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2008-09 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2008–09 season
Chairman Milan Mandarić
Manager Nigel Pearson
Football League One 1st
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Football League Trophy Northern quarter-final
Top goalscorer League: Matty Fryatt (27)
All: Matty Fryatt (32)
Highest home attendance 30,542 (vs. Scunthorpe, league, 24 April)
Lowest home attendance 7,386 (vs. , League Cup, 12August)
Average home league attendance 17,983

The 2008–09 season was Leicester City F.C.'s 104th season in the English football league system and their first and, to date, only season in the third tier of English football, after being relegated to League One the previous season.

Under the stewardship of new manager Nigel Pearson (who managed to become the first Leicester manager in five years to last an entire season), Leicester comfortably took the League One title to earn instant promotion back to the Championship, which included a club record run of 23 games league unbeaten between 1 November and 7 March. Leicester also broke club records for the most points ever gained in a season (96), the most league wins ever gained in a season (27) and the fewest league defeats in a season (4), the latter record especially impressive considering the amount of league seasons Leicester have had to play fewer than 46 games.

Matty Fryatt also became the first Leicester player to score over 30 goals in one season since legendary striker Arthur Rowley, 52 years previously.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Leicester City retained the previous season's home kit. A yellow away kit and a black third kit were also used.

The kits were produced by German company Jako and sponsorsed by British company Topps Tiles.

The Leicester City players reported back for Pre-Season [1] on 1 July 2008. They played the following Friendlies:









1 - Match postponed due to International call-ups.
2 - In some match reports, this goal is mistakenly awarded to Mark Davies


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