How Gary Lineker lived Leicester fairytale - BBC News

How Leicester's historic Premier League season turned Match of the Day presenter and Foxes fan from doubter to believer.
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[@pieterputs9000]

Still incredible how bloody Leicester City won the Premier League.

[@Demolion951]

Greatest sporting achievement of all time. Fuck that Ice hockey moment, this was not visible from 100 light years away. Unbelievable

[@AlonsoRules]

sure beats all the manchester united and chelsea snoozefests of the past

[@RostiRondjeTube]

Ben je Nederlands?

[@alibee1111]

they will finish top 4 next year

[@rebootthematrix]

More like Unfuckingbelievable lol 😅

[@Vempsterful]

Lot of respect for Leicester, men not bought by money but by passion, heart and for the common goal of glory.

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

much... less. even the whole starting XI costs less than a player from ManCity XD

[@londonisforeverblue1022]

u wouldn't be saying that know would you

[@mauled2727]

I mean they lost their passion instantly next season for some reason 👌

[@jofuji8255]

We got Kante and Mahrez for peanuts. Absolutely insane!

[@dmohamed3588]

Jo Fuji and sold them for millions mahrez:60m kante: i think 30m

[@WillRamdenee]

R.I.P Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

[@amaraegarricks8604]

He sacked ranieri

[@jjk4024]

The amount of time u spent writing that surname

[@cutitoutdtimeanit9486]

Jaja and he killed him

[@sweedlesyt2098]

Jacob Kotey how disrespectful

[@rebootthematrix]

@@jjk4024 the funny thing is he's not even dead 😱

[@Simple1Jack]

"They'll be six points clear at the top by May" ...try ten.

[@PeterJPickles]

+Tugg Speedman I took your thumbs up to ten, think it's my OCD :)

[@Hi-dm1bj]

Tugg Speedman 🙈🙈🙈

[@sikdavies2211]

Leicester be like ‘WE KNOW WHO WE ARE.. WE THE TEAM PLAYING THE TEAM DISGUISED AS ANOTHER TEAM!’👳🏾‍♂️👳🏻‍♀️

[@rhysgellingfisher1489]

Cant believe they sacked raneri, astonishing

[@dancafferty8883]

Rhys gelling fisher the fairytayle always has an ending

[@AlonsoRules]

lose and get sacked, win and get bored and leave anyway - that's how it goes

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

Rhys gelling fisher Well......they were on the verge of relegation. Something had to change for better or worse.

[@burkey4478]

Rhys gelling fisher raneri had the worst title defence in the premier league history, they came like 145th and mahrez and vardy went back to being terrible

[@TheBarbahaba]

@@burkey4478 the team did not have the depth to play the league and also compete in the champions league and did focus its attention on the champions league hence reaching farther than any other english team in champion league that season but still finished only 14 or 15 like you said

[@mosabhijazi671]

Ranieri did the impossible and they still sacked him -.-

[@travj7347]

They where on the verge of relegation

[@jonathondent1889]

@@travj7347 not even and still on champions league

[@ashtonharker8501]

It was the teams fault

[@dickdaring365]

It’s a performance based industry in case you’re new to football

[@zeroireland]

@@dickdaring365 A performance-based industry with a rapidly decreasing time period in which to perform.

[@TheVoiceOfLiberty1]

This was the biggest story in Premier League HISTORY

[@notgaryoldman1178]

Biggest ever story in sport, IMO. In the sporting world, this was worldwide news and everyone was gobsmacked. I still often think about it, and I'm not even a Leicester supporter.

[@lancergbp]

Gary Oldman let me tell you something I’ve been watching the 2015/16 Leicester games for over 3 years every single day . Hearning “VARDY” gives me goosebumps and I’m not even a Leicester fan

[@reddd-77]

@@notgaryoldman1178 ye same. I look back at the season every now and then

[@orbun3431]

IS*

[@naedot.9779]

@@notgaryoldman1178 Not every sport, I can think of a two hockey stories and some football stories (they are pretty equal tho) that was bigger, but this is defo top 5

[@rickykhera9205]

This was the greatest story of the Premier League. The boys and Claudio did Vichai (RIP) and their fans very proud. Respect from a United fan 👊🏽

[@artiommikhailov4543]

This is a classic video. I still love watching it once in a while. It brings my mood up every time. I'm not a Leicester City fan but I was rooting for them like crazy during this magical run

[@aang7505]

Still can’t get over this in 2019. Amazing show of belief, passion, and perseverance from that squad much respect

[@WxB2001]

This confirmed it for me that anything is possible in football. What an incredible achievement, and I'm lucky to have witnessed it.

[@ashrafvahedna]

United fan here. I come back to this video every once in a while. And every time, I get goosebumps. What a year that was and no one who loves football could say Leicester didn't deserve it and I don't know anyone who wasn't ecstatic for Leicester

[@tylerdurden786]

Man City: 2012 was the most amazing PL win Leicester: Hold my beer

[@frederickflanagan5934]

tylerdurden786 how was it most amazing Ahha 2013

[@frederickflanagan5934]

tylerdurden786 how was it most amazing Ahha 2012-13

[@frederickflanagan5934]

tylerdurden786 how was it most amazing Ahha 2012

[@livingmaster1197]

@@frederickflanagan5934 uhhhh 44 years without winning the leauge and a last minute goal to secure it thats how

[@Rizaru99]

@@livingmaster1197 yeah with oil money...

[@TrainEffective]

Incredible

[@nh-uu3cs]

Rip Vichai, built leicester up to make one of the most unbelievable moments in football history

[@MrDjslater]

proves wen u have right manager and team spirit nothing is impossible !! just a great story for football

[@mystuffwontwork7453]

lee dj slater please learn to spell

[@bilalhussain6408]

My Stuff Wont Work stop bitching about spellin on youtube plz

[@benlevy5585]

That Leicester side was purely superb. Kante. Mahrez. Vardy. I still don't believe it to this day.

[@synthesizerpatel7405]

Don’t forget Okazaki, Fuchs, Ulloa, Wes Morgan. The players that may have been lacking in ability but showed their incredible work ethic and mental strength to compete at the highest level.

[@eclectica1]

And Schmeichel. Solid at the back, and the year he stepped out of his father's shadow.

[@Lucalegenda]

They should at least name the stadium to Ranieri

[@pphyjynx8217]

After Vichi seems more correct

[@ATS1031]

Lucalegend not the staidiym maybe a stand or even make a statue

[@callumgoodenough8830]

Name a stand after Vichai surely

[@DrewCasper1]

Stadium should be named after Vichai, stand should be named after Ranieri

[@bringmeknitting844]

He should at least get a statue. I'm amazed it hasn't happened yet. When you think of the level of consistency needed over nine months and level of pressure involved in winning a Premier League title, name me a bigger shock in the entire history of English football. It still feels as utterly impossible now as it did in 2016.

[@reazmoussa1894]

We are in 2019. Still I cannot believe it. Best motivationnal example EVER !

[@synthesizerpatel7405]

2020 and it still doesn’t seem possible that Leicester actually won the Premier League. The greatest sporting achievement of all time and I can’t see it ever being beaten. It was just so impossible.

[@brosephmcbrosephson2626]

This actually makes me a little emotional. There must be nothing greater than seeing your team win the Premier League. Something I don't think I'll ever get to see unfortunately but seeing how happy it makes others still makes me smile. Fair play to Leicester and to Gary Neville.

[@robbieomahony5741]

Still the greatest football success story ever

[@Irish_Gordy]

Ranieri at 1:32 - thank you, thank you Gary, bye.

[@elainehughes3918]

Best manager calm and did the unthinkable love for that guy don't stop xxx

[@lightcase377]

Leicesters win really shows lesser known players are just as good and alot are better when given the chance, its crazy to think just how special these players are considering its 6 years on and some of them are still some of the best footballers in the best league in the world.

[@thomasfallon2545]

You played a huge part the success of Leicester City in that year. You help Leicester City on winning the Premier League title. Thanks you Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on this fairytale story you had against Leicester City. I will remember this for the rest of my life. Rest In Peace Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha as a Manchester United fan.

[@MarioHernandez-ey5cb]

blessed to have been able to see this fairytale unfold every week. truly mad.

[@84LA84]

Beautiful story

[@djordje5663]

5 years later they are standard top 6 team

[@y69j1]

Anyone else get this in their feed 5yrs on? amazing how hindsight is a wonderful thing

[@galaxytb147]

Such a great story told. I don’t think we’re ever going to see something like this

[@youngdolo8]

I don't think anyone on this planet could've seen that coming... What a season it was, what a team. Fair play to Leicester.

[@joeldean2485]

Vichai had a dream To build a football team He came from Thailand and now he's one of our own

[@jameswatkin3300]

The best premier league season I’ve ever witnessed everyone loves an underdog 🙌🏻

[@bennnnn264]

watching this almost 6 years later its still remarkable.

[@manish236]

If this isn't the best video on KZbin, I don't know what is

[@dibodiib5828]

Jul 2015.. TAKE ME BACK TO THAT YEAR 😪

[@oisinnolan365]

RIP Vichai and everyone involved 🙏 YNWA

[@OliverAisthorpe]

Anyone here after the helicopter incident 😭❤️

[@WillRamdenee]

Me

[@thomasfallon2545]

Me

[@mockss6475]

Oliver Aisthorpe rip Vichai x

[@lizzyna9346]

Me....what a terrific story of Leicester FC winning the league. Such a v sad story last wkend.

[@sharonconnolly337]

I can't believe that Leicester city won the Premier league. It's down to our beloved chairman and Claudia and the players of lcfc. I will never see this again in my life time.

[@gerysatriawan2878]

For the sake of BBC's credibility, he'd better wear it.

[@TheDukeCountyGaBoy01]

Srinjoy Ghosh it was more like shorts with a Leicester badge soad on

[@TheDukeCountyGaBoy01]

Jack I was mean to Leicester badge soad onto the shorts not really pants

[@TheDukeCountyGaBoy01]

Jack it’s not my fault I’ve got a disability and have Aspergers go and leave me alone

[@TheDukeCountyGaBoy01]

Jack okay

[@benjhadden3968]

Ross Livingstone he wasn’t saying anything against your point, they were shorts, he was talking about the spackered spelling of sewed

[@CB-xr1eg]

He was right it did look different in May..most of the teams just below Leicester finished below mid table.

[@ibrahimelhammioui8435]

the greatest story iv never seen in my life. great manager gary your are great.

[@unknownc5554]

Still can’t believe they won the league, footballs amazing 🙏🏽

[@HShah-pd7yr]

Gary Linekar always a fan of him.Hosts the match of the day nicely. Full of banter. Ian Wright is dying to laugh.

[@lukedprandall]

Still can't believe it happened and never will!

[@KipXP]

Worried what he'll do if they win the Champions League...

[@nbanews5325]

Kiptupp lol

[@paulmcalder7139]

Kiptupp wank himself off over a Leicester top while singing Leicester terrace songs

[@Oakland510]

how about lol now mate, only english team left, who would have thought that

[@mystuffwontwork7453]

paul m calder omfg XD

[@sharongrindrod9530]

Don't need to worry

[@actuallynotsteve]

Dude is a legend for actually honoring that bet

[@tylerbosworth4513]

And now look what's happened.....

[@matnaz6796]

Wat happen? :)

[@TheMightofDab]

And now look what's happened lol

[@ginebrina]

and today is a sad day...God bless you Claudio

[@TVShowsPlaylists]

He must wear the pants. Never go back on a bet

[@footballvlogs3707]

TV Playlist Central don’t worry he does in the end

[@_booth7992]

Football Vlogs what?!? Do you think this is some time travel shit?! Obviously he knows now! He’s not sat at his computer a year behind you reading your stupid comment, getting some sort of reassurance from you! Ffs!

[@bradleysparksbs]

Barney Booth calm down mate

[@basedwontonsoup6113]

Bradspa what?!? Do you think this is some time travel shit?! Obviously he's calm now! He’s not sat at his computer a year behind you reading your stupid comment, getting some sort of reassurance from you! Ffs!

[@basedwontonsoup6113]

@Aubameyang What the fuck when did i comment this??? Im getting hacked i swear.

[@gsy9080]

"might look a bit different by the end of the season" Aston Villa were 3rd then. They picked up 14 more points in the rest of the season

[@sykoelite7]

R.I.P CHAIRMAN

[@tylerhumphrey1876]

'Might look a bit different in may' - Gary Lineker 2015

[@wleon4068]

Even now, it is still absolutely astonishing what they did.

[@MrDoenerliebhaber]

I really need a longer video of this

[@SiVlog1989]

Without question, THE feel good story from 2016

[@danielatanasov7924]

Who watching this after Ranieri is Samporia coach, and Leicester score 9 goals in one match?

[@InnocentRain562]

This has to be the best premier league season ever!

[@MrDoenerliebhaber]

I Need a longer Version ...

[@jakebrownless557]

Took me until now to realise how amazing that story was cos at the time I was bitter as a Spurs fan. Wow 👏

[@s9killerz]

Bitter? Spurs have no chance to win the pl. Small club

[@xx-footcmpsf.c3693]

@@s9killerz they are looking good rn

[@kkmac7247]

​@@s9killerz They were looking like they were the only real threat to Leicester from when Pellegrini announced he was leaving

[@s9killerz]

@@kkmac7247replying to a 2 year old comment?! Bye pal 👋🏿🤣🤣

[@kkmac7247]

@@s9killerz I have replied to 10+ years old comments

[@mahenchadha8801]

great job raneiri !

[@Truegeeza]

This wasn’t just a game it was a moment in history

[@jameshackney7314]

Unbelievable is the only word for this! Amazing

[@jameshackney7314]

Well then that’s 2 words dickhead

[@farisSTINGrai]

Love this story man truly epic

[@rorrt]

The most amazing thing, and only from looking at Liverpool this season can I really appreciate that. Me and plenty of other people were saying "well, they're only about two to three injuries away from collapse.." if they lost Vardy, Mahrez, KANTE, Maguire, Morgan, Schmeichel, Simpson, Fuchs by December/January time.. Then that's it! No chance. They had surprising depth. But those players who regularly played 90 minutes. They wouldn't have stood a chance. Those injuries just never came! Hats off to them.

[@adamwalker2199]

Even now when u think back Leicester winning the league is just incredible after nearly getting relegated the year before

[@kekyt8377]

It will take another life time for such thing to happen again. Leicester triumph will forever go down as the fairytale of PL era.

[@supedupfish733]

Anyone here from actually seeing him keep to his word?

[@CB-xr1eg]

Nope, he wore LCFC shorts.

[@supedupfish733]

Clive Bindley Cheers for that unrelated comment 👍

[@cult8733]

+SupedUpFish not unrelated, it's true

[@darkleader5962]

SupedUpFish it was a substitute for pants not unrelated watch the video

[@skullleaderx4986]

Add the fa cup and the community shield to the trophy room

[@reazmoussa1894]

Every time I see this : miracles happen I think !

Absolute scenes at the Ranieri Power Stadium

[@jeremyslaney5644]

Absolutely stunningly magnificent achievement by Leicester City in winning the Premier League

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

I expected to see more of Filbert Fox after Leicester's rise to glory. Mind you with that scandal in Thailand a couple of years ago they probably want to keep him out of the spotlight.

[@nicksimpson4058]

I remember playing pool the night after the Ranieri appointment was announced and my two best mates laughed at me when I said that's a good appointment that, they'll get top 8 easily. They told me I was deluded and bet me 50quid each :)

[@ThatBritishSnep]

Top 8? Try top of the league ;)

[@roadtodawn8088]

I’d like to think that sacking Rainieri worked out well for both of us. He’s doing great with Sampdoria and we’re in a really good place under Rodgers.

[@thehh5118]

That was an amazing feat!

[@PTUMH]

I was so proud when we won the league

[@Ash-vm6vy]

Proud now?

[@PTUMH]

Yes I wish Gary could relive the FA cup

[@MegaMaffo]

well done guys..from rome,ponte milvio, ss lazio fans..football is fuckin magic!

[@praveenliverpool]

Miracles are still possible. Lecister FC proved it.

[@jamgooandyou]

To see Lineker swoon over Leicester that season on MOTD was so refreshing instead of having the typical ex top footballers go on about their clubs

[@haha16solo70]

Well done LCFC from a fan of Falkirk Football Club

[@ScottishThailand]

Who?

[@haha16solo70]

+Reece, RangersFc The club who beat "Rangers" twice this season, that who

[@haha16solo70]

+Reece, RangersFc and lost fewer games than "Rangers" over the course of the league season.

[@ScottishThailand]

Nice but are use champions? Or even in the playoffs didn't think so

[@ScottishThailand]

Keep feeding me? Use ain't going up

[@jayaiyer2295]

Could be villa this year I’m not a villa fan but I would bloody love it

[@liamlaidlerlaidler5638]

I’m an arsenal fan and it was our year to win it and yes I’m still gutted we didn’t but it’s the first time and probably the only time I will ever be happy another team won the league

[@trayano]

The sporting story of the decade

[@terrycharnley]

I stopped following the Premier League, in fact, I stopped watching domestic soccer altogether some years ago, so didn't know about this. Best thing to happen for the Premier League, an outsider underdog team winning from out of nowhere. I say good for Leicester. My heartiest congrats to them.

[@maxr4613]

Incredible!

[@senate_shakya_]

I hope i live to tell my children about this fairytale season of the Foxes and what we witnessed!

[@senate_shakya_]

DillyDyson007 suck it noob

[@Truegeeza]

I come here everytime to remember a moment in history where the underdogs became champions

[@mwoldin]

Well done.

[@dazzaMusic]

Its never impossible to win the title its all about management and great signings and Leicester had both that season.

[@firstname4476]

Still comeback to remind myself to believe everything is possible !

[@thejannerofplymouth3654]

It was brilliant 👏.. PAFC

[@lewiyonas3255]

Can’t believe all this was 5 years ago…

[@Lynneheal]

#LeicesterCityFootball are the BEST team in UK always.

[@Chris-gu5lt]

The greatest story in footballing history

[@rustyrussell7456]

The beautiful game

[@RalphieMuskinyaar]

Leicester winning the league was a win for football. It was a win for the working man.

[@samjoshi1812]

Lineker a Leicester fan yet Spurs legend, who could have betted on a two horse race between those teams?

[@samjoshi1812]

Duh, what you trying to prove?

[@farhanvlogs6040]

Gary linker pooped his pants in the world cup

[@OG-97]

I feel more pity for the people who comment n say this still to this day

[@benny5190]

This is why the premiership is the best league in the world we have 6 teams that are title challegers yet Leicester won it spain italy Germany France only have 2 teams each that are title contenders

[@Michael-kt6gi]

Not now mate.

[@davewalker9899]

More premier league titles than Liverpool

[@metallica7639]

Worse club than liverpool

[@elizabethmcdonnell3760]

Actually Liverpool have 18 leagues it was just named the Premier league nothing else really changed

[@Star-kx7gb]

@@elizabethmcdonnell3760 Yeah but I think it's a nab at the fact that Liverpool haven't won the league in any recent history. As such in the last 30 years, they've not won the league. If Liverpool hadn't won the UCL in this time frame, nobody would respect them as much.