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This was the first ever season where Tottenham and Arsenal went head to head to win the title. Of course Leicester had to win it.
They both bottled it😂
@@leon1691 lol spurs werent top at christmas were they.
@@kaisaddington4310 it was a neck n neck title race
@@leon1691 well it was hardly gonna be spurs😂
Spurs finished 3rd in a two-horse race 😂
To think this happened post Chelsea and City, an incredible achievement.
Both plastic clubs tho so we shouldn’t be surprised
@@lickmygooch1013 Where are the non plastic clubs then?
Yes i love how football is 95% of the time purely about money
@@Creees 99.99999999999999999999%
And Liverpool
This was the fairytale to end all fairytales. A team who survived by the skin of their teeth the previous season going on to win the league. Its truly inspirational. It gave all the other smaller teams hope that they too can achieve big things. That the Fulhams, Bournemouths, and Brightons of this world can replicate what happened here. This was a team that aimed high and worked super hard. Look where it brought them.
@@markvarley2962 Leicester isn’t that bad of a city at all
@Paul I got to uni there and sure there are some rough areas but that’s the same for every city. Much of the area around the university campuses and the city centre are pretty nice.
@Paul Paul have you been to Nottingham in the past 20 years? Clearly not
Salernitana in Serie A is having a great escape right now - 13 points out of the last 5 matches, Rock-bottom before that. Watch out for them next season in Serie A.
Bring back the super league
Don’t think people understand how crazy this was. Imagine Burnley winning the league now
Leicester weren't that bad. Say like West Ham winning title would perhaps be a more apt one.
@@naturelover4148 but they won it after got promoted
it like Brentford becoming champions next season
@@naturelover4148 bro they were Fighting relegation previous Season. Burnley is more accurate
@@naturelover4148 they were in the relegation zone for a pretty large portion of the season before and sat 20th with like 8 games left. its more like newcastle winning the league next year, however leicster did it without any saudi cash
Objectively speaking, the greatest moment in Premier League history. That season was the best in Premier League history in terms of entertainment.
100%
Agueroooooooooooooooooooooooo
Absolutely not it’s great but it’s not as good as scoring a late winner to pip your rivals to the PL title 😂😂
@@psychobread1 as a neutral, Leicester winning the title was far more entertaining than man citys late win
@@hugh.g.rection5906 agree. I mean City by then was already in the top tier after years of spending money. Leicester won with a team that barely survived the season before
Four months later, Leicester fired Ranieri... and soured the greatest achievement in managerial history.
No they didn’t it soured nothing they won the league and had to part ways because he’s not a great manager and now have a premier league team
@@Louisjamson Yeah, the current manager is doing swimmingly for Leicester, you're right
@@hugorobilliard3742 yeah Leicester got to the semis in a European competition. but please if sacking ranieri was a bad decision how did he do at Fulham or Roma what he did at Leicester was amazing but keeping him and they would’ve got relegated
@@Louisjamson For Leicester's sake, I guess we'll have to find out next season... it just may take some time I guess
Claudio is still revered and considered a legend in Leicester. you only need to see the Roma game the other day to see how we still worship 'the Godfather '. however the following season we were sleepwalking to relegation and unfortunately it would have been an even bigger story had we been relegated.
Crazy to think that they did this against the millions other clubs spend. No unnecessary signings, no big spending,… just amazing scouting and pure class founded with limited recourses. A great example for any other club
And then make good profit off of them
No unnecessary signings are a bit of a stretch
And then gutted of Kante and Mahrez
And then those bargain signings ran to the first big clubs they could. It just shows, whether you're worth £100million or £250k modern footballers are all the same. No loyalty, just out for greed.
@@martinkeys3717 Except for Vardy. The man stayed put and became a legend of the club
I lived in Leicester when this happened, absolutely insane, the entire city went crazy
Crazy stuff they got relegated the year before or the year after that then went and won the premier league never been done before
@@dannydyer2879 won the Championship in 2013/14, did the Great Escape in 2014/15 and went to win the league in 2015/16
@@Mr_Storm_22Now they have won the Championship in 2023/24, Exactly ten years after that. Will they recreate it?
@@PorterStatsTheSecond unfortunately I don't see Leicester struggling next season, but who knows with this league
Khun Vichai said that Leicester will made to the Top 4, everyone were laughing at him and thought that it was impossible, and then in 2016, his words come true, not just Top 4 but Champions of England. An incredible story in football that would be told for a long long time.
💙💙💙💙
The greatest story in football history without a doubt.
Arguably in all of organized team sports....can't think of a greater accomplishment when you factor in all the variables. It wasn't just a single night where they punched above their weight. They completed an entire season being far better than they had any right to be, with a team full of journeyman, it's just incredible.
what north ferriby united did was arguably a greater achievement. a small village team winning the FA Trophy at wembley and then getting to the conference. some of those teams have bigger attendances than the entire population of north ferriby. the season after they were relegated they announced a budget of only £500 for the entire squad. the non league paper actually said this was a bigger achievement than what Leicester did and bookies claimed they wouldve given larger odds too. its all opinion but seriously look at what north ferriby united achieved.
@@hugh.g.rection5906 sounds pretty amazing actually and it certainly sounds like it could make a claim to be the best. It’s a shame football below a certain level doesn’t always get the attention it deserves
What about Greece in Euro 04
Forest winning the league as a newly promoted side. Then winning and then defending the UCL must be up there.
I basically adopted Leicester as my 2nd team in this season. I was so desperate for them to get over the line and so delighted. What an incredible moment
I think most of us made them our 2nd team!
@@hughiedgar7574 I didn't see em as a second team but I wanted them to win the premier league, like these stuffs rarely do happen and when it did I just got a sense of amazment. like we witnessed a beautiful historical football moment happen the day they won the prem
Vichai had a dream, He bought a football team, He came from Thailand and now he’s one of our own, We play from the back and counter attack, Champions of England, You made us sing that ...
What happened to Vichai was terrible but oh my what a legacy he left behind.
If Vichai never bought leceister & won the league, he would still be alive today. Sometimes what we want can might not be what we NEED.
@@JS_246 what's wrong with you dude?Is it his fault that he was unable to forsee the future?Anyways he died at 60,lived a good life,and achieved a great feat with his team..a legacy
@@aniketgupta8064 No it's not his fault he was unable to foresee the future. But I don't think there's much wrong with J S's suggestion, I'd only add to that picking the want is usually better. I'm sure Vichai would do it all again if he could go back and if he had a crystal ball.
@@aniketgupta8064 there is nothing wrong with him do you find his regard for human life 'wrong'?
And to put final nail in the coffin, Spurs ended finish in 3rd behind Arsenal while all the pundits and audience consider that was 2 horse race between Leicester and Spurs in the last mile of the season 🤣
Nobody cares about 2nd mate
the sad part is when some opposing fans that were bitter themselves and also some Arsenal fans that wanted a certain manager out tried to downplay Leicesters achievements by saying Arsenal bottled it. lol. Leicester were the best team that season.
@Paul just like nobody asked you!
@@patchh15 You seem to have missed OP's point
@@gozuam1617 Arsenal did bottle it, it was the lowest winning point total in PL history and Arsenal who’d spent far more to accumulate their squad were nowhere near them. Nobody downplayed Leicester winning it lol, they deserved it as the rest were awful. All the other big clubs were in a mess/transitional phase, yet Wenger who had everything how he wanted - claiming a single outfield player couldn’t improve us while we only signed Cech on a free the previous summer - couldn’t touch them with a barge pole. Some Arsenal fans wanted a certain manager out recently and mocked his accent in the process - they deserved the past two years of pure misery as a result. The sad part is the people who attempt to re-write history, nice try though.
Fun fact. Claudio reneiri was an iconic roma player and manager and he won the league with leicester Now leicester will play a European 2nd leg semi final against roma. Both on the hunt for their first ever European trophy
Aren't you the Daily Mourinho News guy
@@AnhadSinghhh omg he is, the legend
@@AnhadSinghhh Yep. It's so strange to actually get recognized. It's like I was famous or something 😂
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Iconic roma player? He made 6 apps?
Part of me is heartbroken by this season, as the title was Arsenal’s to lose that, but I can’t even be mad, this is one of the most beautiful moments in premier league history, that in an era of big spending clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City a club like Leicester could out play everyone with sheer determination and smart business, it gives hope across the land to all those teams below the top 6 that one day they too can reach the title. A historical moment for sure
Wtf are you talking about arsenal's title to lose, you have been no where near 2016 or this season
@@diehard21000 I think he was just implying Arsenal finished the season second so closest they’ve been in a while
@@lukemelvin6758 he was stating arsenal's title to lose, pretty black and white
Arsenal were never near the title all season
@@lukemelvin6758 They finished 2nd but were never in the title picture.
6 years ago today, time has flown by
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What an iconic moment
I remember this happening watching that Chelsea VS Spurs game... And now its on Retro and was actually years ago.
Probably this will never happen again, but I’m happy I was alive to see this happening.
Imagine if these players had shown some loyalty to Leicester and stayed instead of running off to the big clubs. With the additions of Tielemens, Maddison, Maguire (he was boss at Leicester) along with Kante, Mahrez, Vardy this team could have been something special for much longer than one season. Such a shame how money talks.
Loyalty doesnt feed the families bro... u only need one bad moment in your career then ur club ditch u so no need to be loyal
@@aniqsas vichai doesn't treat his players like that, he treat them like his employees. His "khun" title wasn't just for show, he literally would talk to you directly, he care about you. like how he scolded vardy because he keeps getting drunk. Having a boss like him would be a dream tbh.
If the team you just named did ever come to life it would dominate the way Ajax did in the 90s
77 points to become the champions and now you need 95+ points!
we actually finished with 81 points. City won it last year with 86 so not actually a huge differance.
@@kevinmcnab5670 77 points still won the title.
@@philyburkhill1 which is the exact same points that Man City won it on last year. 77 points. 10 points ahead qith 3 games to go.
@@kevinmcnab5670 And now you need 95+ points?
@@philyburkhill1 not needed necessarily. Mathematically 83 could do it.... it won't but could.
Amazing 5000-1 used to love the background music at 3.27 towards end of the season
Had just literally drove back up the road (I’m from Scotland🏴)from a football tournament at fleetwood training ground, the buzz around there was amazing due too vardys connections absolute scenes watching the draw against Manchester United
Still gives chills.
Incredible for Leicester, like Spurs fighting for the title, and unsurprisingly finishing third. 🤯
I was in year 7 when this happened and now I’m going to uni next month and we still haven’t finished in the top 4 since then ffs
Not a Leicester but this is among my best seasons, really felt happy for them that season
Six years on (can't believe its already been that long), and still can't believe that happened!
Spurs finished 3rd in a two horse title race 🤣
@Paul They were never first to bottle it.
@Paul Bottleham
Best sporting moment ever, unmatched
i think this season is the obvious proof of the transition Era of the Premier League, the fact that Spurs and Leicester are the top 2 teams in the league, while 2 Liverpool and Man City were preparing to dominate the league for years to come.
I loved that season it made a change in the premier league
And you know what’s funny, Spurs still finished third in title race between the two of them.
Lost the last two matches of the season to finish third behind Arsenal!!
One of my favorite moments in all of sports of all-time and it's not even close. I swear to God you could feel a seismic event when the final whistle blew, the whole world was rooting for them.
Chelsea and Liverpool both finished 10th an 8th in this season. Just to show how bizarre this season was. Southampton also placed 6th too, qualifying for Europe.
Remember the constant "It won't last, they will drop off" but all that disappeared when they won away at Man City.
This was truly world shattering. Little Leicester toppled titans, not by fluke, but by winning time after time. It was simply unfathomable. It would be like jamaica or Madagascar winning the world cup. Unthinkable. They went up against money, wealth, status and power, the best teams funds could buy and beat them with grit, determination and faith in themselves. They didn't just punch above their weight once, they did it again and again and again. From this point on every other small team had hope that they could be the next Leicester and that will never ever fade. It could well be the greatest underdog story football has ever told. People can argue about knockout tournements, a few games over a month or so, but to compete at a level far higher than anyone ever dreamed? To beat champions again and again? To keep fighting even though you are facing the huge spending power of giants? Thats different. That is truly special. It is hard to ever see it being replicated, the utter drive these boys had to do what they did happens once in a century. Miracles truly do happen, i just never thought i would see it firsthand.
Watching this before we play Roma tonight, what a season that was
How the hell did this happen 6 years ago it mental how fast time flies
This was an incredible season for football.
I was watching that game! insane! I was supporting Tottenham cause my friend was a die hard Chelsea fan.😂 crazy how time flies
Absolutely amazing
My dad placed a 30$ bet just for fun on Leicester winning the league at the start of the season. Like all of us, nobody was thinking Leicester would win the league. Dad got like 800$ in return at the end of season.
The odds were 5000 to 1 so if your dad placed a $30 bet at the start of the season he would've got $150000 in return
@@ekibrekelmans5447 1:5000 was before season even start. as time went by, they decrease bet rate lower and lower as Leicester was on top of the tables. So it is understandable why he only get that much.
Thank God for giving me a chance to witness this beautiful scene in my life
2016 was such a crazy year, almost feels like we have been living in a different dimension ever since.
I don’t think this historic moment is talked or even mentioned about enough right now. Fans, news, media is just mostly talking about players moving around clubs for hundreds millions of pounds. Something that literally happens all the time. Mark my words, Nothing like this moment will ever happen in anyone’s lifetime.
Spurs finishing 2nd is the REAL shock 😮
They finished 3rd.
Whatever they can't win a trophy
3rd in a 2 horse race 😂
@@askamundsen667 it's the history of the Tottenham
@@Xiphactinus such a original joke
Still the greatest underdog story to this day 🙂🙂🦊🦊
Love how football fans can turn this wonderful moment into basic, unremarkable jokes about Spurs being bottle jobs. Focus on the truly wonderful part of this story: Leicester doing the impossible
That music piece at the end made it so much more epic.
The Greatest Story Ever told ♥️
I'm an Arsenal fan so this season was bittersweet. As a football fan I could not help but smile for Leicester, just hated it that it was my club at their expense. Beautiful moment in sports history. Those who don't understand football will never understand how impossible this was.
Winning the title with 77 points, now you'd probably finish 4th with that point tally. What a season that was.
As amazing of an achievement it was, it's funny thinking that every other season apart from one in the last 20 years, with the points tally that Leicester had, they wouldn't have won. Guess it was just written in the stars
Absolutely incredible story this…
Leicester win, was the best premiership season to date. Fairy tail year.
The moment where everyone around the world claimed they were a Leicester city fan without even being able to pronounce Leicester right 💀
That West Brom game the week before was the biggest killer for them
For me it was when West Ham beat them. They had a chance to go top if they beat WHU. After that you just knew spurs were always going to bottle it.
@@luisnotsosuarez6436 and West Ham did it to them the next season when they could’ve gone 1 point behind Chelsea at the top. Forever bursting bubbles hahaha
I was at the Leicester Royal Infirmary when they won & all the staff & patients was going crazy.
That was a hell of a season.
Greatest ever story in the history of Football
@skysportsretro you should upload the whole section when they go though all the games after the initial reaction
The roar around the Bridge at the FT whistle 😂😭
I think everyone except Tottenham fans wanted Leicester to win the league at that point
Biggest miracle in football history, no doubt.
Winning the title at 77 points geez, man city have just ruined it now for any hopes for teams to do this again
Remember as if it was yesterday, Remember everything from that night
Not a Leicester fan at all but I definitely became one this season. I hate the rollercoaster emotions of supporting a club, which is why I support no team but this was different. I became anxious, watching behind sofas etc, desperate for Leicester to win the league with every passing game, after around December. I would have been genuinely gutted had they not won it.
OG's know how good Claudio Ranieri was, prior to this he was also managing Chelsea before Abramowich arrival and finished 4th in the league to qualify for Champions League. Without him maybe there would be no Abramowich at Chelsea and all the records they achieved. Remember that. And then they sacked him for no reason.
Because he’s a poor manager. Known as the Tinkerman, was an underwhelming appointment (“Claudio Ranieri? Really?” - Gary Lineker) and has failed in every job he’s had since Leicester, who sacked him for being awful after that season. He can’t even take credit for this win. Nigel Pearson built the momentum with the previous season’s end and Steve Walsh was incredible with his player recruitment. Ranieri had to be persuaded to sign Kanté, then tried to play him on the wing!
@@Stephen_Platt Obviously you don't watch football much, or you just started watching him a couple years ago. I've been watching it since 97-98. Claudio was always a great manager. He finished 4th with Chelsea in 2002/2003 season above Liverpool and qualify for CL, won the league with Leicester city when Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool all teams were extremely strong. You really think its easy to win a premiership, you think anyone can do it? You know that without a good manager it doesn't matter what squat you have and you wont win any titles.
@@Legenda20SLO when City, United, Liverpool and Arsenal were all strong? City who were managed by Manuel Pellegrini and who took their foot off the gas when his departure was announced? And *still* City finished above United. Liverpool who finished 8th? Their joint worst ever final position since pre-Shankly?? Come off it 😂😂😂 He’s had a track record for things going south because of his negative tactics and constant tinkering of his team going back to the early 2000s. I never said anyone can win the prem, but it’s not like he was the only one who performed the miracle. He was helped *greatly* by circumstance and the people around him. He lost 1 player and his results went down the pan at Leicester. A player he didn’t even want! He got sacked somewhat harshly by Chelsea in 2004, but then hardly set the world alight in any of his jobs until Leicester, then things went south like they had done in his last several jobs.
Also remember if Chelsea didn’t sack him and appoint mourinho they’d be nothing today 🧐
Love from India ❤️ Eid Mubarak
I still can't comprehend how this happened. I don't think I ever will.
A beautiful moment and I remember the general euphoria in the wider footballing world on that day after this match.
I'm from Leicester, can't describe the energy around the city that night and the following weeks..
Best wishes for Leicester Premier League champions
6 years ago. Mad.
Fun fact: Conte's Tottenham ended this season with more points than that Tottenham that was supposedly fighting for the title.
really? the table shows spurs already has 70 points with 2 matches to play
Still mad to think this actually happened ! Once in a lifetime achievement
The best Monday Night Football EVER!
And then spurs came 3rd in a two horse race 😂😂😂
Honestly this is something we will get to see once in a century
Never forget Tottenham came in 3rd in a 2 horse race!
Probably the most popular Premier League champions ever. To have a squad that didn't seem capable of getting anywhere NEAR the title to do that is magic. And to think it took just £5.6m for their secret weapon... I was overjoyed when Liverpool won the league in 19/20, but I really happy for Leicester to do the unthinkable as I was when they won the FA Cup last season.
It was Arsenal's to lose at one point and lose is exactly what they did. Leicester were outstanding that season and probably deserved to win it, but it was yet another season that Arsenal fans were left lamenting through poor management and bad transfer window business.
People often forget this. It’s spurs who get all the jokes but spurs were never top of the league that season. You can’t bottle something you were never on course to win. Arsenal couldn’t have been given a better chance to win one last title during Wenger’s reign, baffling that they didn’t win it. Brilliant from Leicester to capitalise
@@ClaraFinn Not really baffling if you'd already seen how Arsenal had been handling the transfer market since the Emirates move. They always took their foot off the gas at the key moments and left the squad just short of being strong enough to get over the line through lack of just one or two more signings. It was frustrating to the point where I gave up even bothering to watch transfer deadline day.
@@ClaraFinn You took the words out of my mouth
Thé only signing we made that season was Petr cech 😭😭
Arsenal 2016, 2011 and 2008 were good teams short of 2-3 world class players away from being elite. Wenger and the board’s refusal to invest stopped such a progression from ever happening. When Liverpool got a decent side in 2018, they invested in 2-3 world class signings and are reaping the rewards even now.
I remember this day like it was six years ago..
I loved this.
Congratulations Leicester !
crazy to see that it took only 77 points to Leicester to become champions, after seeing yesterday that liverpool did +90 twice but finished second
They could’ve had 72 points and still won, which is 27 lower than Liverpool finishing 2nd on 97
true football club,played for their sucess Unlike most teams these days buying their titles and trophies pretty much
Great Story, but it still hurts as it comes of expense of my gunners, who should and would have won the league, if not for this unlikely (but wonderful) event. #COYG
One of the highlights for that season as a Chelsea fan, even in our worst season of the clubs recent history we were still able to screw spurs over
Congratulations Leicester 6 years on from a huge Newcastle United fan
They included the bit where Vorm tries to bang out Hiddink, nice one. (Obviously Vorm was well out of order but funny to watch again still)
The biggest work in sporting history
Im Liverpool fan but this is completely one of sensetions of the PL!this is proof that you don't need money to win treble,quadruple,sixpule and etc this is a proof that in football everything is possible it's like Aston villa or Norwich winning the league
At that point they streingthen themselves as top team at epl with their top tier scout and training facility. So they dont be another Blackburn. This season was bad tho, but they really changed after that season.
Greatest achievement in British football history. Even a quadruple wouldn't be a scratch in this.
No it's not.
Funny because utds treble so far is still classed the greatest achievement. Its whether Liverpool can top it with a quad but this was astonishing, not the greatest achievement though
This reminds me of Kaiserslautern 1997/98. Long gone are the days.
Their best players were swiftly poached by European Giants afterwards and then they fell into crisis.
That season was unique. Not to take Leicester achievements away but all top teams were in transition, so really Arsenal or Spurs should’ve won the title. But Leicester done the craziest thing of all time
Trophy hunter, I presume?
It kind of annoys me as a Leicester fan to see people saying arsenal and Tottenham were bottle jobs that season, Leicester were top at Christmas and were the best team in the league all year, that’s why we won, because we were the best, we didn’t win it because Spurs or arsenal bottled it, arsenal celebrated like they won the league after that Welbeck goal but even then we were winning until a stupid red card which turned the game
You can never hate them