How did Leicester go from miracle to misery?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
10 years after winning the Premier League title Leicester City have been provisionally relegated to England’s third tier.
So, how have the Foxes gone from fairytale to failure?
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Rob Tanner, Matt Slater and Jordan Halford
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Guy Clarke and Paul Iliffe
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Aikimulare. |
| 0:09.2 | Ten years after winning the Premier League title, |
| 0:11.6 | Leicester City have been provisionally relegated to England's third tier. |
| 0:16.6 | So, how have they gone from fairy tale to failure? |
| 0:24.3 | Yeah, join us for this one, our Leicester City writer Rob Tanner. |
| 0:27.9 | We've also got Matt Slater, who's with us as well, |
| 0:30.2 | and later on we'll be joined by Jordan Holford, |
| 0:32.7 | Leicester City season ticket holder, podcaster, |
| 0:35.4 | and also social media editor here at The Athletic. |
| 0:38.4 | This is the highest championship wage bill ever to get relegated. This is the first time in the club's history we've had a point of deduction, the second time in the club's history we've been in the third division, and the first time we've ever had back-to-back relegations. All right, Rob, let's get into this. after last season's |
| 0:54.1 | Premier League relegation, |
| 0:55.4 | Lester City have gone |
| 0:56.4 | back to back, |
| 0:57.4 | well, provisionally. All right, Rob, let's get into this. After last season's Premier League relegation, |
| 0:55.4 | Lester City have gone back to back, |
| 0:57.4 | well, provisionally in terms of relegation. |
| 1:00.2 | You were at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night. |
| 1:02.9 | What was the mood like on the night? |
| 1:05.0 | Lester City's relegation was confirmed. |
| 1:08.5 | Yeah, you could tell straight away it was going to be a brutal night. The players |
| 1:12.0 | warming up, some of them were being booed by the crowd, there was hardly anybody there. They'd |
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