Why two Leicester 15/16 title heroes had to report to police station before epic Jamie Vardy party
JAMIE VARDY forced two former Leicester City stars to leave midway through his wild celebrations after winning the Premier League title.
The Foxes topped the famous odds of 5,000/1 to finish the 2015/16 season in what is one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.
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What made this achievement even more impressive was that Leicester They were declared champions with two games to spare.
Tottenham, who had outpaced Leicester throughout the campaign, had to win all three of their remaining matches and hope the Foxes would spoil the story by dropping points somewhere down the line.
However, Tottenham’s third-last game was ChelseaWho was not in the title race, but remained a dangerous opponent.
Knowing that nothing other than a Tottenham win would guarantee them victory, Leicester’s players held separate viewing parties in anticipation of what was to come.
According to the former Foxes winger Marc AlbrightonSome of the stars who played in every game of that famous season held events at their homes, while half the team remained in their homes. Verdi’s Place.
Albrighton decided to host a small event at her home and invited her friends and family.
Tottenham threw away a 2–0 lead against Chelsea to draw 2–2, allowing Leicester to achieve what many thought was impossible.
Upon learning about the incident at Vardy’s home, Albrighton immediately instructed her parents to take her to the striker’s party.
Yet he had to make a lot of rounds to get there.
“I’m going there, I’m sending Words a message for the address, he’s sent me the address,” Albrighton told the Under the Cosh podcast.
“But he called me and said, ‘Okay, don’t come to my house. There’s a police station a mile away, go there. You won’t even get anywhere near the house.'”
It could easily have been a hoax, but Albrighton believed Vardy and persuaded her parents to go to the police station.
As Albrighton arrived at the station’s reception, he spotted a familiar face.
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“Ben Chilwell is sitting there with his dad,” Albrighton said.
“He goes, ‘You got asked to come here, too?'”
After saying goodbye to their parents, Albrighton and Chilwell were escorted to Vardy’s home under police escort.
It did not take Albrighton long to understand why Vardy had asked him to accompany the police.
“Thousands of fans have found out where he lives and they’ve come down his street, climbed up his door and are trying to get a look at everybody,” Albrighton said.
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“As we were driving, the fans were banging on the windows and cheering loudly. All the scarves, flags, everything.”
Albrighton did eventually make it through the front door of Vardy’s residence, but after a momentary burst of joy, the atmosphere quickly fizzled out.
“It ends up being because you have a million messages on your phone,” Albrighton said.
“So all the boys have had a great time, from celebrating the wins to responding to all the messages or getting in touch with their kids or family.”
However, the celebrations soon escalated as the former Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel He asked his driver to take some players to the centre of the city.
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After scenes of celebrations at the King Power Stadium took over social media, the idea of marching through their home ground came to mind.
For Albrighton, it was certainly worth it.
“We’ve been through there, and I’ve never seen anything like it before,” Albrighton said.
“There were flags everywhere, scarves, people dancing, everybody was full of anger. It was the best thing I had ever seen.”
The title was then celebrated at a nightclub where a roped-off enclosure was set up on the upper floor for the players.
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Some nightclubs across England enforce strict dress codes, but for one night in Leicester, one club threw these rules to the wind.
“We’re looking at the dancefloor,” Albrighton said.
“Again, Leicester shirts, Leicester flags, Leicester scarves. Everyone was on top of the world. Obviously everyone looked up to us and they were singing Leicester songs in front of us. It was amazing.”
Leicester still had two matches left, including a home match Everton just five days after being crowned league champions.
Despite some drunken midweek celebrations, the Foxes beat the Toffees 3-1 to lift the Premier League trophy in front of their fans at the King Power Stadium.
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Blind Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli also attended the pre-match trophy ceremony, and sang for the crowd and Leicester players after the game.
The Premier League title win remains the best moment of Albrighton’s career, although he also earned an FA Cup winner’s medal in 2021 when the Foxes beat Chelsea in the final.
He eventually played ten seasons for Leicester, including one season on loan. west brom,
Albrighton called time on his playing career in August at the age of 34. He played more than 300 Premier League matches, 224 of them with Leicester.