The 2008âÂÂ09 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.
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 sponsored by British company Topps Tiles.
The Leicester City players reported back for Pre-Season http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~1337088,00.html on 1 July 2008. They played the following Friendlies:
<sup>1</sup> - Match postponed due to International call-ups.<br> <sup>2</sup> - In some match reports, this goal is mistakenly awarded to Mark Davies
<sup>1</sup> Leicester won 3âÂÂ1 on penalties.
At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2009âÂÂ10 season.
<small>Note: Subs in brackets.</small>
All Stats obtained from LCFC.com