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Leicester's fall from grace: From Prem champions to League One
PL22 Apr 2026Mark Ogden

Leicester's fall from grace: From Prem champions to League One

It feels like yesterday that Leicester were the Cinderellas of world soccer, winning the Premier League against all odds. On Tuesday, however, the Foxes' ignominious relegation to the third tier was confirmed.

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LEICESTER -- Booed onto the pitch before the game, taunted with angry chants by their own supporters and the once-loved owners urged to "get out of our club" as the team were relegated to League One -- what a way for Leicester City to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the most remarkable story in Premier League history. It's been nearly a decade since Claudio Ranieri's Leicester -- 5000-1 outsiders -- sealed the Premier League title, and it would be hard to argue that there has ever been a more unlikely football triumph anywhere. But there was no joy this time, no Andrea Bocelli singing "Nessun Dorma" in the centre-circle, just bitterness and anger and the sight of club owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha shrugging his shoulders and blowing out his cheeks as the supporters sang "sack the board" at the final whistle. "The bigger picture is you don't get relegated over three or four games,

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