Leicester City - Football - BBC Sport Leicester City Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri wants fellow Italian Antonio Conte to win the Premier League title with leaders Chelsea. 17 Jan Marcos Alonso scores twice as Chelsea beat Leicester to move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League. 14 Jan Why Leicester City are so good this season... and what Swansea City must do to stop them - Wales Online Sport Why Leicester City are so good this season... and what Swansea City must do to stop them Claudio Ranieri’s team have only lost once in the Premier League and arrive at the Liberty as favourites with the bookmakers Share Leicester City are having a brilliant season (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images) Share Get rugby updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Leicester City have defied all expectations to find themselves second in the Premier League after more than a third of the season. Claudio Ranieri’s team have only lost once at home to Arsenal and a feelgood factor has swept the King Power Stadium. Whether they can maintain a position in one of the Champions League qualification spots until the business end of the season remains to be seen.

But they arrive at the Liberty Stadium as marginal 17/10 favourites by virtue of their fantastic start to the season. Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Read more: Garry Monk holds no-holds barred dressing room inquiry in a bid to end Swansea City's shocking run of form So just how have a team that were beaten convincingly by the Swans a year ago managed it? We look at some of the tenets of their success and how Monk’s men may go about out-foxing the Foxes... ATTACKING FROM DEEP Possession football may be de rigueur these days but Leicester have had great success sacrificing a large share of the ball during most of their Premier League games. The last time they enjoyed the lion’s share was in the 3-2 away victory over West Brom in October. Since then they beat Watford with just 41% of the ball at home, thrashed Newcastle with just 46% of it on Tyneside and drew with Manchester United with just 31% of it.

Swansea City v Leicester City average possession 2015/16 53% 42% Leicester City What they do exceptionally well is counter attack from deep, waiting patiently fot the opposition play to break down before flooding out when it does. Indicative of this fact is that, prior to the game with United, they had been caught offside just four times all season. This is something the Swans will have to be on their guard against. Over-committing at attacking set-pieces could spell disaster and they will have to find their shape quickly when they lose the ball or risk befalling the same fate as other teams before them. SPEED MERCHANTS Leicester are quick. Really quick. Jamie Vardy has shown more than one Premier League defender a clean pair of heels this season whether that be running past them or playing on the shoulder and getting in behind. Meanwhile Riyad Mahrez, while not express, has an elusive running style and energy that has proved difficult for many full-backs to contain. If Claudio Ranieri fancies injecting yet more quick running into his team he can always turn to Jeffrey Schlupp on the bench.

Jeff Schlupp (Photo: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images) He showcased his lightning pace to particular effect against Norwich at Carrow Road earlier this season. Garry Monk may want to turn to his own speedier stars in a bid to counteract that threat with Jefferson Montero immediately springing to mind as a man who can help out down one wing. The Ecuadorian flier was inspired against the Foxes last year and if one of Leicester’s own quick men get stranded upfield he could really make hay with open field in front of him and isolating full-backs Christian Fuchs and Danny Simpson. Jefferson Montero caused problemsfor Leicester BULK AT THE BACK Two more domineering centre-backs in the Premier League you would struggle to find in the shape of Wes Morgan and Robert Huth. The duo form a formidable physical barrier against any forwatd line and you are unlikely to have too much joy going up against them in a running battle. But Leicester have conceded plenty of goals this season - the 21 they have shipped is more than any other team in the Premier League’s top seven.

Robert Huth and Wes Morgan (Photo: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images) Five of those came in one game against Arsenal and what became apparent during that match was the central role of Theo Walcott scampering in behind Huth and Morgan and worrying them on an almost constant basis to create space for others. Andre Ayew - more so than Bafetimbi Gomis - could fulfil a similar role if he drifts in from his wing. The Foxes’ defence has also been susceptible to strikes from long distance, affording Alexis Sanchez, Jack Grealish and Carles Gil space in front of the back four to get a shot off and score this season. poll loading Lose Draw Jonjo Shelvey is available once again after suspension and is notoriously fond of a speculative effort. With no efforts on target against Liverpool, he could be the man to find some space to try out Kasper Schmeicel. Related: The statistics that show Swansea City and Watford would welcome some new names on the score sheet this weekend MIDFIELD BATTLERS In the middle of midfield, Ranieri has put his faith in the unheralded pair of N’Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater.

Surprisingly, the duo are even keeping Swiss superstar Gokhan Inler - whose signing from Serie A represented a real coup in the summer - out of the side. While they are the more deep-lying players in the midfield unit, Drinkwater has also chipped in with three assists when springing from the middle of the park. With the best will in the world, though, the Swans’ own personnel are well-capable of dominating the midfield battle. Gokhan Inler has been forced to be patient at Leicester City so far (Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) They will be looking to Ki Sung-yueng to recapture some of the driving dynamism that made him the player of the year last year while Jonjo Shelvey has the grit and determinaton to thrive on his return. Monk has a decision to make on whether to bring Jack Cork back in or retain Leon Britton to give the side the control of the ball they will seek in that area.

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WWDLL means the recent match is a win. Leicester City Squad Detailed statistics of each Leicester City player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps. If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Leicester City top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards. Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path. # Leicester City: fans celebrate fairytale Premier League win – as it happened | Football | The Guardian Leicester City: fans celebrate fairytale Premier League win – as it happened Tuesday 3 May 2016 09.44 EDT First published on Monday 2 May 2016 13.38 EDT Pictures just in from Leicester’s squad going out for lunch at the San Carlo Pizzeria in the city. They’re not alone … Jamie Vardy is cheered by crowds of waiting fans as he arrives. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images Wes Morgan leads more of the squad in.

Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Updated 08:49 José Mourinho has offered his congratulations to Leicester and Claudio Ranieri, via a CAA Sports UK statement which read: I want to congratulate everyone connected to LCFC; players, staff, owners and fans. I lost my title to Claudio Ranieri and it is with incredible emotion that I live this magic moment in his career. A bit different to his comments in 2008 , when he described Ranieri as having “the mentality of someone who doesn’t need to win”: He is almost 70 years of age. He has won a Supercup and another small trophy, and he is too old to change his mentality. The latest Football Weekly podcast is here , with James Richardson joined by John Ashdown, Paolo Bandini, Philippe Auclair and Iain Macintosh to discuss all things Leicester. Updated Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri and his players have been talking after making it in for training today . Ranieri: It means the job is good. I am very, very happy now because maybe if I won this title at the beginning of my career maybe I would forget. Now I am an old man I can feel it much better.

I said every time I am very happy for the fans, for the chairman and for all the Leicester community. I don’t know the secret. The players, the heart, the soul and how they play. My message to the fans is now to keep going, we want to improve a lot. Midfielder Danny Drinkwater on watching the title being secured: It was brilliant, all the lads were together whilst it happened and it kind of sums us up as a group of lads. I’ve not [known a bond like it], and I think the rest of the lads would answer the question the same. It’s a special moment for us lot. Vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha on what comes next: We are not a team who produces players to be developed later by other teams. All players want to stay and keep on fighting together to see how far they can go. So selling players is not on our agenda. Leicester players celebrate at training.

Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images Updated And some more reading/viewing, for you: Leicester City's march to glory: how a stellar season unfolded, game by game Read more How the world saw Leicester City's Premier League title triumph – in pictures Read more 07:39 The time has come for me to celebrate Leicester’s win by having lunch. In the past few hours we’ve learned: Leicester City’s Thai owners are pledging to do their best to keep their title-winning squad in place for next season. Unsurprisingly, the winning team gathered for a mega-party at the home of striker Jamie Vardy last night, documented on Instagram , on Twitter , and, speculatively, by Guardian cricket writer Elizabeth Ammon . Peter Soulsby, the directly elected Mayor of Leicester, said the team’s success was a bigger boost to the city than reburial of Richard III. Gary Lineker has corrected his earlier scepticism over the appointment of Claudio Ranieri as LCFC boss. It was just a slip of the thumb, honest...

One Leicester City fan has walked away from a £5 bet on his home team, placed at the beginning of the season, with enough cash for a downpayment on a house. 07:28 I just scoured my spam folder and found a whole hidden bunch of Leicester City fans who had sent celebratory emails. In no particular order, let’s start with Simon Lake, from Australia, who for some reason is reminded of Basic Instinct. Why? Read on: I’m writing from a foxhole in Brisbane having taken an emergency day’s leave to help soak up the events of this morning, along with the previous nine months. I’m currently ‘Home Alone’ with my friends ‘Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner’ (see below). It’s difficult to know where to begin except to say that I’ve felt compelled to utilise the ‘Love’ icon on Facebook for the first time. It’s also the first time I’ve ever submitted an e-mail to a ‘Blog’. Do I get a badge or something? I’m not sure how this area of life operates - must I cough up a special memory to get it published?

Would it help if I told you that the first ‘18’ rated film I saw at the cinema was ‘Basic Instinct’ and I had my sleeping bag in tow? The film was utter tosh but it whiled away a couple of hours before heading down to Filbert Street where tickets were going on sale the following morning for Leicester’s 1992 Wembley play-off final against Blackburn Rovers. Arriving at 11pm, I thought we were early, only to find we were still down the street and around the corner. I also thought we were well prepared until a couple rocked up with a double bed and proceeded to assemble it on the pavement. I was mildly surprised that someone didn’t appear in the morning to serve them breakfast! There have been highs and lows, but as the saying goes: ‘Foxes Never Quit’. So proud of Claudio and team! As an aside, if any of your readers are travelling to Leicester from Brisbane this weekend, have a spare airline ticket and want to talk football all the way, then I’m your man! I’m totally happy to travel economy and am confident that I could offer a ‘good time’. I need to be back for work on Monday though!

Is that asking a lot? Simon Lake’s friends ‘Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner’, who are keeping him company while he celebrates Leicester’s win from his home in Brisbane, Australia Photograph: Simon Lake Paul Lennon writes from Moscow, where he teaches theory of knowledge at the city’s Anglo-American School. He expects to see Leicester tops cropping up in PE soon: Working at The Anglo American School here in Moscow means we see all the different football shirts on display every day in PE. To this point not one Leicester top! Soon to change after last night and the season as a whole. A brilliant example to these young people from 60 odd different countries that leadership, team work, belief, quality, tactical intelligence, speed, movement and fitness can provide a platform for impossible dreams to come true. Welcome to visit our School any time King Claudio! Elsewhere in Russia, in the town of Votinsk, in the Udmurt Republic, Andrew Beznosov is celebrating with fish pie. He writes: Hello from Russian town Votkinsk, where we are celebrating this incredible victory! This is a fishy pie with ‘lavrushka’.

Andrew Beznosov from Votkinsk, in the Udmurt Republic, Russia, sent in this picture of a celebratory fish pie Photograph: Andrew Beznosov Arne Anka from Sweden says he can finally hold his head up around his friends who support Premier League big dogs like Liverpool and Manchester United: I started watching English football in the 1970s on Swedish television as a teenager, and then, for some reason, LCFC became my team. I followed them through good and bad, both in England and on TV and thought that the two League cups would be the best they’d ever do. And my Swedish friends, all ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal etc fans...they have always asked me why? Why do you support that team??? Now they know!!!! .I’ve been up all night...Party Vardy Party LCFC! And finally, a rebuke from one reader who objects to the inclusion of glory-hunting politicians who have appeared on this blog. Marco Grandi writes: It would be good if you avoid giving coverage to politicians (whether left or right / Labour or tory) who congratulates Leicester or tries to get onto Leicester bandwagon. It is ridiculous and an insult to us fans.

Zac Goldsmith as you put it does not even know where QPR plays, and it would probably have no idea what LCFC has achieved. Somebody has written him a script this morning so that he can connects with normal people in his messages. Be adult, be intelligent, and avoid putting that shit up. Thanks. 06:53 The news is still sinking in for Leicester fans. This contribution comes from Prakash Shah, who doesn’t give his location but I’m guessing he’s a Leicester man: I’ve followed Leicester for 37 years. I went to my first game when Gordon Milne was in charge and Steve Lynex and Alan Smith were leading the line. My friends and I used to walk home up the treelined New Walk dissecting the game and dodging the police cordon for the away fans around the station. This was at the old Filbert St and we’d recall moments of games past, always dreaming of this day. This feeling that Man U, Chelsea and Liverpool fans (at least the older ones) and CIty feel is their right was always just a dream for us. Just a dream. It isn’t today.

I didn’t go to many games this year, with kids and family and working away it just isn’t possible, but inside, there’s still that hope, then nerves and last night ... realisation. I had a silent mosh pit around my living room (as the family were in bed - it’s a school night) with my arms aloft. That’s the feeling I want as a fan. That’s why I love football. Dreams and feelings. Now we have a title. We made history. We’ll never be forgotten and I’ll remember. I have this. Wow. And the Foxes’ army of overseas fans are still writing in, as well. Saurav Samaddar, from India, says he hopes the credit for the victory will go to Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri. I hope this title gives Ranieri his due as one of the great tacticians of the game. Discussions about his (hopefully now dead) reputation as a nearly man have always ignored the fact that in nearly each of those cases, he had his teams punching above their weight, as opposed to underachieving and falling short.

Leicester’s team spirit which was carefully maintained and honed is a significant part of this success, but so is Ranieri getting the tactics just right each time. Also, hope Nigel Pearson is invited to the celebrations to acknowledge his contributions to the making of this team. 06:35 Leicester City’s Premier League won led to a near doubling of Twitter activity in the UK, the microblogging service has said. According to Twitter’s data team, there were 5.5m tweets sent in response to the Foxes’ unexpected victory last night. They have put together this special tribute visualisation made out of congratulatory tweets from fans around the world. A special tribute visualisation made by Twitter’s analytics team to celebrate Leicester City’s league win last night. Zoom in to see the detail Twitter activity in the UK surged 86% beyond its normal level, Twitter said, with as many tweets mentioning the word “party” as there were at last New Year’s Eve.

Leicester’s Premiership win led to an 86% increase above normal UK Twitter activity Photograph: Twitter Leicester’s own victory Tweet became one of the most retweeted sporting tweets in Twitter history, collecting more than 380,000 retweets by the time of writing. Leicester City (@LCFC) Matthew Weaver Here is a bit more cribbed from Radio 4’s coverage this morning by Matt Weaver: Sir Dave Brailsford, the former performance director of British Cycling, said Leicester’s success is a “fantastic case study in sport” that all sports teams can learn from.He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that British Cycling has been trying to analyse how it can follow Leicester’s example as it prepares for the Olympic games. “Our sports science guys were up here a month and a half ago meeting with the guys here and having a look at what’s going on - that’s sport we all trying and learn from each other,” he said. Brailsford added: “The refreshing thing about this particularly story is that it just goes against every thing – the established norms and the conventional wisdom about how to win the premier league. It just shatters everything that everybody has established. So it just an exciting opportunity to learn.

“There’s an old saying in sport that the star team will always beat the team of stars. You quite often hear people saying that, and it’s very rarely seen in fact, but this is a really good example of that.’ “They obviously had the talent, but the recruitment of that talent, how did they identify that talent, how did they pull it together, how did they developed goal clarity. The journey they went through was exciting, they built momentum, Vardy’s run of scoring goals, that gave them belief and you could see the belief growing all the time. So it is just a fantastic case study in sport.” 04:18 My sports desk colleague Stuart James has written the inside story of Leicester’s improbable season, including details of Claudio Ranieri’s appointment, the club’s unorthodox training and injury-recovery regimens, and the tricks that brought them the Premier League title. Here’s a taster: In July last year Claudio Ranieri was enjoying a break in Italy when he received a phone call from Steve Kutner, his agent, that would end up changing the face of English football in a way no one could have imagined.

Kutner had been attempting to convince Jon Rudkin, Leicester City’s director of football, that Ranieri was worth considering as the Premier League club’s new manager and finally there was news of a breakthrough. Ranieri was out of work at the time but keen to return to management, in particular in England, where he had fond memories from his time in charge of Chelsea and still owned a property in London going back to those days at Stamford Bridge more than a decade earlier. Several Championship clubs had been sounded out without success when Nigel Pearson’s sacking at Leicester presented Kutner and Ranieri with a window of opportunity. Kutner sensed that Leicester were sceptical about Ranieri, yet he refused to be discouraged. He submitted Ranieri’s CV, listing the distinguished clubs the 64-year-old had managed, together with his record – a Copa del Rey and Super Cup winner with Valencia, Coppa Italia winner at Fiorentina, plus second-place finishes in the Premier League , Ligue 1 and twice in Serie A – and kept chipping away. “I just wanted to get Claudio in front of them, because I was sure that they would be impressed,” Kutner says.

Leicester City’s title triumph: the inside story of an extraordinary season | Stuart James Read more 03:47 Explaining the gravity of Leicester City’s win to those ignorant of football needs some creative thinking. Siddarth Upasani, of India, was on the phone to a London-based friend last night when he came up with a world-class comparison outlining just how unlikely it was. He told me in an email: I was on the phone last night, talking to a friend studying in London, while watching Chelsea-Spurs. She isn’t interested in football amazingly. Anyway, once Hazard scored, I interrupted her rather rudely and said: ‘Listen, you need make sure you keep this in mind for tomorrow so that you don’t feel left out. Leicester City , a football club, have won the Premier League.’ She asked if this was big news. Exasperated, I explained as follows: ‘Imagine Afghanistan winning the Cricket World Cup. And we are still nowhere near describing Leicester’s victory.’ 03:38 Leicester City’s Thai owners are hoping to resist attempts by bigger teams to pick off the cream of their league-winning squad, according to AP.

Big-money suitors are expected to come calling for star players including midfielders Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante, striker Jamie Vardy and goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. But, speaking on Thai television, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, son of club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, said: We are not a team who produces players to be developed later by other teams. All players want to stay and keep on fighting together to see how far they can go. So selling players is not on our agenda. Aiyawatt said that when his father bought the Foxes, winning the league “was not what we dared to dream”. He went on: He was already proud of being the owner of an English Premier League team. Now he has owned an English Premier League Champion team, he can’t be prouder. I have to say on his behalf that he has managed the club with his heart and he just hopes to gain a reputation for the country. The owners are already planning a visit to Thailand, even though a a similar visit last year resulted in some youth team players involved in a scandal which contributed to the firing of manager Nigel Pearson.

Aiyawatt said: They are coming to Thailand very, very soon. This is unbelievable. Thai people should be given a lot of credit as all players acknowledge how much support they have been given. Leicester owners pledge to keep title-winning squad together next season Read more Readers, with these emails you are spoiling me. Here’s some more of your messages. Saurya Sengupta writes from Kolkata, India: Leicester’s win has pretty much all of us here who’ve ever watched a game of football in bawling like babies. My girlfriend who doesn’t follow football made it a point to keep track of their matches and hope and pray that they’d win. I don’t think India’s ever come together in such alliance for any football team (since our national team does nothing) – and that’s A LOT of support. This win is definitely one for Ranieri, the perennial nice guy of management … But, it’s also a message to journalists across the world (looking at you, Guardian :P) to stop trying to predict outcomes in football, especially in leagues. It isn’t even as if Leicester were an exception.

Spurs were given no shouts of finishing in the top four, very few thought Newcastle would be battling against the drop, and the less said about Chelsea , the better. Point taken. Basnet Govinda, who runs the Leicester City Nepal fans Facebook page, has been in touch to say: I’m being a great fan of Leicester City football club … So I can proudly said that the offiical fan club from Nepal was managed by me … hurrayyy.” Robben, also in Nepal, has dropped me a line too: As a lifelong Chelsea fan from Nepal, with the earthquake and the poor season I had to endure, today’s fight by our team to hand Leicester the title was simply glorious. Tears rolling down with every story people are sharing on your feed! And John Palethorpe messages from New Zealand: Blimey! Kids at the school I teach at in Auckland have slowly been learning about Leicester this season – we’ve gone from them pretending to be Rooney and Hazard to Jamie Vardy and Mahrez.

Not seen a shirt yet, but it’s only a matter of time … I saw Wes Morgan play for Forest against Northampton in League One 10 years ago – if you’d told me then that he’d captain a Prem winning side, I’d have laughed. I’m still laughing now though. What a story. Nice one Claudio. 01:31 Christy Yao in our Beijing bureau has been talking to one of China’s biggest Leicester fans. Wang Song Ao Han, a 26-year-old from Inner Mongolia, became a Foxes fan back in 2014 when he was studying at the University of Leicester for a master’s degree in media and advertising. Wang was a regular at the King Power stadium and said Monday night’s victory had left him on the verge of tears. Wang Song Ao Han at the King Power stadium. Photograph: Wang Song Ao Han “I have no words to express how I am feeling. It’s probably one of the best feelings I have ever felt in my entire life,” said Wang who lives in Beijing but is originally from Tongliao, a city of about three million inhabitants towards China’s border with Mongolia and Russia. “I watched Leicester when they were virtually unheard of.

Hardly any Chinese journalists knew about them. Even in UK, it isn’t a well-known city. It’s a very small,” Wang went on. “It is really hard to express the feeling of seeing a team go from being a complete nobody to being today’s Premier League champion.” Wang said he would organise a celebratory dinner in Beijing on Saturday night to watch Leicester’s last home game of the season, against Everton. “I am so excited. I hope the dream will last a long time. I can’t get enough of it,” he said. 01:14 I suspect that readers are now engaged in some concerted effort to get a name-check for every country in the globe on this blog. Undaunted by the strength of the Australian and Canadian contingents, you’ve sent messages from far and wide. From Honduras, Dominic Fleming writes: As an Everton fan since I was seven years old I’m so relieved I will be able to follow my team with no guilt next weekend. Watched the Tottenham game in Utila, Honduras, today and the place erupted when Hazard grabbed the equaliser. The mosquitos are being ignored as we currently toast the upset of all upsets.

Ben Daggers emails from Japan: The Osaka branch of the Leicester City fan club (population: 3) had a delirious Monday night. With a 4am kickoff there were no bars showing the game – we had to settle for a flurry of mildly-panicked, expletive-filled first half of text messages, followed by a euphoric, expletive-filled second half … Finally got to sleep at 7am and will be spending today smiling. And from Iran, Hugo Corden-Lloyd sends this: Just woken up in Tehran to see that Leicester are the champions! Everywhere I’ve been in the city over the last month as soon as I tell people I’m English the response has been ‘Jamie Vardy, Khoob!’ Which means Jamie Vardie, good! Some things just seem to generate universal excitement, which is a great thing to see. Ruby Dean has had a late night/early start in Nigeria: Words can’t describe how ecstatic I am by 4am in the wee hours of the morning in Nigeria! … Hard work surely begets success! Congrats to the new kings!

And Mark Hannant seems to be having a tough night in Saudi Arabia but we’re here to help: My wife and I and two small children are stuck in Jeddah airport for 12 hours en route from Mumbai to Manchester. ‘Happy Hammer’ all my life so fully understand the disappointments of supporting unfashionable clubs. The Guardian’s rolling coverage is making a rather grim night into something memorable. Thanks. I have had lots of emails from readers in Canada, which is always a joy whatever the reason, but right now makes me wonder if there is a great undiscovered Leicester diaspora there. Francesco emails to say: I am a life-long Arsenal supporter (now living in Canada having left my home in Ireland a few years ago). I have to say I am delighted with Leicester winning the title. I was always very impressed with the way Ranieri conducted himself at all the clubs he managed and he deserves all the praise he is receiving at the moment … Many years ago he saved Parma football club (Parma is the place where I was born) from certain relegation when he took over the team mid-season, an incredible feat at the time.

His tactical acumen came in very handy towards the end of the season when the team needed points desperately. Christine Welch is one of a number of readers who’ve contacted me today to say their fathers would have been celebrating the victory: WOW. This makes me feel so good. My Dad used to take me to Filbert Street in the early 50s, he was a number one fan, no way could they do any wrong, he always blamed the ref. After every season he would always say ONE DAY WE WILL. He used to drive me crazy but he never wavered, he would have loved this day. Gavin Wightman checks in from Belle River, Ontario: I have been a Leicester fan for over 30 years especially since my Dad used to take me to games as a teenager. Moved here in 2008 and haven’t seen another Leicester fan. My nine-year-old son wears his Leicester shirt to school with pride, with the other kids in ignorance in their Barcelona/Messi shirts – perhaps now they will realise the significance. What an awesome achievement!

(Gavin, as you can see, you are definitely not Canada’s sole Leicester fan!) Nick Grayson, also from Ontario, shares this tale: My father was born in Leicester on Brandon Street in 1929, we emigrated to Canada in 1973 when I was 13 … He hated football though and thought it was a total waste of time, (at least that’ s what he told me). Of course I loved the game and can still name all of the player’s from Leicester’s FA Cup team … He died just shortly after they found King Richard’s body . On his own death bed we talked about everything Leicester, even down to the parking lot where they found him … His final comments went to football, something he never brought up first. He asked me how Leicester were doing and that he had seen them play many times as child. I wasn’t expecting this confession and that’s where his life ended, with him saying that King Richard might bring the city luck. I never thought of my dad as a prophet – smart, but not a prophet.

Tonight though my dad, King Richard and Leicester are bending their elbows and toasting those who believe and the underdogs, the strength of teamwork over straight-up dollars and buying success. I love it and long may they run. I’m hoping Nick’s dad would have appreciated Tuesday’s Guardian print front page: Katharine Viner (@KathViner) 00:13 It’s nearly dawn in Leicester and I strongly suspect some fans will be up to see the sun rise. Obviously all workplaces and schools in Leicester are giving everyone the day off on Tuesday*. (*You might need to check this because I have just made it up and I’m not the mayor or anything like that.) Some of these supporters have missed their bedtime. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA One of those occasions where it’s acceptable to sit on top of your car. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters Fortunately for this fan, his pre-prepared scarf was not in vain. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Don’t try this at home, unless by chance you have a memorial clock tower in your home.

Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA 23:53 Will the Leicester City and Australia goalkeeper end his season with a winner’s medal? Leicester’s victory has lent some weight to the theory that Mark Schwarzer is a Premier League lucky charm. While the former Socceroo did not play a single league match for the Foxes this season, he became the first goalkeeper to be involved in back-to-back title victories with separate clubs. Mark Schwarzer playing for Leicester City against Aston Villa in the FA Cup fifth round. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Schwarzer, who was with Chelsea last season, does not meet the official criteria to qualify for a winner’s medal, which stipulate a player must have made at least five appearances to receive one. The veteran did not play a league match during Chelsea’s title run last year either, yet he still pocketed a medal after then-Blues manager Jose Mourinho decided to buy him a replica in recognition of his efforts from the bench.

There has been no indication yet from the victorious Leicester camp as to whether Claudio Ranieri will follow suit this year and make Schwarzer the first player since Eric Cantona (Leeds United-Manchester United in 1992 and 1993) to win back-to-back top-flight titles with different clubs. Mark Schwarzer: Leicester City's non-playing Premier League lucky charm Read more 23:26 Tom Phillips Even in China football fans are celebrating Leicester’s victory, which a report by state broadcaster CCTV described as being less likely than finding the Loch Ness monster or discovering that Elvis was alive. One message left on the club’s official Weibo account this morning reads: “I am so happy to witness Leicester’s fairy tale! Thanks Leicester City for showing me how charming football can be again!

It is so great for people who have dreams!” Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) "The cheering was loud enough to wake even King Richard III!" - China's official news agency on @LCFC triumph I’m sure my UK sports colleagues will take this in the spirit it’s intended (mild-ribbing-verging-on-outright-mockery), but given it’s 4.15am there and they’ll be asleep, let’s go for it. Here are their predictions for the 2016 EPL, made at the start of the season: Premier League 2015-16: Guardian football writers’ season predictions Read more I count 10 votes in there for Leicester to be among the teams relegated. Zero for title winners. And a couple of comments that I’m sure their originators have already eaten with a side helping of humble pie: Relegated: Watford and Norwich, just because they go up and they go down. And probably Leicester too. No Nigel, no party . How Claudio Ranieri continues to land good jobs is a mystery. Relegated: Leicester, Sunderland and Norwich. I fear that Claudio Ranieri will struggle at Leicester .

Relegated: Watford, Leicester and Newcastle all for the same reason: the manager. I’m going to give Louise Taylor a bonus point for caveating her expectation that Leicester would find themselves in the relegation zone: … but Claudio Ranieri may just exceed expectations. Still, wouldn’t it be boring if football followed all the predictions? And most of them were backing Leicester by February: Who will win the Premier League title? Guardian writers pick their winners Read more More reader emails! This is the best bit of my job today, I’ll be honest. Rob Newton messages to say: Two weeks ago I was in Hsi Paw, a small town in Shan state, Myanmar. Hsi Paw is mostly notable for its tea, its trekking, and the occasional flare-up of the decades-old conflict between Shan rebels and the Myanmar army. I walked into a pancake shop, where they were playing the premier league. The owner asked where I was from. I said Leicestershire. And he proudly declared his allegiance to Leicester City . Free pancakes in Hsi Paw tonight! Chilima Chola says hi from Lusaka, Zambia: Leicester’s story is our story.

Everyday we get beaten down and slammed to the ground by life and our realities. But today, Leicester showed me and Zambia that no matter what the odds are in life, hard work and persistence is all you need to succeed in life. Joe Nhodza, from Zimbabwe, is warming to the fairytale theme: I’m a Man U fan but for some reason I’m up at 4.30am in this part of the world called Zimbabwe. And I’m finding it rather impossible not to be happy for Leicester. I feel Leicester’s story proves just how much everyone loves a good fairytale ending. I could compare Leicester’s triumph to that moment when Anna managed to thaw queen Elsa’s frozen heart, by getting her to believe in love again: marvellous! Well done Leicester for being our modern-day fairytale. Guru Singh is setting Leicester’s sights even higher: I am at the moment in Boston, USA. As a lifelong Nottingham Forest fan I can applause Leicester’s fantastic achievement having lived through similar emotions many times with Forest. Well done The Foxes! Now go and win the European Cup!

22:53 It’s a happy morning in Bangkok, Oliver Holmes reports: The Spurs match was at 2am, so only the most dedicated fans in Thailand watched, but many are waking up to the news now. Many supporters here were hoping that Leicester would win it at the weekend in the game against Manchester United , which was at 8pm. I was at King Power HQ, a huge duty-free outlet in central Bangkok, that night speaking to fans about why they loved Leicester. The club’s owner, billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, had treated hundreds to free beer, fresh prawns and a huge screen under the palm trees. Leicester City fans gathered at King Power hotel in Bangkok to watch the game between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford. Photograph: Borja Sanchez Trillo/Getty Images One fan, Akapong Nutthawute, said he had won a competition on Leicester City’s Thai Facebook page to get a seat at the showing. He has been watching English football since his childhood, mainly because that was the only choice. “Twenty or 30 years ago the only league that we could watch in Thailand was British.

The other leagues weren’t on television, so Thais support British teams,” said the 37-year-old engineer from the country’s north. He said that he still has love for Liverpool, the team his parents have supported for decades, saying that Leicester was an “alternate team”. “This team have the team work. They played together last year and each player knows the skills of the other,” he said. His friend, the other lucky draw winner, nodded his head in approval. 22:15 More emails from fans all over the globe, and this first one, from Riley Strother, might win today’s prize for the most farflung location: I’m alone at the Race Rocks lighthouse, which is situated on a tiny island on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada, and I am ecstatic about Leicester becoming champions! I’m a Newcastle fan, but since the start of the season I have been pulling for Leicester to pull off this incredible upset, and for the last few months I’ve been following every game out here on this rock. Even though there are only seals and sea lions to confirm it, I am indeed dancing for joy! Riley, please ask a marine mammal to take a photo to verify your claim.

Diego García pops up with a message: Writing from the Dominican Republic just to let you know Leicester’s story and success were followed and celebrated here too. This is what makes sports so beautiful. Sveinn Sigþórsson says hello from Iceland: Earlier this evening I was at a game between KR Reykjavik and Vikingur Reykjavik in the Icelandic Premier League . The stadium announcer usually announces other goals around the Icelandic league and then the MOTM, but I’ve never heard him comment on matches abroad. Tonight, he excitedly announced “Chelsea and Tottenham have drawn 2-2, Leicester are champions!”, which drew wild celebrations from the crowd all around the stadium. As the match finished with a 0-0 scoreline that was just as boring as it sounds, this provided the only excitement of the game. And a magnanimous email from Jarrod Wilkinson-Smith, self-styled “Spurs fan in NZ”: So happy for Leicester – the table doesn’t lie. Also really happy Spurs are going to Champs League again – if we get one more star player and don’t lose the main guys we will be a real force for the next decade. Thanks to all of you who are emailing me.

I’m reading them all and will feature as many of them as I can on here.

Question: How many games did Leicester City FC lose at their home ground in their winning 2015-16 season?
Answer: 1