Leicester City Football Club celebrates their 125th anniversary in November 2009. Here are a collection of some artefacts, pictures and documents of their history put together by the club's historian John Hutchinson.
In 1907 this extract from the directors' minutes and the associated advert in the local press invited local building contractors to dump their rubble, at no cost, at the Filbert Street ground. The aim was to improve the ground by building up the terracing.
Jenny Blackhurst (left) and her sister Joan Hughes are holding the ball that their father Johnny Duncan scored six consecutive goals with on Christmas Day 1924, when Leicester City beat Port Vale 7-0.
A big day for Mrs Smith. Her three sons, Leicester's Sep Smith (centre), Portsmouth's Jack (left) and Willie (right) all played in the Leicester City v Portsmouth FA Cup semi-final in 1934. Leicester lost 1-4.
All 12 of the contracts signed by Leicester City's record goalscorer Arthur Chandler are in the club's archives. This one, from 1924, shows that he earned ｣8 per week, plus bonuses and ｣6 per week in the close season.
On 20 October 1928, Arthur Chandler scored six goals with this ball in Leicester City's 10-0 defeat of Portsmouth. Leicester missed out on the Championship by one point that season.
This daily sketch cartoon of Arthur Chandler is from his last season, in 1934/5. His Leicester City total of 273 goals in 419 games remains a club record.
1948/9 was the first season Leicester City wore a shirt badge. This is the artist's initial drawing for the original shirt badge. It was based on the head of a fox killed by the Atherstone Hunt.
These boots were worn by full-back Ted Jelly at the 1949 Cup Final against Wolves at the Wembley Stadium. Ted had his initials nailed into the sole of one of the boots.
This is one of the Cup Final losers' medal presented to each player of the Leicester City team, following their first ever Cup Final appearance against Wolves in 1949. This one belonged to winger Charlie Adam.
The 1963 Leicester City side, reckoned by Bill Shankly to be the best in the country, is on the cover of this 1963 FA Cup final souvenir booklet.
This is the badge on Mike Stringfellow's 1963 Cup Final shirt which is currently on display, along with his tracksuit, at Leicester City's home ground, the Walkers stadium.
Alan Birchenall, now an MBE, the club's ambassador, and a Freeman of Leicester, was also a key player in Jimmy Bloomfield's attractive top tier side of the 1970s. One of his England under 23 caps is displayed at the Walkers Stadium.
Whilst at Leicester City, Frank Worthington won his eight England caps, including one in this game against Portugal. His Leicester team mates Shilton, Weller and Whitworth also played for England between 1973 and 1975.
This bust of Gary Lineker, in the Lineker Suite at the Walkers Stadium, is a fitting tribute to a Leicester City and England legend. Gary played more games (194) and scored more goals (103) for Leicester than for any other club.
The engraved names on this Rugby Supporters Club Player of the Year trophy is a roll call of memorable Leicester players from the 70s and 80s during the eras of Jimmy Bloomfield, Jock Wallace and Gordon Milne.
The Martin O'Neill era of the late 1990s saw Leicester City achieve four successive top 10 Premier League finishes, three League Cup finals - winning twice - and two European campaigns. O誰eill was drawn by a local artist and fan Mick Forder in 1996.
Winning the League Cup in 1997 qualified Leicester City for the UEFA Cup. They were drawn against Atletico Madrid. When the two teams met in 1961, the Spanish club presented Leicester with this huge signed bottle of Pedro Domeque brandy.
When Leicester City played Atletico Madrid in 1961, the Spanish club also presented Leicester City with this large and impressive figure of Don Quixote.
Just before the first leg of the 1997 tie against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid, Leicester were presented with this pennant. Despite Ian Marshall's goal giving Leicester the lead, Leicester lost the game and the tie.
This photograph was taken on 11 May 2002 just before Leicester City's last ever match at Filbert Street. It was the club's home for 111 years.
To mark the occasion of the last game at Filbert Street, the club produced this 100 page souvenir programme, full of features relating to the Filbert Street years.
This pennant was presented to Leicester City by Tottenham Hotspur prior to the last game at Filbert Street in 2002.
Manager Nigel Pearson is pictured here at the Walkers Stadium with club owner Milan Mandaric and the League One trophy in April 2009. Leicester's one and only season in the third tier of the league was over. Better times beckon.
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