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How Leicester City Won The Premier League

Leicester's Premier League win has been like no other. They have done it their way - and are now cel...
TodayFM
TodayFM

10:50 AM - 4 May 2016



How Leicester City Won The Pre...

Lunchtime

How Leicester City Won The Premier League

TodayFM
TodayFM

10:50 AM - 4 May 2016



Leicester's Premier League win has been like no other.

They have done it their way - and are now celebrating one of the most unlikely title triumphs in football history.

 

 

  • In the history of the Premier League, every champion - until now - had finished in the top three the previous season.
  • On average, winners placed second before their subsequent win.
  • In contrast, Leicester finished 2014/15 in 14th, 46 points adrift of league winners Chelsea. Their remarkable escape from relegation wasn't a traditional platform for a title challenge.
  • Their much-publicised 5,000/1 title odds illustrate just how far out of the running they were expected to be. It wasn't until a 3-1 win at Manchester City in February when thoughts of a sustained Leicester title challenge began to gather credence.
  • A last-gasp defeat to Arsenal next time out was billed as a potentially fatal blow to Leicester's unlikely hopes - but their response was one of champions, taking 23 points from the next 27 available.
  • Leicester went on to become the first first-time winners of the English top-flight since Nottingham Forest in 1978 - a title win out of nowhere.



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