
"presenter. On 31 July 2017, it was announced that Murray had died following an illness. He was 71 years old. He was given a state funeral at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. Les Murray (broadcaster) Les James Murray (born László Ürge; 5 November 1945 – 31 July 2017) was a Hungarian-Australian sports journalist, association football broadcaster and analyst. He was the host of ""The World Game"" on SBS television, retiring in July 2014, and has been inducted into the FFA's Football Hall of Fame. As the country's most prominent TV presenter of Football, Murray played a major role in the"
"Andy May (presenter) Andy May (born 4 July 1987 in Shrewsbury), is a television and radio broadcaster and Radio Academy award winner. Andy currently hosts and reports on BT Sport and can often be seen at the network's major UEFA Champions League matches. He was nominated by the Sports Journalists' Association for 2015 Broadcast Sports Presenter of the Year, which was won by Sky Sports cricket anchor Ian Ward (cricketer). Andy conducted the first major television interview with Steven Gerrard following his transfer from Liverpool F.C. to LA Galaxy and followed Leicester City F.C. during the club's fight against relegation"
"hosted some episodes of Premier League News, as part of Premier League Production's global content service. He also filled in occasionally for John Dykes on Matchday Live. From the 2016/17 season onwards, Manish started hosting Matchday Live on Fridays and Saturdays, with John Dykes becoming commentator for the 3pm 'Goal Rush' commentary on Saturday. He still anchors BBC Match of the Day 2 on Sundays on BBC One at 10.30pm. Manish is married to Anushka Chaudhry. He is a supporter of Leicester City. Manish Bhasin Manish Dev Bhasin (born 21 May 1976 in Leicester, England) is a sports journalist and"
"James Richardson (presenter) James Oliver Richardson (born 29 May 1966 in Bristol) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's ""Football Italia"" programme and former host of the ""Football Weekly"" podcast on ""guardian.co.uk"". He currently hosts BT Sport's ""The UEFA Champions League Goals Show"", ""World's Strongest Man"" for Channel Five, the ""Totally Football Show"" podcast, and the ""Truth & Movies"" podcast. He is also employed by the Premier League featuring in content related to Fantasy Premier League and for overseas rights holders. He is an A.S. Roma fan, with his"
"Matt Le Tissier Matthew Paul Le Tissier (; born 14 October 1968) is a football television presenter and former professional footballer. He represented England at international level. He works as a football pundit for Sky Sports and is the honorary president of Guernsey F.C.. Le Tissier spent his entire professional club career with Southampton and won eight caps for the England national team before turning to non-League football in 2002; his loyalty garnered special affection from Southampton's fans who nicknamed him ""Le God"". A creative attacking midfielder with exceptional technical skills, Le Tissier is the second-highest ever scorer for Southampton"
"an occasional presenter of the overnight show, Extra Time. He has also commentated on the English Premier League, FA Cup and European competitions for radio and TV world feeds. In 2015, he began commentating and presenting for Leicester City's online service, Foxes Player HD [3]. In addition to his commercial radio work, Peters is also a DJ in the UK and on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Geoff Peters Geoff Peters is a British commentator and broadcaster who works for talkSPORT radio. Peters joined talkSPORT in 1999, after spending four years at BBC Radio Leicester between 1992 and 1996. He"
"behind Mick Channon and was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 1990. He was the first midfielder to score 100 goals in the Premier League. He is notable for his record at scoring penalty kicks – converting from the spot 47 times from 48 attempts – and is considered one of the greatest ever from the 12-yard spot. Following his retirement as a player, Le Tissier became a football pundit, and currently works as a panelist on the Sky Sports show ""Soccer Saturday"". In 2011, he became honorary president of Guernsey F.C., for whom he briefly registered as"
"his 29th season overall. Martin Ballard Martin Ballard (born in Derby) is an English radio presenter for the BBC in the East Midlands with more than thirty years of broadcasting experience. He is also a writer, an actor with three decades of theatre work, and voice-over artist. He can be seen in professional pantomime every Christmas and heard on BBC Radio Leicester 104.9FM and as the matchday announcer at the Leicester Tigers in England's Rugby Union Premiership. Since his career began in the early eighties, Ballard has worked predominantly at BBC Radio Leicester, He has presented and produced every kind"
"Willoughby. Bullard is engaged to his long-term girlfriend and has two children. Jimmy Bullard James Richard Bullard (born 23 October 1978) is an English former footballer, coach and television presenter. He is currently co-host of the Saturday morning Sky TV show Soccer AM. As a player he was a midfielder and played youth football at West Ham United before moving to Gravesend & Northfleet in 1998. Two seasons at Peterborough United was followed by a spell at Wigan Athletic where he scored ten goals in 145 league appearances, helping them to their first promotion to the Premier League. Bullard was"
"the reason given being Gary not wanting more children. In 2013, Lineker participated in the genealogical programme ""Who Do You Think You Are?"" during which he discovered an ancestor who was a poacher, and another who was a legal clerk. In November 2017, Lineker was named in the Paradise Papers in connection with a tax avoidance scheme relating to property owned in Barbados and a company set-up in the British Virgin Islands. Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA"
"both present from Doha in Qatar and present football including the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and FA Cup. Coverage started for the 2013-14 season while they continued to present their TalkSport show from Qatar. Keys along with Gray is now the face of the BeIN Sports channels which broadcast all 380 Premier League games per season mainly on their flagship ""Super Saturday"" programme. Richard Keys Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports , BeIN Sports; and has presented"
"World Cup qualifying fixture became Britain's biggest internet pay-to-view sports broadcast. Around 500,000 watched the game - produced by the Perform Group and their partners Kentaro, an international football agency. Although his work is mostly associated with football, Jones has covered several other sports. He has been heard on programming for the Olympic Games, the FINA World Swimming Championship and the Commonwealth Games. His journalistic career started at the Cheshire Observer newspaper, and his first radio work followed at Liverpool's Radio City. Tony Jones (football reporter) Tony Jones (born 26 May 1958) is a football (soccer) broadcaster based in England."
"Sky Sports. Newbon is a Leicester City fan and was seen wearing a Leicester shirt when he was ordered to Tamworth F.C. after saying on Central Soccer Night that Tamworth would not progress to the FA Cup 2nd Round, which Tamworth in fact did, and which ended up seeing Newbon at the Lamb Ground having kicked at him in jest. Gary and his wife Katie live in Solihull. They have three children: Clare Newbon, a journalist for Grazia magazine; Neil Newbon, an actor who has had numerous film and television appearances, including an appearance as an English waiter in the"
"shows including the long-running ""Futbol Mundial"" programme. He also occasionally commentates, notably covering the FIFA World Club Championship for international audiences since its inception in 2005. In 2005 Gerry returned to Anglia as a guest on their 50 years of ITV programme. In 2006, he hosted the first edition of Anglia Soccer Night of the season. He has also appeared as a studio guest and was seen regularly hosting Soccer Rewind on Anglia Soccer Night in the 2006/2007 season. Gerry Harrison Gerry Harrison (born 1942) was a leading football commentator on English television in the 1970s and 80s, working for"
"to broadcast live UEFA Champions League football matches whenever two British teams were playing simultaneously. When a breaking news bulletin was being reported, the news report would take the full screen while the football would be shown in an inset in the corner. During the period as the ITN News Channel, its pool of presenters were from across the ITN programme portfolio of ITV, Channel 4 and Five News, along with occasional freelancers. Presenters included John Suchet, John Nicolson, Leyla Daybelge, Alison Bell, Andrew Harvey, Sharon Grey, Owen Thomas, Ian Axton, Kirsty Lang, Simon Vigar, Lloyd Bracey, Sasha Herriman, and"
"a stereotypically English demeanour, in being quiet and reserved. He and his family live in Formello, a nearby town where 1982 FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper Dino Zoff is also among the residents. Ranieri is married to Dr. Rosanna. Ranieri has a daughter, Claudia, who married Italian actor Alessandro Roja and gave Claudio a grandson, named Orlando. In May 2016, during his time as manager of Leicester City, he attracted media attention when he stated that he would be travelling to Rome to have lunch with his 96-year-old mother instead of watching the Chelsea–Tottenham Hotspur match; the match ended in a"
"Mike Stowell Michael Stowell (born 19 April 1965) is an English former professional football goalkeeper, and now first team coach and goalkeeping coach at Leicester City. As a player, he spent twenty years as a professional, eleven of which were with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is married to women's footballer Rachel Stowell. Gaining his chance in the professional game at Preston North End in 1985, he impressed enough to receive a contract with top-flight Everton later in the year. In his five years at the club he was loaned out to Chester City, York City, Manchester City, Port Vale, Wolverhampton Wanderers,"
"Kate Abdo Kate Abdo (""née"" Giles; born 8 September 1981) is an English presenter and journalist. She is currently a presenter and host of various programs on Turner Sports and Fox Sports, mostly Turner's Champions League and Europa League coverage. She formerly worked for Sky Sports News in the United Kingdom and Sky Sport News HD in Germany. Abdo anchored the World Sport program from London twice a day. Previously, she had anchored sports at the German international news network Deutsche Welle for their English and German-language services. Abdo joined CNN in July 2009. She interviewed sporting greats such as"
"Arlo White Arlo James White (born 2 June 1973 in Leicester, England) is an English sports presenter and commentator, originally from Leicester. He is the lead play-by-play voice of NBC Sports' live coverage of the Premier League in the United States. White began broadcasting at the age of 27, after gaining experience covering non-league football for Radio Derby and also while travelling in Australia. After joining the BBC in 2001, White presented Five Live's Sport on Five and was Five Live Breakfast's sports reporter between 2002 and 2005. He commentated on Super Bowl XLII for Radio 5 Live in February"
"Manchester City for more than 50 years ever since his father took him to see Stanley Matthews play for Blackpool against City at their old Maine Road ground in the 1950s. John Stapleton John Martin Stapleton (born 24 February 1946) is an English journalist and broadcaster. He is known for his work as a presenter and reporter on ITV breakfast television (""TV-am"", ""GMTV"" and ""Daybreak"") in addition to hosting ""Nationwide"" and ""Watchdog"" for the BBC. He won the Royal Television Society's News Presenter of the Year award for 2003. Stapleton was born in Oldham, Lancashire. His father Frank was secretary"
"Joe Morrison (TV presenter) Joseph ""Joe"" Morrison is a football presenter known for his work on TEN Sports, TEN Action+, and SONY SIX which provides live football coverage to the Persian Gulf region, Indian subcontinent, and other Asian regions. He is best known as the former host of the popular show C2K (Countdown 2 Kickoff), with resident pundits former English goalkeeper John Burridge and former England international Carlton Palmer as well as guest appearances by former England international Trevor Sinclair and Indian captain and forward Sunil Chhetri. The show covered the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, League Cup, and"
"Tony Cottee Antony Richard Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Forest Gate, London) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator. As a player, he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. He was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall. He also had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player-manager of Barnet. He played in the 1989 FA"
"Jimmy Bullard James Richard Bullard (born 23 October 1978) is an English former footballer, coach and television presenter. He is currently co-host of the Saturday morning Sky TV show Soccer AM. As a player he was a midfielder and played youth football at West Ham United before moving to Gravesend & Northfleet in 1998. Two seasons at Peterborough United was followed by a spell at Wigan Athletic where he scored ten goals in 145 league appearances, helping them to their first promotion to the Premier League. Bullard was known for being a passionate leader on the pitch and for his"
"playing rugby union for Esher. He is a fan of both Southampton and Lincoln City football clubs. In 2005 Inverdale became a patron of charity Cardiac Risk in the Young. John Inverdale John Inverdale (born 27 September 1957) is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV. During his radio career, he has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Grand National and the FIFA World Cup. He was the main television presenter of ""Today at Wimbledon"" until 2014 and has hosted television coverage of sports programmes including ""Rugby Special"" and"
"Geoffrey Green Geoffrey Green (12 May 1911 – 9 May 1990) was a distinguished English football writer. Geoffrey Green was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he played football to a high standard. He started writing for The Times in the 1930s when football was not afforded much respectability among the paper's traditional readership. He is considered to be the godfather of football reporting and the world's first anointed ""Football Correspondent"", although he remained anonymous in the paper until 23 January 1967. He also broadcast on football for BBC Radio. Most noteworthy of his work was covering the ""Match of the"
"will now do Premier League full-time in 2014 and beyond. White has also worked as a substitute host for Rebecca Lowe on NBC's ""Match of the Day"", ""Premier League Live"" and other studio shows. White is the father of twins Eva and Amelie. He was named after American folk singer Arlo Guthrie. Arlo White Arlo James White (born 2 June 1973 in Leicester, England) is an English sports presenter and commentator, originally from Leicester. He is the lead play-by-play voice of NBC Sports' live coverage of the Premier League in the United States. White began broadcasting at the age of"
"children and is a Tottenham Hotspur Football Club fan. She is fluent in English and Bengali, and also speaks Spanish and French. Reshmin Chowdhury Reshmin Chowdhury (; born 16 December 1977) is a multilingual English sports journalist and broadcaster who works for the BBC and BT Sport. She is part of the presentation and reporting team at BBC Sport and a lead reporter for BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League. She has over a decade of experience interviewing the biggest names in world football. Chowdhury was born and brought up in London, England and is of Bangladeshi origin."