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Leicester will mark 10 years since their incredible Premier League title win next month, but the celebrations could be dampened

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The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Become a Member in Seconds Unlock instant access to exclusive member features. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Five times a week Four Four Two Daily Fantastic football content straight to your inbox! From the latest transfer news, quizzes, videos, features and interviews with the biggest names in the game, plus lots more. Once a week . .. And it’s LIVE! Sign up to our FREE live football newsletter, tracking all of the biggest games available to watch on the device of your choice. Never miss a kick-off! Join the club Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. We are approaching the 10-year anniversary of one of the greatest stories in English football history. Leicester City's 2015/16 Premier League title win was the ultimate fairy tale, as the 5, 000/1 pre-season outsiders - led by grandfatherly figure Claudio Ranieri and spearheaded by former non-League striker Jamie Vardy - shocked the world. The players who made it happen will rightly be marking the achievement when the anniversary comes around next month, but the Foxes' class of 2026 may be in no mood to celebrate.

Leicester were one of the pre-season favourites for promotion from the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last term, but their 2025/26 campaign could barely have gone any worse. The Foxes appointed Marti Cifuentes as manager last summer, but they sacked the Spaniard in January with the club in the bottom half of the table, eventually replacing him with experienced boss Gary Rowett.

His arrival has not had the desired effect, with Leicester winning just one of their past 10 games to drop into the relegation zone - not helped by a six-point deduction for breaching EFL financial rules. They are now at serious risk of relegation into League One, after Portsmouth's 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town last night left the Foxes five points adrift of safety with only four matches remaining. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Leicester face a must-win trip to Pompey on Saturday, before hosting promotion contenders Hull City and Millwall ahead of their season finale at fellow strugglers Blackburn Rovers on May 2. That game at Ewood Park happens to fall on the 10th anniversary of the day the Foxes were crowned Premier League champions, thanks to Tottenham Hotspur's 2-2 draw with Chelsea. Leicester's fate could already be sealed by the time they face Blackburn, but the nightmare scenario for fans is that they are relegated to League One 10 years to the day after their greatest triumph was confirmed.

Another quirk is that Blackburn are currently the only former Premier League winner - since the top flight was rebranded in 1992 - to drop into the third tier. Rovers famously lifted the title in 1994/95, but spent the 2017/18 season in League One before securing an immediate return to the Championship. Leicester will be desperate to avoid a similar fate, but they need an immediate upturn in form to stand any chance of beating the drop. James Roberts is a freelance sports journalist working for Four Four Two and other titles. He started his career at the Oxford Mail, where he covered Oxford United home and away, before becoming a sports sub-editor for various national newspapers. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.

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