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Honours
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Records
Graham Cross holds the record for the most Leicester appearances, with the defender playing 596 games between 1960 and 1976. He is just ahead of midfielder Sep Smith who managed 586 between 1929 and 1949. Striker Arthur Chandler is currently the club's all time record goal scorer, netting 273 in his 12 years at the club. The most goals managed in single season for the club is 44 by Arthur Rowley, in the 1956-1957 season. Of the current crop of players Iain Hume is top of the scoring scale, managing 22 goals since his move from Tranmere Rovers in August 2005. The fastest goal in the club's history was scored by current striker Matty Fryatt, when he netted after just nine seconds against Preston in April 2006. The club's record attendance is 47,298 against Tottenham Hotspur at Filbert Street, in a fifth round FA Cup clash in 1928. The record at their current home, the Walkers Stadium, is 32,086 for a friendly match against FC Barcelona in 2003. Leicester City is second behind Sunderland for having won the most Division Two titles since the end of World War II. The club has also been promoted and relegated between the top two divisions more than any other team; 11 times in both directions. The club has lost four FA Cup finals. This is the most lost finals without winning the trophy. Leicester City is part of an exclusive club of nine teams never to have played outside the top two tiers of English football. The others are Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham. |