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Leicester Tigers
Full name Leicester Football Club
Founded 1880
Location Leicester, England
Ground(s) Welford Road
Capacity 16,815
Chairman Flag of England Peter Tom
Coach Vacant
Captain Flag of England Martin Corry
League Guinness Premiership
2007-08 4th
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Leicester Football Club (nicknamed Leicester Tigers) is an English rugby union club that plays in the Guinness Premiership. Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Welford Road is a Stadium in Leicester, England and is home to one of England's traditional rugby union powers Leicester Tigers. Martin Edward Corry MBE (born 12 October 1973) is an English Rugby union footballer who plays number eight, blindside The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby The 2007-08 Guinness Premiership started in September 2007 and finished with the final in May 2008 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby The club has been the most successful English club of the professional era, winning the Heineken Cup twice and the league five times under the captaincy of Martin Johnson, all in the space of 7 years. The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970 is a former Rugby union footballer who represented and captained England and Leicester. Leicester Tigers are the current Guinness Premiership holders. The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby

Leicester are one of only four teams never to have been relegated from the top division and have never finished a league season below 6th position. The club's turnover for 2006-07 was £15. 2 million. [1]

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History

Early years

Leicester Football Club was formed in a meeting held in the city's George Hotel on August 1880 by the merger of three smaller teams: Leicester Societies AFC, Leicester Amateur FC and Leicester Alert. That October, the new club wore black for their first game against Moseley at the Belgrave Cricket and Cycle Ground.

It was not until five years or so later that the nickname "Tigers" was first used, the Leicester Daily Post reporting that "the Tiger stripes were keeping well together". The origin of the nickname is uncertain, but it may have come from The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, which received the nickname after serving in India. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment was an Infantry Regiment of the line in the British Army, with a history going back to 1688 For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British An alternative theory is that the team wore a brown and yellow striped shirt. In their early years, they were also known as "The Death or Glory Boys". The now-famous scarlet, green and white jerseys were not introduced until 1891, although these were in a vertical stripe formation until the distinctive hoops were first worn in September 1895.

They moved in 1892 to their present ground at Welford Road, Leicester. Welford Road is a Stadium in Leicester, England and is home to one of England's traditional rugby union powers Leicester Tigers. Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional Having won the Midlands Cup every year from 1898 to 1905, they dropped out "to give other teams a chance".

In the 1926/27 season, Leicester started using letters to identify their forwards, expanding the practice by 1931/32 to the whole team.

Post war

With the arrival of Chalkie White in 1968, things began to improve significantly. Herbert Victor "Chalkie" White ( 16 January 1929 &mdash 24 January 2005) was an English rugby union player and later coach instrumental He was a very progressive coach who demanded high standards of fitness and tactics. His unique style of coaching brought success on the pitch, and with that success came increased attendances.

Leicester started to grow as a club towards the end of the 1970s. At the start of the decade, the club had just 600-700 members and gates were less than 1,000. By 1980, the Tigers had reached their first cup final, and the club was on its way towards a substantial period of growth.

During 1970s the team played in front of a packed stadium during the annual Boxing Day Barbarians event (in contrast with the usual 750-2,000 spectators). Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, as well as many other members of the Commonwealth The Barbarian Football Club, typically referred to as Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas" is an invitational Rugby union team based in Britain This game still takes place each year; however, it is no longer played on Boxing Day since Leicester now play a league game near that date.

A first Twickenham final appearance ended in defeat by Gloucester in the John Player Cup in 1978, but the Tigers won the next three against Moseley (15-12), London Irish (21-9) and Gosforth (22-15). The EDF Energy Cup (also known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup) is an English and Welsh Rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the This meant they were allowed to keep the trophy. The fifth final was a loss to Bristol in 1983.

In August 1980, Leicester became the first English club to go on a tour in the southern hemisphere, where they played six games in Australia and Fiji to mark the club's centenary.

In the 1980s, the club still enjoyed the benefits of amateur rugby, with nights away and Easter tours, although off the pitch the Tigers were taking their first steps towards corporate sponsorship. When they beat Waterloo on the last day of the 1987/88 season, the Tigers became England’s first official champions. Waterloo Football Club is an English Rugby Union team based at St Anthony's Road Blundellsands, Merseyside in the borough of Sefton

Nineties and onwards

The early 1990s saw the emergence of Leicester's renowned ABC Club, so called because of the letters the front row players wore on their backs, with Graham Rowntree, hooker Richard Cockerill and Darren Garforth.

Leicester began one of the greatest winning streaks of any team. This streak started when a young pack helped Leicester to defeat Harlequins 23-16 in the 1993 cup final. They were English champions again in 1995, won the Pilkington Cup in 1997 (9-3 against Sale) and were the first English team to get to the Heineken Cup final before losing to Brive in the same year. In the 1996 cup final, Tigers lost to Bath (which was just finishing its own great domination of English rugby) after Steve Lander gave a contentious penalty try to in the last minute which sealed their victory. After the match Neil Back pushed over Lander landing himself a six month ban. Neil Antony Back (born January 16 1969 in Coventry) is a former international Rugby union footballer for England, who also played

From 1999 to 2002, under the captaincy of Martin Johnson and the management of Dean Richards, who became Director of Rugby for the club in February 1998, they won four consecutive Premiership titles and the first Zürich Championship play-offs, bringing their total of league championships to 6 — tied with Bath for most wins. Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970 is a former Rugby union footballer who represented and captained England and Leicester. Dean Richards (born 11 July 1963) affectionately known as "Deano" is a former England Rugby union player

They also won the Heineken Cup in 2001 and 2002 — the only side to date who have managed to win the competition in consecutive seasons. The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading Leicester defeated Stade Français (34-30) in 2001, and Munster (15-9) in 2002. Stade Français CASG (usually known as Stade Français and Stade Français Paris) are a French professional Rugby union club based in the Munster Rugby (more commonly known as Munster) is an Irish professional Rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the Magners

Leicester during this time had a very good home record; they went 57 games unbeaten at home in a period that stretched from 30 December 1997 to 30 November 2002 and included 52 successive wins. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. During these four seasons Leicester lost only 14 games out of the 92 they played.

In the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the club had seven representatives in the winning England squad: Martin Johnson (captain), Neil Back, Martin Corry, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody, Dorian West and Julian White. The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby union world cup and was won by England. The England national rugby union team represents England in Rugby union. Martin Osborne Johnson CBE (born 9 March 1970 is a former Rugby union footballer who represented and captained England and Leicester. Neil Antony Back (born January 16 1969 in Coventry) is a former international Rugby union footballer for England, who also played Martin Edward Corry MBE (born 12 October 1973) is an English Rugby union footballer who plays number eight, blindside Benedict James Kay MBE (born 14 December 1975) is an English international rugby union footballer who plays lock forward for Leicester Lewis Moody MBE (born 12 June 1978 in Ascot) is an English international Rugby union rugby player who was part of Dorian Edward West MBE (born October 5 1967 in Wrexham, Wales) nicknamed "Nobby" is a former English international Julian White MBE (born 14 May 1973 in Plymouth, Devon) is an English Rugby union footballer who plays for Leicester However whilst these players were away Leicester's form suffered and they were 11th in the league and dumped out of the Heineken cup in the group stages when they decided to sack Dean Richards. Dean Richards (born 11 July 1963) affectionately known as "Deano" is a former England Rugby union player

In John Wells' first full season in charge of the team Leicester finished the regular season top of the league, also progressing to the semi-final of the Heineken cup before defeat to Toulouse at the Walkers Stadium. The Walkers Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football team Leicester City F In Martin Johnson and Neil Back's last game for Leicester they lost the Premiership Final to Wasps. After this game John Wells left Leicester to take up a position in the RFU's coaching academy, eventually rising to England forwards coach.

In 2005-6, the Tigers finished second to the Sale Sharks in the league before losing to the same team in the Premiership final. They again proceeded to the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup, again they lost at the Walkers Stadium to Bath. In the new Anglo-Welsh Cup Leicester won their group but lost in the semi-finals to Wasps at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The EDF Energy Cup (also known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup) is an English and Welsh Rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the The Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm is the National stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales.

Over the summer of 2006, they added a number of promising forwards especially Jordan Crane, the Number 8, who arrived from Leeds Tykes with a good reputation following the U21 World Cup in France. Jordan Crane (born 3 June 1986) is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays for Leicester Tigers having moved from Leeds Leeds Carnegie is an English Rugby union club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire that currently plays in the National Division One after being relegated This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

Leicester won their first piece of silverware for five years on 15 April 2007, beating the Ospreys 41-35 with tries from Tom Varndell, Tom Croft, Ben Kay and Alesana Tuilagi to win the EDF Energy Cup at Twickenham Stadium. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Tom Varndell (born 16 September 1985 in Ashford Kent) is an English Rugby union footballer who plays on the wing Benedict James Kay MBE (born 14 December 1975) is an English international rugby union footballer who plays lock forward for Leicester Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi (born 24 February 1981) is a Samoan Rugby union footballer The EDF Energy Cup (also known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup) is an English and Welsh Rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers) is a Stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond This was quickly repeated with Guinness Premiership success on May 12 at Twickenham with a 44-16 win over Gloucester. The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. However Leicester failed to win an unprecedented treble, by losing the Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham on May 20 to London Wasps. The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held London Wasps is an English professional Rugby union team The men's first team which forms London Wasps was derived from Wasps Football Club who

It was announced on December 28, 2006 that the current head coach Pat Howard would leave the club at the end of the season, to return to his native Australia. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howard (born 14 November 1973) is an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. [1]. He was succeeded by the then-head coach of Argentina, Marcelo Loffreda after the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international Rugby union matches Marcelo Loffreda (born May 17, 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a rugby player and coach until recently head coach for the English The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international Rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987. [2]

Leicester hold the record for the biggest wins in both the Heineken Cup (90-19 demolition of Glasgow in 1997), and the Guinness Premiership (83-10 defeat of Newcastle Falcons in 2005).

On June 06, Marcelo Loffreda was fired as coach of the Tigers after losing the Guinness Premiership Championship Final against London Wasps.

Stadium

The club plays its home games at Welford Road Stadium, the address of which is actually Aylestone Road. Welford Road is a Stadium in Leicester, England and is home to one of England's traditional rugby union powers Leicester Tigers. The ground was opened in 1892 and the first stands accommodated 1100 spectators. The Members' and Crumbie Stands were built after WW1. The Alliance and Leicester Stand was opened at the Welford Road end in 1995. The total ground capacity is about 17,000.

On 23 November 2004, the club announced that it had entered into a 50-50 joint venture with the city's main football club, Leicester City F.C., to purchase City's current ground, Walkers Stadium. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here The Walkers Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football team Leicester City F If the purchase had gone through, the Tigers would have surrendered their lease on Welford Road and moved into Walkers Stadium. [2] However, after several months of talks, the two clubs could not agree as to which side would have priority at Walkers Stadium, and they ended any groundshare plans in July 2005. The Tigers now intend to purchase Welford Road outright, plus some surrounding land, and expand the ground (pending planning approval). [3]

On June 11, 2007 the club announced plans that it was working with AFL, who were involved in redeveloping Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium for a redevelopment plan which will raise the capacity of their Welford Road stadium from 16,815 to 25,000 by 2011. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The plan, worth nearly £30m, still has to be ratified at board level but work could start as early as next spring. Planning Permission has still yet to be granted.

On February 20, 2008 Leicester Tigers received planning consent for the £60million redevelopment of their Welford Road home. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The first phase of the development would include space for 10,500 supporters in a new North Stand (Granby Halls side), taking capacity up from the present 17,500 to 23,500. After full renovation it will become the best club rugby stadium in England wih a capacity of 30,000. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Premiership playoffs

In the last two seasons Leicester have finished in the playoffs of the Premiership, finishing first in 2004-5 and second in 2005-6. The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby On both occasions they reached the final at Twickenham and lost — in 2005 to London Wasps and in 2006 to Sale Sharks. London Wasps is an English professional Rugby union team The men's first team which forms London Wasps was derived from Wasps Football Club who Sale Sharks are a professional Rugby union team who play in England in the Guinness Premiership.

On May 5, 2007, Leicester defeated Bristol 26-14 to reach the Premiership playoff final for the third consecutive year, where they defeated Gloucester 44-16 at Twickenham to win their first ever title via the playoffs. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Bristol Rugby is a Guinness Premiership rugby club in Bristol, England. Gloucester Rugby are a professional English Rugby union team situated in the West country city of Gloucester. Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers) is a Stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond [3].

On May 18, 2008, Leicester defeated Gloucester at Kingsholm to become the first team to win a Guinness Premiership semi-final playoff away from home. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Gloucester Rugby are a professional English Rugby union team situated in the West country city of Gloucester. Kingsholm Stadium is a Rugby union Stadium in Gloucester, England, and is the home stadium of Gloucester Rugby.

Current Standings

2007-08 Guinness Premiership Table watch · edit · discuss
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
Gloucester Rugby 22 15 0 7 551 377 174 7 7 74
London Wasps (C) 22 14 2 6 599 459 140 7 3 70
Bath Rugby 22 15 0 7 526 387 139 6 3 69
Leicester Tigers 22 13 0 9 539 428 111 6 6 64
Sale Sharks 22 14 0 8 481 374 107 4 3 63
Harlequins 22 12 0 10 480 440 40 7 8 63
London Irish 22 13 0 9 433 382 51 2 5 59
Saracens 22 11 0 11 533 525 8 3 5 52
Bristol Rugby 22 7 1 14 393 473 -80 3 5 37*
Worcester Warriors 22 6 2 14 387 472 -85 1 7 36
Newcastle Falcons 22 7 0 15 333 542 -209 1 5 34
Leeds Carnegie (R) 22 2 1 19 336 732 -396 0 2 12

* Bristol Rugby deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player in the match against London Wasps on 22nd December 2007
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Players

2007-2008 ins and outs

IN: Ayoola Erinle (London Wasps), Aaron Mauger (Crusaders), Mefin Davies (Gloucester), Benjamin Kayser (Stade Français), Owen Finegan (Leinster), Boris Stankovich (Albi), Ben Herring (Wellington Hurricanes), Marcos Wentzel (Benetton Treviso), Ollie Dodge, Tom Youngs, Ben Youngs (All Leicester Tigers Academy)

OUT: Leo Cullen (Leinster), Shane Jennings (Leinster), James Buckland (London Wasps), Michael Holford (London Wasps), VaeVae Tuilagi (Season loan to Coventry), Matt Smith (Season loan to Nottingham), Gregor Gillanders (Season loan to Coventry), Henry Tuilagi (free agent), Anitelia Tuilagi (Leeds Carnegie), Leon Lloyd (Gloucester)

Current squad

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Flag of England CE Matt Cornwell
Flag of New Zealand CE Aaron Mauger
Flag of Samoa WG Alesana Tuilagi
Flag of England WG Tom Varndell
Flag of Fiji WG Seru Rabeni
Flag of England WG Ollie Dodge
Flag of England WG Ayoola Erinle
Flag of England WG Matt Smith
Flag of Ireland FB Geordan Murphy
Flag of Ireland FB Johne Murphy

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Notable former internationals

International captains

Captains

Coaches

Club honours

References

  1. ^ Howard returns home - BBC News, December 28th
  2. ^ Loffreda named as new Tigers boss - BBC News, April 25, 2007
  3. ^ BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Gloucester v Leicester - as it happened
  4. ^ Nat. Neil Antony Back (born January 16 1969 in Coventry) is a former international Rugby union footballer for England, who also played The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby The EDF Energy Cup (also known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup) is an English and Welsh Rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading The Middlesex Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium in London, England. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. shown here indicates sporting nationality as defined by the IRB

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