Leicester City: The Immortals: The Inside Story of England's Most Unlikely Champions

by Harry Harris, Gordon Taylor (Foreword), Richard Bevan (Foreword)

The Immortals is the fairy-tale account of Leicester City, who rose from the very bottom of the English Premier League—the world’s toughest soccer league—to triumph against all odds (5,000–1) and finish as champions.

Ending up in League One (third level) for the first time in 2008–09, the team stormed through the season to win the league and was promoted back up to the League Championship (second league). After four seasons as a middle-of-the-pack team, Leicester won the league in 2013–14, being promoted to the EPL for the first time in a decade. After a strong start the following season, the team quickly faded and looked to be facing relegation. But after winning seven out of their last nine games, they avoided the demotion and finished in fourteenth place.

Under the calm and wise management of Claudio Ranieri—who was named as manager to start the 2015–16 season—the East Midlands club stunned football supporters by winning despite not having a recognizable superstar on the team.

With massive team spirit and a never-say-die attitude, the team kept Tottenham, Arsenal, and Manchester City at bay to secure their first ever Premier League trophy in their 132-year history. In the process, journeyman players such as Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, N’Golo Kante, and Kasper Schmeichel became household names and added to the team’s growing lore.

Written by legendary soccer writer Harry Harris, with seventy-six books to his name, The Immortals is a must-read for all fans of the sport, as well as those who adopted Leicester City and the Foxes during their dramatic run.

Genres: Football

272 pages, Paperback

Published July 5, 2016

About the author

Has written one of the most influential football columns in the country for more than three decades, where his work on Fleet Street has seen him awarded the British Sports Journalist of the Year award on two occasions

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Reviews

[Book · Rating 5 out of 5]

For any football fan, of whatever team, we all seemed to fall in love with the romantic story of Leicester City the 5000-` outsiders winning the league against all the odds and all the teams with allot more money. It does not matter what football team you support, this was a fabulous story, and this book gives a detailed account of this remarkable story. Every match in the league title campaign is giving room in the book, there are a few glossy photo’s included also. This book is excellently written and in many years to come it will give the reader some in-depth details of this great story. I think Leicester winning the League Title was the greatest football story of our time, and this book is perfect, would be an excellent addition to any football fans collection. There are plenty of season-game-statistics in the latter part of the book, for all you statistic lovers. I recently bought this book for £4 in the discount book store “The Works” in Cardiff, so anybody interested in the book have a look in this shop on Queen Street in the city centre. A truly Brilliant read!!! 5 star!!!!

[Dean Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a good read. It’s a perfect way to relive the miracle everyone was rooting for. Offers amazing insight into how the team progressed over the year and the opinions of stakeholders in football and how they changed after each Leicester achievement. Definitely a book I will keep hold of to pass down on to people that want to relive Leicester’s outstanding accomplishment.