
A decade after Premier League glory, Leicester are adjusting to life in third tier
Leicester have endured a sad descent to English soccer's third tier, barely a decade after their stunning Premier League win and Champions League debut. Is there a way out?
STOCKPORT, England -- Happy anniversaries have been in short supply for Leicester City, and even when they win, the dark clouds continue to hover above a team that, just a decade ago, achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Premier League as a 5,000-1 underdog. If you want the epitome of a club that climbs high and falls even further, none can quite compare to Leicester. Ten years ago on Monday, the Foxes made their Champions League debut with a 3-0 win against Brugge in Belgium , but now they are languishing in the third tier, the EFL League One, and find themselves closer to a third successive relegation than promotion. A 4-3 victory away to Stockport County ensured that Leicester climbed from the club's lowest-ever league position -- 19th in the third division of England football -- into mid-table, but having led 4-1, the defensive collapse prompted the Leicester supporters to t
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