It has been an outstanding start to life back in the Championship for Leicester City.
The Foxes endured an incredibly disappointing campaign as they were relegated from the Premier League last season, but they will be hoping to make an immediate return to the top flight in the year ahead.
Leicester have had some notable achievements in recent years, winning the Premier League title in 2016 and the FA Cup in 2021, with plenty of players writing themselves into the club’s history books.
As the current squad look to make a name for themselves, we looked back and ranked the Foxes’ seven biggest club legends.
7Steve Walsh
Walsh joined Leicester from Wigan Athletic in 1986, and he would go on to spend the next 14 years with the Foxes.
The 58-year-old was a no-nonsense defender, underlined by the fact he picked up 13 red cards during his career, a Football League record alongside Roy McDonough, but he was often deployed as an emergency striker.
Walsh was named captain by Brian Little in 1992, and he scored twice against Derby County to secure promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 1994.
He was also part of the squad that recorded four successive top-10 finishes in the top flight, as well as winning the League Cup on two occasions during his time at the club.
Weller made the move to Leicester from Chelsea in 1971.
He went on to score 37 goals in 262 appearances for the Foxes before departing for New England Tea Men in 1978.
Weller won four England caps during his time in the East Midlands and is regarded as one of Leicester’s greatest-ever players.
While Cross is Leicester’s record appearance maker, Chandler is the Foxes’ all-time record goalscorer, having scored 273 goals for the club between 1923 and 1935.
Chandler also holds the club record for the most goals scored in a single campaign having netted 34 goals on two occasions, the most top flight goals (203), the most hat-tricks (17) and the most goals in a single game (six), but incredibly, none of his goals came as penalties.
He was part of the Leicester squad that finished as runners-up in the First Division in 1927 and in third place in 1928.
