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Old 05-06-2024, 04:40 AM   #164
AlexB
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Originally Posted by miami_fan View Post
Ha! I don't think I have called them Leicester City since they last won the Championship. So in my head they are just Leicester FC or the Foxes lol. Is that a big deal for Foxes supporters? The reason I asked is I have friends who are Leeds supporters who had to make it very clear to me years ago that using United to refer to Manchester United no matter how well intentioned I was being would not be tolerated in their local pub. .

Oh no, Leicester, or City/The City (pronounced Citeh) if in the Leicester area are fine (outside of Leicestershire everyone thinks you mean Man City), nobody actually says Leicester City out loud in conversation.

But when abbreviating, it’s always LCFC to avoid confusion with Liverpool
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